Charles Sheils Charity Act 1875
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1875 c. 7 |
| Year | 1875 |
[38 & 39 VICT.] Charles Sheik' Charity Act, 1875. [OH. 7.]
CHAPTER 7.
An Act for amending " Charles Sheils' Almshouses Charity rA.D. 1875.
Act, 1864/' and "Charles Sheils' Almshouses Charity Act,
1866."
[11th August 1875.]
W
HEREAS by " Charles Sheils' Almshouses Charity Act, 1864,"
(herein-after referred to as the Act of 1864,) provision was
made for the regulation of Charles Sheils' Almshouses Charity,
established by the will therein recited of Charles Sheils, and a
Visitor and Governors of the charity were appointed, and the
Governors were incorporated by the name "The Governors of
Charles Sheils' Almshouses Charity:"
And whereas the said Act was amended by " Charles Shells'
Almshouses Charity Act, 1866 " (herein-after referred to as the Act
of 1866):
And whereas the said Acts respectively were applied for in
pursuance of orders of the High Court of Chancery in Ireland
respectively made in a matter then and now pending in the
Court:
And whereas the Governors have put the said Acts in execution,
but they find that some of the provisions thereof respectively
require amendment:
And whereas on the 22nd day of April 1875 the trustees of the
said will, on behalf of the Governors, caused an application to be
made to the said Court of Chancery, in the matter pending therein,
for an order that the Governors might be authorised to apply in the
present session of Parliament for a further or supplemental Act
to enable them more efficiently to carry into effect the charitable
scheme of the testator, and that the approbation of the court might
be had of a draft of a proposed Bill then already prepared for that
purpose, and for carrying into effect the several purposes therein
specified, or
s\ich
modifications thereof as might he deemed
advisable:
[Private.-7.'] A 1
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