Queen's Colleges (Ireland) Act 1845
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1845 c. 66 |
(8 & 9 Vict.) C A P. LXVI.
[31st July 1845]
'FOR the better Advancement of Learning among all Classes of Her Majesty's Subjects inIreland , be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That in case Her Majesty shall be pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of to found One or more new Colleges for the Advancement of Learning inIreland , the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for the Time being shall be empowered, by Warrant under the Hands of any Three or more of them, to charge the Consolidated Fund of the said United Kingdom (after providing for all preceding Charges, and in preference to all future Charges), and to direct to be issued or paid thereout, such Sum of Money as shall be needed by the Trustees herein-after mentioned for purchasing or providing Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments for the Use of such College or Colleges, and for the necessary Buildings, with the Appurtenances thereof, and for establishing and furnishing the same, not exceeding the Sum of One hundred thousand Pounds in the whole.
II Commissioners of Public Works to be Trustees for providing Buildings and Lands necessary for the Colleges.
II. And be it enacted, That the Commissioners of Public Works inIreland for the Time being shall be Trustees for the Purpose of purchasing or providing, as herein-after mentioned, any Buildings, Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments that may be necessary for the said Colleges and the Sites thereof, and the Premises to be occupied therewith respectively, and for erecting thereon suitable Buildings, and for repairing, enlarging, and improving the same from Time to Time, and for upholding and furnishing the same from Time to Time, for the Use of the said Colleges respectively.
III Commissioners of Public Works to be a Corporation for the Purposes of this Act.
III. And be it enacted, That for the Purposes of this Act the said Commissioners of Public Works inIreland for the Time being, and their Successors, shall be a Corporation by the Name or Style of ‘The Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland ,’ and by that Name, for the Purposes of this Act, shall have perpetual Succession and a Common Seal, to be by them made, and from Time to Time altered as they shall think fit, and shall and may sue and be sued, plead or be impleaded, in all Courts and before all Justices and others, and in that Capacity shall be deemed Promoters of the Undertaking authorized to be executed by this Act.
IV Power to Commissioners of Public Works to purchase or rent Buildings, Lands, &c. which may be required for said Colleges.
IV. And be it enacted, That in order to enable the said Commissioners of Public Works inIreland to purchase and provide the Buildings, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments which may be required for the said Colleges and the Sites thereof, it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners, with the Approval of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, to contract and agree with any Person or Persons, or Body or Bodies Corporate, for the Purchase or renting of any Buildings, Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments required for such Colleges or the Sites thereof, and also for the Purchase of any subsisting Leases, Terms, Estates, or Interests therein or Charges thereon; and the Buildings, Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments so contracted and agreed for shall be conveyed, assigned, or demised to or in trust for Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, in such Manner and Form as the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury shall direct.
V Consolidation of Lands Clauses Consolidation Act with this Act.
V. And be it enacted, That the ‘Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845,’ shall be incorporated with this Act, except the Clauses with respect to the Purchase and taking of Lands otherwise than by Agreement: Provided always, that all things by the said Act required or authorized to be done by the Promoters of the Undertaking may be done by any Two of the Commissioners of Public Works inIreland , subject to the Approval of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury in the Cases provided by this Act.
VI Commissioners of Public Works to obtain Surveys, Plans, and Specifications, and submit same to the Treasury.
VI. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of Public Works, if they shall be so directed by the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, to employ the County Surveyor, or any other competent Surveyor or Architect, to make a Survey or Estimate of any of the said proposed Works, and to prepare such Plan, Section, or Specification thereof as may be necessary, and send the same to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury for their Approval; and if the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury shall think fit to authorize the Work in any such Plan, Section, or Specification, or any Modification thereof which they may think proper, to be undertaken, they shall, by Warrant under their Hands, direct the said Commissioners of Public Works to execute such Work at and for an Amount not exceeding a Sum to be specified in such Warrant; and the said Commissioners of Public Works shall, upon Receipt of such Warrant, forthwith cause the Construction of the Work mentioned therein to be proceeded with.
VII Commissioners of Public Works to lay Accounts before Parliament.
VII. And be it enacted, That the said Commissioners of Public Works shall cause detailed Accounts in Writing of their Proceedings under this Act, of the several Sums received by them as such Commissioners for the Purposes of this Act, and of the Sums expended by them for such Purposes, and the Mode of such Expenditure, and the several Works made or in progress under this Act, to be made up to the Thirty-first Day ofDecember in each Year; and such Accounts shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament within Six Weeks thereafter, if Parliament be then sitting, or if not, then within Six Weeks after the first Meeting of...
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