Inclosure Act 1845

LXXXVII Allotments to Freemen and other Classes of Persons entitled to Common Rights to be made to Trustees.

And be it enacted, That where the Freemen or Burgesses of any City or Borough, or the Householders or Inhabitant Householders of any Town or Place, or any Class or Description of such Freemen, Burgesses, Householders or Inhabitant Householders, or any other Persons as a Class, shall be entitled to Rights of Common or other Rights over the Lands to be inclosed, it shall be lawful for the Valuer to award in respect of such Rights One or more Allotment or Allotments, for the Benefit of the Class so entitled, to any Two or more Trustees, who shall be nominated by the Majority at such Meeting as herein-after mentioned, or in case Two or more Trustees shall not be nominated at such Meeting, then to such Trustees as the Commissioners shall approve, with Provisions for the Appointment of new Trustees from Time to Time, or to the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish in which each Allotment shall be situate, in trust for the Parties entitled to the Right in respect of which the Allotment shall be made; and it shall be also lawful for the Valuer, having regard to such Instructions, if any, as may have been resolved on at such Meeting as hereafter mentioned, or to such Instructions as shall be given by the Commissioners in this Behalf, to direct in what Manner and under what Regulations such Allotment shall be occupied or enjoyed by the Persons from Time to Time entitled to the Benefit thereof, and (in case the Valuer, having regard to such Instructions, shall think fit,) to give Directions and Powers for the letting of such Allotment from Year to Year, or for any Term of Years, subject to such Provisions and Restrictions as the said Valuer, with, the Approbation of the Commissioners, shall think fit, and for the Receipt of the Money to arise from such letting, and for the Application of such Money for the Benefit of the Persons entitled to the Benefit of the Allotment, and to give all such Directions and Provisions, for the fencing, draining, and Management of such Allotment, as the Valuer may think expedient.