Civil List Act 1837

XII This Act not to affect certain Powers relating to the small Branches of Hereditary Revenue.

And be it enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend in anywise to impair, affect, or prejudice any Rights or Powers of Control, Management, or Direction which have been or may be exercised by Authority of the Crown or other lawful Warrant relative to any Leases, Grants, or Assurances of any of the said small Branches of Her Majesty's Hereditary Revenues, or to any Suits or Proceedings for Recovery of the same, or to Compositions made or to be made on account of any of the small Branches, or to any Remission, Mitigation, or Pardon of any Penalties or Forfeitures incurred or to be incurred, or to Fines taken or to be taken, or to Rents, Boons, and Services reserved or to be reserved upon such Grants, Leases, and Assurances, or to the Mitigation or Remission of the same, or to any other lawful Act, Matter, or Thing which has been or may be done, touching the said Branches, or to the granting of any Droits of Admiralty or any Droits of the Crown, or any Part or Proportion of any such Droits respectively, as a Reward or Remuneration to any Officer or Officers or other Person or Persons seizing or taking the same, or giving any Information relating thereto, or to the granting, disposing of, or leasing any Freehold or Copyhold Property, or the Produce, or any Part of the Produce or Amount or Value of any Freehold or Copyhold, to which Her Majesty or any of Her Royal Predecessors have or hath or shall become entitled, either by Escheat for Want of Heirs, or by reason of any Forfeiture, or by reason that the same have been or shall be purchased by or for the Use of or in Trust for any Alien or Aliens in the Manner authorized by any Act touching or concerning the granting, disposing, or leasing of the same, or to the granting or distributing of any Personal Property devolved to the Crown by reason of the Want of next of Kin or personal Representative of any deceased Person ; but that the same Rights and Powers shall continue to be used, exercised, and enjoyed in as full, free, ample, and effectual a Manner to all Intents and Purposes as if this Act had not been passed, and as the same have been or might have been enjoyed by His late Majesty King William the Fourth at .the Time of His Decease, subject nevertheless to all such Restrictions and Regulations as were in force, by virtue of any Act in relation thereto, at the Time of the Decease of His said late Majesty, it being the true Intent and Meaning of this Act that the said Rights and Powers shall not in any Degree be abridged, restrained, affected, or prejudiced in any Manner whatsoever, but only that the Monies accruing to the Crown, after the full and free Exercise and Enjoyment of the said Rights and Powers, subject as aforesaid, shall during Her Majesty's Life be carried to and made Part of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom.