ORDNANCE BOARD TRANSFER ACT 1855 - SECT 2 Vesting of lands, &c. in Secretary of State.

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ORDNANCE BOARD TRANSFER ACT 1855 - SECT 2

Vesting of lands, &c. in Secretary of State.

2. All lands, hereditaments, estates, and property whatsoever, which by virtue
of the said recited Acts or either of them, or of any other Act or Acts of
Parliament, or of any conveyance, surrender, lease, or other assurance, or of
any law, custom, or usage whatsoever, before and at the time of the revocation
by Her Majesty herein-before mentioned were vested in the principal officers
of the Ordnance, on behalf of Her Majesty, or which have been at any time
before the passing of this Act held, used, or occupied, or purchased, vested,
or taken by or in the name of or by any person or persons in trust for Her
Majesty, for the use and service of the said department or for the defence and
security of the realm, and which have not been sold, alienated, or parted
with, shall from henceforth be and the same are hereby declared to be
transferred to and vested in the last-mentioned Principal Secretary of State
for the time being, on behalf of Her said Majesty; and when and so often as
the said last-mentioned Principal Secretary of State, and any succeeding
Principal Secretary of State to whom Her Majesty shall have intrusted the
seals of the War Department, shall cease to hold such office, the said several
lands, hereditaments, estates, and property, and all lands, hereditaments,
estates, and property which hereafter shall be purchased or otherwise acquired
by any such last-mentioned Principal Secretary of State for the time being, on
behalf of Her said Majesty, shall by virtue of this Act be absolutely divested
out of such Secretary of State so ceasing to hold such office as aforesaid,
and shall by virtue of this Act be transferred to and vested in his successor
in the said office, immediately upon his receiving the seals of the said
department, absolutely; and the said lands, hereditaments, estates, and
property hereby vested and hereafter to be vested in the said last-mentioned
Principal Secretary of State and his successors shall, as to such of them as
were or shall have been purchased or are or shall be held for an estate of
inheritance in fee simple, be so vested in such last-mentioned Principal
Secretary of State and his successors, in the same manner as if the fee simple
thereof had been originally conveyed to such Principal Secretary of State, as
a corporation sole, and his successors; and as to all lands, hereditaments,
and property purchased or held for any less estate than an estate of
inheritance in fee simple, as if the same lands, hereditaments, and property
had been originally conveyed, surrendered, demised, or otherwise assured to
such Principal Secretary of State, as a corporation sole, and his successors,
for all the existing estates or interest therein respectively, and so from
time to time; ....

S.3 rep. by SI 1964/488

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ORDNANCE BOARD TRANSFER ACT 1855 - SECT 2