ORDNANCE ESTATES ORDINANCE

ORDNANCE ESTATES ORDINANCE

454 ORDINANCE No. 6 of 1360.

Ordnance Estates.

No: 6 of 1860.
An Ordinance for transferring to One of Her Majesty's Principal

S-etaries of State the Powers and Estates vested in the

eci
Principal Officers of the Ordnance,
30th April, 1860.]

Preamble. ''(~lHEREAS Her Majesty the (<Zueen hath thought fit to revoke
the

a

Letters Patent of some of the Principal Officers of Her Majesty's

Ordnance, and by other Letters Patent to transfer to one of Her
Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State the administration of the depart-
ment the duties of which were previously executed by the said Principal
Officers of Her 'Aiajesty's Ordnance: And whereas it is expedient that the
several powers and authorities at any= time heretofore given to or vested
in and exercisable by, and the lands, hereditaments, estates and property,
at any tune heretofore purchased, taken, used, occupied, and vested in
the Principal Officers of Her Majesty's Ordnance, and all title, estate,
and
interest therein respectively, should be also transferred from the said
Principal Officers, and vested iii one of Her Majesty's .Principal
Secretaries
of State: lie it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the
Governor of Hongkona, with the advice of the Lebislative Council thereof,'
as follows:-

xowor3, &o., 1, All the powers, authorities, rights, and privileges
whatsoever,
vested which by virtue of any Act or Acts of the Imperial Parliament, or
of the
-Officers of the
Ordnance Colonial Legislature, or of any other law, custom, or usage
whatsoever ,

transferred to

'Her Majegtyv have been or were at any time vested in or exercisable by
the Principal
Secretary for the Officers of Her Majesty's Ordnance, or any ~ of them,
shall from hence-
mvelt°erart- forth continue in full force, and shall be and the same are
hereby declared
to be transferred to and vested in and exercisable by Her Majesty's
Principal Secretary of State for the time being to whom Her Majesty
shall think fit to entrust the Seals of the War Department, and such Iasf-
ruentioned Principal Secretary _ of State shall be entitled to the same
exemption from personal responsibility as the said Principal Officers were

entitled to.

An lands, a.c., Q, All lands, hereditaments, estates, and property
whatsoever which

vested in such

oflicers,vested by virtue of any Act or Acts of the Imperial Parliament,
or of the

i n the said
secretary of Colonial T.eaislature.,' or of any conveyance, surrender,
lease, or other`

.state. assurance, or of any law, custom, or usage whatsoever, before arid
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Ordnance Estates.

time of the revocation by Her Majesty hereinbefore mentioned were
vested in the Principal Officers off' the Ordnance, on behalf of Her Ma-
jesty, or which have been at any time before the passing of this Ordi-
nance held, used, or ocenpied, or purchased, vested, or taken, by or in
the
name of or by any person or persons in trust for Her Majesty, for tire
use and service of the said department or for the defence and security of
the realm; and which have not been sold, aliened, 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 tile;
tune

being, on behalf of tier 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, here ditaments,
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 Ordinance be
absolutely divested out of such Secretary of State so ceasing to hold
such,
office as aforesaid, and shall by virtue of this Ordinance be transferred
to and vested in his successor in the said office, immediately upon his
receiving tire Seals of the said department, absolutely; and the said
lands,
hereditarnents, estates, and property hereby vested and hereafter to be
vested in the said last-mentioned Principal Secretary of State and his
successor 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 succes-
sors 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, hereditarnen ts, and property
purchased
or held for any less estate than an estate of inheritance in fee simple,
as if
the same lands, hereditarnents, 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 interests therein respectively, and so from time to time.

3. All contracts, covenants,. and- agreements heretofore ma4e or
Contracts,
entered into by any person or persons whomsoever with the said Principal
be ' e by
n~ i
Officers of the Ordnance or an person or arsons on their behalf, as -to 0
Y 1 p ~ trng to the
'Such Sec:re
tvry of fitatc
to be desorib-
~ed in convey-
ances, &o.,
as 11 Her
MnjeAty's
Principal
Secretary of
State for the
War Depart-
ment.'

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Ordnance estates.

public service or concerning any lands, hereditaments, .estates, and
property vested in

to be enforced
by each Se- or agreed to be purchased by the said Principal Officers, or
in anywise
~t t~y of relating to the public service, shall be deemed and taken to
-have been
made or entered into with such Principal Secretary of State as last
aforesaid, and shall be executed and enforced by him in like manner as if
he had originally been party thereto instead of the said Principal
Officers
of the Ordnance; and all proceedings whatsoever which have been or
might or may have been commenced, taken, or done in the names of the
said Principal Officers, nn behalf of Her Majesty, shall and may hereafter
be commenced, continued, taken, and done in the, name of such Principal
Secretary of State as aforesaid, in like manner (in the case of
proceedings
already commenced, taken, or done,) as if he had originally been party
thereto, instead of the said Principal Officers of the: Ordnance.

4. In every contract, conveyance, surrender, lease, or other assurance
of any lands, hereditaments, estates or property, with, unto, or by the

last-mentioned Principal Secretary of State for the time being, and in
every other deed or instrument relating to any lands, l.iereditaments,
estates, or property, or in anywise to the public service, to which the
last-mentioned Principal Secretary of State for the time being shall be
or.
shall be intended to be a party, it shall be sufficient to call or
describe
him by the style or title of 'Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State
for the War Department,' wvithout naming him; and every such contract,
conveyance, surrender, lease, assurance, deed, or instrument may' be
executed by such last-mentioned Principal Secretary of State, or by any
other of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State for ,the time beinn,
by signing his name thereto, and if the instrument so executed be in the
form of a deed, by setting or afbxing a seal thereto and delivering the
same as his deed; and whenever any contract, conveyance, surrender,
lease, assurance, deed or instrument shall be executed by any other
Principal Secretary of State than the Principal Secretary of State for the
War Department, the Principal Secretary of State so executing the same
shall for that tune and nn that occasion, and for the purposes t>Iereof,
'be
deemed to be the Principal Secretary of State for the War Department.
Preamble.
Powers, &c., vested in the Principal Officers of the Ordnance transferred to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the War Department.
All lands, &c., vested in such officers, vested in the said Secretary of State.
Contracts &c., made by the Principal Officers relating to the
public service to be enforced by such Secretary of State.
Such Secretary of State to be State to be described in conveyances, &c., as 'Her Majesty's Principa; Secretary of State for the War Department.'

Preamble.
Powers, &c., vested in the Principal Officers of the Ordnance transferred to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the War Department.
All lands, &c., vested in such officers, vested in the said Secretary of State.
Contracts &c., made by the Principal Officers relating to the
public service to be enforced by such Secretary of State.
Such Secretary of State to be State to be described in conveyances, &c., as 'Her Majesty's Principa; Secretary of State for the War Department.'

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