Maynooth College Act 1845

Power to Commissioners of Public Works to purchase or provide necessary Buildings, Lands, &c.

IX. And be it enacted, That in order to enable the said Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland to purchase and provide the Buildings, Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments which may be required for the said College, and the Additions to be made thereto, it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners, at the Request of the said Body Politic and Corporate, and by and with the Consent and Approbation in Writing of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, to contract and agree with any Person or Persons, or Body or Bodies Corporate or Politic, for the Purchase or renting of any Buildings, Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments required for such College, and in order to make the necessary Additions thereto, and also for the Purchase of any subsisting Leases, Terms, Estates, or Interests therein or Charges thereon; and the said Buildings, Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments so contracted and agreed for shall be conveyed, assigned, or demised to the said Trustees of the College of Maynooth incorporated by this Act.