Railways Construction Facilities Act, 1864

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Contracts for sale of lands belonging to the Crown, Duchy of Lancaster, or Duchy of Cornwall, how to be made.

4. Where lands required for the railway belong to or are enjoyed by Her Majesty the Queen, in right of the Crown, or form part of the possessions of the Duchy of Lancaster or of the Duchy of Cornwall, any contract for the purposes of this Act may be entered into in respect of those lands, as follows; namely,

In the first-named case, by the Commissioners of Woods, or one of them, with the consent of the Treasury ;

In the secondly-mentioned case, by the Chancellor of the Duchy, by writing under his hand, attested by the clerk of the Council of the Duchy ;

In the thirdly-mentioned case, by the Duke of Cornwall or other the persons for the time being empowered to dispose for any purpose of lands of the Duchy.