Hospitals Act 1761
HOSPITALS ACT 1761 | ||
CHAP. VIII. | ||
An Act to enable tenants for life to make perpetual leases of grounds, whereon to erect publick hospitals. | ||
Tenant for life near a city or town corporate may demise one acre by indenture for an hospital, for any term of years, or for perpetual renewal, | ||
reserving rent at full improved value, | ||
good against remainders, | ||
BE it enacted by the King’s most excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the lords spiritual and temporal and commons in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, That it shall and may be lawful to and for any tenant for life of lands near any city or town corporate, fit for the purpose of building an hospital for sick or maimed persons, by deed indented to demise to any person or persons, for erecting such hospital, any such lands, not exceeding in the whole by the demise of any one such lessor an acre of ground, plantation measure, for any term of years, or with covenants for perpetual renewal, reserving a rent according to the full improved value, payable to those who are or shall be intitled to the freehold and inheritance; and such lease and leases shall be good and valid against all persons in remainder after such tenants for life, or claiming under such remainder-men. |