Recreation Grounds Act, 1859

Appointment of Trustees, managers, and directors.

5. With respect to the appointment of trustees for holding any such grounds for the purpose aforesaid, the lord of any manor, or the churchwardens of any parish, or the overseers of the poor of any parish or township, or all or any of such persons to whom lands shall have been conveyed as aforesaid, shall be a body corporate for taking, holding, and disposing of such grounds, and instituting, maintaining, and defending any proceedings relating thereto; but the management and direction of the same shall be and remain in such persons as may be named in the deed of conveyance thereof; and in case no such persons shall be so named, or there shall be a failure of such managers and directors, the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales shall have power to settle a scheme for the appointment of the managers and directors.