deem to be interested therein shall be made a Party to such Reference. any Manor or Consents to be required to Agree 22. Provided always, and be it enacted, That in every Case in which Lands shall be held under any Archbishop, ments. Bishop, Dean, Dean and Chapter, Archdeacon, or any Ecclesiastical or other Corporation, or any Body Politic, and in every Case in which any such Person, Ecclesiastical or other Corporation, or Body Politic, or Patron of any Living, shall be interested in any Manor or Lands to the Extent of One Third of the Value thereof, computed as to such Lands as aforesaid, or if it shall appear to the said Commissioners that the Interests of such Person, Ecclesiastical or other Corporation, or Body Politic, would be affected by the Commutation or Enfranchisement under this Act, no Agreement to be made and executed under this Act shall be deemed to be executed by the said Lord and Tenants unless the Consent of such Person, Ecclesiastical or other Corporation, or Body Politic shall be given under the Hand or Seal of the Person, Ecclesiastical or other Corporation, or Body Politic, or Patron of such Living giving the same; and such Consent shall be annexed to the Agreement for Commutation or Enfranchisement, and taken as Part thereof. 23. And be it enacted, That every such Agreement, as soon as may be after it shall have been executed by the Lord and Tenants to the Number and Value as aforesaid, shall be sent by the Chairman of the Meeting, or Agreements to be con firmed by the Com missioners. by the Person in whose Custody it shall then be, to the Office of the said Commissioners; and the said Commissioners, by themselves or by some Assistant Commissioner, shall cause Inquiry to be made, and shall require such Proof as will be satisfactory to them, whether or not it ought to be confirmed; and if they shall be satisfied that it ought to be confirmed, the said Commissioners shall confirm the Agreement under their Hands and Seal, and shall add to such Agreement the Date of the Confirmation, and shall publish the Fact of such Confirmation, and the Date thereof, within the Manor, in such Way as they shall deem fit; and every such confirmed Agreement shall be binding on all Persons interested in the said Manor and on all Persons interested in the said Lands, and shall not be liable to be invalidated by reason of any Doubt or Question as to the Sufficiency in the Number and Interest of the Parties entering into such Agreement: Provided always, that it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners, by themselves or by some Assistant Commissioner, at their Discretion, if the Circumstances of the Case shall in their Opinion require it, to direct that the Rent-charge to be paid by any particular Tenant or Tenants shall not commence until the Period of the next Act or Event on which the Fine or other Manorial Right for which such Rent-charge shall be commuted would have become due and payable, and that the Amount of such Rent-charge shall be then increased in such Proportions as the said Commissioners or ment of Valuers. 24. And be it enacted, That at the said AppointMeeting for Commutation, or at some Adjournment thereof, or at some other Meeting to be called in like Manner, either before or after the Confirmation of the Agreement, such Agreement not being an imperfected provisional Agreement, Valuers shall be appointed, in manner herein-after mentioned, for the Purpose of making such Valuations, Apportionments, and Schedules as shall be required for carrying the said Agreement into execution; and in case such Commutation shall be agreed to be made in consideration of a Rent-charge payable to the Lord, and fixed by the Agreement, the Tenants present at such Meeting shall appoint a Valuer or Valuers; and in case the Majority in respect of Number and the Majority in respect of Value (computed as aforesaid) shall not agree upon the Appointment, then they shall appoint Two or such other even Number of Valuers as shall be then agreed on by such Tenants, Half of such Number of Valuers to be chosen by a Majority in respect of Number and the other Half by a Majority in respect of Value (computed as aforesaid) of the Tenants then present in Person or by their Agents; but in case such Commutation shall be in consideration of a Rent-charge, the Amount whereof shall not be fixed by the Agreement, but shall be liable to Increase or Diminution by the Valuers, or shall be left to be determined Valuation. by them, with the Approbation of the said 25. And be it enacted, That as soon as 4 on Lands, 26. And be it enacted, That the said Valuers Valuers and Umpires respectively (if as to may enter such Umpires it shall become necessary for &c. them to act respectively), and their Agents or Servants, at all reasonable Times, may, on producing an Authority under the Hand and Seal of the said Commissioners or Assistant Commissioners, enter upon any of the Lands and Premises affected by such Agreement, and make an Admeasurement, Plan, and Valuation or Inspection of the same, without being subject to any Action or Molestation for so doing: Provided always, that no Valuer or Umpire shall be capable of acting until he shall have made and subscribed before the said Commissioners or some Assistant Commissioner, or a Justice of the Peace or Master Extraordinary in Chancery, a solemn Declaration to the same Purport and Effect as the Declaration herein-before directed to be made by the said Commissioners, substituting only the proper Description of the Office held by such Person for that of a Commissioner; which Declaration it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners, Assistant Commissioner, Justice of the Peace, or Master Extraordinary to administer; and every such Declaration so made and subscribed shall be countersigned by the Person before whom the same shall have been made, and shall be sent by him to the Office of the said Commissioners. 27. And be it enacted, That for the Purpose of enabling the said Valuers to make such Valuations, Apportionments, and Sche Not to act until they have made a Declara tion. Stewards to furnish In formation required by |