ORDINANCE No. 6 of 1860.
Ordnance Estates.
time of the revocation by Her Majesty hereinbefore mentioned were vested in the Principal Officers of the Ordnance, on behalf of Her Majesty, or which have been at any time before the passing of this Ordinance held, used, or occupied, or purchased, vested, or taken, by or in the name of or by any person or persons in trust for Her Majesty, for the use and service of the said department or for the defence and security of the realm, and which have not been sold, aliened, or parted with, shall from henceforth be and the same are hereby declared to be transferred to and vested in the last-mentioned Principal Secretary of State for the time being, on behalf of Her said Majesty; and when and so often as the said last-mentioned Principal Secretary of State, and any succeeding Principal Secretary of State to whom Her Majesty shall have intrusted the Seals of the War Department, shall cease to hold such office, the said several lands, hereditaments, estates, and property, and all lands, hereditaments, estates, and property which hereafter shall be purchased or otherwise acquired by any such last-mentioned Principal Secretary of State for the time being, on behalf of Her said Majesty, shall by virtue of this Ordinance be absolutely divested out of such Secretary of State so ceasing to hold such office as aforesaid, and shall by virtue of this Ordinance be transferred to and vested in his successor in the said office, immediately upon his receiving the Seals of the said department, absolutely; and the said lands, hereditaments, estates, and property hereby vested and hereafter to be vested in the said last-mentioned Principal Secretary of State and his successor shall, as to such of them as were or shall have been purchased, or are or shall be held for an estate of inheritance in fee simple, be so vested in such last-mentioned Principal Secretary of State and his successors in the same manner as if the fee simple thereof had been originally conveyed to such Principal Secretary of State as a corporation sole and his successors; and as to all lands, hereditaments, and property purchased or held for any less estate than an estate of inheritance in fee simple, as if the same lands, hereditaments, and property had been originally conveyed, surrendered, demised, or otherwise assured to such Principal Secretary of State as a corporation sole, and his successors, for all the existing estates or interests therein respectively, and so from time to time.
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Contracts, &c., made by the Principal Officers of the Ordnance, or any person or persons on their behalf, as to
3. All contracts, covenants, and agreements heretofore made or entered into by any person or persons whomsoever with the said Principal Officers relating to the