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[s. 2 cont.]

Vesting of future acquired lands, etc. in like manner.

Vesting in successors in case of death, etc., of any Commissioner.

Mode of describing Commissioners in deed, etc., and execution thereof.

Admiralty (Vesting of Property).

respective nature and quality of the said messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, and the several estates and interests of and in the same respectively, in trust for His Majesty, for the public service.

3. From and after the purchase and conveyance, grant, or demise thereof, all other messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments which may at any time be purchased, taken, held, or occupied by the Lord High Admiral or the Commissioners, or by any person by his or their order for the Naval Service of the United Kingdom, or of any of the departments of or belonging to the said Naval Service, and all erections and buildings which are then or may thereafter be erected or built thereon, with the rights, members, easements, and appurtenances to the same respectively belonging, shall in like manner be and become and remain and continue vested in the Lord High Admiral or the Commissioners, according to the respective nature and quality of the said messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments and the several estates and interests of and in the same respectively, in trust as aforesaid.

4. On the death, resignation, or removal of the Commissioners or of any of them, or of any Lord High Admiral, all such messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments respectively shall become vested in and be held by the succeeding Commissioners or the Lord High Admiral, as the case may be, and so in perpetual succession, according to the respective nature and quality of the said messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, and the several estates and interests of and in the same respectively, in trust as aforesaid.

5. In all deeds, conveyances, leases, contracts, and other instruments touching any estate, property, matter, or thing relating to the Naval Service of the United Kingdom or to any department under the control of the Commissioners, or whereto they or any of them are parties, it shall be sufficient to describe them generally by the style and title of "The Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom", without expressing their names, and all such deeds, conveyances, leases, contracts, and other instruments wherein the said Commissioners are

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