ORDINANCE No. 6 OF 1860. 455
Ordnance Estates.
time of the revocation by Her Majesty hereinbefore mentioned were
vested in the Principal Officers of the Ordnance, on behalf of Her Ma
jesty, or which have been at any time before the passing of this Ordi
nance 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 succes
sors 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.
3. All contracts , covenants, and agreements heretofore made or Contracts,
made by
entered into by any person or persons whomsoever with the said Principal the Principal
Officers rela
Officers of the Ordnance , or any person or persons on their behalf, as to ting to the
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