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All bodies politick, &c. &c. empowered to sell and convey said ferry to commissioners, &c. as herein.
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XIII. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful to and for all bodies politic, corporate and collegiate, aggregate or sole, feoffees in trust, guardians, or committees to lunaticks and idiots, executors, administrators, guardians and tenants for life, not only for and on behalf of themselves, their heirs and successors, but also for and on behalf of the cestuique trusts, whether infants, or issue unborn, lunatics, feme coverts, or other persons whomsoever, and to and for all persons who are or shall be seized, possessed of, or interested in the aforesaid ferry, to sell and convey such ferry to the said commissioners and their successors; and that all contracts, agreements and conveyances, which shall be made by such person or persons, shall be good and valid in law to all intents and purposes, to convey all the estate, right, title and interest, use, property, claim and demand whatsoever, as well by him, her, or themselves, as his, her, or their several and respective cestuique trusts, whether infants, or issue unborn, lunatics, idiots, feme coverts, or other persons whomsoever, and of all persons whomsoever claiming, or to claim by, from, or under them, or any of them; and if it shall happen that any body or bodies politic or corporate, person or persons having, or claiming to have any estate, right, title or interest in or to such ferry, shall refuse, decline, or neglect to agree with the said commissioners or their successors, or a quorum of them, for the sale or conveyance of their, his, or her respective estate, right, title and interest in such ferry, or shall not make out a title to such estate or interest as they, he or the claim, to the satisfaction of the said commissioners or their successors, or a quorum of them, that then and in such case it shall and may be lawful to and for the said commissioners or their successors, or a quorum of them, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to issue a preceptor precepts, warrant or warrants, instrument or instruments in writing, under their common seal, directed to the sheriffs of the county of the city of Dublin, to command such sheriffs to summon and return, and such sheriffs are hereby authorized and required within seven days after the receipt of such precept or precepts, warrant or warrants, instrument or instruments, to summon and return a number of persons not less than thirty-six, or more than sixty, qualified according to the laws and statutes of this realm, to be returned for trials of issues joined in his Majesty’s courts at Dublin, (and twelve at least of which persons shall have served on a grand jury of the county of the said city of Dublin,) to appear before such sheriffs, at such time and place, as by such precept or precepts, warrant or warrants, instrument or instruments in writing as aforesaid, shall be directed or appointed, (of which time and place, such persons so summoned shall have forty-eight hours previous notice, to be served as in such cases usual, and required by law), and also to return in issues upon every, person so summoned and returned, the sum of five pounds sterling; at which time and place such sheriffs or their under-sheriff, is and are hereby required to attend and call over the names of the several persons so summoned, impannelled and returned, and the first three persons who upon the calling over of the said names shall there appear, and who shall have served on grand juries as aforesaid, to whom no legal or just cause of challenge to serve as jurors on such inquest shall lie, shall be commissioners for presiding at, and holding such enquiry or inquisition, and the next twelve persons who upon calling over the names of the persons so summoned, impannelled and returned, who shall there appear, and to whom no legal or just cause of challenge shall lie, shall be the jury for assessing and ascertaining what sums, compensation, or recompence shall be paid or given to all and every body and bodies politick or corporate, person or persons for their, his, or her right, title and interest, use, property, claim and demand in or to the said ferry, and for the damages which they, he or the may sustain by the erecting the said bridge; and in default of the appearance of a sufficient number of the persons so summoned, impannelled and returned, such sheriffs or their under sheriff, shall return other honest and in-different men, of the standers-by, or that can be speedily procured to attend that service, to make up such jury to the number twelve; and all parties concerned, shall have their lawful challenges against any of the persons returned to serve as jurymen when they come to be sworn, but shall not be at liberty to challenge the array; and such commissioners for presiding at, and holding such inquiry or inquisition, or any two of them, are hereby authorized and impowered by summons or warrant, under their hands and seals, from time to time, as occasion shall require, to call before them all and every person and persons whomsoever, who shall be thought necessary to be examined as a witness, or as witnesses, and to examine him, her, or them, on his, her, or their oath or oaths, (or if a quaker or quakers, on solemn affirmation), touching and concerning the premises, and the said last mentioned commissioners, or any two of them, shall have power to adjourn from time to time, as occasion shall require, and to command such jury, and all witnesses and parties to attend, until the business for which such jury shall have been impannelled shall be concluded; and the verdict or verdicts of such jury, and the judgment or judgments, decree or decrees, pronounced and made thereupon, (notice in writing being given to the person or persons interested, at least fourteen days before the time of the first meeting of the said jury, declaring the time and place of such meeting of the said commissioners and jury, by personally serving such person or persons with such notice, or by leaving such notice at the dwelling-house or houses of such person or persons, or by leaving it with some person concerned in the management of, or receiving the tolls of such ferry), shall be binding and conclusive to all intents and purposes, against all and every body and bodies politick, or corporate, person and persons claiming any estate, right, title, trust, interest, or property of, into, or out of the said ferry so intended to be purchased, or any reversion, remainder, or expectancy therein.
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