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Corporations, Trustees, and other Persons empowered to sell and convey, &c.
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LXVII. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for every Corporation, and for every Trustee and Feoffee in Trust for charitable or other Purposes and for every Executor and Administrator, not only for and on behalf of himself, his Heirs, Executors, and Administrators respectively, but also for and on behalf of his Cestuique Trust, whether Infant, Feme Covert, Idiot, Lunatic, or Person not born, or not ascertained, or any other Person whomsoever, and to and for any Tenant for Life, or for Years absolute or determinable on any Life or Lives, and every Person having any other partial or qualified Estate or Interest in any Land required to be purchased for any of the Purposes of this Act, or injuriously affected by any such Works as aforesaid, not only for and on behalf of himself, his Heirs, Executors, Administrators, and Issue, but also for and on behalf of the Person entitled in Remainder, Reversion, Expectancy, or Contingency, or for any other future Estate or Interest, where such Person or any of such Persons (if more than One), whether entitled to the next or any subsequent Estate or Interest, or any Part thereof, shall not be ascertained, or shall be incapable of contracting for, selling, or conveying the same, and to and for every Guardian on behalf of his respective Ward, Husband on behalf of his respective Wife, Committee on behalf of the Person of whose Estate he shall be Committee, and the Heirs, Executors, Administrators, and Issue of such Ward, Wife, or Person respectively, and to and for any Feme Covert entitled in her own Right to any such Land, or to Dower or other Interest therein, on behalf, not only of herself, but also of her respective Heirs, Executors, Administrators, and Issue, and also where such Ward, Wife, Person, or Feme Covert respectively shall be Tenant for Life or in Tail, or for Years, or have any other partial or qualified Estate or Interest, to and for such Guardian, Husband, Committee, and Feme Covert on behalf of the Person or Persons on behalf of whom such Ward, Wife, Person, or Feme Covert respectively, if of full Age, unmarried, and of sound Mind, might have contracted for, sold, and conveyed the same Land, and to and for every other Person whomsoever who is or shall be seised or possessed of or interested in any such Land, to contract or agree for the absolute Sale or Exchange thereof, and of every or any Part thereof, to the said Commissioners, or to contract for the Amount of Compensation which shall be paid for any Injury thereto, or for the Payment of such Sum of Money for Equality of Exchange, as shall be determined by the said Commissioners, and also to execute any Conveyance or enter into any Contract with respect to the Premises which the said Commissioners shall deem necessary for the due Execution of this Act; and all such Contracts, Agreements, Sales, Conveyances, and Assurances shall be valid and effectual, and all Monies payable by the said Commissioners in respect thereof shall be paid by the said Commissioners out of the Monies to be raised by virtue of this Act, as herein-after mentioned.
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