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In case of questionable Title of Persons in possession.
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LXXXI. Provided always, and be it enacted, That where any Question shall arise touching the Title of any Person to any Money which shall be paid into the Bank of Ireland in the Name and with the Privity of the Accountant General of the said Court of Chancery or Exchequer, in pursuance of this Act, for the Purchase of any Land to be taken or purchased in pursuance of this Act, or to any Bank Annuities or Government or Real Securities, the Person who shall have been in possession of such Land at the Time of such Purchase, and all Persons claiming under such Person or under the Possession of such Person, shall be deemed and taken to have been lawfully entitled to such Land, until the contrary shall be shown to the Satisfaction of the said Court; and the Dividends or Interest of the Bank Annuities or Government or Real Securities to be purchased with such Money, and also the Capital of such Bank Annuities or Government or Real Securities, shall be paid, applied, and disposed of accordingly, unless it shall be made to appear to the said Court that such Possession was a wrongful Possession, and that some other Person was lawfully entitled to such Land, or to some Estate therein.
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