Dean Forest (Mines) Act 1838
Dean Forest (Mines) Act 1838 (1838 c. 43)
- Dean Forest (Mines) Act 1838 (1838 c. 43)
- [I]—XIII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- XIV Who shall be deemed Free Miners.
- XV Quarrymen to be deemed Free Miners for certain Purposes.
- XVI Register of Free Miners to be made.
- XVII †Gaveller may refuse to register, unless Evidence is produced, subject to Appeal to the Commissioners.
- XVIII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- XIX †After the Commissioners have ceased to act, Appeal may be made to the Sessions or the Court of Verderers.
- XX Free Miners to be registered.
- XXI No Person a Free Miner who is not registered .
- XXII Extract from the Register to be Evidence.
- XXIII Gales to be granted to Free Miners.
- XXIV—XXVI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- XXVII Commissioners to set out the Metes and Bounds of each Gale or Work.
- XXVIII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- XXIX Commissioners to make general Rules, specifying the Mode in which Gales, &c. shall be worked; and, on Breach of such Rules, Gales, &c. to be forfeited, as in case of a Lease for Condition taken.
- XXX—XLIV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- XLV Commissioners to make Rules and Orders for keeping Accounts of the Produce.
- XLVI The Royalty to cease at the End of every Twenty-one Years, and new Royalty to be thereupon payable to Her Majesty.
- XLVII In case of Dispute the Amount of new Royalty to be referred to Arbitration.
- XLVIII Arbitrator may hear Evidence, and his Decision to be final.
- XLIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- L . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- LI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- LII Power for the Recovery of Royalty.
- LIII †Gaveller and others on behalf of Her Majesty may enter and survey Works.
- LIV Copy of General Rules to be hung up in the Speech House.
- LV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- LVI Rules to be observed in granting Gales hereafter.
- LVII †Grants of Gales to be entered in Gaveller’s Books, and enrolled in the Office of Land Revenue Records and Enrolments.
- LVIII Assignments of Gales to be entered in Gaveller’s Books.
- LIX Commissioners of Woods may authorize nunc pro tunc Entries of Assignments.
- LX Gaveller to grant Gales in order of Application.
- LXI No Free Miner to be entitled to have more than Three Gales granted at a Time.
- LXII Gaveller not to grant Gales which may interfere with existing Gales.
- LXIII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- LXIV Gales not to be granted in inclosed Lands of Her Majesty.
- LXV Commissioners of Woods may grant Licences for Air Shafts in Inclosures.
- LXVI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- LXVII Moiety of Gale Rent to be paid to Owners of inclosed Lands.
- LXVIII Miners to pay Compensation to Owners of inclosed Lands for Surface Damage.
- LXIX No Erections on inclosed Lands without Consent.
- LXX—LXXXII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- LXXXIII No Building to continue when unnecessary to remain.
- LXXXIV—LXXXIX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- XC Public Act.
- XCI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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