Sched. I. SCHEDULES. [NOTE.--The places to which charters have been granted are marked with an asterisk. The places marked with a double asterisk are those which have been dealt with by the Local Government Board under sect. 7 of the present Act.] FIRST SCHEDULE. PLACES REPORTED ON BY THE COMMISSIONERS OF 1876. PART I. Places to which the Commissioners of 1876 consider that the Municipal Corporation or reputed Corporation. "The bailiff and burgesses of the borough of Aldeburgh." "The chamberlains, common council, and free- "The mayor, aldermen, and capital burgesses." "The mayor and burgesses of the borough of "The mayor and burgesses of the borough of Christchurch." "The mayor, aldermen, bridgemen, and burgesses of Henley-on-Thames." "The mayor, aldermen, bailiffs, and burgesses." "The mayor and burgesses of Lostwithiel." "The aldermen and burgesses of the borough of "The bailiffs and burgesses of the borough of Montgomery." "The mayor, jurats, and commonalty of the town and port of New Romney." "The mayor and burgesses of the town and borough of Okehampton." "The mayor of Over." PART II. Places not mentioned by the Commissioners of 1876 as places to which the Municipal Corporation Acts might be applied. Sched. I. "Bailiff and burgesses of New Alresford." "The mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the "The mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the "The mayor and aldermen of the borough of "The mayor and freeholders of Bovey Tracey." "The bailiffs, burgesses, and commoners of the "The mayor and burgesses of the vill of Camel- "The high steward, deputy steward, treasurer, "The mayor, barons, and inhabitants of Corfe." "The mayor and burgesses of Dinas Mowddwy." "The mayor and free burgesses of the borough of "The mayor, jurats, and commonalty of the town "The bailiff and burgesses of the borough of "The bailiff and burgesses of the borough of "The portreeve and burgesses of Harton." "The mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the "The mayor and burgesses of Holt." “The bailiff and burgesses of Ilchester." "The constable of the castle, portreeve, and bur- "The portreeve and burgesses of Kilgerran." "The portreeve and commonalty of the borough of "The portreeve and burgesses of the town and "The constable of the castle, portreeve, aldermen, “The portreeve, aldermen, and burgesses of the "The mayor, burgesses and inhabitants of the NOTE.-Since the report of the commissioners a charter has been granted to the town of Lewes. SECOND SCHEDULE. Places in which the Commissioners of 1876 report that a Municipal PART I. Places mentioned in paragraph (15) of the Report of the Commissioners of 1876 as places which either have not been Municipal or have long since ceased to be so: Places mentioned in paragraph (16) of the Report of the Commissioners of 1876 as having had Municipal Corporations in 1835: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. THE COPYHOLD ACT, 1858. 21 & 22 VICT. c. 94. An Act to amend the Copyhold Acts. [2nd August, 1858.] ment money manors may Official Charitable 16 & 17 Vict. 18 & 19 Vict. 15. In the case of a corporation or other lord of any Enfranchisemanor holden upon any charitable trust within the pro- in cases of visions of "The Charitable Trusts Act, 1853," or "Charit- charity able Trusts Amendment Act, 1855," not authorized to be paid to make an absolute sale otherwise than under the provisions Trustees of of the said last-mentioned Acts, or of the Copyhold Acts, Funds under the consideration money to be paid for the redemption c. 137 and or sale of any rent-charge, or as compensation for any c. 124. enfranchisement, may, at the option of the lord, be paid into the hands of the Official Trustees of Charitable Funds acting under the said Charitable Trusts Acts, in trust for the charity to which the manor shall belong; and the principal moneys shall be applied by the trustees, under the order of the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales, for the purposes to which the said money, if paid into the Bank of England in the name of the AccountantGeneral of the Court of Chancery, would be applicable under the Copyhold Acts, and in the meantime shall be invested, and the dividends of such investments shall be applied, according to the provisions of the said Acts relating to charitable funds paid to such official trustees. Lands may be conveyed to trustees, to be held by them as public recreation THE RECREATION GROUNDS ACT, 1859. 22 VICT. C. 27. An Act to facilitate Grants of Land to be made near populous Places for the use of regulated Recreation of Adults, und as Playgrounds for Children. [19th April, 1859.] WHEREAS the want of open public grounds for the resort and recreation of adults, and of playgrounds for children and youth, is much felt in the Metropolis and other populous places within this realm, and by reason of the great and continuous increase of the population and extension of towns such evil is seriously increasing, and it is desirable to provide a remedy for the same: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1. Any lands may be lawfully conveyed to trustees, to be held by them as open public grounds for the resort and recreation of adults, and as playgrounds for children and youth, or either of such purposes, and for any estate, grounds, &c. and subject to any reservation, restrictions, and conditions which the donor or grantor may think fit: But this enactment shall not extend to authorize any lands to be so conveyed for any greater estate or interest than the donor or grantor would, independently of this Act, have power to dispose of. Form of con veyance. 2. Any such conveyance of land to trustees may be in the following form, subject to any modification thereof which the case may require: "I, A. B., do hereby convey and grant to as trustees for public ground for the parish [or parishes] [here describe the lands conveyed or granted], to be of |