or removed, or shall have ceased to be master or mistress, and shall neglect or refuse to quit and deliver up possession of the premises within the space of three calendar months after such dismissal or ceasing to be master or mistress, not having any lawful authority for retaining such possession, it shall be lawful for the justices of the peace acting for the district or division in which such premises are situated, in petty sessions assembled, or any two of them, or for the sheriff of the county in Scotland, and they are hereby required, on the complaint of the trustees or managers of the said school, or some one of them, on proof of such master or mistress having been dismissed or removed, or having ceased to be such master or mistress, to issue a warrant under their hands and seals, or under the hand of such sheriff in Scotland, to some one or more of the constables and peace-officers of the said district or division, or of the sheriff's officers in Scotland, commanding him or them, within a period to be therein named, not less than ten nor more than twenty-one clear days from the date of such warrant, to enter into the premises, and give possession of the same to the said trustees or managers or their agents, such entry and possession being given in England in such manner as justices of the peace are empowered to give possession of any premises to any landlord or his agent under an Act passed in the second year of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act to facilitate the Recovery of Possession of Tenements after due Determination of the Tenancy. XIX. And whereas by an Act passed in the last session of Parliament, intituled An Act to further Amend the Church Building Acts, provision was made to enable Her Majesty's commissioners for building new churches to apply land in any parish granted to them for any of the purposes of the church building Acts to any other ecclesiastical purposes, or for the purpose of any parochial or charitable school, or any other charitable or public purpose relating to any such parish or place: And whereas through an accidental omission such provision does not extend to cases of land granted by way of gift; be it therefore enacted, That such power so given to the said commissioners, so far as it is applicable to the poses of any school, shall extend to every case of land granted, given, puror conveyed to them under the authority of the several Acts in the said Act recited. XX. And be it enacted, That the term "parish" in this Act shall be taken to signify every place separately maintaining its own poor, and having its own overseers of the poor and church or chapel wardens. XXI. And be it enacted, That this Act shall not extend to Ireland. XXII. And be it enacted, That nothing herein contained shall repeal or affect an Act passed in the second year of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act to facilitate the Foundation and Endowment of additional Schools in Scotland, or another Act passed in the last session of Parliament, intituled An Act to enable Proprietors of Entailed Estates in Scotland to feu or lease on long Leases Portions of the same for the Building of Churches and Schools, and for Dwelling-houses and Gardens for the Ministers and Masters thereof. XXIII. And be it enacted, That this Act may be altered or amended by any Act to be passed in this session of Parliament. |