# Commons (Expenses) Act 1878

41 & 42 Vict. c. 56 · enacted 13 August 1878 · revised to 19 November 1998

An Act to amend the Law respecting the expense of regulating Commons.

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## Introductory text

An Act to amend the Law respecting the expense of regulating Commons.
[13th August 1878]

## 1 Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Commons (Expenses) Act 1878 and together with the Inclosure Acts 1845 to 1876 as the Inclosure Acts 1845 to 1878.

## 2 Raising of expenses of regulation of common by sale of portion of common.

The Inclosure Commissioners may, if they think fit, insert in any provisional order for the regulation of a common a provision for the raising and payment of the expenses of and incidental to the regulation of such common, either wholly or partly, by a sale of a portion of the common; and they shall in such case specify in the provisional order the situation and the maximum quantity of the portion of the common which may be so sold; and where such provision is made the said expenses may be raised and paid accordingly in manner provided by the Inclosure Acts 1845 to 1868.

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## 4 Provision of allotments for the labouring poor on regulation.

The Commissioners may, if they think fit, specify in any provisional order for the regulation of a common, as one of the terms and conditions of the regulation, the appropriation of an allotment for the labouring poor; and the provisions of the Inclosure Acts 1845 to 1876, with respect to such allotments made upon the inclosure of a common shall apply to any such allotment made on the regulation of a common.

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