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Section 2 Power of valuer appointed under Inclosure Act to cease on purchase of common rights by Ordnance.C1

And in case the said principal officers of Her Majesty’s Board of Ordnance shall have purchased or shall hereafter purchase any land, and the common, commonable, and other rights in and over the same, and a valuer shall have been appointed in the matter of any inclosure proceeding in respect of such lands under the provisions of “The Acts for the Inclosure, Exchange, and Improvement of Land,” the duties and powers of such valuer in relation to the land so purchased shall, upon payment of the purchase money for such common, commonable, and other rights over the same, cease and determine, and the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales shall, by an order under their seal, award such amount of compensation to such valuer as they shall deem just to be paid by the said principal officers; and such valuer shall be bound to accept the same as a full compensation for his services in the matter of the said inclosure, so far as respects the land and common, commonable, and other rights so purchased.

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Functions of Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales under various enactments relating to, among other things, commons and the exchange of lands now exercisable by Secretary of State: Settled Land Act 1882 (c. 38), s. 48(1), Board of Agriculture Act 1889 (c. 30), ss. 2(1)(b), 10, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1919 (c. 91), s. 1, S.I. 1955/554 (1955 I, p. 1200), 1965/143, 1967/156 and 1970/1681