# New Forest Act 1697, Section XI: When Sale of Wood in the Forest, &c. Notice, and Officer to value before Sale. Best Bidder the Purchaser.


And be it further enacted That at all times hereafter when any Sale of Wood shal be ordered to be made within the said Forest publick Notice thereof-shal-be given by the proper Officers of the Forest in all the adjacent Market Towns Three Weeks at least before such Sale of the Time and Place where such Sale shal be made and that the Officers who are usually in that case intrusted do set a Valuation before Day of the Sale of the Wood to be sold of which Valuation to be made Notice shal be given to Two or more of the Verderers of the said Forest and the Person or Persons who at the Time and Place aforesaid shal offer most Money for the Parcel of Wood then to be sold over and above the same was valued at making his Proposal in Writing and giving good Security for Payment of the said Money shal be the Purchaser.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Will3/9/33/section/XI (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/new-forest-act-1697/section-XI
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