Governing document THE TOWN MOOR CHARITY
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
TOWN MOOR ACT 1774 THE NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE IMPROVEMENT ACT 1870, THE NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE CORPORATION ACT 1964 AND THE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE MOORS ACT 1988.
Charitable objects
RIGHTS OF RESIDENT FREEMEN AND RESIDENT WIDOWS OF DECEASED FREEMEN TO HERBAGE OVER THE TOWN MOOR I.E. GRAZING RIGHTS FOR TWO MILCH COWS. THE NUMBER OF COWS TO BE PASTURED IS LIMITED TO 800, REPRESENTED BY AN EQUIVALENT NUMBER OF "STINT TICKETS" DISTRIBUTED TO THOSE SUCCESSFUL FREEMEN AND WIDOWS OF FREEMEN WHO APPLY. SECTION 11 OF THE 1870 ACT SETS OUT THE PROCEDURE AND IN TERMS SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGES AND PERMITS THE RECIPIENTS TO SELL THEIR STINT TICKETS FOR THE BEST PRICES OBTAINABLE.
Area of benefit
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE
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