Robert Hunter

“ Where the Commissioners of Works have been constituted guardians of a monument, they shall thenceforth, until they shall receive notice in writing to the contrary from any succeeding owner not bound by such deed as aforesaid, maintain such monument, and shall, for the purpose of such maintenance, at all reasonable times by themselves and their workmen have access to such monument for the purpose of inspecting it, and of bringing such materials and doing such acts and things as may be required for the maintenance thereof. ”

“ Art. 2.-Cette commission dressera une liste des propriétés foncières dont la conservation peut avoir, an point de vue artistique ou pittoresque, un intérêt général.
Art. 3.—Les propriétaires des immeubles désignés par la commission seront invités à prendre l'engagement de ne détruire ni modifier l’état des lieux ou leur aspect, sauf autorisation spéciale de la commission et approbation du ministre de l’instruction publique et des beaux-arts. ”

“ Any person entitled for his own benefit, at law or in equity, for an estate in fee, to the possession or receipt of the rents and profits of any freehold or copyhold land, being the site of an ancient monument, whether such land is or not subject to incumbrances: (2.) Any person absolutely entitled in possession, at law or in equity, for his own benefit, to a beneficial lease of land, being the site of an ancient monument, of which not less than forty-five years are unexpired, whether such land is or not subject to incumbrances ”