Wormwood Scrubs Act, 1879
WHEREAS with a view to create a metropolitan exercising ground in pursuance of the Military Forces Localization Act, 1872, one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State (in this Act referred to as the Secretary of State for War), on behalf of Her Majesty, has purchased, at the expense of the Consolidated Fund, the soil in the common known as Wormwood Scrubs, in the manor of Fulham in the county of Middlesex, containing one hundred and thirty-five acres or thereabouts, subject to certain...