ship, existing at the Time of the Entry or Register of such Transfer, or of or from any Action, Suit, Judgment or Execution in respect of the same, according to the Provisions of this Act: Provided always, that no such Transfer as aforesaid shall take Transfer to place without the Consent of the Directors for the Time being of be signed by any such Society or Copartnership; nor shall any Transfer be One or more valid unless signed by One or more of such Directors, as the Court of Directors for the Time being of such Society or Copartnership may from time to time determine, in Testimony of the Court of Directors having consented to such Transfer.

of

Director.

Clerks of

Money, &c.

† Sic.

XXIII. And be it further enacted, That if any Cashier or Clerk any Banker or Bankers, or of any Society or Copartnership Bankers, &c. or + Bankers, or of any Merchant or Merchants, or of any Officer embezzling or Officers intrusted with the Receipt or Custody of Public Money Felony. in Ireland, shall without the Consent of such Banker or Bankers, or Society or Copartnership, or Merchant or Merchants, or Officer or Officers, embezzle or take away Money, Cash, Notes or Securities for Money to the Value of Fifty Pounds Sterling belonging to such Banker or Bankers, or Society or Copartnership, or Merchant or Merchants, or intrusted to the Care of such Officer or Officers, with an Intent to defraud such Banker or Bankers, or Society or Copartnership, or Merchant or Merchants, or Officer or Officers, such Cashier or Clerk shall, upon Conviction thereof, be adjudged to be guilty of Felony, and shall be trans- Punishment. ported for Life or for any Term of Years as the Court before whom such Offender shall be convicted shall think fit to order and adjudge; and every Person who shall receive such Money, Notes or Securities for Money, from such Cashier or Clerk, knowing them to be so taken away with Intent to defraud such Banker or Bankers, or Society or Copartnership, or Merchant or Merchants, or Officer or Officers, shall be likewise adjudged to be guilty of Felony, and shall be transported for Life or for any Term of Years as the Court before whom such Offender shall be convicted shall think fit to order and adjudge.

XXIV. And be it further enacted, That every Penalty, Forfeiture and Sum of Money to be forfeited under this Act, by reason of any Omission or Neglect of any of the Regulations hereinbefore enacted, may be sued for and recovered in any of His Majesty's Courts of Record at Dublin by any Person, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, provided such Action be commenced within Twelve Calendar Months next after such Offence committed, in which Action there shall not be any Essoign, or Wager of Law, nor more than One Imparlance allowed; and all Sums to be recovered shall be applied one Moiety thereof to the Use of the Person who shall sue for the sanie, and the other Moiety to the Use of His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors. XXV. And be it declared and enacted, That so much of an Act made in the Parliament of Ireland in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act to explain an Act, intituled An Act to prevent Frauds committed by Bankrupts,' whereby it is enacted, that all Mercantile Companies or Partnerships shall set forth in their several Invoices, Bills of Parcels, Promissory Notes and Custom Entries, the Names of the several Individuals of which

such

Recovery and
Application of

Penalties.

19 & 20 G.3.
c.25. (I.) not
to extend to

Bankers in
Ireland.

Proviso for

Matters otherwise legal.

such Partnership or Company doth consist, doth not and shall not be construed to extend to any Society or Copartnership of Bankers in Ireland; any Custom or Usage to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.

XXVI. Provided always, and be it enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to prevent any such Society or Copartnership from doing any Act, Matter or Thing which, but for the express Provision of this Act, they would by Law be entitled to do.

SCHEDULE referred to by this Act.

No. I.

RETURN or Account, to be entered at the Stamp Office in Dublin, in pursuance of an Act passed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of King George the Fourth, intituled [here insert the Title of this Act, viz.

Firm or Name of the Banking Society or Copartnership, viz. [set forth the Firm or Name.]

Names and Places of Abode of all the Partners concerned or
engaged in such Society or Copartnership, viz. [set forth all
the Names and Places of Abode.]

Names and Places of the Bank or Banks established by such
Society or Copartnership, viz.- [set forth all the Names and
Places.]

Names and Descriptions of the Public Officers of the said Bank-
ing Society or Copartnership, viz. [set forth all the Names and
Descriptions.]

Names of the several Towns and Places where the Bills or Notes of the said Banking Society or Copartnership are to be issued by the said Society or Copartnership, or their Agent or Agents, viz. [set forth the Names of all the Towns and Places.]

A. B. of

Secretary [or other Officer, describing the Office] of the above Society or Copartnership, maketh Oath and saith, That the above doth contain the Name, Style and Firm of the above Society or Copartnership, and the Names and Places of Abode of the several Members thereof, and of the Banks established by the said Society or Copartnership, and the Names, Titles and Descriptions of the Public Officers thereof, and the Names of the Towns and Places where the Notes of the said Society or Copartnership are to be issued, as the same respectively appear in the Books of the said Society or Copartnership, and to the best of the Information, Knowledge and Belief of this Deponent.

at

Sworn before me, the

Day of

in the County of
C. D.

Justice of the Peace in and for the said County.

No. II.

RETURN or Account to be entered at the Stamp Office in
Dublin, on behalf of [name the Society or Copartnership], in
pursuance of an Act passed in the Sixth Year of the Reign
of King George the Fourth, intituled [insert the Title of
this Act], viz.

Names of any and every new or additional Public Officer of the
said Society or Copartnership, viz.

A. B.

in the room of C.D. deceased or removed, [as the Case may be], [set forth every Name.] Names of any and every Person who may have ceased to be a Member of such Society or Copartnership, viz. [set forth every Name.]

Names of any and every Person who may have become a new
Member of such Society or Copartnership, [set forth everyName.]
A. B. of
[Secretary or other Officer] of the above.
named Society or Copartnership, maketh Oath and saith,
That the above doth contain the Name and Place of Abode
of any and every Person who hath become or been ap-
pointed a Public Officer of the above Society or Co-
partnership, and also the Name and Place of Abode of
any and every Person who hath ceased to be a Member of
the said Society or Copartnership, and of any, and every
Person who hath become a Member of the said Society or
Copartnership since the Registry of the said Society or
Copartnership on the
Day of
last, as the
same respectively appear on the Books of the said Society
or Copartnership, and to the best of the Information,
Knowledge and Belief of this Deponent.

Sworn, &c.

No. III.

RETURN or Account, to be entered at the Stamp Office in
Dublin, in behalf of [name the Society or Copartnership],
in pursuance of an Act passed in the Sixth Year of King
George the Fourth, intituled [insert the Title of this Act.]

C.D. of
assign

A.B. of

did on the

Day of

Shares in the said Company to G.B. of

Secretary [or other Officer] of the above Society or Copartnership, maketh Oath and saith, That the Assignment above mentioned has been duly made, as appears by the Documents in the Possession of the said

An Act to amend and render more effectual an Act made in the Tenth Year of the Reign of King Charles the First, for impounding of Distresses in Ireland. [10th June 1825.]

WH HEREAS an Act was passed in the Parliament of Ireland, 10 C. 1. c.25.

in the Tenth Year of the Reign of King Charles the First, (I. 'intituled An Act for the impounding of Distresses: And Whereas 6 Geo. IV.

P

• the

Pound Keepers to give Security by Recognizance to Sheriff,

to be renewed annually.

No Fee.

Penalty, 101.

Rescuing Cattle, or injuring Pound, whether

Cattle be therein or not, a Misdemeanor.

Whenever

'the Provisions of the said recited Act are not sufficient for the
Purposes intended; and it is expedient that a more effectual
Regulation should be made for such Purposes, and to prevent
'Abuse in the making and impounding of Distresses in Ireland ;'
Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty,
by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled,
and by the Authority of the same, That every Person who at the
Time of the passing of this Act, or at any Time before the First
Day of January One thousand eight hundred and twenty six,
shall be, or shall be duly appointed the Keeper, or shall act as
Keeper of any Pound Overt in Ireland, legally constituted, shall
on or previous to such First Day of January One thousand eight
hundred and twenty six, at some Quarter Sessions or Adjournment
thereof, enter into Security, by Recognizance to the Clerk of the
Peace of the County, County of a City, or County of a Town,
within which such Pound shall be situate, or to the Mayor or other
Chief Officer of a Town Corporate where a Pound shall be
situate within the Jurisdiction of such Town Corporate (and
which Recognizance such Clerk of the Peace or Mayor, or other
Chief Officer is hereby authorized and empowered to take, and
for taking which Recognizance it shall not be lawful to charge or
take any Fee), conditioned for the due Execution of the Office of
Pound Keeper; that is to say, each such Pound Keeper in the
Sum of Ten Pounds, and Two sufficient Sureties in the Sum of
Five Pounds each; and that every Person who, at any Time after
the said First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and
twenty six, shall be or shall hereafter be appointed to be the
Keeper of any such Pound, shall enter into the like Security, at
some Quarter Sessions or Adjournment thereof which shall be
held within the County or Division, or Riding of a County,
County of a City or County of a Town, or Town Corporate, within
which such Pound shall be situate; and every such Security shall
be renewed yearly and every Year, in Manner aforesaid; and if
any Person in Ireland shall keep any Pound Overt, or shall act
as a Pound Keeper, without having given and entered into such
Security as is required by this Act, or without having renewed
such Security in Manner aforesaid, every such Person shall for
every such Offence forfeit the Sum of Ten Pounds, to be re-
covered and applied in Manner hereinafter mentioned.

II. And be it further enacted, That if any Person, at any Time after the passing of this Act, shall rescue any Cattle which shall have been lawfully seized for the Purpose of being impounded, or shall break down, injure or destroy any Pound legally constituted, whether any Cattle shall be impounded therein or not, or shall commit any Pound Breach or Rescue, whereby any Cattle of any Description shall escape or be enlarged from any such Pound, every such Person shall be deemed guilty of a Misdemeanor; and upon Conviction of such Offence, either at the Assizes or Quarter Sessions of the County or Place where such Pound shall be situated, shall be liable to suffer Fine and Imprisonment, at the Discretion of such Court before whom such Offender shall be tried and convicted.

III. And be it further enacted, That every Pound Keeper as stray Cattle put aforesaid, whenever and so often as any Animals of any Description

tion which shall be found straying shall be impounded with him, in Pound,
shall post a written Notice on the Gate of his Pound, and also Notice to be
upon the nearest Church and Chapel, setting forth a Description directed.
posted as herein

of such Cattle so impounded or in his Possession; and such Notice
shall remain so posted until such Animals shall have been claimed,
or otherwise disposed of by due Course of Law; and every Pound
Keeper who shall neglect to post such Notices as aforesaid, shall
not claim or be entitled to receive any Poundage Fee for the Penalty.
Custody of such Animal, and shall for each such Neglect forfeit
and pay a Sum not exceeding Five Pounds.

IV. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act, it shall and may be lawful for the Magistrates assembled at the Michaelmas Quarter Sessions in their several Districts, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to appoint and affix the Rate or Price which it shall be lawful for the Keepers of any such Pound as aforesaid to charge and receive, for the Sustenance of the Cattle of whatever Description, which shall be committed to any such Pound, in Case the Owner of such Cattle should not feed them himself; which Rate or Price so fixed by such Magistrates shall constantly be and remain posted in legible Characters, either on the Outside of the Dwelling House, or on the Outside of the Pound of every such Pound Keeper; and every Pound Keeper who shall not keep such Rate so continually posted, or who shall charge any greater Sum or Rate for the Sustenance of any such Cattle, than the Rate or Sum fixed by such Magistrates as aforesaid, shall forfeit and pay any Sum not exceeding Five Pounds for each and every Month that he shall so act as Pound Keeper, without having such Rate affixed as aforesaid.

i

Michaelmas Quarter Sessions to fix Charge of Pound Keepers for Sustenance,

Not keeping

Rates posted, or charging

more than fixed.

Penalty.

Charges of

Pound
Keepers :

V. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act, it shall and may be lawful for the Keeper of each and every Pound in Ireland legally constituted, to demand and receive as Pound Fees, for the Cattle of the several Descriptions which shall be impounded therein, the several and respective Sums following, and no more; any Thing in the said recited Act of the Tenth Year of the Reign of King Charles the First, or any other Act or Acts, or any Law or Custom to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding; that is to say, For the first or only Horse, For Horse, &c. Mule or Ass, and for the first or only horned Beast, commonly called Black Cattle, the Sum of Five Pence, and the further Sum of Two Pence for each and every additional Beast of the kind impounded at the same Time for the same Distress; and for any For Sheep, &c. One or more, not exceeding Four in Number, of Sheep, Lambs, Goats or Swine, which shall be so impounded, the Sum of Four Pence, and the further Sum of One Penny each for every additional Animal of the like kind, beyond Four, impounded at the same Time or for the same Distress.

VI. And be it further enacted, That the several Sums so by this Act authorized to be demanded and taken by any such Pound Keeper, shall be taken and deemed to be in full Satisfaction as Pound Fees to such Pound Keeper for Three Days, consisting of Seventy two Hours, next after the Time when such Cattle shall be so impounded, whether such Cattle shall remain impounded during the Whole or during Part only of such Seventy two

P 2

Hours

Rates to be taken by Pound Keepers for the which the CatTime during the remain impounded.