ABSTRACT OF THE PUBLIC GENERAL STATUTES. (3 & 4 VICTORIA-continued.) CAP. 27. An Act to continue to the First Day of August, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-three, and from thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, Two Acts relating to the Removal of Poor Persons born in Scotland and Ireland, and chargeable to Parishes in England. [3rd July, 1840.] The acts 3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 40, and 7 Will. 4 and 1 Vict. c. 10, continued to the 1st August, 1843, and from thence to the end of the then next session of parliament. CAP. 28. An Act to explain and amend an Act of the Second and Third Years of Her present Majesty, for more equally assessing and levying Watch Rates in certain Boroughs. [23rd July, 1840.] S. 1. The 2 & 3 Vict. c. 28, not to apply to any borough in which the borough fund is sufficient, with the aid of the amount only of watch rate which could be raised under the provisions of the 5 & 6 Will. 4, c. 76, and without the aid of any borough rate, to defray the expense of the constabulary force, and other expenses payable out of the borough fund. Proviso saving all rights to common lands, &c. &c. reserved to burgesses by the latter act. S. 2. The amount of watch rate to be levied by the council of any borough, under the 2 & 3 Vict. c. 28, to be at the discretion of the council, but not exceeding in any one year 6d. in the pound. CAP. 29. An Act to extend the Practice of Vaccination. [23rd July, 1840.] CAP. 30. An Act for the more equal Assessment of Police Rates in Manchester, Birmingham, and Bolton, and to make better Provision for the Police in Birmingham, for One Year, and to the End of the then next Session of Parliament. [23rd July, 1840.] CAP. 31. An Act to extend the Powers and Provisions of the several Acts relating to the Inclosure of Open and Arable Fields in England and Wales. [23rd July, 1840.] S. 1. The award of commissioners under the 41 Geo. 3, c. 109, and 6 & 7 Will. 4, c. 115, or either of them, to be conclusive evidence (subject to the right of appeal given by the 6 & 7 Will. 4) that the provisions of those acts have been complied with, and the necessary consents given. Proviso, that parties taking possession of, or proceeding to inclose or cultivate their allotments, shall be deemed to have waived all right of appeal. S. 2. Power of the commissioners as to setting out boundaries of parishes, &c. ́extended to straightening boundaries where the lands are intermixed. S. 3. Commissioners to declare by their award the parish to which any land cut off in straightening boundaries shall be annexed. S. 4. Powers of 6 & 7 Will. 4, c. 115, extended to lands commonable only during part of the year. S. 5. This act to be construed as one act with the 6 & 7 Will. 4, c. 115. CAP. 32. An Act to continue for one Year, and from thence until the End of the the Protestant Episcopal Church in Scotland; and also to extend such Provisions and Regulations to the Bishops and Clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America; and also to make further Regulations in respect to Bishops and Clergy other than those of the United Church of England and Ireland. [23rd July, 1840.] CAP. 34. An Act for making Provision as to the Office of Master in Chancery in certain Cases. [23rd July, 1840.] S. 1. Enables the Lord Chancellor, &c., by order on petition, to direct an annuity not exceeding 15007. to be paid out of the suitors' fund, for the use of any master in chancery who shall be afflicted with any permanent infirmity disabling him from the due execution of his office, and also rendering him incompetent to resign; and the office to be deemed vacant from the date of the order. S. 2. No order to be made except upon the production of certificates signed by three physicians or surgeons. CAP. 35. An Act to re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Government of Canada. [23rd July, 1840.] CAP. 36. An Act for preventing Ships clearing out from a British North American Port loading any Part of their Cargo of Timber upon Deck. [23rd July, 1840.] CAP. 37. An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws for punishing Mutiny and Desertion of Officers and Soldiers in the Service of the East India Company, and for providing for the Observance of Discipline in the Indian Navy, and to amend the Laws for regulating the Payment of Regimental Debts, and the Distribution of the Effects of Officers and Soldiers dying in Service. [4th August, 1840.] CAP. 38. An Act to continue Compositions for Assessed Taxes until the Fifth Day of April, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-two. [4th August, 1840.] CAP. 39. An Act to authorize Trustees or Commissioners of Turnpike Roads to appoint Meetings for executing their Trusts in certain Cases. [4th August, 1840.] S. 1. Repeals 3 Geo. 4, c. 126, s. 70. S. 2 provides for notices to be given by the major part of the trustees or commissioners present at any meeting, or their clerk, or any five of the commissioners, in case of a sufficient number not attending on the day appointed by the act or by adjournment, or for want of proper adjournment. S. 3. Act may be amended or repealed this session. CAP. 40. An Act to amend Two Acts of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, for the Relief of certain of Her Majesty's Colonies and Plantations in the West Indies. [4th August, 1840.] CAP. 41. An Act to authorize the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to grant a Lease of the Caledonian Canal for a Term of Years, and to regulate the future Management thereof. [4th August, 1840.] Cap. 42. An Act to continue the Poor Law Commission until the Thirty-first Day of December, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-one. [4th August, 1840.] CAP. 43. An Act for repairing Blenheim Palace. [4th August, 1840.] CAP. 44. An Act to amend an Act of the Seventh Year of King George the Fourth, for consolidating and amending the Laws relating to Prisons in Ireland. [4th August, 1840.] CAP. 45. An Act to continue until the First Day of June, One Thousand Eigh Hundred and Forty-two, or if Parliament shall then be sitting, until the End of the then Session of Parliament, the Local Turnpike Acts for Great Britain, which expire with this or the ensuing Session of Parliament. [4th August, 1840.] CAP. 46. An Act to continue for One Year from the passing of this Act, and thenceforth until the End of the then next Session of Parliament, the several Acts for regulating the Turnpike Roads in Ireland. [4th August, 1840.] Cap. 47. An Act to repeal so much of an Act of the Ninth Year of the Reign of Her late Majesty Queen Anne, as prevents the Re-election of Mayors of Parliamentary Boroughs and other annual Returning Officers. [4th August, 1840.] S. 1. Repeal of 9 Anne, c. 20, s. 8. S. 2. No returning officers re-elected before the passing of this act to be incapacitated, or have his election questioned, under the repealed act. CAP. 48. An Act to enable Proprietors of Entailed Estates in Scotland to feu or lease on long Leases, Portions of the same for the building of Churches and Schools, and for Dwelling houses and Gardens for the Ministers and Masters thereof. [4th August, 1840.] CAP. 49. An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws for collecting the Duties of Excise on Soap made in Great Britain. [4th August, 1840.] CAP. 50. An Act to provide for keeping the Peace on Canals and Navigable Rivers. [4th August, 1840.] S. 1. Constables to be appointed by two justices, or the watch committee of a borough, for canals and rivers, with powers therein mentioned. S. 2. Power of dismissal of constables. S. 3 provides for their payment. S. 4. Constables guilty of neglect of duty to be liable to a penalty not exceeding 10, or imprisonment for not more than a month. S. 5. Constables dismissed to deliver up accoutrements. S. 6. Persons assaulting the constables in the execution of their duty, liable to a penalty not exceeding 101., or imprisonment of not more than two months. S. 7. Penalty on persons on canals and rivers, &c. having in their possession instruments for unlawfully secreting or carrying away liquors or goods. S. 8. Penalty for unlawfully opening or injuring packages or their contents. S. 9. Constables having just cause to suspect felony, may enter on board vessels and apprehend suspected persons. S. 10. Powers of constables to apprehend without warrant in certain cases. S. 11. Power to constables and persons aggrieved to apprehend and detain offenders till they can be delivered into the custody of a constable. S. 12. Stolen property offered in pawn may be detained. S. 13. This act not to repeal local acts containing higher penalties. Ss. 14-19. Mode of conviction, recovery and application of penalties, limitation of actions, appeal, &c. S. 20. The powers hereby vested in navigation companies to be exercised by the directors, &c. S. 21. Act may be amended or repealed this session. CAP. 51. An Act to amend and explain the General Turnpike Acts, so far as relates to the Toll payable on Carriages and Horses laden with Lime for the Improvement of Land. [4th August, 1840.] Nothing in the stat. 3 Geo. 4, c. 126, shall enable collectors under any local acts to take toll for horses or carriages employed in carrying lime on any turnpike road for the improvement of land, when exempted by any local acts now in force, or in force at the time of the passing of the 3 Geo. 4, c. 126, but since repealed. CAP. 52. An Act to provide for the Administration of the Government in case the Crown should descend to any Issue of Her Majesry, whilst such Issue shall be under the Age of Eighteen Years, and for the Care and Guardianship of such Issue. [4th August, 1840.] CAP. 53. An Act for vacating any Presentment for rebuilding the Gaol of Newgate in Dublin, and vacating any Contract between the Commissioners for rebuilding the said Gaol and the Contractor. [4th August, 1840.] CAP. 54. An Act for making further Provision for the Confinement and Maintenance of Insane Prisoners. [4th August, 1840.] S. 1. On prisoners under sentence or charge of any offence becoming insane, two justices may inquire, with the aid of two physicians or surgeons, as to such insanity; and if the prisoner be certified to be insane, the secretary of state to grant his warrant for his removal to a lunatic asylum: on certificate of two physicians or surgeons of his sanity, the secretary of state to issue his warrant for his removal back to prison, or his discharge. S. 2. Justices to inquire into the settlement of such prisoner, and make order on the parish for his maintenance, &c.: when the settlement is not found, the order to be made on the treasurer of the county; and if the party is possessed of property, it shall be applied towards the expense. S. 3. Persons charged with misdemeanors, and acquitted on the ground of insanity, may be dealt with and kept in custody in the same manner as persons charged with felony under the 39 & 40 Geo. 3, c. 94; and in such cases the justices are to have the like power of inquiry into the settlement, and ordering maintenance as hereinbefore mentioned. S. 4. Power of appeal to persons aggrieved by any order of justices. S. 6. Repeals 9 Geo. 4, c. 50, s. 55. S. 7. Repeals part of 9 Geo. 4, c. 50, s. 54. S. 8. Interpretation clause. S. 9. Act to extend only to England and Wales. S. 10. Act may be amended or repealed this session. CAP. 55. An Act to enable the Owners of settled Estates to defray the Expense of Draining the same by Mortgage. [4th August, 1840.] CAP. 56. An Act further to regulate the Trade of Ships built and trading within the Limits of the East India Company's Charter. [4th August, 1840.] CAP. 57. An Act to impose Duties of Excise on Sugar manufactured in the United Kingdom. [7th August, 1840.] CAP. 58. An Act to amend the Acts relating to the River Poddle, in the County and City of Dublin. [7th August, 1840.] CAP. 59. An Act for the Amendment of the Law of Evidence in Scotland. [7th August, 1840.] CAP. 60. An Act to further amend the Church Building Acts. [7th August, 1840.] CAP. 62. An Act to continue until the Thirty-first Day of December, One Thousand [7th August, 1840. |