(No. 2.) A BIL L [AS AMENDED BY THE SELECT COMMITTEE] To abolish Deodands. 5 W Deodands and Forfeiture of PEREAS the Law respecting the Forfeiture of Chattels Preamble. which have moved to or caused the death of man, and respecting Deodands, is unreasonable and inconvenient; BE it Enacted, by The QUEEN'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 from and after the First day of September one thousand eight hundred and Forty-six, there shall be no forfeiture of any chattel for or in respect of the same having moved 10 to or caused the death of man; and no Coroner's Jury sworn to inquire, upon the sight of any dead body, how the deceased came by his death, shall find any forfeiture of any chattel which may have moved to or caused the death of the deceased, or any Deodand whatsoever; and it shall not be necessary in any indictment or inquisition for homicide, to allege the value of the instrument which caused the death of the deceased, or to allege that the same was of no value. moving to or causing death, abolighted, from lished, and after 1 September 1846. A 5 BILL To authorize the Advance of Public Money to a limited [Note. The Words printed in Italics are proposed to be inserted in the Committee.] W Preamble: c. 118. HERCAS the productiveness and value of much of the land in Great Britain and Ireland are capable of being greatly increased by Drainage, and the extension of the operation of Drainage is calculated to promote the employment and effectiveness of agricultural labour, and tends also to prevent disease and to improve the general health of the community: And whereas it is expedient to facilitate works of Drainage by advances of public money, to a limited amount, on the security of the land to be improved: And whereas an Act was passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled, "An Act 8 & 9 Vict. 10 to facilitate the Inclosure and Improvement of Commons and Lands held in Common, the Exchange of Lands, and the Division of intermixed Lands; to provide Remedies for defective or incomplete Executions, and for the Non-execution of the Powers of general and local Inclosure Acts, and to provide for the Revival of such Powers in 15 certain Cases:" And whereas an Act was passed in the first and second years of the reign of his late Majesty King WILLIAM the Fourth, intituled, "An Act for the Extension and Promotion of Public Works in Ireland," and several Acts have since been passed for amending the same: And whereas a certain other Act was passed in 20 the fifth and sixth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, "An Act to promote Drainage of Lands and Improvement of Navigation and Water Power in connexion with such Drainage in Ireland :" 1. Her Majesty sioners of the 2. Mode of 48 Geo. 3, c. 1. 5 BE it Enacted, by The QUEEN'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 it shall and may be lawful for the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, upon the application of the Commissioners for the execution of this Act, to issue and advance, or cause to be issued and advanced for the loans to be made under the provisions of this Act, out of the growing produce of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, such sum 10 or sums of money as may be required for such loans, not exceeding in the whole the sum of Two million Pounds for Great Britain, and One million Pounds for Ireland; or, in case the said Commissioners of the Treasury shall so think fit, it shall be lawful for them to direct the Comptroller-General of Her Majesty's Exchequer at Westminster for 15 the time being to make out and issue Exchequer Bills to such an amount, not exceeding the said sums of Two million Pounds for Great Britain, and One million Pounds for Ireland, as they shall think fit to direct for the purpose aforesaid; but provided that the whole amount of such advances out of the Consolidated Fund, and by Exchequer 20 Bills, shall not together exceed the said sums of Two million Pounds for Great Britain, and One million Pounds for Ireland. And be it Enacted, That such Exchequer Bills as may be directed to be made out and issued under this Act, shall be in the same form and order, and according to the same or like rules and directions 25 (except wherein otherwise provided for), as in an Act passed in the forty-eighth year of the reign of his Majesty King GEORGE the Third, intituled, "An Act for regulating the Issuing and Paying of Exchequer Bills," and an Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the fourth and fifth years of the reign of his Majesty King WILLIAM 30 4 & 5 Will. 4, the Fourth, intituled, “An Act to regulate the Office of the Receipt of his Majesty's Exchequer at Westminster;" and an Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the fifth and sixth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, "An Act for further regulating the Preparation and Issue of Exchequer Bills," are prescribed. c. 15. 5 & 6 Vict. c. 66. 3. Powers of 48 Geo. 3, c. 1, 4 & 5' Will. 4, c. 15, and 5 & 6 Vict. c. 66, to extend to Exchequer Bills to be made out under this Act. 35 And be it Enacted, That all the clauses, provisos, powers, authorities, regulations, privileges, advantages, penalties, forfeitures and disabilities contained in the said Acts of the forty-eighth year of King GEORGE the Third, the fourth and fifth years of King WILLIAM the Fourth, and the fifth and sixth years of Her present Majesty, 40 shall be applied and extended to the Exchequer bills to be made out in pursuance of this Act, as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes as if the said several clauses and provisos had been particularly repeated and re-enacted in this Act. And 5 And be it Enacted, That the Exchequer Bills to be made out in pursuance of this Act, shall bear an interest not exceeding the rate of Three-pence halfpenny per centum per diem whole of the money contained therein. upon or in respect of the And be it Enacted, That all Exchequer Bills which shall be made out and issued in pursuance of this Act, shall be dated on the day of the issue thereof, and made payable at such periods as shall be fixed by the Commissioners of the Treasury. And be it Enacted, That all the Exchequer Bills to be made out in 10 pursuance of this Act, or so many of them as shall from time to time remain undischarged and uncancelled after the respective days on which they shall become due and payable, shall after that time pass and be current to all receivers and collectors in Great Britain of the Customs, Excise, or any revenue, supply, aid or tax whatsoever due or 15 payable to Her Majesty, Her heirs or successors, and also at the Bank of England to the account of Her Majesty's Exchequer, from the said receivers or collectors, or from any person, body politic or corporate whatsoever, making any payment there to Her Majesty, Her heirs or successors, upon any account whatever. 20 25 30 35 And be it Enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of the Treasury to order and direct the payment out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland of all Exchequer Bills issued under the authority of this Act. And be it Enacted, That no advance under this Act for or on account of any work or in compliance with any application, shall be made until the same shall have been first submitted to and sanctioned by the Commissioners of the Treasury. Inclosure sioners to be sioners for the execution of Commis Commis this Act. And be it Enacted, That the Inclosure Commissioners for Eugland and Wales shall be the Commissioners for the execution of this Act in Great Britain, and that the Commissioners for the execution of the said Act passed in the first and second years of the reign of his late Majesty King WILLIAM the Fourth, and of the said Act passed in the fifth and sixth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, and of the several Acts amending the same respectively, shall be the Commissioners for executing this Act in Ireland; and it shall be lawful for the said Inclosure Commissioners to employ in the execution of this Act in Great Britain the Assistant Commissioners, secretary, clerks, messengers and officers, who have been or may be appointed by the said this Inclosure Commissioners under the said Act of the last Session of Parliament; and the said Inclosure Commissioners may, with such consent as provided by the said Act of the last Session of Parliament in respect of appoint and appointments sistant Com 358. A 2 Power to employ Assistant Commissioners, &c. appointed under Commission. Power to remove As |