Accountants General in the Courts of Powers of Attorney already given to receive Payment in Money from Commissioners of National Debt to be equally valid to receive Payment in Money or Stock Accountants Exchequer, as well as the said Commissioners; and Accountants General authorized to pay Money or transfer Stock respectively, so far as regards the Claims to Compensation arising in the said Colony of Barbadoes, as the Three Pounds per Centum Consolidated Bank Annuities are subject and liable to in respect of litigated Claims in the several other Colonies. IV. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the said Accountant General of the Court of Chancery and the Accountant General of the Court of Exchequer to appoint a fit and proper Person to do and perform all or any of the Duties imposed upon the said Accountants General respectively by this Act; and that the Acts of the said Deputy shall be as valid and effectual for all Purposes under this Act as if the same had been done by the said Accountants General themselves respectively. 6 6 V. And whereas numerous Powers of Attorney have been executed by Parties resident in the several Colonies who are 'entitled to Compensation under the said recited Acts, constituting the Persons named therein their lawful Attornies to receive Pay'ment from the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, out of the Monies standing upon their Account in the Books of the Bank of England under the Title of "The West • India Compensation Account," of such Sum or Sums of Money as may be awarded to them from Time to Time under the Provisions of the said recited Act of the Third and Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, and to give Receipts for 'such Sum or Sums of Money, and to do all lawful Acts requisite for effecting the Premises: And whereas by the Operation of the said recited Act of the Fifth and Sixth Year of His present Majesty's Reign and of this Act certain Proportions of the said ' Compensation Monies have been and will be invested in certain Bank Annuities in the Name and to the Account of the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, and of the Accountant General of the Court of Chancery, and of the • Accountant General of the Court of Exchequer, respectively; and it is expedient that any Attorney or Attornies so constituted as aforesaid should be empowered to receive Transfer of such Bank Annuities or Payments in Money from the said Accountants General as well as from the said Commissioners; be it therefore enacted, That all Powers of Attorney which shall have been executed in the Manner before mentioned by any Persons whatsoever entitled to Compensation under the said recited Act passed in the Third and Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, or which may be so executed after the passing of this Act, shall be and the same are hereby declared to be as valid and effectual to all Intents and for all Purposes in respect of the Receipt of any Sum or Sums of Money or of any Bank Annuities from the said Accountant General of the Court of Chancery or the Accountant General of the Court of Exchequer, and ålso in respect of the Receipt of any Bank Annuities from the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, as such Powers of Attorney have been and would be in respect of the Receipt of Money from the said Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt; and the said Accountant General of the Court of Chancery and the Accountant General of the Court of Exchequer respectively are hereby authorized and required to pay any Sum or Sums of Money or to transfer any Bank Annuities or Portions thereof, and the the said Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt to the Persons are hereby authorized and required to transfer any Bank Annuities mentioned in or Portions thereof, to the Person or Persons mentioned and such Powers of Attorney. described in the said Powers of Attorney, in satisfaction and in pursuance of any Award or Decree made under the Provisions of the said recited Acts or of this Act, in like Manner as the said Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt have already acted upon such Powers of Attorney in respect of the Payment of any Sum or Sums of Money awarded under the said recited Acts. VI. And whereas it is expedient that Persons entitled to Com- Letters of pensation under the said recited Acts should be relieved from Attorney for the Payment of Stamp Duty on their Letters or Powers of the Receipt of Compensation Attorney to receive such Compensation where the Sums to be under 207. received are of small Amount, and that all Persons who have exempted from ' acted or shall hereafter act upon or under the Authority contained Stamp Duty, in any such Letters or Powers of Attorney should be absolved and Persons ' and indemnified from and against all Penalties and Liabilities incurred by reason of such Letters or Powers of Attorney not being duly stamped;' be it therefore enacted, That all Letters or Powers of Attorney heretofore made and executed, or which shall be hereafter made and executed, for the Purpose of authorizing the Receipt of any Sum or Sums of Money as or for Compensation awarded under the said recited Acts, where the Sum or Sums received or to be received under the Authority of such Letters or Powers of Attorney respectively do not amount to Twenty Pounds, shall be and the same are hereby exempted from all Stamp Duty; and all Persons who at any Time heretofore have paid or received, or shall at any Time hereafter pay or receive, any Sum or Sums of Money not amounting to Twenty Pounds in each Case, upon or under the Authority contained in any such Letters or Powers of Attorney respectively, shall be and such Persons are hereby absolved and indemnified from and against all Penalties, Losses, and Liabilities incurred or sustained or to be incurred or sustained by reason of such Letters or Powers of Attorney not being duly stamped. VII. And be it further enacted, That if the Comptroller General or Assistant Comptroller General, or other Officer appointed by and acting under the said Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, or the Accountant General of the Court of Chancery, or the Accountant General of the Court of Exchequer, shall, for the Purpose of carrying into effect the Provisions of the said recited Acts or this Act, deem it necessary and require that some Evidence should be given of the Identity of the Party named in any Letter of Attorney, or as to the Truth of any Matter contained in or necessary for the Explanation of such Letter of Attorney, it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Comptroller General or Assistant Comptroller General, or such other Officer employed under the said Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt as may be especially nominated and appointed by the said Commissioners for this Purpose, or to and for the said Accountant General of the Court of Chancery or the said Accountant General of the Court of Exchequer respectively, to take and receive the Declaration of any Person or Persons competent to give such Evidence as aforesaid, and such Declaration shall be made indemnified for Comptroller under Commis- Reduction of the National Debt may take and receive Declarations. 5 & 6 W. 4. c. 62. Making false Misdemeanor. All Acts already done in accordance with this Act declared valid. Indemnification to Parties for any thing already done or which shall be done under its Provisions. Treasury may make further Regulations for made in the Form and Manner prescribed by an Act passed in the Fifth and Sixth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An Act to repeal an Act of the present Session of Parlia ment, intituled An Act for the more effectual Abolition of Oaths and Affirmations taken and made in various Departments of the State, and to substitute Declarations in lieu thereof, and for the more entire Suppression of voluntary and extra-judicial Oaths and Affidavits; and to make other Provisions for the Abolition of unnecessary Oaths. VIII. And be it further enacted, That any Person who shall wilfully and corruptly make and subscribe any such Declaration, knowing the same to be untrue in any material Particular, shall be deemed guilty of a Misdemeanor. IX. And whereas, in order to prevent the great Inconvenience ' and Loss which would have resulted to many of the Claimants for Compensation under the said recited Acts, and to other 'Persons interested therein, some of the Provisions herein-before 'contained have already been acted upon;' be it therefore enacted, That all the Acts, Matters, and Things whatsoever which have been already done and performed in accordance with any of the Provisions of this Act by the said Commissioners of Arbitration, the said Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, and the said Accountant General of the Court of Chancery, and the Accountant General of the Court of Exchequer, or any or either of them, or by the several Officers acting under them respectively, shall be and the same are hereby declared to be as valid and effectual to all Intents and Purposes as if the said Acts, Matters, and Things had been done and performed expressly under the Sanction of this Act; and the said Commissioners of Arbitration, the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, the Accountant General of the Court of Chancery, and the Accountant General of the Court of Exchequer, shall be and they are jointly and severally hereby indemnified, freed, and discharged from and against all Actions, Suits, and Proceedings whatsoever for or on account or in respect of all or any Acts, Matters, and Things whatsoever already done and performed by them or any of them, or by their respective Officers, in accordance with the Provisions of this Act, or for or on account or in respect of any Acts, Matters, and Things whatsoever which shall be hereafter done and performed by them or any of them in carrying into execution the Provisions of this Act, or in acting under the and the said Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, and the said Accountant General of the Court of Chancery, and the said Accountant General of the Court of Exchequer, shall not be held or taken to be responsible for or liable to make good any Payment of Money or Transfer of Bank Annuities already made in accordance with this Act, or which shall hereafter be made under the Provisions thereof, unless the same shall have been occasioned by the wilful Negligence or Default of the said Commissioners or of the said Accountants General respectively: Provided always, that it shall and may be lawful to and for the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury for the Time being, or any Three or more of them, to make such further Regulations as they may from Time to Time think necessary and proper for the Purpose of same; carrying carrying the Provisions of the said recited Acts and of this Act, so far as regards the Distribution and Payment of the said Compensation Monies, into effect, and for facilitating such Distribution and Payment in the Manner therein provided for. Commissioners of Arbitration may award Costs to be paid Parties oppos such Costs. X. And be it further enacted, That upon every contested Claim or counter Claim heard before the said Commissioners of Arbitration, it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners of Arbitration to award to the Party in whose Favour their Adjudication to Parties eson such Claim or counter Claim is made the Costs out of Purse tablishing incurred by such Party in the Prosecution or Defence and Hearing Claims to Comof such contested Claim or counter Claim, and to be paid to such pensation by Party by the several Persons who by their Claim or counter Claim ing such Claims. may have opposed the Right, Title, or Demand established by such Adjudication, or by such of those Persons as to the said Commissioners may seem right; and the said Commissioners or any Three of them shall thereupon give to the Party in whose Favour such Award of Costs shall be made their Certificate under their Hands, certifying the Award of such Costs, and the Person or Persons to and by whom the same are to be paid; and upon the Mode of Production of such Certificate, and Proof of due Notice having recovering been given to the Person or Persons by whom such Costs shall be awarded to be paid, the said Costs shall be taxed by a Master of the High Court of Chancery or by the Master of the Court of King's Bench, which said Certificate and Taxation shall have the Force and Effect of a Warrant of Attorney to confess Judgment in any of His Majesty's Superior Courts of Law at Westminster; and if the Person or Persons by whom such Costs shall be awarded to be paid or who shall be liable to pay the same shall neglect or refuse to pay the Amount so taxed as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the Person or Persons to whom the same shall be awarded to be paid to file the said Certificate and Taxation signed by the Master, with an Affidavit verifying the same, in any of the said Courts, and the Court wherein the same shall be filed is hereby authorized, upon Motion made to the said Court, and on being satisfied of the Truth of the said Affidavit, to order Judgment to be entered up for the Sum specified in such Taxation for the Person or Persons to whom the same shall be awarded to be paid. XI. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the said Commissioners of Arbitration to award Costs against any Person or Persons who shall have withdrawn his, her, or their Claim or counter Claim Twenty-eight Days before the Day appointed by the said Commissioners for hearing the Matter of such Claim or counter Claim. XII. And be it further enacted, That in all Appeals to His Majesty in Council from any Adjudication of the said Commissioners of Arbitration, the Parties Appellant shall within Eight Days after such Appeal has been lodged with the Clerk of the Council give Security to the said Clerk of the Council, by Recognizance to be entered into to His Majesty, in the Penalty of One hundred Pounds, conditioned to pay such Costs to the Respondent appealed against as the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council shall appoint in case the Adjudication appealed from shall be affirmed; and if the Appellant or Appellants shall neglect to give such Claimants withdrawing Claim 28 Days before the Hearing not liable to Costs. Appellants to Judicial Committee of the Privy Council for Payment of to give Security Costs. Judicial Committee may such Security within the Time aforesaid the Appeal from thenceforth shall be and stand dismissed. XIII. And be it further enacted, That the said Judicial Committee of the Privy Council shall have the like Powers to award award Costs,&c. Costs, and direct the Taxation thereof, in respect of such Appeals as aforesaid, as are given to the said Judicial Committee of the Privy Council by an Act passed in the Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of His present Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled An Act for the better Administration of Justice in His Majesty's Privy Council. 3 & 4 W. 4. c. 41. Act may be altered this Session. XIV. And be it further enacted, That this Act or any Part thereof may be amended, altered, or repealed by any Act or Acts to be passed in the present Session of Parliament. WH CA P. VI. An Act for carrying into effect a Treaty made between His 'ARTICLE I.—The Slave Trade is hereby again declared, ARTICLE II.—Her Majesty the Queen Regent of Spain, 'during the Minority of her Daughter Donna Isabella the • Second, hereby engages, that immediately after the Exchange ' of the Ratifications of the present Treaty, and from Time to Time afterwards, as it may become needful, Her Majesty will take the most effectual Measures for preventing the Subjects of Her Catholic Majesty from being concerned, and her Flag from being used, in carrying on in any way the Trade in Slaves; and especially that, within Two Months after the said Exchange, she will promulgate throughout the Dominions of Her Catholic Majesty a Penal Law, inflicting a severe Punishment on all those Her Catholic Majesty's Subjects who shall, under any Pretext whatsoever, take any Part whatever in the Traffic in Slaves. ARTICLE III.-The Captain, Master, Pilot, and Crew of < a Vessel condemned as good Prize by virtue of the Stipulations of this Treaty shall be severely punished according to the Laws of the Country of which they are Subjects, as also the Owner of the said condemned Vessel, unless he proves that he had no Participation in the Enterprize. 6 < ARTICLE IV.-In order more completely to prevent all Infringement of the Spirit of the present Treaty, the Two High Contracting Parties mutually consent that those Ships of their Royal Navies respectively which shall be provided |