58. An Act for declaring the Law as to the Day on which it is requisite to present for Payment to the Acceptors or Acceptor supra Protest for Honour, or to the Referees or Referee in case of Need, Bills of Exchange, which had been dishonoured.

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59. An Act to extend the Protection of Copyright in Prints and Engravings to Ireland. 295

60. An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Customs. 296 61. An Act to assimilate the Law of Ireland to that of England in respect to the Liability of Owners of Vessels for Losses by Fire. 302 62. An Act for continuing, until the First Day of June One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, the several Acts for regulating the Turnpike Roads in Great Britain which will expire with the present or the next Session of Parliament. 303 63. An Act to facilitate, until the Nineteenth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, the Recovery of certain Arrears of Highway Rates and Composition in lieu of Statute Duty. 304 64. An Act to explain and amend an Act passed in this present Session of Parliament for imposing certain Restrictions on the Renewal of Leases by Ecclesiastical Persons. 65. An Act for granting Relief from the Duties of Assessed Taxes, and on Stage Carriages, in certain Cases, and to regulate the charging of the Duty payable for taking or killing Game, in Great Britain; and to provide for the Collection of certain Local Taxes in Scotland. 306 66. An Act to prevent the advertising of Foreign and other illegal Lotteries. 311 67. An Act for suspending for One Year Appointments to certain Dignities and Offices in Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, and to Sinecure Rectories.

305

Ibid.

68. An Act to continue until the Thirty-first Day of December One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, and from thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, an Act of the Tenth Year of His late Majesty, for providing for the Government of His Majesty's Settlements in Western Australia, on the Western Coast of New Australia.

313 69. An Act to fix the Standard Qualities of Gold and Silver Plate in Scotland, and to provide for the assaying and marking thereof.

314 70. An Act to facilitate the Conveyance of Sites for School Rooms. 325 71. An Act for the Commutation of Tithes in England and Wales.

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327

72. An Act to impose countervailing Duties of Excise on Mixtures, Compounds, Preparations, and Commodities made from or with Spirits removed from Ireland to England or Scotland, or from Scotland to England, and to grant countervailing Drawbacks on the Removal of the same; to repeal the additional Duties of Excise on Licences to Retailers of Spirits in the United King, dom; and to alter the Laws relating to Distillers and Retailers of Spirits.

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360

73. An

73. An Act to continue until the First Day of July next, and from thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, an Act passed in the Fifth and Sixth Years of His present Majesty, relating to the Dispatch of Business done by the Court of Exchequer in Scotland.

Page 369 74. An Act to abolish certain Offices connected with the Court of Chancery in Ireland, and to provide for the Performance of the Duties thereof. 370

383

75. An Act to extend the Jurisdiction and regulate the Proceedings of the Civil Bill Courts in Ireland.

76. An Act to reduce the Duties on Newspapers, and to amend the Laws relating to the Duties on Newspapers and Advertise

ments.

405 77. An Act for carrying into effect the Reports of the Commissioners appointed to consider the State of the Established Church in England and Wales, with reference to Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues, so far as they relate to Episcopal Dioceses, Revenues, and Patronage.

432

443

445

78. An Act to enable His Majesty to make Regulations for the better defining and establishing the Powers and Jurisdiction of His Majesty's Consuls in the Ottoman Dominions. 79. An Act for vesting Lighthouses, Lights, and Sea Marks on the Coasts of England in the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond; and for making Provisions respecting Lighthouses, Lights, Buoys, Beacons, and Sea Marks, and the Tolls and Duties payable in respect thereof. 80. An Act to appoint additional Commissioners for executing the Acts for granting an Aid by a Land Tax, and for continuing the Duties on Personal Estates, Offices, and Pensions. 474 81. An Act to authorize His Majesty, until Six Months after the Commencement of the next Session of Parliament, to carry into immediate Execution, by Orders in Council, any Treaties, Conventions, or Stipulations made with any Foreign Power of State for the Suppression of the Slave Trade. 475 82. An Act to carry into further Execution an Act for compensating Owners of Slaves upon the Abolition of Slavery, and for completing the full Payment of such Compensation. 477 83. An Act for the Regulation of the Offices of Vice Treasurer and Teller of the Exchequer in Ireland.

282 84. An Act to consolidate and amend the several Acts for the uniform Valuation of Lands and Tenements in Ireland; and to incorporate certain detached Portions of Counties and Baronies with those Counties and Baronies respectively whereto the same may adjoin or wherein the same are locally situate. 85. An Act for Marriages in England. 86. An Act for registering Births, Deaths, and Marriages in England. 526

484

510

87. An Act for extinguishing the Secular Jurisdiction of the Archbishop of York and the Bishop of Ely in certain Liberties in the Counties of York, Nottingham, and Cambridge. 544 88. An Act to suspend to the End of the next Session of Parliament the making of Lists and the Ballots and Enrolments for the Militia of the United Kingdom. 549

89. An Act to provide for the Attendance and Remuneration of Medical Witnesses at Coroners Inquests. Page 549 90. An Act to continue until the First Day of May One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, and from thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, an Act of the Fifty-fourth Year of His Majesty King George the Third, for rendering the Payment of Creditors more equal and expeditious in Scotland. 552 91. An Act to enable the Commissioners of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings to make and maintain a Road from the Church in the Parish of Sunk Island to the Town of Ottringham in the East Riding of the County of York. Ibid. 92. An Act to render valid certain Marriages solemnized in the Church of Saint Clement, Oxford. 553

93. An Act to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing, and contingent and other Expences of the Disembodied Militia in Great Britain and Ireland; and to grant Allowances in certain Cases to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Surgeons Mates, and Serjeant Majors of the Militia, until the First Day of July One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven. 554

94. An Act to amend an Act for enabling His Majesty to carry into effect a Convention made between His Majesty the King of the French, the Emperor of all the Russias, and the King of Bavaria.

573

95. An Act to suspend, until the Sixth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, Proceedings for recovering Payment of the Money advanced under the Acts for establishing Tithe Compositions in Ireland.

575

577

96. An Act to regulate Parochial Assessments. 97. An Act for continuing and making perpetual the Duty on certain Offices and Pensions.

581 98. An Act to apply the Sum of Four Millions out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.

Ibid.

99. An Act to amend Two Acts passed respectively in the Third and Fourth and in the Fourth and Fifth Years of His present Majesty, for altering and amending the Laws relating to the Temporalities of the Church of Ireland.

588 100. An Act to restrain the Alienation of Corporate Property in certain Towns in Ireland.

605

101. An Act to legalize certain Lists of Voters and of Claims and Objections for the present Year.

608

102. An Act for rendering more easy the taking the Poll at County Elections.

610

104. An Act for the better Administration of the Borough Fund in certain Boroughs.

103. An Act to make temporary Provision for the Boundaries of certain Boroughs.

611

613 105. An Act for the better Administration of Justice in certain Boroughs. 616

106. An Act to make Provision for the better and more expeditious Administration of Justice in the Stannaries of Cornwall, and

for

for the enlarging the Jurisdiction and improving the Practice and Proceedings in the Courts of the said Stannaries. Page 621 107. An Act to extend the Period for the Repayment of Loans made under an Act passed in the Fourth and Fifth Year of His present Majesty, for the Amendment and better Administration of the Laws relating to the Poor in England and Wales. 636 108. An Act to amend an Act passed in the First and Second Years of His present Majesty, for the Extension and Promotion of Public Works in Ireland.

637

109. An Act to repeal certain Provisions respecting the Coal Trade.

648

110. An Act to repeal so much of an Act of the Fifty-fourth Year of King George the Third respecting Copyrights as requires the Delivery of a Copy of every published Book to the Libraries of Sion College, the Four Universities of Scotland, and of the King's Inns in Dublin.

650 111. An Act to prevent the Fact of a previous Conviction being given in Evidence to the Jury on the Case before them, except when Evidence to Character is given.

651 112. An Act for further facilitating the hearing and determining of Suits in Equity in His Majesty's Court of Exchequer at West

minster.

652 113. An Act for raising the Sum of Fourteen millions seven thousand nine hundred and fifty Pounds by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. 653 114. An Act for enabling Persons indicted of Felony to make their Defence by Counsel or Attorney.

Ibid.

115. An Act for facilitating the Inclosure of Open and Arable Fields in England and Wales.

654 116. An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the Presentment of Public Money by Grand Juries in Ireland.

681 117. An Act to amend several Acts relating to the Harbour of Kingstown.

760

i.

LOCAL AND PERSONAL ACTS,

DECLARED PUBLIC,

AND TO BE JUDICIALLY NOTICED.

AN N Act for better lighting with Gas the Borough of Reading and Hamlet of Whitley in the County of Berks, by a Company to be called The Reading Union Gas Company. Page 785 ii. An Act to amend an Act passed in the Fifth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for repairing the Road from Farnborough to Riverhill, in the Parish of Sevenoaks in the County of Kent; and for making a new Line of Road to communicate therewith. Ibid. iii. An

iii. An Act for removing the Markets held in the Town or Village of Bridgend in the County of Glamorgan, and for providing other Market Places in lieu thereof, and for regulating and maintaining the same.

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iv. An Act to establish a Company for more effectually lighting with Gas the City and County of the City of Exeter, and certain Parishes and Places in the County of Devon. 786 v. An Act for the better supplying the Borough of Reading in the County of Berks, and the Neighbourhood thereof, with Gas. Ibid.

vi. An Act for extending the Time for building a Bridge over the River Avon from Clifton in the County of Gloucester to the opposite Side of the River in the County of Somerset. Ibid. vii. An Act to incorporate the Subscribers to the Middlesex Hospital, and for better enabling them to carry on their charitable Designs. Ibid. viii. An Act for repairing and maintaining the Road from Rochdale in the County Palatine of Lancaster to Halifax and Ealand in the West Riding of the County of York. Ibid. ix. An Act for repairing the Road from the Town of Buckingham in the County of Buckingham to the West Chester or Holyhead Road in the Parish of Passenham in the County of Northampton, and from the North-east End of the Town of Stony Stratford to Newport Pagnell in the said County of Buckingham. Ibid. x. An Act for making and maintaining a Turnpike Road and Branches leading from Radcliffe towards Bolton and Bury, all in the County of Lancaster.

787 xi. An Act for erecting a County Hall and Courts of Justice, and for providing Accommodation for His Majesty's Justices of Assize, for the Eastern Part of the County of Suffolk. Ibid. xii. An Act for building new Courts of Assize at Bodmin for the County of Cornwall, and for providing Judges Lodgings, and other Purposes connected therewith. Ibid. xiii. An Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts within the Prestbury Division of the Hundred of Macclesfield in the County of Chester.

Ibid.

xiv. An Act for making a Railway from Birmingham to Gloucester, with a Branch therefrom.

Ibid.

xv. An Act to enable the Bristol and Clifton Oil Gas Company to produce Gas from Coal and other Materials; and to amend the Act relating to the said Company. Ibid. xvi. An Act to enlarge the Powers of several Acts for effecting Improvements in the Streets and other Places within the Town of Manchester.

Ibid.

xvii. An Act for making a Turnpike Road from Richmond to Reeth in the County of York. 788 xviii. An Act for altering and amending an Act of the Fourth and Fifth Years of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An Act for making and for more effectually maintaining and repairing certain Roads in the County of Lanark, and for building a Bridge over the River Clyde at Crossford in the said County. Ibid. xix. An Act for making and maintaining a Turnpike Road from Saint Leonard's and Saint Mary Magdalen to the Royal Oak

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