CA P. XXXIX. An Act for further continuing, until the First Day of WHEREAS an Act was passed in the Tenth and Eleventh Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An 10 & 11 Vict. Act to amend the Law as to Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in c. 98. 'England, by which it was enacted, that certain of the Provisions 'therein contained should continue until the First Day of August 'One thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, and, if Parliament were then sitting, until the End of the then Session of Parlia'ment; and such Provisions have, by an Act passed in the last 11 & 12 Vict. 'Session of Parliament, been continued until the First Day of c. 67. 'August One thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, and to the End of the then next Session of Parliament: And whereas it is 'expedient that the said Provisions should be further continued :' Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by Certain Proviand with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and sions of firstTemporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, recited Act and by the Authority of the same, That the said Provisions of the said firstly-recited Act shall continue until the First Day of August One thousand eight hundred and fifty, and to the End of the then next Session of Parliament. further continued. II. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or Act may be repealed by any Act to be passed in this present Session of amended, &c. Parliament. CA P. XL. An Act to continue, until the Thirty-first Day of July. One thousand eight hundred and fifty, and to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, certain of the Allowances of the Duty of Excise on Soap used in Manufactures. [13th July 1849.] HEREAS by an Act passed in the Third Year of the 'intituled An Act to repeal the Duties, Allowances, and Draw- 3 & 4 W. 4. Acts, and particularly by an Act passed in the Eleventh Year of 10 & 11 Vict. the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, the said Allowances c.41. (except the Allowance for the whitening of new Linen in the Piece for Sale) were continued until the End of the Session ' of Parliament next after the Thirty-first Day of July One thou sand eight hundred and forty-eight: And whereas it is expedient that Certain Allow ances of the Duty on Soap continued. 56 G. 3. c. 68. The Pound Standard Silver, &c. may be coined into Crowns or Pieces of a lower Denomination. Former Acts relating to 'that the said Allowances (except as aforesaid) should be further 'continued:' Be it therefore 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 the said Allowances (except the Allowance of the Duty on Soap used, employed, or consumed in the whitening of new Linen in the Piece for Sale) shall continue and remain payable until the End of the Session of Parliament next after the Thirty-first Day of July One thousand eight hundred and fifty, in like Manner as if the same had been made payable until that Time by the said firstrecited Act. WHI CA P. XLI. An Act to extend an Act of the Fifty-sixth Year of King II. And be it enacted, That all and every Act and Acts in force immediately before the passing of this Act respecting the Coin of this Realm, or the clipping, diminishing, or counterfeiting of the Silver Coin same, or respecting any other Matters relating thereto, and all extended to Provisions, Proceedings, Penalties, Forfeitures, and Punishments, this Act. therein contained or directed, and not repugnant or contradictory to the Provisions of this Act, shall be and continue in full Force and Effect, and shall be applied and put in execution with respect to the Silver Coin to be coined or issued in pursuance of the Provisions of this Act, as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever as if the same were repeated and re-enacted in this Act. CAP. XLII. An Act to provide for the Execution for One Year of the 6 [13th July 1849.] WHEREAS Henry Earl of Thanet, deceased, was in his Lifetime and at the Time of his Death Hereditary High 'Sheriff of the County of Westmoreland: And whereas the said Henry Earl of Thanet died on or about the Twelfth Day of June in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty'nine, without Issue: And whereas it is alleged that he first duly 'made and published his last Will and Testament in Writing, bearing Date the Twenty-first Day of December One thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, and duly executed the same, whereby the said Henry Earl of Thanet devised and bequeathed 'the said Office of Sheriff to one Richard Tufton for Life, with 'divers Remainders over: And whereas Doubts have arisen 'whether the said Office of Sheriff passed by the said Will, or 'whether the same became on the Death of the said Henry Earl ' of Thanet vested in his Heir or Heiress at Law, or whether the 6 same became escheated to the Crown; and such Doubts and Rights cannot conveniently be settled and ascertained within the Time necessary for executing and performing the said 'Office of Sheriff within the said County: And whereas it is necessary, for the Administration of Justice within the said County of Westmoreland, that a Sheriff for the said County 'should forthwith be appointed until such Doubts and Rights shall be settled and ascertained:' Be it therefore 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 Queen's most Excel- Power to Her lent Majesty, from and after the passing of this Act, to nominate Majesty to apand to appoint, in such Manner and Form as is provided by an point a Sheriff Act passed in the Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of King the County of William the Fourth, for, amongst other things, "facilitating the Westmoreland Appointment of Sheriffs," such Person to be Sheriff for One Year in manner proof the County of Westmoreland as She shall by the Advice of Her vided by Council think fit; and such Person so to be nominated and 3&4 W. 4. c.99. appointed shall hold, use, and execute the said Office of Sheriff within the said County of Westmoreland during One Year from the Date of such Appointment, or for any shorter Period, in case Her said Majesty shall by an Order in Council so order and 6 direct, for One Year for Her Majesty direct, and upon taking the Oath of Office by the said Act prescribed shall from thenceforth have and exercise all Powers, Privileges, and Authorities whatsoever hitherto usually exercised and enjoyed by the Sheriff of the County of Westmoreland, or any other Sheriff, now or heretofore appointed under and by virtue of the said Act, and shall be subject to the same Duties and Liabilities as the Sheriff of the County of Westmoreland has hitherto been subject and liable to, and to all the Liabilities imposed upon Sheriffs in England and Wales by the said recited Act. II. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful may order, from to and for Her said Majesty, by any Order in Council to be hereaud after a cer- after made, to order and direct that from and after a certain Day tain Day, that to be therein named all the Powers, Authorities, Rights, Priall Powers, &c. conferred shall vileges, and Liabilities by the said recited Act or this Act concease, save that ferred or imposed upon the said Person so to be nominated and appointed as aforesaid shall from and after such Day cease and determine, save and except that the said Sheriff so to be nomito all Suits, &c. nated and appointed as aforesaid shall be liable and amenable to all such Suits, Actions, and Proceedings, and to make all such Returns, as any other Sheriff for any other County of England or Wales is now subject or liable to. the Sheriff shall be liable Nothing herein 3 & 4 Vict. c. 37. III. Provided always, That, subject only to the Power by this Act professed to be given to Her Majesty to appoint a Person to the Office of Sheriff of the County of Westmoreland for One Year as aforesaid, nothing herein contained shall prejudice or affect any Title in Her Majesty, Her Heirs or Successors, in respect of the said Office, or the Title, Rights, or Interests of any Person or Persons claiming or to claim, by Descent, Devise, or otherwise, the said Office of Sheriff of the County of Westmoreland. CA P. XLIII. An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion of Officers and WHEREAS an Act was passed in the Third and Fourth Years of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act to con'solidate and amend the Laws for punishing Mutiny and Deser tion 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: And whereas it is 'expedient that the said Act be amended; and it being requisite, for retaining the Forces of the East India Company in their Duty, that an exact Discipline be observed, and that Soldiers ' who shall mutiny or stir up Sedition, or shall desert the said Company's Service, be brought to a more exemplary and speedy 'Punishment than the usual Forms of the Law will allow :' Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and of which all 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 be lawful for The Queen Her Majesty to make Articles of War for the better Government may make Articles of War, of the East India Company's Forces, and from Time to Time to renew, alter, add to, or amend the same, as to Her Majesty shall Courts shall appear fit, and all Articles of War to be so made shall be judicially take judicial taken notice of by all Judges and in all Courts whatsoever, and Notice, and Copies of the same, printed by the Queen's Printer, shall, as soon Copies to be as conveniently may be after the same shall have been made and transmitted to established by Her Majesty, be transmitted by Her Majesty's Governors. Judges and Secretary at War to the Judges of Her Majesty's Superior Courts at Westminster, Dublin, Edinburgh, and in India respectively, and also to the Governors of Her Majesty's Dominions abroad and of the Territories under the Government of the said Company; provided that no Person within the Territories which are or may be under the Government of the said Company, and within One hundred and twenty Miles Distance from the Presidencies of Fort William, Fort Saint George, and Bombay respectively, shall by such Articles of War be subject to be transported as a Felon, or be subject to any Punishment extending to Life or Limb, except for Crimes or Offences which are by this Act expressly made liable to such Transportation or to such Punishment as aforesaid, nor shall be subject, with reference to any Crimes made punishable by this Act, to be punished in any Manner which shall not accord with the Provisions of this Act; provided also, that nothing in this Act contained shall in any Manner impeach or affect any Articles of War or other Matters made, enacted, or in force, or which hereafter may be made or enacted or in force, under the Authority of the Government of India, respecting Officers or Soldiers being Natives of the East Indies or other Places within the Limits of the said Company's Charter; and Trial of Native that on the Trial of all Offences committed by any Native Officer Officer or or Soldier, or Follower, Reference shall be had to the Articles of War framed by the Government of India for such Native Officers, Soldiers, or Followers, and to the established Usages of the Service. Soldier. II. And be it enacted, That the Provisions of this Act shall Persons subject apply to all Persons belonging to any of the Forces of the East to this Act. India Company who are or shall be commissioned or in Pay as Officers, or who are or shall be listed or in Pay as Non-commissioned Officers or Soldiers, or who are or shall be serving or hired to be employed in the Artillery or any of the Trains of Artillery, or as Master Gunners or Gunners, or as Conductors of Stores, or who are or shall be serving in the Department of Engineers, or in the Corps of Sappers and Miners or Pioneers, or as Military Surveyors or Draftsmen, or in the Ordnance and Commissariat Departments, and to all Storekeepers and other Civil Officers employed under the Ordnance, and to all Apothecaries, Veterinary Surgeons, Medical Storekeepers, Hospital Stewards, and others serving in the Medical Department of the said Forces, and to all licensed Sutlers and Followers in or of any of the said Forces, and that all such Persons shall be at all Times subject to all the Penalties and Punishments mentioned in this Act, and |