The Sheriffs of the County of the City of Chester to execute County Criminals. The Judge before whom any Criminal shall be convicted may make an Order upon the Sheriff of the County to execute such Criminal in any Place not with City of Chester have executed Criminals convicted for Offences • committed within the County of Chester, and sentenced to Death by virtue of Commissions issued under the Authority of the said Act; but Doubts are entertained whether the Sentence of Death pronounced on Criminals for Offences committed within the County of Chester ought to be executed by the Sheriff of the County or by the Sheriffs of the County of the City of Chester' For the Removal therefore of such Doubts, and for better effecting the Intention of the said Act, be it enacted by the King'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 passing of this Act the Sheriffs of the County of the City of Chester for the Time being shall execute the Sentence of Death upon all Criminals condemned to die for Offences committed within the County of Chester; and the Judges, or any One of them, named in the Commissions of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery issued or from Time to Time to be issued for the County of Chester, shall have full Power and Authority to make such Orders on the Constable of the Castle of Chester for delivering such Criminals to the Sheriffs of the County of the City of Chester, and on the said Sheriffs for the Execution of such Criminals by the said Sheriffs, as such Judges or Judge shall think fit; all which Orders the said Constable and Sheriffs shall be and they are hereby required to obey according to the Exigency thereof. II. Provided always, and be it enacted, That if at any Time it shall seem fit to any Judge before whom any Criminal shall be convicted and sentenced to die for any Offence committed within the County of Chester, that such Criminal should be executed at any Place not within the Jurisdiction of the Sheriffs of the City of Chester, but within the County of Chester, it shall be lawful for such Judge to make any Order which he may think fit upon the Sheriff of the County of Chester to execute such Criminal at such Place, and also in his Jurisdic- upon the Constable of the Castle of Chester to deliver such Criminal to the Sheriff of the County, and to do and perform, and suffer to be done and performed, all such Matters and Things as may be necessary for carrying into effect and executing such Sentence; and the said Sheriff and Constable shall be liable and are hereby required to obey all such Orders. tion. *G. 3. c. 78. CAP. II. An Act to amend an Act of the Thirty-eighth Year of Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled • An Act for preventing the Mischiefs arising from the printing and publishing 6 6 publishing Newspapers, and Papers of a like Nature, by Persons not 'known, and for regulating the Printing and Publication of such • Papers in other respects, certain Affidavits or Affirmations, containing such Matters and Things in the said Act specified and set forth, relating to Newspapers and other Papers in the said Act 'described, are required to be made and signed, and sworn or affirm⚫ed, and delivered to the Commissioners for managing His Majesty's Stamp Duties, or to some of their Officer or Officers as therein ' mentioned; and it is by the said Act, amongst other things, also <enacted, that in some Part of every Newspaper or other such Paper ' as aforesaid there shall be printed the true and real Name and Names, Addition and Additions, and Place and Places of Abode of the Printer and Printers and Publisher and Publishers of the same, and also a true Description of the Place where the same is printed: And whereas certain Penalties are by the said Act im'posed for any Neglect or Omission to comply with the aforesaid Provisions; and it is by the said Act provided that the said Penalties respectively shall be recovered by Action of Debt, Bill, • Plaint, or Information in any of His Majesty's Courts of Record ' at Westminster, and that the same when recovered shall be, as to one Moiety thereof, to and for the Use of His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, and, as to the other Moiety thereof, to and for the Use of the Person who shall inform or sue for the same: And whereas the Printers, Publishers, and Proprietors of divers Newspapers have inadvertently neglected to comply with some of the aforesaid Provisions of the said recited Act, and many Actions, Suits, Informations, and Prosecutions have been brought and ' commenced against such Printers, Publishers, and Proprietors, ' or some of them, by Persons who sue, inform, and prosecute, as 'well on their own Behalf as on behalf of His Majesty, to recover ' various Penalties incurred or alleged to have been incurred under or by virtue of the said Act by reason of such Neglect; and it is expedient that all further Proceedings in such Actions, Suits, Informations, and Prosecutions should be prevented, and such other Provision made in relation thereto, and otherwise as is herein-after mentioned: Be it therefore enacted by the King'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 immediately from and after the passing of this Act it shall be lawful for any Person or Persons against whom any Original Writ, Suit, Action, Bill, Plaint, or Information shall have been sued out, commenced, or prosecuted, on or before the Day of the passing of this Act, for the Recovery of any pecuniary Penalty or Penalties incurred under the said Act, except in the Cases herein-after provided, to apply to the Court in which such Original Writ, Suit, Action, Bill, Plaint, or Information shall have been sued out, commenced, or prosecuted, if such Court shall be sitting, or, if such Court shall not be sitting, to any Judge of either of the Superior Courts at Westminster, for an Order that such Writ, Suit, Action, Bill, Plaint, or Information shall be discontinued, upon Payment of the Costs thereof out of Pocket incurred to the Time of such Application being made, such Costs to be taxed according to the Practice of such Court; and every such Court or Judge is hereby A 2 authorized and any Ba lance paid in by the Bank of England pursuant to 56 G.3. c. 97. The Treasury may raise 15,000,000l. by Exchequer Bills in like Manner. as is. prescribed by 48 G. 3. c. 1. 5 W.IV. United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies, towards the Expence of Retiring Pay, Pensions, and Allowances to His Majesty's Forces serving in India, in pursuance of an Act passed in the Fourth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth; and also the Balance now in the Exchequer, or which may be paid into the same by the Governor and Company of the Bank of England on or before the Fifth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and thirty-six pursuant to an Act passed in the Fifty-sixth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act to authorize the advancing, for the Public Service, a Proportion of the Balance that shall remain from Time to Time in the Bank of England for the Payment of Dividends on account of the Public Debt, for Lottery Prizes or Benefits not claimed, and Principals of Stocks and Annuities remaining unclaimed; provided that if at any Time the said Balance shall be reduced to a less Sum than One hundred thousand Pounds, then so much of the Monies advanced by the said Governor and Company shall be repaid to them as shall be equal to the Sum by which the said Balance shall be less than the Sum of One hundred thousand Pounds; and the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland now or for the Time being, or any Three or more of them, or the Lord High Treasurer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for the Time being, are or is hereby authorized and empowered to issue and apply the same accordingly. CAP. IV. An Act for raising the Sum of Fifteen Millions by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. [20th March 1835.] • Most Gracious Sovereign, WE, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and • Ireland, in Parliament assembled, towards raising the necessary Supplies which we have cheerfully granted to Your Majesty in this Session of Parliament, have resolved to give and grant unto Your Majesty the Sum herein-after mentioned;' and do therefore most humbly beseech Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the King'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 be lawful for the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland at any Time or Times to cause or direct any Number of Exchequer Bills to be made out at the Receipt of the Exchequer at Westminster for any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding in the whole the Sum of Fifteen Millions, in the same or like Manner, Form, and Order, and according to the same or like Rules and Directions, as are prescribed 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 Issue and paying off of Exchequer Bills. II. And Attorney or the Solicitor or Officer of Stamps. Bill, Plaint, or Information in any of His Majesty's Courts, or before any Justice or Justices of the Peace, against any Person or Solicitor General in England, Persons for the Recovery of any Fine, Penalty, or Forfeiture of the King's made or incurred or which may be incurred by virtue of the said Advocate in recited Act, unless the same be commenced, prosecuted, entered, Scotland, or of or filed in the Name of His Majesty's Attorney General or Solicitor General in that Part of Great Britain called England, or His Majesty's Advocate for Scotland (as the Case may be respectively), or in the Name of the Solicitor of Stamps and Taxes, or some other Officer of His Majesty's Stamp Duties in England or Scotland respectively; and if any Action, Bill, Plaint, or Informa→ tion shall be commenced, prosecuted, entered, or filed in the Name or Names of any other Person or Persons than is or are in that Behalf before mentioned, the same and every Proceeding thereupon had are hereby declared and the same shall be null and void to all Intents and Purposes. VII. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended, altered, or repealed by any Act or Acts to be passed in this present Session of Parliament. CAP. III. An Act to apply certain Sums to the Service of the Year • Most Gracious Sovereign, Act may be repealed or altered this Session. Service of the WE, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, towards making good the Supply which we have cheerfully granted to Your Majesty in this Session of Parliament, have resolved to grant unto Your Majesty the Sums herein-after mentioned ;' and do therefore most humbly beseech Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the King'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 there shall and may be issued and applied, There shall be for or towards making good the Supply granted to His Majesty applied, for the for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty- Year 1835, five, the Sum of Two Millions, a Part of the Sum now remaining 2,000,000l. now in the Exchequer, or remaining to be received on the Twenty- in the Exchethird Day of February One thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, quer; to complete the Aids granted by Parliament for the Service of the Years One thousand eight hundred and thirty-three and One thousand eight hundred and thirty-four; and also any Sum or Sums of any Sums paid Money which may have been or which may be paid into the into the Exchequer in respect Exchequer before the Fifth Day of April One thousand eight of Exchequer hundred and thirty-six in respect of Exchequer Bills issued pur- Bills issued for suant to Two Acts passed in the Fifty-seventh Year of the Reign Public Works; of His late Majesty King George the Third, and in the Third Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, and in the First and Second Years of the Reign of His present Majesty, for authorizing the Issue of Exchequer Bills for carrying on Public Works and Fisheries in the United Kingdom; and also the Sum of Sixty thousand Pounds to be paid into the Exchequer by the 60,000l. to be paid by the East India Com United pany; and any Ba lance paid in by the Bank of England pursuant to 56 G.3. c. 97. The Treasury may raise 15,000,0007. by Exchequer Bills in like Manner as is. prescribed by 48 G. 3. c. 1. 5 W.IV. United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies, towards the Expence of Retiring Pay, Pensions, and Allowances to His Majesty's Forces serving in India, in pursuance of an Act passed in the Fourth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth; and also the Balance now in the Exchequer, or which may be paid into the same by the Governor and Company of the Bank of England on or before the Fifth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and thirty-six pursuant to an Act passed in the Fifty-sixth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act to authorize the advancing, for the Public Service, a Proportion of the Balance that shall remain from Time to Time in the Bank of England for the Payment of Dividends on account of the Public Debt, for Lottery Prizes or Benefits not claimed, and Principals of Stocks and Annuities remaining unclaimed; provided that if at any Time the said Balance shall be reduced to a less Sum than One hundred thousand Pounds, then so much of the Monies advanced by the said Governor and Company shall be repaid to them as shall be equal to the Sum by which the said Balance shall be less than the Sum of One hundred thousand Pounds; and the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland now or for the Time being, or any Three or more of them, or the Lord High Treasurer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for the Time being, are or is hereby authorized and empowered to issue and apply the same accordingly. CAP. IV. An Act for raising the Sum of Fifteen Millions by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. [20th March 1835.] • Most Gracious Sovereign, WE E, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and • Ireland, in Parliament assembled, towards raising the necessary Supplies which we have cheerfully granted to Your Majesty in this Session of Parliament, have resolved to give and grant unto Your Majesty the Sum herein-after mentioned;' and do therefore most humbly beseech Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the King'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 be lawful for the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland at any Time or Times to cause or direct any Number of Exchequer Bills to be made out at the Receipt of the Exchequer at Westminster for any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding in the whole the Sum of Fifteen Millions, in the same or like Manner, Form, and Order, and according to the same or like Rules and Directions, as are prescribed 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 Issue and paying off of Exchequer Bills. II. And |