At Dwelling Houses (Scotland). SCHEDULES. SCHEDULE (A.) in the County of this [Date] in Presence of the Sheriff Clerk [or Sheriff Clerk Depute or Town Clerk] and of the Witnesses hereto subscribing, we [insert the Name of the Association] constituted under the "Dwelling Houses (Scotland) Act, 1855," by a Contract sanctioned by the Sheriff [or Dean of Guild] of Date and recorded in the Sheriff [or Burgh] Court Books of Date in consideration of the Grassum of hereby dispone in perpetual Tack or Rental Right to A.B. [designing the Disponee] that Lot of the Dwelling Houses erected [or improved] by us at [Place and County, or Burgh, with Street if in a Town, and Parish if in a Country District,] under Warrant dated , being Number of the same as marked on the Plan thereof docqueted at the yearly Tack Duty of [Sum] payable at Whitsunday [or Martinmas]. And I the said A.B. [or, as the Case may be, I, L.M., Mandatory for the said A.B., by Mandate and recorded in the Sheriff [or Burgh] Court of Date dated (Signed) E.F. [designing him with his (Signed) Residence] Witness. G.H. [designing him with his Executed before me, with proper adhesive Stamp affixed, (Signed) I.K. Sheriff [or Town] Clerk. SCHEDULE (B.) I, A.B. [Designation] authorize C.D. [Designation] to accept [or grant to E.F.] an Assignation to Lot, Number of the Dwelling Houses erected by [Name of Association] at under Warrant of Date and to subscribe the Entry of such Transfer in the Register Book on my Behalf. [Testing Clause according to the Form of the Law of Scotland.] At SCHEDULE (C.) in the County of this [Date] in Presence of the Sheriff Clerk [or Sheriff Clerk Depute or Town Clerk] and of the Witnesses hereto subscribing, I, A.B., [Designation] [or, as the Case may be, I, G.H. Mandatory for A.B., designing him, by Mandate dated and recorded in the Dwelling Houses (Scotland). the Sheriff or Burgh Court Books of Date ] in con assign to C.D. [Designation] of the Dwelling Houses erected by [Name of Association] at [Place] under Warrant, and I the said C.D. [or, as the Case may dated be, I, E.F., Mandatory for the said C.D., by Mandate, dated and recorded in the Sheriff [or Burgh] Court Books of Date At on his Behalf,] accept this Transfer. [To be subscribed as in Schedule (A.)] SCHEDULE (D.) in the County of this [Date] the Sheriff [or Sheriff Substitute or Dean of Guild] having considered the Application of C.D. [designing him] to be registered as Owner of Lot, Number of the Dwelling Houses erected at [Place] by [Name of Association], under Warrant of Date and recorded of Date in the in place of the deceased A.B. [designing him] as his Heir, [or in virtue of Disposition or Deed of Settlement by the said A.B., dated as the Case may be,] finds that the said C.D. is now in right of the said Lot, and the Owner thereof, and he is hereby registered as such accordingly. At (Signed) E.F. G.H., Sheriff [or Town] Clerk. SCHEDULE (E.) in the County of this [Date] the Sheriff for Sheriff Substitute or Dean of Guild] having considered the Application of C.D. [designing him] to be registered as Owner of Lot, Number of the Dwelling Houses erected at [Place] by [Name of Association] under Warrant of Date the in Place of A.B. [designing him] in virtue of an Adjudication and Decree of Expiry of the Legal thereon of Date [or in virtue of a Decree of Adjudication in Implement of Date or in virtue of an Act and Warrant of Confirmation in favour of the said C.D., as Trustee on his sequestrated Estate, of Date ], finds that the said C.D. is now in right of the said Lot as Owner thereof, and he is hereby registered as such accordingly. Where the Price does not exceed 5001., Four per Cent. thereon. Where it exceeds 500l. but not 1,000., 251. Where it exceeds 1,000l. but not 2,000l., 301. Where it exceeds 2,0007. but not 5,000l., 401. С А Р. Huddersfield Burial Ground Act Amendment. CAP. LXXXIX. An Act to amend the Provisions of the Huddersfield Burial WHEREAS the Commissioners for the Time being acting in execution of the Huddersfield Improvement Act, 1848, and the Huddersfield Burial Ground Act, 1852, have, in pursuance of the Powers contained in the said last-mentioned Act, purchased, enclosed, planted, embellished, and laid out a certain 'Piece of Ground in the said last-mentioned Act particularly ' mentioned and described as and for a Burial Ground, and have 'caused to be erected therein (in addition to certain other Buildings) Two suitable Chapels, one for the Performance of the Burial Service according to the Rites of the United Church of England and Ireland, and the other on the unconsecrated Portion of such Burial Ground, for the Performance of Funeral Service therein: And whereas the said Commissioners have procured • One Half of the said Burial Ground, with the Chapel thereon, 'to be consecrated by the Lord Bishop of Ripon, within whose 'Diocese such Chapel and Ground are situate: And whereas the Section of the said Huddersfield Burial Ground Act, 1852, ⚫ numbered 16 in the Copies of that Act printed by Her Majesty's · Printers, and which relates to the Depth to which Graves should be dug in the said Burial Ground, the Number and Manner of Interments in each Grave, and fixing the Period which should elapse before re-opening any such Grave for further Interments therein, is unnecessarily stringent, and would be prejudicial to the proper Management of the said Burial Ground, and entail a considerable Expense upon the said Township of Huddersfield, ⚫ and it is desirable that the said Section of the said last-men'tioned Act of Parliament should be repealed:' 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, as follows: 6 6 6 I. The said Section of the said last-mentioned Act of Parliament shall be and the same is hereby repealed: Provided nevertheless, that nothing herein contained shall extend to relieve the said Commissioners from the Necessity of obtaining the Approval or Confirmation by the General Board of Health of any Regulations which by the said Huddersfield Burial Ground Act, 1852, may require such Approval or Confirmation. II. The Expenses of obtaining this Act, and all other Expenses incident thereto, shall be charged upon and defrayed out of the Fees and Sums of Money which shall be raised, charged, levied, or received under or by virtue of the said Huddersfield Burial Ground Act. Sect. 16. of 15 & 16 Vict. c. 41. repealed. Expenses of this Act how to be paid. CAP. Crown Suits. In all Crown where the Crown is sue. be recovered as between Subject and Subject. CA P. XC. An Act for the Payment of Costs in Proceedings instituted on behalf of the Crown in Matters relating to the Revenue, and for the Amendment of the Procedure and Practice in Crown Suits in the Court of Exchequer. [14th August 1855.] HEREAS in divers Proceedings instituted by or on behalf of the Crown against the Queen's Subjects in respect of 'Matters relating to the Revenue no Costs are recovered by the Crown, except in certain Cases, and no Costs are paid by the Crown' to the Subject: And whereas it is expedient to assimilate the Law as to the Recovery of Costs in such Proceedings by or on behalf of the Crown to that in force as to Proceedings 'between Subject and Subject:' 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, as follows: I. In all Informations, Actions, Suits, and other legal Proceedings to be hereafter instituted before any Court or Tribunal whatever in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, cessful Costs to by or on behalf of the Crown, against any Corporation, or Person or Persons, in respect of any Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, or of any Goods or Chattels, belonging or accruing to the Crown, the Proceeds whereof, or the Rents or Profits of which said Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, by any Act now in force or hereafter to be passed are to be carried to the Consolidated Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, or in respect of any Sum or Sums of Money due and owing to Her Majesty by virtue of any Vote of Parliament for the Service of the Crown, or of any Act of Parliament relating to the Public Revenue, Her Majesty's Attorney General, or in Scotland the Lord Advocate, shall be entitled to recover Costs for and on behalf of Her Majesty, where Judgment shall be given for the Crown, in the same Manner, and under the same Rules, Regulations, and Provisions, as are or may be in force touching the Payment or Receipt of Costs in Proceedings between Subject and Subject, and such Costs shall be paid into the Exchequer, and shall become Part of the Consolidated Fund. Defendent en titled to Costs, if successful against the Crown. Power to Judges to make Rules and Orders for Regu lation of Plead II. If in any such Information, Action, Suit, or other Proceeding Judgment shall be given against the Crown, the Defendant or Defendants shall be entitled to recover Costs, in like Manner, and subject to the same Rules and Provisions, as though such Proceeding had been had between Subject and Subject; and it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury and they are hereby required to pay such Costs out of any Monies which may be hereafter voted by Parliament for that Purpose. 6 III. And whereas the Procedure and Practice in Informations, Suits, and other Proceedings instituted by or on behalf of the Crown in Her Majesty's Court of Exchequer is dilatory, and requires Amendment, and it is desirable that the same should be 'assimilated Crown Suits. Merchant Shipping Act Amendment. 'assimilated as nearly as may be to the Course of Practice and ing and Prac'Procedure now in force in Actions and Suits between Subject tice in Crown and Subject:' Be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Suits. Barons of Her Majesty's Court of Exchequer in England, or any Three of them, and also for the Barons of Her Majesty's Court of Exchequer in Ireland, or any Three of them, in their respective Courts, to make all such General Rules and Orders for the Regulation of the Pleading and Practice in such Informations, Suits, and other Proceedings, and to frame such Writs and Forms of Proceedings, as to them may seem expedient for the Purpose aforesaid; and all such Rules, Orders, or Regulations shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament, if Parliament be then sitting, immediately upon the making of the same, or if Parliament be not sitting, then within Five Days after the next Meeting thereof; and no such Rule, Order, or Regulation shall have Effect until Three Months after the same shall have been so laid before both Houses of Parliament; and any Rule, Order, or Regulation so made shall, from and after such Time aforesaid, be binding and obligatory on the said Court, and on all Courts of Error into which any Judgment of the said Court shall be carried by any Writ of Error, and be of the like Force and Effect, as if the Provisions contained therein had been expressly enacted by Parliament: Provided always, that it shall be lawful for the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by any Proclamation inserted in the London Gazette, or for either of the Houses of Parliament, by any Resolution passed at any Time within Three Months next after such Rules, Orders, and Regulations shall have been laid before Parliament, to suspend the whole or any Part of such Rules, Orders, or Regulations, and in such Case the whole, or such Part thereof as shall be so suspended, shall not be binding and obligatory on the said Courts, or on any other Court of Common Law or Court of Error. CA P. XCI. An Act to facilitate the Erection and Maintenance of Colo- the Erection and Maintenance of Lighthouses in the British Possessions abroad, and otherwise to amend the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854' 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, as follows: I. This Act may be cited as "The Merchant Shipping Act Short Title. Amendment Act, 1855," and shall be taken to be Part of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, and shall be construed accordingly. Colonial Lighthouses. II. In any Case in which any Lighthouse, Buoy, or Beacon has been or is hereafter erected or placed on or near the Coasts of any Her Majesty may British Possession, by or with the Consent of the Legislative by Order in Coun Authority of such Possession, Her Majesty may, by Order in eil fix Dues for Council, houses. Colonial Light |