Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, at the lower Rate of Duty therein mentioned. tions of Refined X. And be it enacted, That the respective Bounties now Bounties on payable on the Exportation of certain Descriptions of Refined certain DescripSugar from the United Kingdom, by an Act passed in the Ses- Sugar. sion of Parliament holden in the Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of His said late Majesty, intituled An Act to grant certain 3 & 4 W.4. c. 58. Bounties and Allowances of Customs, and also by an Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the First and Second Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act 1&2 Vict. c. 33. for granting to Her Majesty, until the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, certain Duties on Sugar imported into the United Kingdom, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, and by the said Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the Seventh 7 & 8 Vict. c. 28. and Eighth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, shall, from and after the Fourteenth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and forty-five, cease and determine; and that in lieu thereof there shall be paid and allowed the following Bounties; (that is to say,) 1 0 0 Upon Double Refined Sugar, or Sugar equal £ s. d. 0 14 0 XI. And be it enacted, That the several Duties, Bounties, Collection of and Allowances by this Act imposed and allowed shall be under Duties. the Management of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Customs, and shall be ascertained, raised, levied, collected, paid, recovered, allowed, and applied, or appropriated under the Provisions of an Act passed in the Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled An Act for granting Duties of Customs, and of another Act 3&4 W.4.c. 56. passed in the same Year, intituled An Act to grant certain Boun- 3 & 4 W.4.c.58. ties and Allowances of Customs, and of any other Act or Acts in force relating to the Customs. provide stand XII. And be it enacted, That the Commissioners of Cus- Commissioners toms shall forthwith provide Samples of White Clayed Sugar, of Customs to and of Sugar rendered by any Process equal in Quality to ard Samples of White Clayed Sugar, with reference to Colour, Grain, and sac- White Clayed, charine Matter, which Samples shall be deemed to be standard &c. Sugar. Samples, for the Purpose of comparing therewith such White Clayed Sugar, or Sugar rendered by any Process equal in Quality to White Clayed Sugar, as from and after the Four teenth Orders in revoked. 8 VICT. XIII. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for Her 6 G. 4. c. 81. XIV. And be it enacted, That every Order in Council to be ་ XV. And be it enacted, That a Copy of every Order of XVI. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended An Act to repeal the Duties and Laws of Excise on W HEREAS by an Act passed in the Sixth Year of the S& 4 Vict. c. 22. date and amend the Laws for collecting and securing the Duties and as to Arrears <vided that upon all Broad or Spread Glass there shall be charged and paid the same Amount of Duty, and there shall be allowed and paid the same Drawbacks, as on German Sheet Glass, under the Provisions of the said recited Act of the First and Second Years of Her said Majesty: And whereas by another Act passed in the Seventh and Eighth Years of the Reign of Her said Majesty, intituled An Act to 7&8 Vict. c.25. repeal the Duty of Excise on Vinegar, and to make the Duties ' and Drawbacks now payable on Flint Glass the same as on • Bottled Glass, the Duties and Drawbacks granted and allowed by the said recited Act of the First and Second Years of Her ⚫ said Majesty upon Flint Glass are repealed, and other Duties and Drawbacks granted and allowed in lieu thereof: And whereas it is expedient that the said several Duties and Drawbacks should cease:' Be it 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 After 5th April from and after the Fifth Day of April One thousand eight 1845 the hundred and forty-five all Duties of Excise now payable upon Drawbacks on or for or in respect of any Glass Maker or Glass-house, or any Glass to cease, Glass made in the United Kingdom, and all Drawbacks on the save as herein Exportation of such Glass from the United Kingdom, shall excepted, and cease, and be no longer charged, raised, levied, collected, al- and Penalties. lowed, or paid, and that the several Acts, Clauses, Provisions, and Regulations for charging, raising, levying, collecting, allowing, and paying the said several Duties and Drawbacks shall not from and after the said Fifth Day of April be enforced or executed; save and except for the Purpose of recovering any Duties incurred or charged on or before the said Fifth Day of April, or any Arrears thereof, the same not being Duties charged on Glass which has been warehoused on the Manufacture thereof free of Duty on or after the Fifteenth Day of February One thousand eight hundred and forty-five; and save and except for or in respect of any Drawback payable under the said recited Acts or any of them for Glass exported at any Time previous to the Fifteenth Day of June One thousand eight hundred and forty-five, which Glass has been packed for Exportation under the usual Regulations on or before the said Fifth Day of April; and save and except for the Purpose of recovering any Fine, Penalty, or Forfeiture for the Breach of any of the said Acts, Clauses, Provisions, or Regulations committed previous to the said Fifth Day of April; but that all such Duties and Arrears (not being as aforesaid), and all such Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures, may be recovered, levied, enforced, and applied, and all such Drawbacks allowed and paid, in the same Manner, and by the same Powers and Authorities, as if this Act had not been passed. II. And whereas for the Purpose of making certain Allow- The Treasury ances to Manufacturers of and Dealers in Plate Glass, Crown may grant an or German Sheet Glass, and to Manufacturers of Bottle Allowance in 'Glass, made and manufactured in the United Kingdom, for Duties on the [No. 2. Price 2d.] and Stock in hand B respect of the of Manufac turers of and Dealers in and in respect of their Stock in hand of such Glass respectively, on which the respective Duties thereon have been paid or secured to be paid, such Glass has been permitted to be Glass or Manu-packed as the like Goods when intended for Exportation to Foreign Parts, and warehoused under the Charge of the Officers Bottle Glass, of of Excise, or otherwise deposited with and taken account of Crown or Plate facturers of which an Ac. count has been taken by the Officers of Excise. Glass exported on Excise Drawback not to be imported ment of such Drawback. 6 by the Officers of Excise;' be it enacted, That upon all Crown and German Sheet Glass, and upon all common Bottles, Vessels, and Utensils of common Bottle Metal, which have been so warehoused, deposited, or taken account of as aforesaid, and which on or before the Twelfth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and forty-five are, on Re-examination, found conformable to such previous Account thereof as aforesaid, the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland may, for and in respect of the Duties thereon respectively paid, allow to the Manufac turers or Dealers to whom such Glass respectively belongs a Sum of Money equivalent to the Drawback to which such Glass respectively would have been entitled if the same respectively had been exported to Foreign Parts previous to the Sixth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and forty-five, deducting therefrom Twenty-five per Centum; and that upon all Plate Glass which has been so warehoused or taken account of as aforesaid, and which on or before the said Twelfth Day of April is, on Re-examination, found conformable to such previous Account thereof as aforesaid, the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury may, for and in respect of the Duties thereon paid, allow to the Manufacturers or Dealers to whom such last-mentioned Glass belongs the Sum of One Shilling and Ten-pence Halfpenny for every Square Foot of all rectangular Pieces of such Plate Glass of Six Inches by Four at the least, and not less than One Eighth of an Inch in Thickness, and the Sum of Four Pounds Four Shillings for every Hundred Weight of such Plate Glass if polished, and not One Eighth of an Inch in Thickness, deducting Twenty-five per Centum from the Sum to be allowed as last mentioned. III. And be it enacted, That no Glass or Glass Wares for or in respect whereof any Drawback of Excise has been received or claimed on Exportation from the United Kingdom, without Repay. shall be imported into the United Kingdom, unless by the special Permission of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Customs, and on Repayment of such Drawback; which Drawback the said Commissioners of Customs shall collect, recover, and account for as Her Majesty's Duties of Customs, and under the Laws and Regulations in force relating to such Duties at the Time of such Importation, and notwithstanding that such Drawback on the Exportation of the like Goods from the United Kingdom is at that Time repealed. Act may be amended, &c. IV. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in this present Session of Parliament. CAP. VII. An Act to repeal the Duties of Customs due upon WHEREAS it is expedient that the Duties of Customs upon Cement Stone and Flint, ground or unground, Clay and China Stone, and also upon Coals, Culm, or Cinders, exported in a British Ship from the United Kingdom, should 'cease and determine:' Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Export Duties most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent on Cement of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this Clay and China present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the Stone, Coals, same, That on and after the Twelfth Day of March One thou- Culm, or Cinsand eight hundred and forty-five, the said Duties shall be and deis, repealed. are hereby repealed. CAP. VIII. An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters. [24th April 1845.] 6 Stone and Flint, W WHEREAS the raising or keeping a standing Army within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Time of Peace, unless it be with the Consent of Parliament, is against Law: And whereas it is adjudged necessary by Her Majesty, and this present Parliament, that a Body of Forces should be continued, for the Safety of the United, Kingdom, the Defence of the Possessions of Her Majesty's Crown, and the Preservation of the Balance of Power in Europe, and that the whole Number of such Forces should Number of the 'consist of One hundred thousand and eleven Men, exclusive of Forces. ' 'the Officers and Men belonging to the Regiments employed in the Territorial Possessions of the East India Company, but including the Officers and Men of the Troops and Companies recruiting for those Regiments: And whereas no Man can be forejudged of Life or Limb, or subjected in Time of Peace to any Kind of Punishment within this Realm, by Martial Law, or in any other Manner than by Judgment of his Peers and according to the known and established Laws of this Realm; yet nevertheless, it being requisite for the retaining all the 'before-mentioned Forces in their Duty, that an exact Discipline be observed, and that Soldiers who shall mutiny or stir up Sedition, or shall desert Her Majesty'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 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 if any Person who is or shall be commissioned or in Crimes punishPay able by Death. 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