Copartnership neglecting to send Returns. Penalty. False or incomplete Returns. Penalty. Perjury. Copartnership issuing Bills payable on Demand; or drawing Bills of Ex change payable on Demand, A.D. 1826. Places, such Corporation or Copartnership shall be entitled to have all the rest of such Towns or Places included in a Fourth Licence. XVIII. And be it further enacted, That if any such Corporation or Copartnership exceeding the Number of Six Persons in England shall begin to issue any Bills or Notes, or to borrow, owe or take up any Money on their Bills or Notes, without having caused such Account or Return as aforesaid to be made out and delivered in the Manner and Form directed by this Act, or shall neglect or omit to cause such Account or Return to be renewed yearly and every Year, between the Days or Times hereinbefore appointed for that Purpose, such Corporation or Copartnership so offending shall, for each and every Week they shall so neglect to make such Account and Return, forfeit the Sum of Five hundred Pounds; and if any Secretary or other Officer of such Corporation or Copartnership shall make out or sign any false Account or Return, or any Account or Return which shall not truly set forth all the several Particulars by this Act required to be contained or inserted in such Account or Return, the Corporation or Copartnership to which such Secretary or other Officer so offending shall belong shall for every such Offence forfeit the Sum of Five hundred Pounds, and the said Secretary or other Officer so offending shall also for every such Offence forfeit the Sum of One hundred Pounds; and if any such Secretary or other Officer making out or signing any such Account or Return as aforesaid shall knowingly and wilfully make a false Oath of or concerning any of the Matters to be therein specified and set forth, every such Secretary or other Officer so offending, and being thereof lawfully convicted, shall be subject and liable to such Pains and Penalties as by any Law now in force Persons convicted of wilful and corrupt Perjury are subject and liable to. 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And be it further enacted, That if any such Corporation or Copartnership exceeding the Number of Six Persons, so carrying on the Trade or Business of Bankers as aforesaid, shall, either by any Member of or Person belonging to any such Corporation or Copartnership, or by any Agent or Agents, or any other Person or Persons on behalf of any such Corporation or Copartnership, issue or re-issue in London, or at any Place or Places not exceeding the Distance of Sixty five Miles from London, any Bill or Note of such Corporation or Copartnership which shall be payable on Demand; or shall draw upon any Partner or Agent, or other Person or Persons who may be resident in London, or at any Place or Places not exceeding the Distance of Sixty five Miles from London, any Bill of Exchange which shall be payable on Demand, or which shall be for a less Amount than Fifty Pounds; or if any such Corporation or Copartnership exceeding the Number of Six Persons, so carrying on the Trade or Business of Bankers in England as aforesaid, or any Member, Agent or Agents of any such Corporation or Copartnership, shall borrow, owe or take up in London, or at any Place or Places not exceeding the Distance of Sixty five miles from London, any Sum or Sums of Money on any Bill or Promissory Note of any such Corporation or issuing Bills or Copartnership payable on Demand, or at any less Time than Six Months from the borrowing thereof, or shall make or issue any Bill or Bills of Exchange or Promissory Note or Notes of such or for less than 50%; or borrowing Money on Bills, except as herein pro vided; contrary to 39 & 40 G.3. c. 28. Corporation Corporation or Copartnership contrary to the Provisions of the said recited Act of the Thirty ninth and Fortieth Years of King George the Third, save as provided by this Act, such Corporation or Copartnership so offending or on whose Account or Behalf any such Offence as aforesaid shall be committed, shall for every such Offence forfeit the Sum of Fifty Pounds. XX. Provided also, and be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend to prejudice, alter or affect any of the Rights, Powers or Privileges of the said Governor and Company of the Bank of England; except as the said exclusive Privilege of the said Governor and Company is by this Act specially altered and varied. Penalties how XXI. And be it further enacted, That all pecuniary Penalties and Forfeitures imposed by this Act shall and may be sued for recovered. and recovered in His Majesty's Court of Exchequer at Westminster, in the same Manner as Penalties incurred under any Act or Acts relating to Stamp Duties may be sued for and recovered in such Court. XXII. And be it further enacted, That this Act may be altered, amended or repealed by any Act or Acts to be passed in this present Session of Parliament. SCHEDULES referred to by this Act. SCHEDULE (A). RETURN or Account to be entered at the Stamp Office Firm or Name of the Banking Corporation or Copartnership, viz. Names and Places of Abode of all the Partners concerned or engaged in such Corporation or Copartnership, viz. [set forth all the Names and Places of Abode.] Names and Places of the Bank or Banks established by such Cor- Names and Descriptions of the Public Officers of the said Banking Names of the several Towns and Places where the Bills or Notes A.B. of Secretary [or other Officer, de scribing the Office,] of the above Corporation or Copartnership, maketh Oath and saith, That the above doth contain the Name, Style and Firm of the above Corporation or Copartnership, and the Names and Places of the Abode of the several Members thereof, and of the Banks established by the said Corporation or Copartnership, and the Names, Act may be altered, &c. this Session. Titles and Descriptions of the Public Officers of the said Corporation or Copartnership, and the Names of the Towns and Places where the Notes of the said Corporation or Copartnership are to be issued, as the same respectively appear in the Books of the said Corporation or Copartnership, and to the best of the Information, Knowledge and Belief of this Deponent. Sworn before me, the Day of in the County of at C. D. Justice of the Peace in and for the said County. SCHEDULE (B). RETURN or Account, to be entered at the Stamp Office in London, on behalf of [name the Corporation or Copartnership], in pursuance of an Act passed in the Seventh Year of the Reign of King George the Fourth, intituled [insert the Title of this Act], viz. Names of any and every new or additional Public Officer of the said Corporation or Copartnership; viz. A. B. in the Room of C. D. deceased or removed [as the Case may be] [set forth every Name]. Names of any and every Person who may have ceased to be a Member of such Corporation or Copartnership; viz. [set forth every Name.] Names of any and every Person who may have become a new Member of such Corporation or Copartnership [set forth every Name]. Names of any additional Towns or Places where Bills or Notes are to be issued, and where the same are to be made payable. A. B. of Secretary [or other Officer] of the above named Corporation or Copartnership, maketh Oath and saith, That the above doth contain the Name and Place of Abode of any and every Person who hath become or been appointed a Public Officer of the above Corporation or Copartnership, and also the Name and Place of Abode of any and every Person who hath ceased to be a Member of the said Corporation or Copartnership, and of any and every Person who hath become a Member of the said Copartnership since the Registry of the said Corporation or Copartnership on the Day of last, as the same respectively appear on the Books of the said Corporation or Copartnership, and to the best of the Information, Knowledge and Belief of this Deponent. Sworn before me, the Day of in the County of at C. D. Justice of the Peace in and for the said County. CAP. CAP. XLVII. An Act to allow, until the Fifth Day of April One thousand on of Salmon, Red • Herrings and Dried Sprats, for the Terms and Periods hereinafter specified: May it therefore please 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 from and after the passing of this Act the several and respective Bounties hereinafter mentioned shall be granted and allowed; that is to say, For every Barrel of Salmon containing Forty two Gallons, which shall have been or shall be exported from Ireland to Foreign Parts at any Time in the Year ending on the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and twenty six, a Bounty of Four Shillings and Sixpence; and in the Year ending on the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and twenty seven, a Bounty of Three Shillings and Sixpence; and in the Year ending on the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and twenty eight, a Bounty of Two Shillings and Sixpence; and from and after the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and twenty eight, until the Fifth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and thirty, a Bounty of One Shilling and Sixpence: Certain Bounties granted on Exportation from Ireland of Salmon: For every Barrel of full Red Herrings containing Thirty two Red Herrings: For every Barrel of clean shotten Red Herrings containing Thirty Shotten Red For every Last consisting of Ten thousand Dried Red Sprats, Red Sprats: which shall have been or shail be so exported in the Year ending on the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and twenty six, a Bounty of One Shilling; and from and after the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and twenty six, until the Fifth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and thirty, a Bounty of Sixpence: And 1830. Bounties under this Act paid as other Bounties of the until 5th April, And all the said Bounties respectively shall cease and determine on the Fifth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and thirty. II. And be it further enacted, That the Bounties by this Act granted, continued and made payable; shall be paid in such Manner and under such Directions and subject to such Rules, Regulations and Restrictions in all Respects as Bounties of the like Nature relating to the British or Irish Fisheries, and under such other Orders, Rules, Regulations and Directions as shall and may be made for the Payment of such Bounties by the Commissioners of the Irish Fisheries appointed under an Act of the Fifty ninth Year of His late Majesty, intituled An Act for the Encouragement and Improvement of the Irish Fisheries. like Nature. 59 G.3. c.109. 6 G.4. cc. 104, 105, 106, 107. Commencement of Act. Management. 6 G.4. c.106. Signature of Two Commissioners sufficient without Seals. Duties of Officers performed by Persons and at Places appointed by Commissioners. CA P. XLVIII, An Act to alter and amend the several Laws relating to the WHEREAS several Acts were passed in the last Session and it has been found necessary to make certain Alterations ' and Amendments therein;' 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 from and after the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and twenty six the same shall come into and be and continue in full Force and Operation for all the Purposes mentioned therein. II. And Whereas an Act was passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled An Act for the Management of the Customs; and it is expedient to alter and amend the same in Manner hereinafter provided;' Be it therefore enacted, That every Order, Document, Instrument or Writing required by any Law, at any Time in force, to be under the Hands and Seals of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs, which shall be signed by Two or more Commissioners or Assistant Commissioners of the Customs, shall be deemed to be an Order, Document, Instrument or Writing under the Hands and Seals of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs, within the Meaning of such Law. III. And be it further enacted, That every Act, Matter or Thing required by any Law, at any Time in force, to be done or performed by, to or with any particular Officer, nominated in such Law for such Purpose, being done or performed by, to or with any Person appointed by the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs to act for or in behalf of such particular Officer, the same shall be deemed to be done or performed by, to or with such particular Officer; and that every Act, Matter or Thing required by any Law, at any Time in force, to be done or performed at any particular Place within any Port, being done or performed at any Place within such Port appointed by the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs for such Purpose, the same shall be deemed to be done or performed at the particular Place so required by Law. IV. And |