the Distribution of the Effects of Officers and Soldiers dying in Page 124 44. An Act to apply the Sum of Three Millions out of the Conso- lidated Fund to the Service of the Year One thousand eight 45. An Act to amend the Procedure in Courts of General and Quarter Sessions of the Peace in England and Wales, and for the better Advancement of Justice in Cases within the Jurisdiction 46. An Act to facilitate the Union of Turnpike Trusts. 159 47. An Act to continue certain Acts for regulating Turnpike 48. An Act to provide for the Administration of Justice in Van- 49. An Act to extend and explain the Provisions of the Acts for the granting of Sites for Schools. 50. An Act for further amending the Laws relating to Sewers. 167 51. An Act for the better Protection of the Property of Pupils, absent Persons, and Persons under Mental Incapacity in Scot- 52. An Act to suspend, until the First Day of October One thou- sand eight hundred and fifty, the making of Lists and the Ballots and Enrolments for the Militia of the United Kingdom. 182 53. An Act for consolidating and amending several of the Laws relating to Attornies and Solicitors in Ireland. 54. An Act to continue until the First Day of October One thousand eight hundred and fifty, and to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, an Act for authorizing the Application of Highway Rates to Turnpike Roads. 55. An Act to abolish the Gaol of Newgate in the County of the City of Dublin, and provide Compensation for the Officers there- of, and to enable the Grand Jury of the County of the said City to increase the Salaries of the Chaplains of certain other Gaols thereof, and to re-assess on the County of the said City certain Arrears of Grand Jury Cess. 56. 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, an Act of the Fifth and Sixth Years of Her present Majesty for amending the Law relative to Private 57. An Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands in pursuance of a Special Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England 58. An Act to extend to the Officers of Inland Revenue the Privilege of becoming Members of the Excise Benevolent Fund 59. An Act to amend an Act of the Tenth Year of Her Majesty, for facilitating the Improvement of Landed Property in Ire- 60. An Act further to amend an Act of the Tenth Year of Her present Majesty, for rendering valid certain Proceedings for the Relief of Distress in Ireland, by Employment of the Labouring Poor, and to indemnify those who have acted in such Proceed- 61. An Act to continue until the First Day of October One thou- sand eight hundred and fifty, and to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, the Exemption of Inhabitants from Lia- bility to be rated as such in respect of Stock in Trade or other Property to the Relief of the Poor. 62. An Act to authorize the Advance of Money out of the Conso. lidated Fund to the Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland Company Ibid. 63. An Act to authorize a further Advance of Money for the Relief of certain distressed Poor Law Unions in Ireland. 217 6t. An Act to remove Doubts as to the Authority of Justices of the Peace to act in certain Matters relating to the Poor in Cities 65. An Act to provide a more convenient Mode of levying and collecting County Rates, County Police Rates, and District Police Rates in Parishes situated partly within and partly without the Limits of Boroughs which are not liable to such Rates. 218 66. An Act for enabling Colonial Legislatures to establish Inland 67. An Act to extend the Remedies of Sequestrators of Eccle- 68. An Act for facilitating the Marriage of British Subjects resident 69. An Act to facilitate the Performance of the Duties of Justices of the Peace out of Quarter Sessions in Ireland, with respect to Persons charged with Indictable Offences. 70. An Act to facilitate the Performance of the Duties of Justices of the Peace out of Quarter Sessions in Ireland with respect to Summary Convictions and Orders. 71. An Act to dissolve Regimental Benefit Societies, and to provide for the Application of the Funds of such Societies, and of Regi- 72. An Act further to amend the Acts relating to the Offices of 73. An Act to limit the Enlistment in the Artillery and other 74. An Act for the further Relief of Trustees. 75. An Act to defray until the First Day of August One thousand eight hundred and fifty the Charge of the Pay, Clothing, and contingent and other Expenses of the Disembodied Militia in Great Britain and Ireland; to grant Allowances in certain Cases to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quarter- masters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Surgeons Mates, and Serjeant Majors of the Militia ; and to authorize the Employ- ment of the Non-commissioned Officers. 76. An Act to protect Women from fraudulent Practices for pro- 77. An Act further to facilitate the Sale and Transfer of Incum- 78. An Act for the more effectual Taxation of Cost on Private Bills in the House of Lords, and to facilitate the Taxation of other Costs on Private Bills in certain Cases. 79. An Act to facilitate the Execution of Conveyances and other 340 A 4 80. An 80. An Act to repeal the Allowances on the Purchase of Stamps and for the receiving and accounting for the Duties on Gold and Silver Plate, and to grant other Allowances in lieu thereof. Page 342 81. An Act to authorize Her Majesty to issue a Commission to inquire into and report upon Rights or Clains over the New Forest in the County of Southampton and Waltham Forest in the County of Essex. 345 82. An Act to relieve Boroughs, in certain Cases, from Contribu tion to certain Descriptions of County Expenditure. 349 83. An Act further to facilitate the Inclosure of Commons, and the Improvement of Commons and other Lands. 353 84. An Act for carrying into effect Engagements between Her Majesty and certain Arabian Chiefs in the Persian Gulf for the more effectual Suppression of the Slave Trade. 357 85. An Act to amend an Act for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations in Ireland, so far as relates to the Borough of Dublin. 363 86. An Act to provide additional Funds for Loans by the Public Works Loan Commissioners for building Workhouses in Ireland. 372 87. An Act to continue certain Turnpike Acts in Great Britain for limited Periods, and to make certain Provisions respecting Turnpike Roads in England. 374 88. An Act to amend the Laws relating to Pilotage. 379 89. An Act to reduce the Number of Signatures required to Instruments issued by the Lords of the Treasury. 380 90. An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Customs. Ibid. 91. An Act to provide for the Collection of Rates in the City of Dublin. 393 92. An Act for the more effectual Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. 422 93. An Act to amend the Metropolitan Sewers Act. 432 94. An Act for confirming certain Provisional Orders of the General Board of Health, and for other Matters relative to the Public Health and the Improvement of Towns and populous Places. 436 95. An Act to amend the Law concerning Judgments in Ireland. 438 96. An Act to provide for the Prosecution and Trial in Her Ma jesty's Colonies of Offences committed within the Jurisdiction of the Admiralty. 444 97. An Act for the Improvement of the City of Dublin. 446 98. An Act to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund, and certain other Sums, to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty-nine ; and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament. 488 99. An Act to encourage Endowment of Chapels of Ease, and facilitate Assignment of Pastoral Districts thereto ; and to amend an Act of the Eighth Year of Her present Majesty for Marriages in Ireland, and for registering such Marriages. 493 100. An Act to promote the Advance of private Money for Drainage of Lands in Great Britain and Ireland. 497 101. An Act to amend the Act for the more easy Recovery of Small Debts and Demands in England, and to abolish certain Inferior Courts of Record, 507 102. An 102. An Act to authorize the Sale of the Royal Pavilion at Brigh ton, and the Grounds thereof; and to apply the Money arising from such Sale. Page 514 103. An Act to continue an Act of the last Session of Parlia. ment, for charging the Maintenance of certain poor Persons in Unions upon the Common Fund; and to make certain Amend. ments in the Laws for the Relief of the Poor. Ibid. 101. An Act to amend the Acts for the more effectual Relief of the destitute Poor in Ireland. 520 105. An Act for converting the renewable Leasehold Tenure of Lands in Ireland into a Tenure in Fee. 530 106. An Act to amend and consolidate the Laws relating to Bankrupts. 551 107. An Act for the Amendment of the Law of Bankruptcy in Ireland. 618 108. An Act to amend the Joint Stock Companies Winding-up Act, 1848. 688 109. An Act to amend an Act to regulate certain Offices in the Petty Bag in the High Court of Chancery, the Practice of the Common-Law Side of that Court, and the Enrolment Office of the said Court. 699 110. An Act for suspending, until the First Day of June One thou sand eight hundred and fifty, the Operation of an Act passed this Session, intituled An Act for granting Relief against Defects in Leases made under Powers of Leasing in certain Cases. 717 111. An Act to amend the Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention Act, 1848. Ibid. LOCAL AND PERSONAL ACTS, DECLARED PUBLIC, AND TO BE JUDICIALLY NOTICED. i. AN Act to enable the Blackburn Waterworks Company to raise a further Sum of Money; and to amend the Act relating thereto. Page 724 ii. An Act for enabling the Sunderland Water Company to raise a further Sum of Money, and for amending and enlarging the Provisions of the Act relating to such Company. Ibid. iii. An Act for supplying the District of Brierley Hill in the Parish of Kingswinford in the County of Stafford with Gas. Ibid. iv. An Act for more effectually repairing and maintaining certain Roads in the Counties of Roxburgh and Berwick. Ibid. v. An Act to authorize the Warrington Waterworks Company to raise a further Suin of Money. Ibid. vi. An Act for better establishing and maintaining the Market Place and Markets at Longton, heretofore called Lane End, in the Parish of Stoke-upon-Trent in the County of Stafford. 725 vii. An Act for improving the Drainage of Feltwell Second District vii. An in the County of Norfolk, and for amending the Acts relating to the same. Page 725 viii. An Act for lighting with Gas and supplying with Water the Town and Borough of Darlington and the Suburbs thereof in the Ibid. ix. An Act for enabling the Nottingham Gaslight and Coke Com pany to raise a further Sum of Money, and for amending some of the Provisions of the Act relating to such Company. Ibid. X. An Act for more effectually assessing and collecting the Poor Rate and all other Rates and Assessments in the Parish of Epsom in the County of Surrey, and for the better Management of the Business and Affairs of the said Parish; and for other Purposes relating thereto. Ibid. xi. An Act for making and maintaining Docks near to Wareham in the County of Dorset, with an Entrance thereto from Wareham Channel. Ibid. xii. An Act for better assessing the Poor Rates on small Tenements in certain Parishes and Places within the Union of Ridderminster. Ibid. xiii. An Act for the Dissolution of the Argyll Canal Company, and for the Abandonment of their Undertaking. Ibid. xiv. An Act to amend an Act for the better regulating and im proving the Port and Harbour of New Ross in the Counties of Wexford and Kilkenny. Ibid. xv. An Act to enable the Edinburgh and Northern Railway Company to raise a further Sum of Money. Ibid. xvi. An Act for the Management and Disposal of the Freemen's Pastures in the Parish of Great Grimsby in the Parts of Lindsey in the County of Lincoln; and for other Purposes. 726 xvii. An Act for better supplying the Town, Port, and Harbour of Whitehaven and other Places with Water. Ibid. xviii. An Act for altering the Mode of assessing the Drainage Rates authorized by the Act for draining and improving Marshland Smeeth and Marshland Fen in the Country of Marshland in the County of Norfolk, and to provide for the Repair of Roads within the Limits of the said Act. Ibid. xix. An Act for enabling the North-western Railway Company to make an Extension of the Lancaster Branch of their Railway, and a new Road to Settle Station, and to abandon the William Lands Branch; and for other Purposes. Ibid. xx. An Act for authorizing the Bradford Waterworks Company to raise a further Sum of Money. Ibid. xxi. An Act for incorporating the Bury Saint Edmund's Gas Company, and for better supplying the Town and Borough of Bury Saint Edmund's in the County of Suffolk with Gas. Ibid. xxii. An Act to incorporate the Scottish Amicable Life Assurance Society; to enable the said Society to sue and be sued, and to take and hold Property; and for other Purposes relating to the said Society. Ibid. xxiii. An Act to amend and equalize the Rates and Duties leviable at the Port and Harbour of Perth, to authorize the borrowing of an additional Sum of Money, and for other Purposes in relation thereto. Ibid. xxiv. An 1 |