10 Vict. c. 1. (Newfoundland Act.) by another Act of the said Legislature of Newfoundland passed in the Tenth Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, 'intituled An Act to amend an Act passed in the Ninth and Tenth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, entitled 'An "Act to regulate the rebuilding of the Town of Saint John's and the Drainage and Sewerage of the same, and to repeal '' certain Acts therein mentioned,' certain Provisions are made respecting the Boundaries, Width, and Direction of certain Streets and Cross Streets or Fire Breaks in the said Town of Saint John, and such Provisions may conflict with the Pro'visions of the said Act of the First Year of King George the Fourth: And whereas it is expedient that the said Acts of the Legislature of Newfoundland should be confirmed, and that 'such Legislature should be enabled from Time to Time to 'make other Regulations concerning the rebuilding of the said Town: 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 all the Provisions of the said recited Acts of the Legislature of Newfoundland shall be deemed to have been, from the passing of such Acts respectively, valid and effectual to all Intents and Purture empowered poses; and it shall be lawful for the said Legislature of Newto make further foundland, by any Act or Acts made in the Manner and subject Provisions, &c. to the Conditions which may be by Law required in respect of Acts Acts of the Legislature of Newfoundland confirmed, and such Legisla Act may be amended, &c. made by such Legislature, from Time to Time to make such Provision as to such Legislature shall seem meet concerning the rebuilding or building of the said Town of Saint John's, and all or any of the Matters and Things mentioned and provided for in and by the said Act of the First Year of King George the Fourth, and in and by the said recited Acts of the said Legislature respectively, anything in the said Act of the First Year of King George the Fourth or any Law or Usage to the contrary notwithstanding. II. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in this Session of Parliament. CA P. XXII. An Act to remove Doubts concerning the Validity of certain 8 being 'being made, a Grant in Fee Simple should be issued, under the Conditions in the said Proclamation specified, to every Person, or his lawful Representative, who on or before the said Thirtieth Day of June One thousand eight hundred and twenty'three was bonâ fide in possession, by Lease from the Govern'ment, whether such Lease was then expired or not, or by mere 'Right of Occupancy, of any Allotment of Land in the Town of Sydney which had not theretofore been alienated by the Crown, and not specified in a certain Order of the Government bearing even Date with the said Proclamation Number Thirty, or otherwise notified theretofore as being required for public 'Purposes, reserving, however, and keeping harmless, all Rights of other private Individuals which might be lawfully established at any Time thereafter: And whereas since the issuing of the 'said Proclamation Grants in Fee Simple of Allotments of Land in Sydney which had been before leased by the Government have from Time to Time been made and issued to divers 'Persons claiming the said Land under the Terms and Conditions 'set forth in the said Proclamation: And whereas at the Time ' of the making and issuing of divers of the said Grants Leases which had been issued by the Government of Lands comprised in such Grants were unexpired, and the said Leases were 'not surrendered nor cancelled, nor recited nor mentioned in 'the said Grants: And whereas Doubts have been entertained 'whether such Grants are valid; and it is expedient that such 'Doubts as aforesaid should be removed by Authority of Parlia'ment: 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 all Grants made and issued after the Date and Publication of the said Proclamation, and before the Seventeenth Day of June One thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, by or in the Name of the Governor or Person administering the Government of the said Colony for the Time being, or by or in the Name of either of Her Majesty's Predecessors King George the Fourth and King William the Fourth, or by or in the Name of Her Majesty, of any Lands situated in Sydney, shall (notwithstanding that the Leases which had been issued of the same Lands were at the Time of the making and issuing of such Grants unexpired, and that such Leases were not recited in the said Grants,) be and be deemed and taken to have been from the respective Dates thereof as valid and effectual in the Law to grant and convey such Lands to all Intents and Purposes as if such Leases had been recited and set forth in such Grants. Grants of Lands in Sydney confirmed. II. Provided always, and be it enacted, That nothing in this Saving as to Act contained shall be deemed or taken to affect or prejudice the Lands erroneRights of any Person or Persons to any Lands or Hereditaments ously granted. which have been erroneously or wrongfully granted to any Grantee thereof, contrary to the true Intent and Meaning of the said Proclamation, anything in any such Grant or in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding. CAP 10 & 11 Vict. c. 32. Treasury may advance 800,000l. for Landed Improvements. 10 & 11 Vict. 6 CA P. XXIII. An Act to authorize further Advances of Money for the II. And be it enacted, That all the Powers, Authorities, Provic. 32. extended sions, Matters, and Things contained in the said recited Act, or applicable to the Loans thereby authorized to be made, shall extend to this Act and the Loans herein-before authorized to be made. to this Act. Treasury may advance 200,000l. for Drainage, &c. 10 & 11 Vict. c. 106. III. And whereas by another Act passed in the same Session of Parliament, intituled An Act to provide additional Funds for 'Loans for Drainage and other Works of public Utility in Ireland, and to repeal an Act of the last Session for authorizing a 'further Issue of Money in aid of public Works of acknowledged Utility, the Sum of Two hundred and fifty thousand Pounds was authorized to be advanced by way of Loan out of the said • Consolidated Fund, for the Extension and Promotion of Drain6 age and other Works of public Utility in Ireland: And whereas it is expedient to authorize the Advance of a further Sum of Money for the said Purposes :' Be it therefore enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to issue and advance out of the growing Produce of the said Consolidated Fund, in addition to the Sum by the last-recited Act authorized, such further Sum or Sums of Money, not exceeding in the whole the Sum of Two hundred thousand Pounds, as may from Time to Time be required for the Extension and Promotion of Drainage and other Works of public Utility in Ireland, the same to be applied for the Purpose of the Loans which the Commis. sioners of Public Works in Ireland may be called upon to make under the Provisions of the Acts now in force authorizing Loans to be made for those Purposes. IV. And 6 6 10 & 11 Vict. to this Act. IV. And be it enacted, That all the Powers, Authorities, Pro- Provisions of visions, Matters, and Things, of what Nature or Kind soever, contained in or referred to by the said last-recited Act, or any c. 106. extended Act authorizing Loans to be made for the Extension and Promotion of Drainage and other Works of public Utility in Ireland, shall extend to this Act, and to Loans hereby authorized to be made for those Purposes. V. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or re- Act may be pealed by any Act to be passed in the present Session of Parlia- amended, &c. ment. CA P. XXIV. An Act to make Provision, until the Thirty-first Day of authorize the WHEREAS it is expedient, for a limited Time, to make further Provision for the Relief of the destitute Poor 'chargeable on certain Unions and Electoral Divisions in Ireland?' 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 it shall be lawful for the Com- Poor Law missioners for administering the Laws for the Relief of the Poor Commissioners in Ireland may in Ireland, with the Approval of the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the Time being, during levying a Rate each of the Years ending the Thirty-first Day of December One in Aid. thousand eight hundred and forty-nine and the Thirty-first Day of December One thousand eight hundred and fifty, to fix and declare from Time to Time the Amount of such Sum as the said Commissioners shall deem it necessary should be raised for the Purpose aforesaid, and to assess the same upon the several Unions in Ireland in proportion to the annual Value of the Property in each Union rateable to the Relief of the Poor, according to the Valuation thereof for Poor Rates in force for the Time being; provided that the Sum so to be levied in any Union, in each of the said Two Years, shall not exceed Sixpence in the Pound on such annual Value; and the said Commissioners shall transmit to the Guardians of each Union an Order under their Seal, stating the Amount so assessed on such Union, and the Amount thereof which shall be leviable on each Electoral Division of such Union, according to the net annual Value of the rateable Property in such Electoral Divisions respectively. the Poor Law II. And be it enacted, That the Guardians of each Union shall, Upon Receipt in the Rate to be made on each Electoral Division of the Union of Order from next after the Receipt of such Order, provide for the Sum leviable Commissioners on such Division, according to the Order of the Commissioners as for the Levy of aforesaid; and from and after the making of the Rate on such such Rate, the Division next after the Receipt of such Örder the Treasurer of Amount levithe Union shall, out of all Lodgments made with him of such Rate, able on each or any subsequent Rate, on account of such Division, reserve One sion to be levied, Moiety of all such Lodgments, and place the same to the Credit of and paid into such Division in an Account to be entitled "The Union Rate in the Bank of Aid Account," until the whole Sum leviable on such Division un- Ireland. der the said Order shall have been reserved and placed to such Account Electoral Divi Commissioners of the Treasury to direct Dis posal of Monies arising from the Rate in Aid. Commissioners of the Treasury may advance 100,000l. Account to be made up in Form in Schedule, and laid before Parlia ment. Act may be amended, &c. Account as aforesaid; and the Treasurer of such Union shall pay over from Time to Time all Sums so reserved as aforesaid on account of the Proportion leviable on each Electoral Division into the Bank of Ireland, to be there placed to a separate Account in the Name of the Paymaster of Civil Services in Ireland, to be entitled "The General Rate in Aid Account." III. And be it enacted, That the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury shall be empowered to order the Payment of the Sum standing in such separate Account at the Bank of Ireland as aforesaid, or of any Part thereof, to such Person or Persons, at such Time and Times, and under such Conditions and Restrictions, as the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury shall think fit, for the Purpose of affording Relief to destitute poor Persons in any Union or Electoral Division in Ireland, or of assisting the Emigration of such destitute poor Persons, or for the Purpose of repaying any Advance which may have been made as herein-after provided out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for any of the Purposes aforesaid. IV. And be it enacted, That for the more speedy affording of such Relief it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to direct that any Sum or Sums not exceeding in the whole One hundred thousand Pounds shall be issued and paid, out of the growing Produce of the said Consolidated Fund, to such Person or Persons and at such Time and Times as the said Commissioners shall from Time to Time direct; and such Sum or Sums shall be charged on and be repayable out of the Produce of any Rate or Rates to be levied in any Union or Unions in Ireland under the Provisions and in pursuance of this Act. V. And be it enacted, That an Account shall be made up, of the Sums received and expended under this Act by means of the said Rate in Aid, to the Thirty-first Day of December in the present Year, and also a similar Account to the same Day in the Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty, in the Form set forth in the Schedule to this Act annexed; which Accounts shall be laid before Parliament within Ten Days after the first Sitting of Parliament next after the Thirty-first Day of December in each of the said Years. VI. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in the present Session of Parliament. SCHEDULE to which this Act refers. |