48 G. 3. c. 1. Powers of 48 G. 3. c. 1. extended to this Act. Exchequer Interest. Bank of England may advance Money on Credit of this Act, notwithstanding 5 & 6 W. & M. c. 20. Bills to be delivered to the the Third, intituled An Act for regulating the issuing and paying off of Exchequer Bills. VII. And be it enacted, That all and every the Clauses, Provisoes, Powers, Privileges, Advantages, Penalties, Forfeitures, and Disabilities contained in the said recited Act passed in the Forty-eighth Year of the Reign of His said Majesty shall be applied and extended to the Exchequer Bills to be made out in pursuance of this Act, as fully and effectually, to all Intents and Purposes, as if the said several Clauses or Provisoes had been particularly repeated and re-enacted in the Body of this Act. VIII. And be it enacted, That the Exchequer Bills to be made out in pursuance of this Act shall and may bear an Interest not exceeding the Rate of Four Pounds per Centum per Annum upon or in respect of the whole of the Monies respectively contained therein. IX. And be it declared and enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Governor and Company of the Bank of England to advance or lend to Her Majesty, by placing to the Account of Her Majesty's Exchequer at the Bank of England, upon the Credit of the Exchequer Bills authorized by this Act, any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding in the whole the Sum of Three Millions; any thing in an Act passed in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of King William and Queen Mary, intituled An Act for granting to Their Majesties several Rates and Duties upon Tonnage of Ships and Vessels, and upon Beer, Ale, and other Liquors; and for securing certain Recompences and Advantages in the said Act mentioned to such Persons as shall voluntarily advance the Sum of One million five hundred thousand Pounds towards carrying on the War against France, or in any subsequent Act, to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding. X. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of the Treasury, and they are hereby authorized Bank of Eng and empowered, to cause such Bills as shall be prepared by land as Security for Advances. virtue of this Act to be delivered from Time to Time to the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, in such Proportions as the Public Service may require, as Security for the Advance or Advances which may be made to Her Majesty by the said Governor and Company of the Bank of England under the Authority of this Act. Exchequer Bills to be charged on the Duties Act. XI. And be it enacted, That the Exchequer Bills to be made forth by virtue of this Act, together with the Interest that may granted by this become due thereon, shall be and the same are hereby made chargeable and charged upon the Duties granted by this Act; and it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of the Treasury and they are hereby authorized from Time to Time to direct to be issued to the Paymasters of Exchequer Bills, by way of Imprest and upon Account, such Sums of Money and at such Periods as the said Commissioners shall think necessary for or towards paying off and discharging the Exchequer Bills which which shall have been made forth by virtue of this Act, or any of them, and for and towards paying the Interest to become due on the said Bills or any of them. next Aids. XII. And be it enacted, That the Monies remaining unsatis- Money due to fied or not discharged, with the Interest due or to grow due be paid out of thereon, shall be paid and satisfied out of the next Aid or Aids to be granted in Parliament after the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine. to Consolidated XIII. And be it enacted, That the Surplus of the Monies Surplus Monies arising from the Duties granted and imposed by this Act, after to be carried paying off and satisfying all the Exchequer Bills issued by Fund. virtue of this Act, together with the Interest that may become due thereon, shall, as a Surplus of any such Monies respectively, be carried to and made Part of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. XIV. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of the Treasury, or any Three or more of them, for the Time being, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, to pay and allow, or cause to be paid and allowed, out of the Monies to arise of or from the said Duties hereby granted, or of or from the said Consolidated Fund, from Time to Time, the necessary Charges of making forth the Exchequer Bills hereby authorized to be made forth, and such other Charges as shall be necessarily incident in or for the Execution of this Act, or any Part thereof, in relation to the said Bills; any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding. Treasury to allow necessary Charges of making forth new Exchequer Bills. XV. Provided always, and be it enacted, That whatever Monies issued Monies shall be issued out of the said Consolidated Fund shall to be replaced out of first Supfrom Time to Time be replaced by and out of the first Supplies plies. to be thereafter granted by Parliament; any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding. altered. XVI. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended Act may be or repealed by any Act to be passed in this present Session of Parliament. CAP. XXXIV. An Act to continue for Five Years, and from thence until the End of the then next Session of Parliament, an Act of the Second and Third Years of the Reign of His late Majesty, to restrain for Five Years, in certain Cases, Party Processions in Ireland. [4th July 1838.] WHEREAS an Act was passed in the Second and Third Years of the Reign of His late Majesty, intituled An 2 & 3 W. 4. 'Act to restrain for Five Years, in certain Cases, Party Pro- c. 118. 'cessions in Ireland, and the same will expire at the End of the ⚫ present Session of Parliament: And whereas it is expedient 'that the said Act should be continued;' 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, Recited Act continued for Five Years. Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That the said Act shall be and continue and remain in full Force and Effect for Five Years from the passing of this Act, and thenceforth until the End of the then next Session of Parliament. CAP. XXXV. An Act to repeal the Stamp Duty now paid on Admission to the Freedom of Corporations in England. [4th July 1838.] WHEREAS the Right and Privilege of the Freemen of the Cities and Boroughs in England, who have acquired their Freedom by Birth or Servitude, to vote for Members to serve in Parliament, have been confirmed by divers Statutes; it is expedient that all Impediments to the Admission of Persons entitled to the Freedom of Corporations should be removed, and that the Stamp Duty payable on such Admission 'should be abolished:' 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 No Stamp Duty same, That after the passing of this Act no Stamp Duty shall be chargeable on the Admission of any Person entitled to take up his Freedom by Birth or Servitude in any City or Borough in England returning a Member or Members to serve in Parliament. chargeable on CAP. CAP. XXXVI. An Act to make further Provisions and to amend the WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Twenty-sixth Year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An 26 G. 3. (I.) "Act for promoting the Trade of Dublin, by rendering its Port and 'Harbour more commodious, and by certain other Acts relative to the said Port and Harbour, the Corporation for preserving ' and improving the Port of Dublin are authorized to levy 'certain Rates and Duties upon all Ships and other Vessels 'coming into the said Harbour of Dublin, and on the Goods and Cargoes thereof: And whereas by an Act passed in the 'Sixth and Seventh Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled An Act to amend the several 6 & 7 W. 4. 'Acts relating to the Harbour of Kingstown, it was enacted, that c. 117. all the Powers and Privileges, save as therein excepted, of 'the said Corporation, relative to the collecting any such Rates ❝ and Duties on any Ships or other Vessels resorting to Kings'town Harbour, or the Space of Five hundred Yards beyond 'the Entrance thereof, should cease, and that the like Powers ' and Privileges should become vested in the Commissioners of Kingstown Harbour, who were thereby authorized to levy 'certain Rates and Duties by way of Tonnage upon all Ships ' and other Vessels resorting to the said Harbour or Space 'beyond the Entrance thereof: And whereas Doubts have ' arisen as to the Right of the said Corporation, since the passing of the said last-mentioned Act, to levy Rates and 'Duties upon Ships or other Vessels proceeding from Kingstown Harbour to other Parts of the Port of Dublin, upon which 'their proper Rates and Duties may have been already levied 'by the said Commissioners of Kingstown Harbour, and it is expedient to remove the said Doubts, and to make the Rates 'payable to the said Commissioners in all respects similar to 'those now or from Time to Time to be payable to the said Corporation;' 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 So much of from and after the passing of this Act so much of the said Acts said Acts as regulate the as regulate the Amount of any Rates and Duties to be levied Tonnage Rates by way of Tonnage upon any Ships, Vessels, or other Bottoms repealed; coming into the said Harbour of Kingstown, or within Five hundred Yards beyond the Entrance thereof, shall be repealed. Duties the II. And be it enacted, That in lieu of such Rates and Duties and in lieu of there shall be levied and collected by the said Commissioners such Rates and of Kingstown Harbour, or by their Officer duly authorized in Commissioners that respect, upon each and every Ship, Vessel, or other Bottom of Kingstown of which the whole of the Cargo shall be taken in or discharged Harbour to in Kingstown Harbour, and in respect of every Article, Matter, same Rates [No. 16. Price 2d.] and and Duties R collect the as the Corporation for preserving and improving the Port of Dublin. In case of Part only of Cargo discharged or taken in at Kingstown, the said Corporation to charge only and Thing landed on or loaded from the Wharfs of the said Harbour of Kingstown, such and the like Rates and Duties, Sum and Sums of Money, Pilotage and Light Duties excepted, as the said Corporation for preserving and improving the Port of Dublin are or may be by any Act or Acts now in force in Ireland entitled to levy and collect in other Parts of the Port of Dublin; and upon each and every Ship, Vessel, or other Bottom of which a Part only of the Cargo shall be taken in or discharged in Kingstown Harbour, and the Remainder in other Parts of the Port of Dublin, and upon such Articles, Matters, and Things as aforesaid, so much of the said Rates and Duties, Sum and Sums, as bear the same Proportion to the whole of the said Rates and Duties that the Part so taken in or discharged bears to the whole of the said Cargo. III. And be it enacted, That in every Case where a Part only of the Cargo of any Ship, Vessel, or other Bottoms shall be so taken in or discharged in Kingstown Harbour, and the Remainder in other Parts of the Port of Dublin, it shall (notwithstanding any Law or Custom to the contrary) be lawful for the said Corporation, or their Officer duly authorized in this respect, to levy and collect upon any such Ship, Vessel, or other proportionably. Bottoms only so much of the Rates and Duties which they may be otherwise entitled to levy and collect as bears the same Proportion to the whole of the said Rates and Duties that the Part of the Cargo so taken in or discharged in other Parts of the Port of Dublin bears to the whole of the said Cargo, and no more. The entire of the Rates and Duties to be paid where Vessel first begins to take IV. And for the more convenient collecting of the said Rates and Duties, Sum and Sums of Money, and with a view to the Accommodation of the Trade to the Port of Dublin and Kingstown Harbour, be it enacted, That the entire of the Rates and Duties so payable to the said Commissioners and Corporain or discharge. tion respectively shall, in all Cases when Ships, Vessels, or other Bottoms first begin to land or take in their Cargoes at Kingstown Harbour, and shall afterwards discharge or take in the Remainder of their Cargo at Dublin, be paid to the proper Officer of the Commissioners of the said Harbour; and the Proportion thereof to which the said Corporation shall be entitled under the Provisions herein-before contained shall be duly accounted for and paid over by the said Commissioners to the said Corporation; and so likewise in all Cases where Ships, Vessels, or other Bottoms first commence landing or taking in their Cargo at the Wharfs or Quays of Dublin, and shall afterwards discharge or take in the Remainder of the Cargo at Kingstown, the entire of the Rates and Duties payable by or in respect of such Ship, Vessel, or other Bottom shall be paid to the proper Officer of the said Corporation; and the Proportion thereof to which the said Commissioners shall be entitled under the Provisions herein-before contained shall be duly accounted for and paid over by the said Corporation to the said Commissioners. Ship laden or unladen at Kingstown free V. And be it enacted, That every Ship, Vessel, or other Bottom of which the whole of the Cargo shall be taken in or discharged |