A BILL, INTITULED, AN ACT to continue certain Patent Commissions until the HEREAS Where as sundry persons have been and are in the exer- Preamble. cise of judicial and other offices and employments within Her Majesty's Colonies and Possessions beyond the Seas, under and by virtue of Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United King5 dom of Great Britain and Ireland, determinable at the pleasure of Her Majesty And whereas by law such offices and employments cease and determine immediately upon the revocation of such Letters Patent, or the issue of new Letters Patent for the grant of the same offices and employments respectively: And whereas, by reason of the 10 remoteness of divers of such Colonies and Possessions, it hath been found necessary that the Judges and others holding and exercising such offices and employments under such Letters Patent as aforesaid should continue in the exercise of the powers and authorities thereby vested in them after the revocation thereof or the issue of such 15 new Letters Patent, and until such revocation or issue of such new Letters Patent should be signified and made known within the said Colonies and Possessions, in the same manner as if the same had not determined; BC 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 all the powers and authorities which, at any time before the passing of this Act, shall have been vested, or which shall hereafter become vested, in any person exercising or who shall have exercised any office or employment 25 during Her Majesty's pleasure, within Her Majesty's Colonies and Possessions beyond the Seas, by virtue of any Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 20 665. shall &c. vested in All powers, persons acting Letters Patent by virtue of in the Colotill Grant of Patent shall nies continued new Letters have been made known in the Colo nies to which they relate. 5 shall be deemed to have continued and to continue in full force and been vacated or made void. 10 A BILL To amend the Law for regulating the Hours of receiving and delivering Goods and Chattels as Pawns in Pawnbrokers' Shops. [Note.-The Words printed in Italics are proposed to be inserted HEREAS it is expedient that amendment should be Preamble. made in the hours within which the business of a Pawn broker may be lawfully carried on : And whereas by an Act of Parliament made in the thirty-ninth and 5 fortieth years of the reign of his late Majesty King GEORGE the Third, intituled, "An Act for the better regulating the Business of Pawnbrokers," it is enacted, that no Pawnbroker should receive or take in any goods by way of pawn before Eight of the clock in the forenoon, or after Eight of the clock in the evening, between Michaelmas-day and Lady-day following, or before Seven of the clock in the forenoon, or after Nine of the clock in the evening during the remainder of the year, excepting only until Eleven on Saturdays, and the evenings preceding Good Friday, Christmas-day and every Fast-day; 10 15 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 from and after the Twentyninth day of September next after the passing of this Act no Pawnbroker shall receive or take in, or permit or suffer to be received or taken in, any goods or chattels by way of pawn, pledge, or in 640. exchange, Limiting which Pawn hours between brokers are to receive Pledges. 5 exchange, or deliver out or permit or suffer to be delivered out or redeemed, or receive or permit or suffer to be received, any money in redemption or in part redemption of any goods or chattels theretofore deposited or pledged or pawned with him, or received by him in exchange, or receive or permit or suffer to be received, any money in repayment or in part repayment of any loan theretofore by him made before Eight of the clock in the forenoon, or after Seven of the clock in the evening, between the Twenty-ninth day of September and the Twenty-fifth day of March following, or before Seven of the clock in the forenoon, or after Eight of the clock in the evening, 10 during the remainder of the year, excepting only until Eleven of the clock on the evenings of Saturday throughout the year, and the evenings next preceding Good Friday and Christmas-day, and every Fast or Thanksgiving-day appointed by Her Majesty ; and in case any Pawnbroker offend against the provisions of this Act, every such 15 Pawnbroker shall, for every such offence, on conviction thereof upon the oath of any one or more credible witness or witnesses, before any One or more of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace, having jurisdiction over the place where such offence shall have been or shall be committed, forfeit and pay not less than Twenty Shillings nor 20 exceeding Five Pounds, as such Justice or Justices shall adjudge; and every such penalty shall and may be levied, together with the costs attending the information, summons and conviction, by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the offender or offenders, or person or persons liable to pay the same respectively, by warrant 25 under the hand and seal or hands and seals of any Justice or Justices before whom such offender or offenders, person or persons, shall or may have been convicted, and every such penalty shall be applied and disposed of in like manner as forfeitures incurred for any offence against the last-recited Act. |