A TABLE OF The PUBLIC GENERAL STATUTES passed in the FIFTH Session of the FOURTEENTH Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 8 & 9 VICTORIA. I. AN Act to apply the Sum of Eight Millions out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty-five. page 3 II. An Act to continue for Three Years the Stamp Duties granted by an Act of the Fifth and Sixth Years of Her present Majesty, to assimilate the Stamp Duties in Great Britain and Ireland, and to make Regulations for collecting and managing the same, until the Tenth Day of October One thousand eight hundred and forty-five. 5 III. An Act for the Appointment of Constables or other Officers for keeping the Peace near Public Works in Scotland. 7 IV. An Act to continue for Three Years the Duties on Profits arising from Property, Professions, Trades, and Offices. 8 V. An Act for granting to Her Majesty, until the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and forty-six, certain Duties on Sugar imported into the United Kingdom. 10 VI. An Act to repeal the Duties and Laws of Excise on Glass. 16 VII. An Act to repeal the Duties of Customs due upon the Exportation of certain Goods from the United Kingdom. 19 VIII. An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters. a 2 19 IX. An XXXVIII. An Act to regulate the Issue of Bank Notes in Scotland. page 548 XXXIX. An Act to amend the Law of Arrestment of Wages in Scotland. 560 XL. An Act for amending an Act for making Provision for Parish Schoolmasters in Scotland. 561 XLI. An Act for amending the Laws concerning Highways, Bridges, and Ferries in Scotland, and the making and maintaining thereof by Statute Service, and by the Conversion of Statute Service into Money. 562 XLII. An Act to enable Canal Companies to become Carriers of Goods upon their Canals. 579 XLIII. An Act for encouraging the Establishment of Museums in large Towns. 584 XLIV. An Act for the better Protection of Works of Art, and Scientific and Literary Collections. 585 XLV. An Act to make perpetual and amend an Act of the Fifth and Sixth Years of Her present Majesty, for preventing Ships clearing out from any Port in British North America or in the Settlement of Honduras from loading any Part of their Cargo of Timber upon Deck. 586 XLVI. An Act for the Appointment of additional Constables for keeping the Peace near Public Works in Ireland. 588 XLVII. An Act for the further Prevention of the Offence of Dog Stealing. 590 592 XLVIII. An Act to substitute a Declaration for an Oath in 593 L. An Act to facilitate the Recovery of Loans made by the West India Relief Commissioners. 594 LI. An Act to enable Archbishops and Bishops in Ireland to charge their Sees with the Costs incurred by them in defence of their Rights of Patronage, in certain Cases; and also to enable Tenants for Life and other Persons having limited Interests in Estates in Ireland to charge said Estates with the Costs incurred by them in asserting their Rights to Ecclesiastical Patronage, in certain Cases. 599 LII. An Act for the Relief of Persons of the Jewish Religion elected to Municipal Offices. 606 LIII. An Act to continue to the First Day of October One thousand eight hundred and forty-six, and to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, certain Turnpike Acts. 607 LIV. An LIV. An Act to amend the Laws in force in Ireland for Unions and Divisions of Parishes; for the Settlement of the Patronage thereof, and the Celebration of Marriages in the same. page 608 LV. An Act to continue for Two Years, and to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, and to amend, an Act of the Second and Third Years of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act to extend and render more effectual for Five Years an Act passed in the Fourth Year of His late Majesty George the Fourth, to amend an Act passed in the Fiftieth Year of His Majesty George the Third, for preventing the administering and taking unlawful Oaths in Ireland. 612 LVI. An Act to alter and amend an Act passed in the Third and Fourth Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled An Act to enable the Owners of Settled Estates to defray the Expences of draining the same by way of Mortgage. 613 LVII. An Act to extend the Indemnity of Members of Art Unions against certain Penalties. 617 LVIII. An Act to suspend until the First Day of October One thousand eight hundred and forty-six the making of Lists and the Ballots and Enrolments for the Militia of the United Kingdom. 618 LIX. An Act to continue to the First Day of October One thousand eight hundred and forty-six, and to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, an Act for authorizing the Application of Highway Rates to Turnpike Roads. 619 LX. An Act to continue to the First Day of October One thousand eight hundred and forty-six, and to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, the Act to amend the Laws relating to Loan Societies. 620 620 LXI. An Act to make certain further Provisions for the • 627 LXIII. An Act to facilitate the Completion of a Geological Survey of Great Britain and Ireland, under the Direction of the First Commissioner for the Time being of Her Majesty's Woods and Works. 630 633 LXIV. An Act to amend certain Regulations respecting the Retail of Spirits in Ireland. LXV. An Act to determine the countervailing Duties payable on Spirits of the Nature of plain British Spirits, the Manufacture of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, or Sark, imported into the United Kingdom; and to prohibit the Importation of rectified or compound Spirits from the said Islands. 635 LXVI. An LXVI. An Act to enable Her Majesty to endow new Colleges for the Advancement of Learning in Ireland. page 639 LXVII. An Act for making further Regulations for more effectually securing the Correctness of the Jurors Books in Ireland. 646 LXVIII. An Act to stay Execution of Judgment for Misdemeanors upon giving Bail in Error. 648 LXIX. An Act to amend an Act of the Sixth Year of Her present Majesty, for promoting the Drainage of Lands, and Improvement of Navigation and Water Power in connexion with such Drainage, in Ireland. 650 LXX. An Act for the further Amendment of the Church Building Acts. 659 LXXI. An Act to extend certain Provisions in the Act for consolidating and amending the Laws relating to Highways in England. 675 674 LXXII. An Act to render it unnecessary to keep up Rothwell Gaol, in the Honor of Pontefract, in the West Riding of the County of York. LXXIII. An Act to enable the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods and Works to apply certain Monies now in their Hands towards discharging the Incumbrances affecting the Shrewsbury and Holyhead Road. 678 679 LXXIV. An Act to amend an Act of the Seventh Year of King William the Fourth, for preventing the advertising of Foreign and other illegal Lotteries; and to discontinue certain Actions commenced under the Provisions of the said Act. LXXV. An Act to amend an Act passed in the Session of Parliament held in the Sixth and Seventh Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act to amend the Law respecting defamatory Words and Libel. 681 LXXVI. An Act to increase the Stamp Duty on Licences to Appraisers; to reduce the Stamp Duties on Registry Searches in Ireland; to amend the Law relating to the Duties on Legacies; and also to amend an Act of the last Session of Parliament, for regulating the Issue of Bank Notes in England. 683 LXXVII. An Act to make further Regulations respecting the Tickets of Work to be delivered to Persons employed in the Manufacture of Hosiery, in certain Cases. 687 LXXVIII. An Act to provide for the Payment of Compen sation Allowances to certain Persons connected with the Courts of Law in England, for Loss of Fees and Emolu 1 ments. 691 LXXIX. An LXXIX. An Act to continue until the First Day of October One thousand eight hundred and forty-six, and to the End of the then Session of Parliament, the Exemption of Inhabitants of Parishes, Townships, and Villages from Liability to be rated as such, in respect of Stock in Trade or other Property, to the Relief of the Poor. 692 LXXX. An Act for regulating the Criminal Jurisdiction of Assistant Barristers as to certain Counties of Cities and Counties of Towns in Ireland. 693 696 LXXXI. An Act to amend an Act of the last Session, for consolidating and amending the Laws for the Regulation of Grand Jury Presentments in the County of Dublin. LXXXII. An Act to defray until the First Day of August One thousand eight hundred and forty-six the Charge of the Pay, Clothing, and contingent and other Expences of the Disembodied Militia in Great Britain and Ireland; to grant Allowances in certain Cases to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Surgeons Mates, and Serjeant Majors of the Militia; and to authorize the Employment of the Non-commissioned Officers. 700 LXXXIII. An Act for the Amendment and better Adminis tration of the Laws relating to the Relief of the Poor in Scotland. 722 LXXXIV. An Act to repeal the several Laws relating to the Customs. 752 754 LXXXV. An Act for the Management of the Customs. LXXXVI. An Act for the general Regulation of the Customs. 772 LXXXVII. An Act for the Prevention of Smuggling. 825 LXXXVIII. An Act for the Encouragement of British Shipping and Navigation. 870 LXXXIX. An Act for the registering of British Vessels. 876 XC. An Act for granting Duties of Customs. 901 XCI. An Act for the warehousing of Goods. 939 XCII. An Act to grant certain Bounties and Allowances of Customs. 955 XCIII. An Act to regulate the Trade of British Possessions abroad. 957 XCIV. An Act for the regulating the Trade of the Isle of Man. 993 XCV. An Act to exempt Van Diemen's Land from the Provisions of an Act, intituled An Act for regulating the Sale of Waste Land belonging to the Crown in the Australian Colonies. 1003 XCVI. An |