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20. For Stationery to the Clerk of a Subdivision furnishing Men towards the Quota of a County in the following Proportions; (videlicet,) For a Subdivision furnishing 50 Men and

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21. For Correspondence, Copyings, et cetera, to
the Clerk of a Subdivision furnishing Men
towards the Quota of a County in the fol-
lowing Proportions; (videlicet,)

For a Subdivision furnishing 50 Men and
under

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Ditto from 51 to 150 Men
Ditto from 151 to 250 Men
Ditto from 251 Men and
upwards

22. The actual Amount expended for printing and
publishing Advertisements, for Postage, Ex-
presses, and Messengers, to be allowed
upon an Account specifying each Article of
Postage, and specially certified by the Lieu-
tenancy, whose Certificate shall state that the
same was necessary and actually performed.

The Charge for printing and publishing
Advertisements is invariably to be sup-
ported by the Receipt of the Person to
whom paid.

23. For Trouble in apportioning and distributing
to the Constables of the several Townships,
Parishes, et cetera, within the Limits of
the Subdivision, the various Forms of Sche-
dules, et cetera:

For a Subdivision furnishing 50 Men
and under

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24. For filling up printed Precepts to the High or Chief Constable in each Subdivision of any County in England and Wales, including the Tower Hamlets and the Stannaries of Cornwall and Devon, to issue out their Warrants to the Petty Constables, Tithingmen, or other Officers within their respective Hundreds to give Notice in Writing to the Men enrolled to attend the Training and Exercise of the Militia:

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25. For making out full and true Lists of the
Names and Dates of Enrolment of all Per-
sons enrolled within each Subdivision re-
spectively, for the Use of the Commanding
Officer and Adjutant of each Regiment,
Battalion, or Corps of any County, Stew-
artry, City, or Place in Great Britain, pre-
viously to the Training and Exercise:

For a Roll containing 20 Names and
under

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Ditto from 21 to 50 Names
Ditto from 51 to 150 Names
Ditto from 151 to 250 Names
Ditto from 251 and upwards

26. For correcting the Books of Enrolment of the
Subdivision so as to correspond accurately
with the Extracts from the Adjutant's or
other Commanding Officer's Return, Sche-
dule (F.), of the State of the Classes of the
Men forming the Quota or Apportionment
serving in the Regiment, Battalion, or Corps
of Militia of any County, Stewartry, City,
or Place in Great Britain:

For a Subdivision furnishing 50 Men and
under

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ALLOWANCES TO SCHOOLMASTERS IN
SCOTLAND.

27. For filling up and delivering Notices to House-
holders, for each Day consisting of Eight
Hours

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28. For making out Lists, for each Folio consisting of Sixty Lines

29. For attending Meetings of Lieutenancy, each Meeting

30. For filling up and delivering Notices to balloted Men, per Day

31. For Stationery, per Annum

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ALLOWANCES TO CONSTABLES IN SCOTLAND.

32. For filling up and delivering Notices to Householders, for each Day consisting of Eight Hours

33. For making out Lists, for each Folio consisting of Sixty Lines

34. For attending each Meeting of Lieutenancy, per

Day

35. For filling up and delivering Notices to balloted and enrolled Men, per Day

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36. For Stationery, where the Lists are made out by the Constables, per Annum

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SPECIAL CONTINGENT ALLOWANCES applicable to the Clerks of General Subdivision Meetings of Lieutenancy respectively.

37. When it is necessary to call the Person from a Distance to perform the Duty of a General or Subdivision Clerk such Person shall have an Allowance for his travelling Expenses, not exceeding Nine-pence per Mile, and the Expenses of Tolls and Ferry Money; but the Particulars of such Expenses shall be specified in a Statement, and certified by the Lieutenancy, and transmitted in support of the Charge in the Clerk's annual Account.

38. The Expense necessarily incurred for the Use of the Room at the Place of Meeting to be allowed upon the Production of the Receipt of the Person to whom the same may be paid.

CAP. LXXVI.

An Act to protect Women from fraudulent Practices for procuring their Defilement. [28th July 1849.] FOR the better preventing the heinous Offence of procuring the defiling of Women, which certain infamous Persons do most wickedly practise, Be it enacted by the Queen's most

Excellent

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 Punishment if any Person shall, by false Pretences, false Representations, or of Persons proother fraudulent Means, procure any Woman or Child under curing Defilethe Age of Twenty-one Years to have illicit carnal Connexion Women. with any Man, such Person shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor, and shall, being duly convicted thereof, suffer Imprisonment for a Term not exceeding Two Years, with hard Labour.

ment of

secutor, &c.,

Court empow-
ered to award
Costs and Com-
Loss of Time.

II. And be it enacted, That where any Prosecutor or other Where Persons Person shall appear before any Court on Recognizance to pro- appear as Prosecute or give Evidence against any Person charged with any Offence against this Act, every such Court is hereby authorized and empowered, whether any Bill of Indictment for such Charge shall or shall not be actually preferred, to order Payment of the Costs and Expenses of the Prosecutor and Witnesses for the Prosecution, in the same Manner as Courts are now by Law authorized and empowered to order the same in Cases of Prosecutions for Felony.

III. And be it enacted, That every Order for the Payment of any Money by virtue of this Act shall be made out and delivered by the proper Officer of the Court unto such Prosecutor or other Person upon the same Terms and in the same Manner in all respects as Orders for the Payment of Costs are now made in Cases of Felony, and the Treasurer or other Person when any such Order shall be made shall be and he is hereby required, upon Sight of such Order, forthwith to pay to the Person therein named, or to any one duly authorized in that Behalf, the Money in such Order mentioned, and such Treasurer or other Person shall be allowed the same in passing his Accounts.

CAP. LXXVII.

An Act further to facilitate the Sale and Transfer of
Incumbered Estates in Ireland. [28th July 1849.]
WHEREAS it is expedient that further Facilities should

pensation for

Order for Payment of Money shall be made out as Orders for Payment of of Felony, and Treasurer to

Costs in Cases

be allowed the

Accounts.

same in his

missioners to

be given for the Sale and Transfer of Incumbered Estates in Ireland:' Be it enacted, therefore, 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 and may be lawful for Her Majesty, by Warrant Three Comor Warrants under the Royal Sign Manual, to appoint any be appointed Number of Persons not exceeding Three to be Commissioners under Sign under this Act during Her Majesty's Pleasure, and upon every Manual. Vacancy in the Office of any such Commissioner in like Manner to appoint some other Person to such Office, and the said Persons so to be from Time to Time appointed shall be Commissioners for the Execution of this Act, and shall be styled "The Commissioners for Sale of Incumbered Estates in Ireland."

II. And

Commissioners to have a

Common Seal.

Two Commis

sioners to be a Quorum.

Power to appoint and remove Secretary, Clerks,

&c.

Appointments under this Act

limited to Five Years.

Salaries to be paid out of Monies to be provided by Parliament.

Commissioners not to sit in House of Commons.

Oath of Commissioners.

II. And be it enacted, That the Commissioners shall cause to be made a Seal for their Commission, and shall cause to be sealed therewith all Orders, Conveyances, and other Instru ments made by or proceeding from the Commissioners in pursuance of this Act; and all such Orders, Conveyances, and other Instruments, or Copies thereof, purporting to be sealed with the Seal of the Commissioners, shall be received in Evidence without any further Proof thereof.

III. And be it enacted, That all Acts, Matters, and Things which the Commissioners are by any of the Provisions of this Act required or authorized to do or execute shall and may be done and executed by any Two of such Commissioners.

IV. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Com missioners, from Time to Time, (with the Consent in every Case of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury,) to appoint a Secretary, and such Clerks, Messengers, and Officers as they shall deem necessary for the Purposes of this Act, and to remove such Secretary, Clerks, Messengers, and Officers, or any of them.

V. And be it enacted, That no Commissioner, Secretary, or other Officer to be appointed as aforesaid shall hold his Office for a longer Period than Five Years next after the Day of the passing of this Act, and thenceforth until the End of the then next Session of Parliament.

VI. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to direct a Salary not exceeding Three thousand Pounds by the Year to be paid to one of the said Commissioners, and a Salary not exceeding Two thousand Pounds by the Year to each of the other Commissioners for the Time being appointed under this Act; and the Salaries of the Secretary, Clerks, Messengers, and other Officers to be appointed under this Act shall be from Time to Time regulated by the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury; and the Salaries of such Commissioners, Secretary, Clerks, Messengers, and Officers as aforesaid, and all other incidental Expenses of carrying this Act into execution not herein otherwise provided for, shall be paid out of such Monies as shall be provided by Parliament.

VII. And be it enacted, That no Commissioner appointed under this Act shall during his Continuance in such Office be capable of being elected or of sitting as a Member of the House of Commons.

VIII. And be it enacted, That every Commissioner appointed under this Act shall, before he enters upon the Execution of his Office, take the following Oath before One of the Justices of the Court of Queen's Bench or Common Pleas, or One of the Barons of the Court of Exchequer, in Ireland; (that is to say,) A. B. do swear, That I will faithfully, impartially, and honestly, according to the best of my Skill and Judgment, fulfil all the Powers and Duties of a Commissioner under an Act passed in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of Queen Victoria, intituled [here set forth the Title of this Act]:'

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