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Shire, Riding, Division, or District within England and Wales, and also the several and respective Persons hereinafter specially mentioned, named, and designated, all such Justices of the Peace and other Persons being respectively duly qualified to act as Commissioners of the Land Tax in Manner hereinafter directed, shall be and are hereby declared to be Commissioners within their respective Counties, Shires, Ridings, Divisions, and Districts, for putting into Execution the said recited Act passed in this present Session of Parliament, and any Act which shall or may be passed in any Session of Parliament after the passing of this Act, for continuing the Duties on Personal Estates, Offices, and Pensions in England, and also for putting in Execution such of the Powers, Provisions, Clauses, Matters, and Things contained in the said first hereinbefore recited Act of the Thirty-eighth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty as are continued for ever by the said second hereinbefore recited Act made in the same Year, in and for the several Counties, Ridings, Cities, Boroughs, Cinque Ports, Towns, and Places respectively in England and Wales hereinafter mentioned, and within and for the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed; (that is to say),

[Here follow the Names of the Commissioners for England and

Wales.]

II. And be it further enacted, That all.Persons who shall act as Commissioners Justices of the Peace for any County, Shire, or Stewartry in Scot- appointed for land, and also the several and respective Persons hereinafter Scotland. specially mentioned, named, and designated, all such Justices of the Peace and other Persons being respectively duly qualified to act as Commissioners of the Land Tax within their respective Counties, Shires, or Stewartries, shall be and they are hereby declared to be Commissioners for putting into Execution such of the Powers, Provisions, Clauses, Matters, and Things of the said first hereinbefore recited Act, made in the Thirty eighth Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty, as are continued for ever by the said second hereinbefore recited Act of the same Year, in and for the several Shires, Stewartries, and Places respectively, in Scotland, hereinafter mentioned; (that is to say),

[Here follow the Names of the Commissioners for Scotland.] III. Provided also, and be it enacted, That the several and respective Justices of Peace, and other Persons, hereby appointed Commissioners, shall have such and the same Qualifications as are required by the said first hereinbefore recited Act made in the Thirty-eighth Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty, and also by an Act made in the same Session of Parliament, for altering and amending so much of the said first hereinbefore recited Act as relates to the Qualification of Commissioners; and shall be subject to the same Penalties and Forfeitures as are contained in the said recited Acts respectively.

IV. Provided also, and be it enacted, That any Sheriff Depute or Sheriff Substitute for the Time being of any County or Stewartry in Scotland, who is or shall be named or appointed to be a Commissioner for the Execution of the said Acts, shall be capable of acting as a Commissioner for such County or Stewartry; any

Qualifications

to be the same as required by recited Acts of 38 G. 3.

Proviso as to

Sheriffs Depute or Substitute in

Scotland.

Mistakes in

Names not to vitiate Appointments.

No Person who has been In

thing in this Act, or in any of the said recited Acts, to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding.

V. Provided always, and be it enacted, That no Mistake in the Spelling of the Christian Name or Surname of any Person, or the Name of any Place mentioned in this Act, shall be construed to vitiate the Appointment of any such Person to be a Commissioner, so that the Person or Place mentioned be designated therein to common Intent and Understanding, nor to subject any Person so designated to any Pain, Penalty, or Forfeiture for his acting in the Execution of the Acts herein mentioned.

VI. Provided also, and be it enacted, That no Person who shall have held the Office of Inspector or Surveyor of Assessed Taxes spector or Sur- shall, from and after the passing of this Act, be capable of acting as such Commissioner, although such Person may be named in this Act as such Commissioner.

veyor of Taxes

to act.

Persons in
Cities, &c.

having Quali-
fication may
act as Com-
missioners.

VII. Provided also, and be it further enacted, That where in any City, Liberty, or Place, the Qualification of a Commissioner to act therein shall consist of Personal Estate, it shall be lawful for any Person having a Personal Estate of the Value required by the said Acts, or either of them, to act as such Commissioner in all Cases where such Person shall have been taxed, and shall have paid for such Personal Estate, by and upon the last Assessment then made for such City, Liberty, or Place, by virtue of any Act for continuing and granting to His Majesty a Duty on Personal Estates, Offices, and Pensions in England, passed before the making of such Assessment; any thing in any such Act, or in this Act, or in the hereinbefore recited Acts, or either of them, contained to the contrary notwithstanding.

LOCAL

LOCAL AND PERSONAL ACTS,

DECLARED PUBLICK,

AND TO BE JUDICIALLY NOTICED.

N.B.

The Continuance of such of the following Acts as are Temporary will be known (where it is not expressly stated) by referring to the following List, according to the corresponding Letter at the End of the Title.

(a) For 21 Years, &c. [i. e. to the End of the next Session] from a Day named in the Act.

(b) For 21 Years, &c. from the passing of the Act.

(c) For 21 Years, &c. after the End of the Term under former Acts.

The following are all PUBLIC ACTS; to each of which is annexed a Clause in the Form following:

"And be it further enacted, That this Act shall be deemed " and taken to be a Public Act, and shall be judicially taken "notice of as such by all Judges, Justices, and others, with"out being specially pleaded."

Cap. i.

An Act for building a Church or Chapel of Ease within the Township of Oulton-cum-Woodlesford, in the Parish of Rothwell, in the West Riding of the County of York. [21st March 1827.] [Townships within the Parish of Rothwell not to be liable to the Repairs of the Church, § 25. Saving the Rights of the Vicar of Rothwell, and of the King, and all other Persons, &c. § 26, 27.]

Cap. ii.

An Act to enable the Company of Proprietors of the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal Navigation to alter the Line of the said Navigation, and to make certain Branches therefrom, in the Counties of Stafford and Salop. [21st March 1827.]

[Powers, &c. of 7 G.4. c.xcv. extended to this Act.]

Cap. iii.

An Act for enabling the Company of Proprietors of the Nantille Railway to raise a further Sum of Money for completing the said Railway and other Works. [21st March 1827.]

[See 6 G. 4. c. lxiii.]

Cap. iv.

1 & 2 G. 4. c. cii.

An Act for making and maintaining a Turnpike Road from Temple
Normanton, in the Parish of Chesterfield, to the Mansfield and
Tibshelf Turnpike Road, at or near Tibshelf Side Gate, in the
County of Derby. (b)
[21st March 1827.]

Cap. v.

An Act for making and maintaining a Road from Chappel's Corner,
in the Parish of Ashcott, to join the Bristol Turnpike Road at or
near Rowberrow Hill, all in the County of Somerset. (b)
[21st March 1827.]

Cap. vi.

An Act for making and maintaining a Turnpike Road from Godley Lane Head, near Halifax, to Northowram Green, in the West Riding of the County of York. (b) [21st March 1827.] [5 G. 4. c.cvi. repealed.]

Cap. vii.

An Act for more effectually repairing and improving the Roads
from the North-west Parts of the County of Lincoln, through
Nettleham Fields, Wragby Lane, and Baumber Fields, to the
North-east Part of the said County, and other Roads therein
described in the said County, and in the City of Lincoln. (b)
[21st March 1827.]

[46 G. 3. c.lxx. repealed.]

Cap. viii.

An Act for more effectually repairing, widening, and improving
the Road from Cosham in the County of Southampton to the
City of Chichester. (a)
[21st March 1827.]

[46 G. 3. c. xlvi. repealed.]

Cap. ix.

An Act for more effectually repairing and maintaining the Road
from Hulme across the River Irwell, through Salford to Eccles,
in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and a Branch of Road
communicating therewith. (a)
[21st March 1827.]

[46 G.3.c.ii. repealed.]

Cap. x.

An Act for enabling the Justices of the Peace for the County of
Essex to raise Money for defraying certain Expences incurred
under an Act, passed in the First Year of the Reign of His pre-
sent Majesty, intituled An Act for building an additional Gaol
for the County of Essex, and for enlarging, improving, and alter-
ing the existing Prisons for the same County; and for amending
the said Act, and for extending the Powers thereof, and for other
Purposes relating thereto.
[2d April 1827.]
[See 4 G. 4. c.64. Powers of 1 & 2 G.4.c.cii. as to Purchase of
Houses, &c. to extend to this Act. This Act not to affect the
Powers of 4 G. 4. c. 64. or 1 & 2 G.4. c. cii., except so far as may be
necessary for this Act.]

Cap. xi.

An Act to authorize the Company of Proprietors of the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway to vary the Line of the Railway, to raise a further Sum of Money for completing their Works, and to alter and enlarge the Powers of the Act passed for making and maintaining the said Railway. [2d April 1827.]

[See 6 G. 4. c. cxx.]

Cap. xii.

An Act for more effectually repairing several Roads in and through His Majesty's Forest of Dean, and the Waste Lands thereto belonging, in the County of Gloucester, and in the Parishes of Newland, Awre, and Lydney, in the said County; and for making and maintaining several new Roads in and adjoining the said Forest. (a) [2d April 1827.]

[36 G. 3.c.131. and 57 G. 3. c.lxvi. repealed. Tolls not to be mortgaged without Consent of the Lords of the Treasury, § 32; and Timber Trees not to be cut without Consent of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, § 37. Minerals reserved to former Owners of the Land, § 38.]

Cap. xiii.

An Act for more effectually repairing and maintaining the Road from Foxley Hatch in the Parish of Croydon into the Town of Reigate in the County of Surrey. (b) [2d April 1827.]

[47 G. 3. Sess. 1. c. xxv. repealed.]

Cap. xiv.

An Act for more effectually improving and keeping in repair the several Roads leading to and from the Town of Barnstaple in the County of Devon; and for making certain new Lines of Road to communicate with the same. (a) [2d April 1827.] [3 G. 3. c.35. 24 G.3. Sess. 1. c.31.

repealed.]
Cap. xv.

46 G. 3. c. cxxxix. all

An Act for more effectually repairing and improving the Roads from the Buck's Head at Watling Street to Beckbury and the New Inn, and from the Birches Brook to the Hand Post in the Parish of Kemberton; and for making a new Branch of Road from a Place called Ball's Hill in the Parish of Dawley, adjoining or near to the said Roads, to or near to a Place called Lawley in the Parish of Wellington; all in the County of Salop. (a)

[2d April 1827.] [4 G.3. c.81. 25 G. 3. c. 101. 46 G.3. c. viii. all repealed.]

Cap. xvi.

An Act for more effectually repairing the Roads from the City of Gloucester to the Top of Birdlip Hill, and from the Foot of the said Hill to the Top of Crickley Hill, in the County of Gloucester. (a) [2d April 1827.]

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