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CLAUSE (D.)

if it appear on the return of such distress warrant, or on the admission of the putative father, that no sufficient distress can be had on any goods and chattels within the jurisdiction of the Justices before whom he shall have been brought on such warrant of apprehension.

And be it Enacted, That the term "Petty Sessional Division," in the said Act, and this Act, shall be taken to include any division of a county, riding or division, having a separate commission of the peace, in which one or more petty sessions have been or shall be usually held, or any division for the holding of special sessions formed or to be formed under the provisions of the Act of the ninth year of the reign of his late Majesty King GEORGE the Fourth, intituled, "An Act for the better Regulation of Divisions in the several Counties of England and Wales," or of the Act of the sixth year of the reign of his late Majesty, amending the same, and that where there are Two or more petty sessions usually held in any such division, or where any Justice acts for Two or more of such divisions, he shall require the party whom he shall summon under the authority of the said first-recited Act to appear at the petty session to be held in any such division, as he shall deem fit.

And be it Enacted, That in the said first-recited Act, and in this Act, the word "Recorder" shall be taken to apply to any person who shall preside as the Judge at any court of general or quarter session held for any city, borough, liberty or other place of limited jurisdiction.

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BILL

To continue an Act for exempting certain Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes from the Operation of the Laws relating to Usury.

[Note. The Words printed in Italics are proposed to be inserted in the Committee.]

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WHERE as an Act was passed in the third year of the Preamble:

reign of Her Majesty, intituled, "An Act to amend and 2 & 3 Vict.,

c. 37.

4 & 5 Vict., c. 54.

6 & 7 Vict., c. 45.

extend, until the First day of January One thousand eight hundred and Forty-two, the Provisions of an Act of the First Year of Her present Majesty, for exempting certain Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes from the Operation of the Laws relating to Usury," which, by sundry Acts, has been since continued until the First day of January in the year One thousand eight hundred and Forty-six; and it is expedient that the same should be continued for a longer period; BE 10 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 the said recited Act shall be continued Continuance until the First day of January in the year One thousand eight hundred 15 and Fifty-one.

of Act.

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And be it Enacted, That this Act may be amended or repealed by Act may be amended, &c. any Act to be passed in this Session of Parliament.