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CAP. VIII.

An Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands in
pursuance of the Fifth Annual General Report of
the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales,
and to confirm the Proceedings in the Matter of the
Common Wood Inclosure.
[17th May 1850.]

WHEREAS the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales have, in pursuance of an Act passed in the Ninth "Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act 8 & 9 Viet. to facilitate the Inclosure and Improvement of Commons and c.118. Lands held in common, the Exchange of Lands, and the Divi

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sion of intermixed Lands, to provide Remedies for defective or incomplete Executions and for the Non-execution of the Powers of general and local Inclosure Acts, and to provide for the Revival of such Powers in certain Cases, issued Provisional Orders for and concerning the several proposed Inclosures ⚫ mentioned in the Schedule to this Act, and have, in the Annual General Report of their Proceedings, certified their Opinion that such Inclosures would be expedient; but the same cannot be proceeded with without the Authority of Parliament: Be 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 Parlia- Inclosures ment assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That the mentioned in said several proposed Inclosures mentioned in the Schedule to be proceeded this Act be proceeded with.

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II. And whereas in the Matter of the Inclosure of Common Proceedings in Wood situate in the Parish of Holt in the County of Denbigh the Matter of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales did, on Common Wood the Twelfth of March in the Year of our Lord One thou- firmed. 'sand eight hundred and forty-six, give Notice of their Inten

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tion to proceed with such Inclosure: And whereas the Award of the Valuer in the Matter of the said Inclosure was, on the 'Sixteenth Day of November One thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, confirmed by the said Commissioners, and a Part of the said Lands were sold by the said Valuer: And whereas • Doubts have arisen whether the Land, the Subject Matter of such Inclosure, were a stinted Pasture, or Lands subject to Rights of Common which might be exercised at all Times of every Year, for Cattle levant and couchant upon other Land, and whether as such the said Inclosure should not have received the previous Authority of Parliament:' Be it enacted, That the Award made in the Matter of the said Inclosure, and all Proceedings, Matters, and Things taken and done by the Valuer in the Matter of the said Inclosure, and by the said Commissioners, shall, as from the Confirmation of the said Award, be confirmed, and be as valid and have the same Force and Effect as if the said Inclosure had received the previous Authority of Parliament; and all Persons holding any of the said Lands under or by virtue of such Award, Proceedings, [No. 9. Price 2d.]

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13 VICT. Matters, and Things, or any of them, shall have the same Title to such Lands as if the said Inclosure had received such previous Authority: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall affect any Proceedings at Law which shall have been commenced before the Time of the passing of this Act, or any Costs in relation thereto.

III. And be it enacted, That in citing this Act in other Acts of Parliament, and in legal Instruments, it shall be sufficient to use the Expression "The Annual Inclosure Act, 1850."

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An Act to repeal the Duties and Drawbacks of Excise

on Bricks.

[17th May 1850.] · WHEREAS it is expedient to repeal the Duties and Draw

backs of Excise on Bricks :' 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 passing of this Act all Bricks, and also the Duties and Drawbacks of Excise on Bricks, and also an Act 2&3 Vict.c.24., passed in the Third Year of Her present Majesty's Reign, intituled An Act to repeal the Duties and Drawbacks of Excise on

Drawbacks of
Excise on

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repealed;

Bricks,

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Arrears and Penalties in

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Bricks, and to grant other Duties and Drawbacks in lieu thereof, and to consolidate and amend the Laws for collecting and paying the said Duties and Drawbacks, shall be and the same are hereby repealed, save and except so far as the said Act repeals except as to any former Act or Acts, or any Part thereof, and save and except also so far as relates to any of the said Duties and Drawbacks which have been charged or incurred or become payable respectively at any Time before the passing of this Act, and all Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures in respect thereof or in relation thereto, all which said last-mentioned Duties, Drawbacks, Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures shall respectively be sued for, recovered, levied, paid, and applied in the same Manner as if this Act had not been passed.

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Drawback of Moiety of the to be allowed Duty charged on the Stocks of Bricks in the

Possession of

II. And be it enacted, That, by way of Drawback or Remission of Duty on the Stocks of Bricks in the Possession of the Makers thereof, there shall be allowed and repaid or remitted to the Maker or Owner of all Bricks which at the Time of the passing of this Act are in the entered Field or other entered Premises where the same have been made and charged with Makers at the Duty, and which are in a sound and perfect State, and have not passing of this been used for any Purpose, excepting for the casing of Clamps, Act. a Moiety of the Duty which has been charged on such Bricks; and the Commissioners of Inland Revenue shall forthwith cause Accounts of all such Bricks to be taken by their Officers, under such Regulations as the said Commissioners may make in that Behalf, and shall allow and repay or remit a Moiety of the said Duties, according to such Accounts respectively.

III. And whereas various Contracts have been made before 'the passing of this Act for the Sale and Purchase or requiring the Use of Bricks, and such Contracts have been made on the Assumption that the Duties of Excise on Bricks payable by 'Law at the Time of making such Contracts would continue:' Be it enacted, That the Maker or Seller of or Person using any Bricks by or under any such Contract shall and he is hereby required, from and after the Twenty-seventh Day of March One thousand eight hundred and fifty, to make an Abatement from such Contract, equivalent to the Duty from which he will be relieved under or by virtue of this Act, in respect of all such Bricks which he shall send out and deliver or use under or in pursuance of any such Contract as aforesaid after the Twentyseventh Day of March One thousand eight hundred and fifty, (that is to say,) for and in respect of all such Bricks, if any, which at the Period last aforesaid were in the Field, Yard, or Premises where the same were made and charged with Duty a Moiety of the said Duty charged thereon, and for and in respect of all such Bricks which shall be made at any Time after the said Twenty-seventh Day of March a Sum equal to the Duty of Excise which at the Time of making such Contract was payable on Bricks of the like Description.

Purchasers of Bricks under Contracts made Day of March 1850 to be Seller an Abateallowed by the ment from the Price thereot equivalent to which the latter is relieved, and to allow the Persons with whom they

before the 27th

the Duties from

same to the

have contracted.

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

Parliament.

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CAP. X.

Treasury may raise 9,200,000l. by Exchequer Bills, in like Manner as is prescribed by

An Act for raising the Sum of Nine millions two hun-
dred thousand Pounds by Exchequer Bills, for the
Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred
and fifty.
[17th May 1850.]

Most Gracious Sovereign,

'E, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, towards raising the necessary Supplies which we have cheerfully granted to Your Majesty in this Session of Parliament, have resolved to give and grant unto Your Majesty the Sum herein-after mentioned; and do therefore most humbly beseech Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be 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 it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, at any Time or Times, to cause any Number of Exchequer Bills to be made out at the Receipt of the Exchequer at Westminster for any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding in the whole the Sum of Nine millions two hundred thousand Pounds, in like Manner as is prescribed in an Act passed in the Forty-eighth Year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An Act for regulating the issuing and paying off of Exchequer Bills, and in another Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the Fourth and Fifth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King 4 & 5 W.4.c.15. William the Fourth, intituled An Act to regulate the Office of the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer at Westminster, and in another Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, 5 & 6 Vict. c. 66. intituled An Act for further regulating the Preparation and Issue of Exchequer Bills.

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The Clauses,

&c. in recited Acts extended to this Act.

The Treasury to apply the Money raised.

Bills, how to be charged and

paid.

II. And be it enacted, That all and every the Clauses, Provisoes, Powers, Privileges, Advantages, Penalties, Forfeitures, and Disabilities contained in the said Acts shall be applied and extended to the Exchequer Bills to be made out in pursuance of this Act, as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purposes as if the said several Clauses or Provisoes had been particularly repeated and re-enacted in the Body of this Act.

III. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to issue and apply from Time to Time all such Sums of Money as shall be raised by Exchequer Bills to be made out in pursuance of this Act to such Services as shall then have been voted by the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in this present Session of Parliament.

IV. And be it enacted, That the Principal Sum or Sums of Money to be contained in such Exchequer Bills shall be charged

upon

upon and shall be paid out of any Supplies to be granted in the next Session of Parliament.

V. And be it enacted, That the Exchequer Bills to be made Interest on out in pursuance of this Act shall bear Date on the Days on Bills. which the same shall be respectively issued, and shall bear an Interest not exceeding the Rate of Three-pence Halfpenny per Centum per Diem in respect of the whole of the Monies respectively contained therein, payable out of any Aids or Supplies in the Bank of England standing to the Credit of the Exchequer.

Payment of

Calendar

VI. And be it enacted, That all the Exchequer Bills to be Bills charged made out by virtue of this Act, or so many of them as shall from on Supplies to Time to Time remain undischarged and uncancelled, shall, after be current in Twelve Calendar Months from their respective Dates, be taken Public Revenue and shall pass and be current to all the Receivers and Collectors after Twelve in Great Britain of the Customs, Excise, or any Revenue, Months from Supply, Aid, or Tax whatsoever already granted or payable, or their Dates. which shall hereafter be granted or payable, to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, and also at the Bank of England to the Account of Her Majesty's Exchequer, from the said Receivers or Collectors, or from any other Person or Persons, Bodies Politic or Corporate whatsoever, making any Payment there to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, upon any Account whatever.

Bank of EngJand may advance

9,200,000l.on the Credit of Bills, notwith

standing

VII. And be it declared and enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Governor and Company of the Bank of England to advance or lend to Her Majesty, upon the Credit of the Exche quer Bills to be made out in pursuance of this Act, any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding in the whole the Sum of Nine millions two hundred thousand Pounds; anything in an Act 5 & 6 W. & M. passed in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of King c. 20. William and Queen Mary, intituled An Act for granting to Their Majesties several Rates and Duties upon Tonnage of Ships and Vessels, and upon Beer, Ale, and other Liquors; and for securing certain Recompences and Advantages in the said Act mentioned to such Persons as shall voluntarily advance the Sum of One million five hundred thousand Pounds towards carrying on the War against France, or in any subsequent Act, to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding.

CAP. XI.

An Act to make better Provision for the Contributions of Unions and Parishes in School Districts to the common Funds of the respective Districts.

[17th May 1850.]

WHEREAS by the Act passed in the Eighth Year of

Her Majesty, intituled An Act for the further Amend- 7&8 Vict

'ment of the Laws relating to the Poor in England, and by the c. 101. Act passed in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of Her Majesty, intituled An Act to amend the Law for the Formation of 11 & 12 VietDistricts for the Education of Infant Poor, Provisions are

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