THE STATUTES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, 1 & 2 VICTORIA. 1838. LONDON: Printed by Her Majesty's Printers; 1838. (Price 20s. in Boards.) A TABLE Containing the TITLES of all THE STATUTES, Passed in the FIRST Session of the THIRTEENTH Parliament OF The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; 1° & 2° VICTORIA. PUBLIC GENERAL ACTS. 1. AN Act to continue for Six Calendar Months all such Com missions of the Peace as were in force at the Time of the Decease of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, and as have not been superseded, determined, or made void during the Reign of Her present Majesty. Page 1 2. An Act for the Support of Her Majesty's Household, and of the Honour and Dignity of the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 3. An Act to carry into further Execution the Provisions of an Act for completing the full Payment of Compensation to Owners of Slaves upon the Abolition of Slavery. 11 4. An Act to remove Doubts as to summoning Juries at adjourned Quarter Sessions of the Peace. 13 5. An Act for the Relief of Quakers, Moravians, and Separatists elected to Municipal Offices. 14 6. An Act to regulate the Expences of conveying Prisoners in Ireland. 15 7. An Act to enable the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings to purchase Ground and Tenements required to complete the Site for the new Houses of Parliament. 16 8. An Act to enable Her Majesty to grant an annual Sum to Her Royal Highness Victoria Maria Louisa Duchess of Kent. A 2 35 9. An 9. An Act to make temporary Provision for the Government of Lower Canada. Page 36 10. An Act to make good certain Contracts which have been or may be entered into by certain Banking and other Copartnerships. 39 11. An Act to apply the Sum of Two Millions to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. 40. 12. An Act for raising the Sum of Eleven millions four hundred and thirteen thousand seven hundred and fifty Pounds by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. Ibid. 13. An Act to enable the Grand Juries of the County and County of the City of Waterford to make Presentments, at the Spring Assizes for the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirtyeight, for the House of Industry of the said Counties. Ibid. 14. An Act to repeal so much of an Act of the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Years of King George the Third as authorizes Magistrates to commit to Gaols or Houses of Correction Persons who are apprehended under Circumstances that denote a Derangement of Mind and a Purpose of committing a Crime; and to make other Provisions for the safe Custody of such Persons. 42 15. An Act for the further Relief of Quakers, Moravians, and Separatists. 44. 16. An Act to indemnify such Persons in the United Kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, and for extending the Time limited for those Purposes respectively until the Twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine; and for the Relief of Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors in certain Cases. 45 17. An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters. Ibid. 18. An Act for the Regulation of Her Majesty's Royal Marine Forces while on Shore. 58 19. An Act to amend the Act for the Abolition of Slavery in the British Colonies. 71 20. An Act for the Consolidation of the Offices of First Fruits, Tenths, and Queen Anne's Bounty. 80 21. 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 thirty-eight. 94 22. An Act to enable the Commissioners for the Affairs of India to make Rules and Regulations for Haileybury College. Ibid. 23. An Act to amend the Law for providing fit Houses for the beneficed Clergy. 95 24. An Act to repeal Part of an Act intituled An Act to provide for the Administration of the Government in case the Crown should should descend to Her Royal Highness the Princess Alexandrina Victoria, Daughter of His late Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, being under the Age of Eighteen Years; and for the Care and Guardianship of Her Person. Page 100 25. An Act to explain and amend an Act of the Seventh Year of His late Majesty, for extending the Period for the Repayment of Loans made under an Act passed in the Fourth and Fifth Year of His said late Majesty for the Amendment and better Administration of the Laws relating to the Poor in England and Wales. 101 26. An Act for raising the Sum of Thirteen Millions by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. 103 27. An Act to make more effectual Provision for the Prevention of Offences by Insane Persons in Ireland. Ibid. 28. An Act to repeal the several Acts now in force_relating to Bread to be sold in Ireland, and to provide other Regulations for the making and Sale of Bread, and for preventing the Adulteration of Meal, Flour, and Bread, in that Part of the United Kingdom called Ireland. 105 29. An Act to supply an Omission in an Act passed in the present Session of Parliament, intituled An Act to amend the Law for providing fit Houses for the beneficed Clergy. 118 30. An Act for continuing the Bishoprick of Sodor and Man. 119 31. An Act for facilitating the Sale of Church Patronage belonging to Municipal Corporations in certain Cases. 120 32. An Act to enable Her Majesty's Courts at Westminster to hold Sittings in Banc in Time of Vacation. 122 33. An Act for granting to Her Majesty, until the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, certain Duties on Sugar imported into the United Kingdom, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirtyeight. 123 34. An Act to continue for Five Years, and from thence until the End of the then next Session of Parliament, an Act of the Second and Third Years of the Reign of His late Majesty, to restrain for Five Years, in certain Cases, Party Processions in Ireland. 124 35. An Act to repeal the Stamp Duty now paid on Admission to the Freedom of Corporations in England. 125 36. An Act to make further Provisions and to amend the Acts relating to the Harbour of Kingstown and the Port and Harbour of Dublin. Ibid. 37. An Act to empower the Foreman or any other Member of Grand Juries in Ireland to administer Oaths to Witnesses on Bills of Indictment. 132 38. An Act to amend an Act for punishing idle and disorderly Per sons and Rogues and Vagabonds. 133 |