Act may be amended, &c.

Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench in England; and that in case of any Prosecution for such Offence in Her Majesty's said Court of Queen's Bench the Venue may be laid in the County of Middlesex. VII. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in this Session of Parliament.

SCHEDULE (A.) referred to by this Act.

13 & 14 Vict. c. 26.

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CA P. XXVII.

An Act to provide for the Commencement of an Act of the
present Session, intituled An Act to repeal an Act of the
Sixth Year of King George the Fourth, for encouraging the
Capture or Destruction of Piratical Ships and Vessels, and
to make other Provisions in lieu thereof. [15th July 1850.]
WHEREAS an Act has been passed in the present Session of
Parliament, intituled An Act to repeal an Act of the Sixth
Year of King George the Fourth, for encouraging the Capture
or Destruction of Piratical Ships and Vessels, and to make
' other Provisions in lieu thereof: And whereas by the said Act
so passed as aforesaid it was amongst other things enacted, that
'from and after the First Day of June next after the passing of
such Act the said Act of the Sixth Year of King George the
Fourth should be repealed, but nevertheless not so as to affect or
prejudice the Application for or the Payment of Bounty under
the said Act, or any of the Provisions relating thereto, for any
'Service rendered against Pirates on or before the said First Day
of June; and by the said Act so passed as aforesaid it was also
enacted, that whenever any of Her Majesty's Ships or Vessels of
War, or hired armed Vessels, or any of the Ships or Vessels of
War of the East India Company, or their Boats, or any of the
Officers or Crews thereof, should after the said First Day of June
attack or be engaged with any Persons alleged to be Pirates,
'afloat or ashore, it should be lawful for the High Court of Ad-
'miralty, and for the Courts of Vice Admiralty therein mentioned,
to take cognizance of and to determine the Matters in the said
Act mentioned: And whereas the Bill which became the said

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'Act so passed as aforesaid was originally introduced in the House
of Commons, and having passed that House was amended by
the Lords, and was returned to the Commons for their Agreement
to the Amendments: And whereas the Commons agreed to
'some of the said Amendments, but disagreed to one of the said
'Amendments and amended another thereof, and communicated
'their Amendment and Disagreement and the Reason for such
'Disagreement to the Lords at a Conference on the Twenty-
'eighth Day of May One thousand eight hundred and fifty:
'And whereas the Lords did not take the said Reason and Amend-
'ments into consideration until the Twenty-first Day of June
One thousand eight hundred and fifty, when they finally agreed
to the said Amendment of the Commons, and resolved not to in-
'sist upon the Amendment to which the Commons had disagreed;
and accordingly the said Act received the Royal Assent on the
Twenty-fifth Day of June One thousand eight hundred and fifty:
And whereas by reason of the said Act not having received the
Royal Assent until the said Twenty-fifth Day of June One thou-
'sand eight hundred and fifty, the herein-before recited Enactments
'will not take effect until the First Day of June One thousand
eight hundred and fifty-one: And whereas such Postponement of
'the Operation of the said Enactments was not within the Con-
templation of either House of Parliament when they respec
tively passed the said Act, but has arisen accidentally from the
Delay occasioned by the Proceedings herein-before mentioned;
' and it is expedient that the said Enactments should be made to
'take effect as if the First Day of June One thousand eight hun-
'dred and fifty had been therein mentioned instead of the First
Day of June next after the passing of the said recited Act :'

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Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, 1st June 1850 by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and to be substiTemporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, tuted in recited and by the Authority of the same, That the said recited Act of Act for 1st the present Session of Parliament shall take effect as if the First Day of June One thousand eight hundred and fifty had been therein mentioned and referred to instead of the First Day of June next after the passing of such Act.

II. And be it enacted, That this Act may be repealed or amended in the present Session of Parliament.

CA P. XXVIII.

An Act to render more simple and effectual the Titles by
which Congregations or Societies for Purposes of Religious
Worship or Education in England and Ireland hold Pro-
perty for such Purposes.
[15th July 1850.]

VHEREAS it is expedient to render more simple and effectual the Titles by which Congregations or Societies associated together for the Purposes of maintaining Religious Worship or 'promoting Education in England, Wales, or Ireland may hold the Property required for such Purposes:' 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

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same,

June next after the passing of such Act.

Act may be

amended, &c.

Property conveyed for Re

same, That wherever Freehold, Leasehold, Copyhold, or Customary Property in England or Wales has been or hereafter shall ligious or Edu- be acquired by any Congregation or Society or Body of Persons

cational Pur

poses to vest in Successors without Conveyance,

Providing for

of Fines on

associated for Religious Purposes or for the Promotion of Education, as a Chapel, Meeting House, or other Place of Religious Worship, or as a Dwelling House for the Minister of such Con gregation, with Offices, Garden, and Glebe, or Land in the Nature of Glebe, for his Use, or as a Schoolhouse, with Schoolmaster's House, Garden, and Playground, or as a College, Academy, or Seminary, with or without Grounds for Air, Exercise, or Recreation, or as a Hall or Rooms for the Meeting or Transaction of the Business of such Congregation or Society or Body of Persons, and wherever the Conveyance, Assignment, or other Assurance of such Property has been or may be taken to or in favour of a Trustee or Trustees to be from Time to Time appointed, or of any Party or Parties named in such Conveyance, Assignment, or other Assurance, or subject to any Trust for the Congregation or Society or Body of Persons, or of the Individuals composing the same, such Conveyance, Assignment, or other Assurance shall not only vest the Freehold, Leasehold, Copyhold, or Customary Property thereby conveyed or otherwise assured in the Party or Parties named therein, but shall also effectually vest such Freehold, Leasehold, Copyhold, or Customary Property in their Successors in Office for the Time being and the old continuing Trustees, if any, jointly, or if there be no old continuing Trustees, then in such Successors for the Time being wholly, chosen and appointed in the Manner provided or referred to in or by such Conveyance, Assignment, or other Assurance, or in any separate Deed or Instrument declaring the Trust thereof, or if no Mode of Appointment be therein set forth, prescribed, or referred to, or if the Power of Appointment be lapsed, then in such Manner as shall be agreed upon by such Congregation or Society or Body of Persons, upon such and the like Trusts, and with, under, and subject to the same Powers and Provisions, as are contained or referred to in such Conveyance, Assignment, or other Assurance, or in any such separate Deed or Instrument, or upon which such Property is held, and that without any Transfer, Assignment, Conveyance, or other Assurance whatsoever, anything in such Conveyance, Assignment, or other Assurance, or in any such separate Deed or Instrument, contained to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided always, that in case of any Appointment of a new Trustee or Trustees of or the Conveyance of the legal Estate in any such Property being made as heretofore was by Law required, the same shall be as valid and effectual to all Intents and Purposes as if this Act had not been passed.

II. And be it enacted, That where such Property shall be of Payment in lieu Copyhold or Customary Tenure, and liable to the Payment of any Death or Alien- Fine, with or without a Heriot, on the Death or Alienation of the ation of Pro- Tenant or Tenants thereof, it shall be lawful for the Lord or perty of Copy- Lady of the Manor of which such Property shall be holden, on the next Appointment of a new Trustee or Trustees thereof, and at the Expiration of every Period of Forty Years thereafter, so long as such Property shall belong to or be held in trust for such Congregation or Society or Body of Persons or other Party or Parties

hold or Cus

tomary Tenure,

to

to whom such Property may have been or shall be conveyed for their Benefit, to receive and take a Sum corresponding_to_the Fine and Heriot, if any, which would have been payable by Law upon the Death or Alienation of the Tenant or Tenants thereof; and such Payments shall be in full of all Fines payable to the Lord or Lady of the Manor of which such Property is holden, while the same shall remain the Property or be held in trust for such Congregation or Society or Body of Persons; and the Lord or Lady of such Manor shall have all such Powers for the Recovery of such Sums as such Lord or Lady could have had in the event of the Tenant or Tenants of such Property having died or having alienated the same.

III. And be it enacted, That for the Purpose of preserving Appointment Evidence of every such Choice and Appointment of a new Trustee of new Trustees or new Trustees, and of the Person and Persons in whom such to be made apCharitable Estates and Property shall so from Time to Time be- pear by Deed. come legally vested, every such Choice and Appointment of a new Trustee or new Trustees shall be made to appear by some Deed under the Hand and Seal of the Chairman for the Time being of the Meeting at which such Choice and Appointment shall be made, and shall be executed in the Presence of such Meeting, and attested by Two or more credible Witnesses, which Deed may be in the Form or to the like Effect of the Schedule to this Act annexed, or as near thereto as Circumstances will allow, and may be given and shall be received as Evidence in all Courts and Proceedings in the same Manner and on the like Proof as Deeds under Seal, and shall be Evidence of the Truth of the several Matters and Things therein contained.

IV. And be it enacted, That the Provisions of this Act shall Act extended extend to that Part of the United Kingdom called Ireland.

V. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in the present Session of Parliament, except so far as the contrary shall be made to appear.

SCHEDULE to which this Act refers. MEMORANDUM of the Choice and Appointment of new Trustees of the [describe the Chapel, School, or other Buildings and Property] situate in the Parish [or Township]

of

Place] of

in the County [Riding, Division, City, or at a Meeting duly convened and held for that Purpose [in the Vestry of the said Chapel] on the [25th] Day of [April 1850], A.B.

of

Chairman.

Names and Descriptions of all the Trustees on the Constitution or last Appointment of Trustees made the

Day

to Ireland.

Act may be amended, &c.

of

Names and Descriptions of all the Trustees in whom the said [Chapel] and Premises now becomes legally vested.

First. Old continuing Trustees :—

John Jackson, now of
Matthew Norman, now of
Octavius Parker, now of

Second.--New Trustees now chosen and appointed:

C.D.
E.F.

(L.S.)

Chairman of the said Meeting.

[The Blanks, and Parts in Italics, to be filled up as the Case

may be.]

CA P. XXIX.

An Act to amend the Laws concerning Judgments in Ireland. [15th July 1850.] WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, 5 & 6 W.4. c.55. intituled An Act for facilitating the Appointment of Sheriffs in Ireland, and the more effectual Audit and passing of their 'Accounts; and for the more speedy Return and Recovery of Fines, Fees, Forfeitures, Recognizances, Penalties, and Deodands; and to abolish certain Offices in the Court of Exchequer 'in Ireland; and to amend the Laws relating to Grants in custodiam and Recovery of Debts in Ireland; and to amend an Act of the Second and Third Years of His present Majesty, for transferring the Powers and Duties of the Commissioners of Public Accounts in Ireland to the Commissioners for auditing the Public Accounts of Great Britain, it was enacted, that it should be lawful for any Person entitled to sue out or who had already sued out a Writ of Elegit upon any Judgment recovered in any of His Majesty's Courts at Dublin, or to issue or who had issued Execution in any Suit or Proceeding on any Recognizance there, to apply by Petition to the Court of Chancery, or to the Court of Exchequer at the Equity Side thereof, for an Order that a Receiver might be appointed of the Rents and Profits of the entire, and not of a Moiety only, of all Lands, Tenements,