Debentures Company of an annual Sum in lieu of Stamp Duties on their under this Act. Bonds, and the Exemption of their Bonds from Stamp Duties, shall be applicable with respect to the Bonds and Debentures to be issued under the Authority of this Act, as if such Provisions were here repeated and re-enacted with reference thereto. Forgery of De- Forgery of East Returns to be annually pre raised on Loan, &c. and presented to Par liament. X. All Provisions now in force in any wise relating to the Offence of forging or altering, or offering, uttering, disposing of, or putting off, knowing the same to be forged or altered, any East India Bond, with Intent to defraud, shall extend and be applicable to and in respect of any Debenture issued under the Common Seal of the said Company under the Authority of this Act, as well as to and in respect of any Bond issued under the Seal of the said Company under such Authority. XI. Provided always, That, on or before the First Day of February in each Year, the Court of Directors of the East pared of Monies India Company, under such Direction and Control as aforesaid, shall prepare or cause to be prepared a Return of all Monies raised on Loan under the Provisions of this Act; also, a Return of all Stocks, Loans, Debts, and Liabilities then chargeable on the East India Revenues at Home and Abroad, up to the latest Period of Time to which such Return can be made out; that all such Returns shall be presented to both Houses of Parliament on or before the First Day of February in each Year, if Parliament is then sitting, and if Parliament is not sitting, then such Returns shall be presented within Ten Days of the First Meeting of Parliament after the First Day of February in each Year. Existing XII. This Act shall not prejudice or affect any Power of raising or borrowing Money vested in the said Company at the Time of the passing thereof. CAP. IV. An Act to continue an Act of the last Session to authorize the embodying of the Militia. [25th March 1858.] WHEREAS by an Act of the last Session of Parliament, Chapter Eighty-two, it was enacted, that it should be lawful for Her Majesty, and for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, respectively, at any Time after the passing of that Act, and before the Twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, to cause all or any Part of the respective Militias in England, Scotland, and Ireland to be drawn out and embodied in like Manner as in the respective Cases in which such Militias were then by Law authorized to be drawn out and embodied: And whereas it is expedient that the said Act should be continued as herein-after mentioned:' Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows: c. 82. continued I. All the Powers and Provisions of the said Act shall be Powers of continued and shall have effect as if the Twenty-fifth Day of 20 & 21 Vict. March One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine had been to 25th March mentioned therein instead of the Twenty-fifth Day of March 1859. One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight. CAP. V. An Act to apply the Sum of Ten Millions out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight. Most Gracious Sovereign, [26th March 1858.] WE, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, towards making good the Supply which we have cheerfully granted to Your Majesty in this Session of Parliament, have resolved to 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, as follows: Year 1858 I. There shall and may be issued and applied, for or towards There shall be making good the Supply granted to Her Majesty for the applied for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty- Service of the eight, the Sum of Ten Millions out of the Consolidated Fund the Sum of of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and 10,000,000l. the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury of the United out of the ConKingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or the Lord High Treasurer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the Time being, are or is hereby authorized and empowered to issue and apply the same accordingly. solidated Fund. scribed by II. It shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of Her The Treasurer Majesty's Treasury from Time to Time, by Warrant under may cause their Hands, to cause or direct any Number of Exchequer 10,000,000l. Bills to be made out at the Receipt of Her Majesty's Ex- Bills to be of Exchequer chequer at Westminster for any Sum or Sums of Money not made out in exceeding in the whole the Sum of Ten Millions; and such manner preExchequer Bills shall be made out in the same or like Manner, 48 G..... Form, and Order, and according to the same or like Rules and 4 & 5 W. 4. Directions, as are directed and prescribed in an Act passed in the Forty-eighth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third, Chapter One, 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 William the Fourth, A 4 c. 15., and 5 & 6 Vict. The Clauses, &c. in recited to this Act. Fourth, Chapter Fifteen, and in another Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, Chapter Sixty-six. III. All and every the Clauses, Provisoes, Powers, PriActs extended vileges, Advantages, Penalties, Forfeitures, and Disabilities contained in the said recited 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 particularly repeated and re-enacted in this Act. Interest on Bank of England may advance 10,000,000l. on the Credit of this Act, IV. The Exchequer Bills to be made out in pursuance of this Act shall and may bear an Interest not exceeding the Rate of Threepence Halfpenny per Centum per Diem upon or in respect of the whole of the Monies respectively contained therein. V. It shall and may be lawful for the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, and they are hereby empowered, to take, accept, and receive the Exchequer Bills authorized to be made out in pursuance of this Act, and to advance or lend to Her Majesty, at the Receipt of the Exchequer at Westminster, upon the Credit of the Sum granted by this Act, out 5 & 6 W. & M. of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great notwith standing c. 20, Bills prepared Monies raised by Bills to be Services voted applied to the by the Com mons. Exchequer Bills made chargeable upon the grow ing Produce of the Consoli dated Fund. Britain and Ireland, any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding in the whole the Sum of Ten Millions, anything in an Act passed in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of King William and Queen Mary, Chapter Twenty, or in any other Act or Acts, to the contrary notwithstanding. VI. It shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, to cause such Bills as shall be prepared by virtue of this Act to be delivered from Time to Time to the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, in such Proportions as the Public Service may require, as Security for any Advance or Advances which may be made to Her Majesty by the said Governor and Company of the Bank of England, under the Authority of this Act. VII. 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 Parlia ment. VIII. The Principal Sum or Sums of Money to be contained in all such Exchequer Bills to be made forth by virtue of this Act, together with the Interest that may become due thereon, shall be and the same are hereby made chargeable and charged upon the growing Produce of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the next succeeding Quarter to that in which the said Exchequer Bills have been issued; and it shall be lawful for the said Commis. sioners of Her Majesty's Treasury for the Time being, and they are are hereby authorized, from Time to Time, by Warrant under their Hands, to direct the Comptroller General of the Receipt of the Exchequer at Westminster, in such Manner as they shall think necessary, to grant a Credit on the Exchequer Funds in the Bank of England unto such Person or Persons as shall be named in the said Warrant, which Credit shall be chargeable on and paid out of the growing Produce of the said Consolidated Fund of the next succeeding Quarter to that in which the, said Exchequer Bills have been issued, for any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding in the whole a Sum sufficient to discharge and pay off the Principal Sum or Sums of Money contained in such Exchequer Bills then outstanding, and which may have been made out and issued by virtue of this Act, together with all such Interest as may be due thereupon. CAP. VI. An Act to apply the Sum of Five hundred thousand 'Most Gracious Sovereign, WE, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, towards making good the Supply which we have cheerfully granted to Your Majesty in this Session of Parliament, have resolved to grant unto Your Majesty the Sum herein-after mentioned; and do there'fore 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, as follows: Service of the 500,000/ out I. There shall and may be issued and applied, for or towards There shall be making good the Supply granted to Her Majesty for the applied for the Deficiency in the Grants for the Service of the Year ending Year ending the Thirty-first Day of March One thousand eight hundred the 31st Day and fifty-eight, the Sum of Five hundred thousand Pounds out of March 1858 of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great the Sum of Britain and Ireland, and the Commissioners of Her Majesty's of the ConTreasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, solidated Fund. or the Lord High Treasurer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the Time being, are or is hereby authorized and empowered to issue and apply the same accordingly. II. It shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of Her The Treasury Majesty's Treasury from Time to Time, by Warrant under may cause their Hands, to cause or direct any Number of Exchequer Bills Echequer to 500,000l. Bills to be made out in manner 5 & 6 Vict. The Clauses, &c. in recited Acts extended to this Act. Interest on Bank of to be made out at the Receipt of Her Majesty's Exchequer at Westminster for any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding in the whole the Sum of Five hundred thousand Pounds; and such Exchequer Bills shall be made out in the same or like Manner, Form, and Order, and according to the same or like Rules and Directions, as are directed and prescribed in an Act passed in the Forty-eighth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third, Chapter One, 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 William the Fourth, Chapter Fifteen, and in another Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, Chapter Sixty-six. III. All and every the Clauses, Provisoes, Powers, Privileges, Advantages, Penalties, Forfeitures, and Disabilities contained in the said recited 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, Provisoes, Powers, Privileges, Advantages, Penalties, Forfeitures, and Disabilities had been particularly repeated and re-enacted in the Body of this Act. IV. The Exchequer Bills to be made out in pursuance of this Act shall and may bear an Interest not exceeding the Rate of Threepence Halfpenny per Centum per Diem upon or in respect of the whole of the Monies respectively contained therein. V. It shall and may be lawful for the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, and they are hereby empowered, to take, accept, and receive the Exchequer Bills authorized to be made out in pursuance of this Act, and to advance or lend to Her Majesty, at the Receipt of the Exchequer at Westminster, upon the Credit of the Sum granted by this Act, out 5 & 6 W. & M. of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great on the Credit of this Act, notwith standing c. 20. Bills prepared delivered to Monies raised by Bills to be applied to the Services voted Britain and Ireland, any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding in the whole the Sum of Five hundred thousand Pounds, anything in an Act passed in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of King William and Queen Mary, Chapter Twenty, or in any other Act or Acts, to the contrary notwithstanding. VI. It shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, to cause such Bills as shall be prepared by virtue of this Act to be delivered from Time to Time to the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, in such Proportions as the Public Service may require, as Security for any Advance or Advances which may be made to Her Majesty by the said Governor and Company of the Bank of England, under the Authority of this Act. VII. 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 |