to notify the

II. Provided always, That any Member of the House of Members acCommons accepting any such Office as aforesaid shall forthwith cepting Office notify his Acceptance thereof to the Speaker, either by Writing same to the under the Hand of such Member or by his countersigning the Speaker. said Certificate relating to such Acceptance, and the Speaker shall not issue his Warrant in pursuance of this Act without having received such Notification, and until Fourteen Days after he shall have caused Notice of his having received such Certificate and Notification to be inserted in the London Gazette.

If Case appears to the Speaker doubtful, War

III. Provided always, That in any Case in which it shall appear to the Speaker to be doubtful whether the Acceptance of any Office which has been certified to him as aforesaid has rant not to the Effect of vacating the Seat of the Person so appointed, it shall be lawful for the said Speaker, instead of issuing his Warrant in pursuance of this Act, to reserve such Question for the Decision of the House.

issue.

tain Offices.

IV. Provided always, That this Act shall not in any way Act not to apply to the Acceptance of any of the following Offices; that apply to ceris to say, the Office of Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty's Three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough, and Bonenham, or of the Manor of East Hendred, or of the Manor of Northstead, or of the Manor of Hempholme, or of Escheator of Munster. V. All the other Provisions of the said recited Act shall be applicable to the Cases provided for in this Act. VI. This Act may be cited as the "Election of Members during Recess Act, 1858."

SCHEDULE.

WE, whose Names are underwritten, being Two Members of the House of Commons, do hereby certify that M.P., late a Member of the said House, serving as One of the Knights of the Shire for the County of [or as the Case may be], has accepted the Office of Member of the Council for India [or as the Case may be], and has been gazetted thereto Gazette, dated the

in the

Day of

and has thereby vacated his Seat; and we give you this Notice, to the Intent that you may issue your Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ for the Election of a Knight to serve in Parliament for the said County of [or as the Case may be], in the Room

of the said M.P.

24 G. 3. c. 26.

to apply to this

Act.

Short Title.

Given under our Hands, this

Day of

A.B.

C.D.

To the Speaker of the House of Commons.

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INDEX

TO THE

PUBLIC GENERAL

21° & 22° VICTORIÆ,

ACTS,

Showing whether they relate to the whole or to any Part of the United
Kingdom, viz.

E. signifies that the Act relates to England (and Wales, if the Subject extends so far).

Scotland.
Ireland.

England and Ireland.

Great Britain.

- Great Britain and Ireland.

The whole of the United Kingdom.

A.

ABERDEEN, UNIVERSITIES, &c. OF; to make

Provision for the better Government and Disci-
pline of the Universities of Scotland, and for the
Union of the Two Universities and Colleges of
Aberdeen

-

ABJURATION, OATH OF; to substitute One Oath for
the Oaths of Allegiance, Supremacy, and Abjura-
tion, &c.

ABOLITION of Franchise Prisons, for

of Property Qualification of Members of Par-
liament, for

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}

23. I.

95. E.

-

of Foot Passenger Tolls on Chelsea Bridge,
after Payment of the Sum of 80,000l. and
Interest, for

of Toll on the Bridge over the Shannon at
Portumna, for

-

ADMINISTRATION, LETTERS OF; to amend the Act
20 & 21 Vict. c. 77.

to extend over the United Kingdom the Effect

of Grants of

56. G.B. & I.

ADMINISTRATION OF OATHS; to enable the Committees
of both Houses of Parliament to administer Oaths
to Witnesses in certain Cases
ADVANCES FOR NAVIGATIONS; to extend the Time for
making Advances towards Navigations in Ireland,
under the Provisions of the Act 19 & 20 Vict. c. 62.
ALBREDA; to remove Doubts as to the Operation

of a Convention between Her Majesty and the
Emperor of the French relative to Portendic and
Albreda

-

ALLEGIANCE, &c., OATHS OF; to substitute One Oath
for the Oaths of Allegiance, Supremacy, and
Abjuration
ALLOTMENT OF LANDS, to provide for, within the
Boundaries of the late Forest of Hainault
ANIMALS, DISEASES AMONG ; to continue 11 & 12 Vict.
c. 107., 16 & 17 Vict. c. 62., and 19 & 20 Vict.
c. 101., to prevent the spreading of
ANNUITIES; to settle Annuities on Lady and Sir
H. M. Havelock in consideration of the eminent
Services of the late Major-General Havelock
APPLICATION OF AIDS.
APPOINTMENTS; to continue Appointments under the
Act 14 & 15 Vict. c. 53., for consolidating
the Copyhold and Inclosure Commissioners
to appoint a Clerk of Nisi Prius, and to make
Provision for the Appointment of Tipstaffs,
in the Superior Courts in Ireland -
APPROPRIATION OF SUPPLIES; to apply a Sum out
of the Consolidated Fund and the Surplus of
Ways and Means to the Service of the Year 1858,
and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this
Session of Parliament

See CONSOLIDATED FUND.

ARMY; for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for
the better Payment of the Army and their
Quarters

-

ARRANGEMENTS FOR RELIEF OF TURNPIKE TRUSTS, to
confirm certain Provisional Orders made under
the Act 14 & 15 Vict, c. 38., to facilitate
ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE, to amend the Act 5 & 6
Vict. c. 100., to consolidate and amend the Laws
relating to the Copyright of Designs for orna-
menting

ART UNIONS; to indemnify certain Persons who have
formed a voluntary Association for the Disposal
of Works of Utility and Ornament by Chance or
otherwise as Prizes
ASSISTANT BARRISTERS; to amend the Act 14 & 15

Vict. c. 57., and to transfer to the Assistant Bar-
risters certain Jurisdiction as to Insolvent Debtors
ASYLUMS FOR LUNATICS; to amend the Act 20 & 21
Vict. c. 71. for the Regulation of the Care and
Treatment of Lunatics, and for the Provision,
Maintenance, and Regulation of Lunatic Asylums

B.

-

BALLOTS FOR THE MILITIA; to suspend the making
of Lists and the Ballots for the Militia of the
United Kingdom
BANK ISSUES INDEMNITY; to indemnify the Governor
and Company of the Bank of England in respect
of certain Issues of their Notes, and to confirm
such Issues, and to authorize further Issues for a
Time to be limited

BANKERS DRAFTS OR CHEQUES; for granting a Stamp
Duty on certain Drafts or Orders for the
Payment of Money

to amend the Law relating to

-

BANKING COMPANIES; to amend the Joint Stock Bank-
ing Companies Act, 1857

to enable Joint Stock Banking Companies to
be formed on the Principle of Limited
Liability

BARRELS, BRANDING OF ; to impose Fees on the Brand-
ing of Barrels under the Acts concerning the
Herring Fisheries in Scotland

BASTARDY RETURNS; to repeal certain Enactments re-

quiring Returns to be made to Secretary of State
BIRTHS, REGISTRATION OF; to amend the Act 7 W. 4.
& 1 Vict. c. 22., for registering Births, Deaths,
and Marriages

-

BISHOPRICK OF DURHAM; to amend the Provisions of
the Act 6 & 7 W. 4. c. 19. for separating the Pala-
tine Jurisdiction of the County Palatine from the
Bishoprick of Durham

BISHOPS TRUSTS SUBSTITUTION; to substitute in cer-
tain Cases the Bishop of one Diocese for the
Bishop of another as a Trustee of certain Trusts
[for charitable or public Purposes] ·

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BOMBAY, CHIEF JUSTICE OF; to make valid certain
Acts of the late Chief Justice of Bombay [Sir W.
Yardley, Knight]

69. S.

67. E.

25. E.

45. E.

71. E.

32. U.K.