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XLIII. An Act to amend the Municipal Franchise in certain Cases.

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XLIV. An Act to give to the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Durham, and the Colleges in those Universities, and to the Colleges of Saint Mary of Winchester near Winchester, and of King Henry the Sixth at Eton, Power to sell, enfranchise, and exchange Lands, under certain Conditions, and also to grant Leases for Agricultural, Building, and Mining Purposes, and to deal with the Interests of their Lessees, under proper Reservations and Restrictions. XLV. An Act to amend the Provisions of an Act of the Sixth Year of King William the Fourth, for separating the Palatine Jurisdiction of the County Palatine of Durham from the Bishoprick of Durham; and to make further Provision with respect to the Jura Regalia of the said County. 247 XLVI. An Act to remove Doubts as to the Validity of certain Marriages of British Subjects abroad.

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XLVII. An Act to amend the Law of False Pretences. XLVIII. An Act to substitute One Oath for the Oaths of Allegiance, Supremacy, and Abjuration; and for the Relief of Her Majesty's Subjects professing the Jewish Religion. 256 XLIX. An Act to provide for the Relief of Her Majesty's Subjects professing the Jewish Religion.

258 L. An Act to continue certain temporary Provisions concerning Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in England.

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259 LI. An Act further to continue the Exemption of certain Charities from the Operation of the Charitable Trusts Acts. LII. An Act to appoint a Clerk of Nisi Prius for the Consolidated Nisi Prius Court in Ireland, and to make Provision for the Appointment of Tipstaffs in the Superior Courts of Common Law and Equity in Ireland.

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LIII. An Act to continue Appointments under the Act for consolidating the Copyhold and Inclosure Commissions, and for completing Proceedings under the Tithe Commutation Acts.

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LIV. An Act to indemnify such Persons in the United Kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, and to extend the Time limited for those Purposes respectively.

263 LV. An Act to revive and continue an Act amending the Act for limiting the Time of Service in the Army. 267 LVI. An Act to amend the Law relating to the Confirmation of Executors in Scotland, and to extend over all Parts of the United Kingdom the Effect of such Confirmation, and of Grants of Probate and Administration. 267

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LVII. An Act to amend the Act of the Fifth and Sixth Years of Her present Majesty, for enabling Ecclesiastical Corporations, aggregate and sole, to grant Leases for long Terms of Years. 275 LVIII. An Act for the future Appropriation of the Tithe or Tenth of Lead Ores in the Parishes of Stanhope and Wolsingham in the County of Durham belonging to the respective Rectors thereof, subject to the existing Incumbencies, and for making other Provisions for the Endowment of the said Rectories in lieu thereof, and for other Purposes connected therewith. 280

LIX. An Act further to amend the Law relating to the Erection and Endowment of Churches, Chapels, and Perpetual Curacies in Ireland.

288 LX. An Act to amend the Joint Stock Companies Acts, 1856 and 1857, and the Joint Stock Banking Companies Act, 1857.

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LXI. An Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands in pursuance of a Special Report of the Inclosure Commissioners of England and Wales. LXII. An Act to continue certain Acts to prevent the spreading of contagious or infectious Diseases among Sheep, Cattle, and other Animals."

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LXIII. An Act to continue certain Turnpike Acts in Great Britain.

298 LXIV. An Act to make further Provision for the Practice of Vaccination in Ireland. 300 LXV. An Act to amend an Act of the last Session, to render more effectual the Police in Counties and Burghs in Scotland. LXVI. An Act to amend the Act of the Ninth and Tenth Years of Her present Majesty, Chapter Thirty-nine, and to abolish Foot Passenger Tolls on Chelsea Bridge after Payment of the Sum of Eighty thousand Pounds and Interest.

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LXVII. An Act to repeal certain Enactments requiring Returns to be made to One of the Secretaries of State. 305 LXVIII. An Act to amend the Law concerning detached Parts of Counties.

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306 LXIX. An Act to impose Fees on the branding of Barrels under the Acts concerning the Herring Fisheries in Scotland. LXX. An Act to amend the Act of the Fifth and Sixth Years of Her present Majesty, to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the Copyright of Designs for ornamenting Articles of Manufacture.

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LXXI. An Act to substitute in certain Cases the Bishop of one Diocese for the Bishop of another as a Trustee of certain Trusts.

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312 LXXII. An Act to facilitate the Sale and Transfer of Land in Ireland. 313 LXXIII. An Act to amend the Law concerning the Powers of Stipendiary Magistrates and Justices of the Peace in certain Cases. LXXIV. An Act for the Re-arrangement of the Districts of the County Courts among the Judges thereof. 355 LXXV. An Act to amend the Law relating to Cheap Trains, and to restrain the Exercise of certain Powers by Canal Companies being also Railway Companies. LXXVI. An Act to simplify the Forms and diminish the Expense of completing Titles to Land in Scotland. 358 LXXVII. An Act to amend and extend the Settled Estates Act of 1856.

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381 LXXVIII. An Act to enable the Committees of both Houses of Parliament to administer Oaths to Witnesses in certain Cases. LXXIX. An Act to amend the Law relating to Cheques or Drafts on Bankers.

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383 LXXX. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made under an Act of the Fifteenth Year of Her present Majesty, to facilitate Arrangements for the Relief of Turnpike Trusts.

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LXXXI. An Act for confirming a Scheme as amended of the Charity Commissioners for Cowley's Charity in the Parish of Swineshead in the County of Lincoln. LXXXII. An Act to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing, and contingent and other Expenses of the Disembodied Militia in Great Britain and Ireland; to grant Allowances in certain Cases to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, and Surgeons Mates of the Militia; and to authorize the Employment of the Non-commissioned Officers. LXXXIII. An Act to make Provision for the better Government and Discipline of the Universities of Scotland, and improving and regulating the Course of Study therein; and for the Union of the Two Universities and Colleges of Aberdeen. LXXXIV. An Act for enabling the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland to acquire certain Lands and Houses for the Site of a new Court or Courts and other Offices and Buildings required for the Public Service, in Extension of the Four Courts in the City of Dublin; and for other Purposes.

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LXXXV. An Act to continue an Act to enable Her Majesty
to accept the Services of the Militia out of the United King-
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dom.
LXXXVI. An Act further to continue an Act to authorize
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the embodying of the Militia.
LXXXVII. An Act to continue and amend the Corrupt
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Practices Prevention Act, 1854.
LXXXVIII. An Act to amend an Act of the Fourteenth
and Fifteenth Years of Her present Majesty, to consolidate
and amend the Laws relating to Civil Bills and the Courts of
Quarter Sessions in Ireland, and to transfer to the Assistant
Barristers certain Jurisdiction as to Insolvent Debtors. 434
LXXXIX. An Act to amend an Act of the last Session, for
the Regulation of the Care and Treatment of Lunatics, and
for the Provision, Maintenance, and Regulation of Lunatic
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Asylums, in Scotland.
XC. An Act to regulate the Qualifications of Practitioners in
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Medicine and Surgery.

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XCI. An Act to enable Joint Stock Banking Companies to
be formed on the Principle of Limited Liability.
XCII. An Act to provide for the Conveyance of County
Property to the Clerk of the Peace of the County.
XCIII. An Act to enable Persons to establish Legitimacy and
the Validity of Marriages, and the Right to be deemed
natural-born Subjects.

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XCIV. An Act to amend the Copy hold Acts.

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XCV. An Act to amend the Act of the Twentieth and
Twenty-first Victoria, Chapter Seventy-seven.

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XCVI. An Act to amend "The West Indian Incumbered
Estates Act, 1854."

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XCVII. An Act for vesting in the Privy Council certain
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Powers for the Protection of the Public Health.
XCVIII. An Act to amend the Public Health Act, 1848,
and to make further Provision for the Local Government of
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Towns and populous Districts.
XCIX. An Act to provide for the Government of British
Columbia.

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C. An Act to regulate the Office of Clerk of Petty Sessions
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in Ireland.
CI. An Act to amend the Act of the Eighteenth and Nine-
teenth Years of Her present Majesty, Chapter Sixty-three,
relating to Friendly Societies.

541 CII. An Act 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.

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CIII. An Act to promote and regulate Reformatory Schools for Juvenile Offenders in Ireland. CIV. An Act to alter and amend the Metropolis Local Management Act (1855), and to extend the Powers of the Metropolitan Board of Works for the Purification of the Thames and the Main Drainage of the Metropolis.

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CV. An Act to amend an Act of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Years of Her present Majesty, to amend the Laws concerning Judgments in Ireland.

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CVI. An Act for the better Government of India. CVII. An Act to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund and the Surplus of Ways and Means to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.

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CIX. An Act to declare and define the respective Rights of Her Majesty and of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall to the Mines and Minerals in or under Land lying below High-water Mark, within and adjacent to the County of Cornwall; and for other Purposes. 624 CX. An Act to extend the Act of the Twenty-fourth Year of King George the Third, Chapter Twenty-six, for issuing Writs during any Recess of the House of Commons, whether by Prorogation or Adjournment.

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