Bounties al lowed upon the Exportation of Refined Sugar. Her Majesty may allow Sugar, &c. to be imported from British Possessions in the East Indies at the lower Duty, when Importation of Foreign Sugar is prohibited. Such Sugar and Molasses to be entered at the lower Rates And also from and after the passing of this Act, On all Foreign Sugar or Molasses not otherwise charged with Refined Sugar, or Sugar Candy, the Cwt. - Molasses, the Cwt. £ s. d. 3 3 0 2 2 And so in proportion for any greater or less Quantity than a Hundred Weight. II. And be it enacted, That there shall be allowed upon the Upon Double Refined Sugar, or Sugar equal in 1 0 0 0 17 O 0 14 0 Upon Bastard or Refined Sugar, broken in Pieces, or being ground or powdered Sugar, or such Sugar pounded or crushed or broken, for every Cwt. III. Provided always, and be it enacted, That if at any Time satisfactory Proof shall have been laid before Her Majesty in Council, that, as respects any British Possession within the Limits of the East India Company's Charter, the Importation of Foreign Sugar has been prohibited, it shall and may be lawful for Her Majesty, and She is hereby empowered, from Time to Time, by any Order or Orders in Council, to declare that Sugar and Molasses the Growth or Produce of any such British Possession may be imported from thence into the United Kingdom, and entered at the lower Rates of Duty herein-before imposed on Sugar and Molasses the Growth or Produce of British Possessions within the Limits of the East India Company's Charter in which the Importation of Foreign Sugar is prohibited; and from and after the Publication of such Order, whilst the same shall continue in force, the Sugars and Molasses therein mentioned may be so imported and entered accordingly. IV. Provided always, and be it enacted, That any Sugars or Molasses the Produce of any British Possession within the Limits of the East India Company's Charter in which the Importation of Foreign Sugar is or shall be prohibited, which shall be entered for Home Use at the lower Rates of Duty herein-before imposed on Sugar and Molasses the Produce of such Possessions, shall be entered in the same and the like Manner, and under the same or the like Conditions, in and under which Sugar the Growth of the Presidency of Bengal might be entered for Home Use under the Provisions of an Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the Sixth and Seventh Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled An Act for the granting to His Majesty, until the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred hundred and thirty-seven, certain Duties on Sugar imported into the United Kingdom for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, at the lower Rate of Duty therein mentioned. Collection of Duties to be under the Management of the Customs. 8&9 Vict. c.90. 8&9 Vict. c. 92. V. And be it enacted, That the several Duties, Bounties, and Allowances by this Act imposed and allowed shall be under the Management of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Customs, and shall be ascertained, raised, levied, collected, paid, recovered, allowed, and applied or appropriated under the Provisions of an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled An Act for granting Duties of Customs, and of another Act passed in the same Year, intituled An Act to grant certain Bounties and Allowances of Customs, and of any other Act or Acts in force relating to the Customs. VI. And be it enacted, That no Sugar shall be admissible to No Sugar adEntry for Home Consumption at the said lower Rates of Duty as being the Growth and Produce of any Foreign Country, unless the Master of the Ship importing the same, or the Consignee of the same, shall prove to the Satisfaction of the Officers of Her Majesty's Customs at the Port of Importation, if required to do so, that such Sugar is bonâ fide the Growth and Produce of the Foreign Country from which it is imported. missible unless the Growth, &c. of Country from which it is imported. White Clayed VII. And be it enacted, That the Commissioners of Customs Commissioners of Customs to shall provide Samples of White Clayed Sugar, and of Sugar renprovide Standered by any Process equal in Quality to White Clayed Sugar dard Samples of with reference to Colour, Grain, and Saccharine Matter, which Samples shall be deemed to be Standard Samples, for the Purpose of comparing therewith such White Clayed Sugar, or Sugar rendered by any Process equal in Quality to White Clayed Sugar, as from and after the passing of this Act may be entered for Home Consumption; and such Standard Samples shall from Time to Time be renewed whenever the said Commissioners may deem it expedient; and no Sugar shall, as regards the Payment of Duty, be deemed or taken to be White Clayed Sugar, or Sugar rendered by any Process equal in Quality to White Clayed, unless it shall, with reference to Colour, Grain, and Saccharine Matter, equal the Standard Samples so respectivel y provided by the said Com missioners. No Sugar to be VIII. And be it enacted, That every Order in Council to be Orders in made under the Authority of this Act shall, as soon as may be Council to be after the making thereof by Her Majesty in Council, be published published; in the London Gazette. IX. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, and may be by an Order in Council, from Time to Time to revoke or alter revoked; any Order in Council previously made under the Authority of this Act. X. And be it enacted, That a Copy of every Order of Her and Copies to Majesty in Council made under the Authority of this Act shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament within Six Weeks after issuing the same, if Parliament be then sitting, and if not, then within Six Weeks after the Commencement of the then next Session of Parliament. be laid before Parliament. XI. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or Act may be repealed by any Act to be passed in this present Session of amended, &c. Parliament. САР. Upon Application by a Defendant in an Action of Assumpsit, &c. stating that the Right in the Subject Matter is in some Third Party, the Court may order such Third Party to appear, &c. and in the meantime Proceedings in such Action to be stayed. Judgment and If Third Party neglect, &c. Court may bar his Claim, &c. 6 6 CA P. LXIV. An Act to enable Courts of Law in Ireland to give Relief against adverse Claims made upon Persons having no Interest in the Subject Matter of such Claims. [18th August 1846.] WHEREAS it often happens that a Person sued at Law for the Recovery of Money or Goods wherein he has no Interest, and which are also claimed of him by some Third Party, has no Means of relieving himself from such adverse Claims but by a Suit in Equity against the Plaintiff and such Third 'Party, usually called a Bill of Interpleader, which is attended 'with Expence and Delay;' for Remedy thereof 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, That upon Application made by or on the Behalf of any Defendant sued in any of Her Majesty's Courts of Law at Dublin in any Action of Assumpsit, Detinue, or Trover, such Application being made after Declaration and before Plea by Affidavit or otherwise, showing that such Defendant does not claim any Interest in the Subject Matter of the Suit, but that the Right thereto is claimed or supposed to belong to some Third Party who has sued or is expected to sue for the same, and that such Defendant does not in any Manner collude with such Third Party, but is ready to bring into Court or to pay or dispose of the Subject Matter of the Action in such Manner as the Court or any Judge thereof may order or direct, it shall be lawful for the Court or any Judge thereof to make Rules and Orders calling upon such Third Party to appear and to state the Nature and Particulars of his Claim, and maintain or relinquish his Claim, and upon such Rule or Order to hear the Allegations as well of such Third Party as of the Plaintiff, and in the meantime to stay the Proceedings in such Action, and finally to order such Third Party to make himself Defendant in the same or some other Action, or to proceed to Trial on One or more feigned Issue or Issues, and also to direct which of the Parties shall be Plaintiff or Defendant on such Trial, or, with the Consent of the Plaintiff and such Third Party, their Counsel or Attornies, to dispose of the Merits of their Claims, and determine the same in a summary Manner, and to make such other Rules and Orders therein as to Costs and all other Matters as may appear to be just and reasonable. II. And be it enacted, That the Judgment in any such Action or Issue as may be directed by the Court or Judge, and the Decision of the Court or Judge in a summary Manner, shall be final and conclusive against the Parties, and all Persons claiming by, from, or under them. III. And be it enacted, That if such Third Party shall not appear upon such Rule or Order to maintain or relinquish his Claim, being duly served therewith, or shall neglect or refuse to comply with any Rule or Order to be made after Appearance, it shall be lawful for the Court or Judge to declare such Third Party, and all Persons claiming by, from, or under him, to be for ever barred from prosecuting his Claim against the original Defen dant, dant, his Executors or Administrators, saving nevertheless the Saving his Right or Claim of such Third Party against the Plaintiff, and Rights against thereupon to make such Order between such Defendant and the Plaintiff. Plaintiff as to Costs and other Matters as may appear just and reasonable. IV. Provided always, and be it enacted, That every Order to Certain Orders be made in pursuance of this Act by a single Judge not sitting liable to be rein open Court shall be liable to be rescinded or altered by the scinded. Court in like Manner as other Orders made by a single Judge. think fit, he may refer the Decision of the Court. Matter for the V. Provided also, and be it enacted, That if upon Application If a Judge to a Judge in the first instance, or in any later Stage of the Proceedings, he shall think the Matter more fit for the Decision of the Court, it shall be lawful for him to refer the Matter to the Court, and thereupon the Court shall and may hear and dispose of the same in the same Manner as if the Proceeding had originally commenced by Rule of Court instead of the Order of a Judge. VI. Sheriffs and other Officers employed in Execution of Process against And whereas Difficulties sometimes arise in the Execution For Relief and ' of Process against Goods and Chattels issued by or under the Protection of Authority of the said Courts, by reason of Claims made to 'such Goods and Chattels by Assignees of Bankrupts and other 'Persons not being the Parties against whom such Process has 'issued, whereby Sheriffs and other Officers are exposed to the • Hazard and Expence of Actions, and it is reasonable to afford Goods and 'Relief and Protection in such Cases to such Sheriffs and other Chattels. 'Officers;' be it therefore enacted, That when any such Claim shall be made to any Goods or Chattels taken or intended to be taken in Execution under any such Process, or to the Proceeds or Value thereof, it shall and may be lawful to and for the Court from which such Process issued, or any Judge of such Court, upon Application of such Sheriff or other Officer made before or after the Return of such Process, and as well before as after any Action brought against such Sheriff or other Officer, to call before them or him, by Rule of the Court or Judge, as well the Party issuing such Process as the Party making such Claim, and thereupon to exercise, for the Adjustment of such Claims, and the Relief and Protection of the Sheriff or other Officer, all or any of the Powers and Authorities herein-before contained, and make such Rules and Decisions as shall appear to be just, according to the Circumstances of the Case; and the Costs of all such Proceedings shall be in the Discretion of the Court or any Judge thereof. Rules, Orders, &c. made in pursuance of this Act may be entered of Record, and made VII. And be it enacted, That all Rules, Orders, Matters, and Decisions to be made and done in pursuance of this Act, except only the Affidavits to be filed, may, together with the Declaration in the Cause (if any), be entered of Record, with a Note in the Margin expressing the true Date of such Entry, to the end that the same may be Evidence in future Times, if required, and to Evidence. secure and enforce the Payment of Costs directed by any such Rule or Order; and every such Rule or Order so entered shall have the Force and Effect of a Judgment, except only as to becoming a Charge on any Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments; and in case any Costs shall not be paid within Fifteen Days after Payment of Notice of the Taxation and Amount thereof given to the Party Costs. ordered As to the test ing of Writs, and Sheriff's Fees. Act may be amended, &c. ordered to pay the same, his Agent or Attorney, Execution may issue for the same by Fieri facias or Capias ad satisfaciendum, adapted to the Case, together with the Costs of such Entry, and of the Execution if by Fieri facias; and such Writ and Writs may bear Teste on the Day of issuing the same, whether in Term or Vacation; and the Sheriff or other Officer executing any such Writ shall be entitled to the same Fees and no more as upon any similar Writ grounded upon a Judgment of the Court. VIII. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in this present Session of Parliament. CA P. LXV. An Act to provide for the more effectual Execution of the W HEREAS the Execution of the Office of a Justice of the Peace within the Borough of Wolverhampton in the County of Stafford, and the several Parishes, Towns, Townships, Liberties, Hamlets, Vills, and Places therein and in the ' Neighbourhood thereof, (that is to say,) the Parishes of Darlaston, Kingswinford, Sedgley, Tipton, Wednesbury, and Westbromwich, and the Towns, Townships, Liberties, Hamlets, Vills, and Places of Bilston, Wednesfield, Willenhall, Wolver 'hampton, Wordsley, Brierley Hill, Coseley, Upper Gornall, Lower Gornall, Gornall Wood, Gospel-End, Strait Green, Woodsitton, Ettingshall, Dudley Port, Toll End, Hill Top, Spon Lane, and Quarry Bank, or some of them, in the several 'Parishes of Darlaston, Kingswinford, Sedgley, Tipton, Wed'nesbury, Westbromwich, and Wolverhampton, all within the 'Mineral District of the Southern Division of the said County of Stafford, has become and is likely to continue difficult and burdensome, owing to the very great and increasing Extent of the Population and Manufactories within the Borough and Places 'aforesaid, and the Attendance of a sufficient Number of Justices of the Peace for the said County cannot always be procured for the prompt Administration of the said Office therein, and it 'would tend to afford better Protection to the Persons and Properties of the Inhabitants, and be of advantage to the Public, if Provision were made by Authority of Parliament for the Appointment of a Justice of the Peace, with a Stipend or Salary, for the more effectual Execution of the Office of a Justice of the 'Peace within the said Borough, and Parishes and Places in the "Neighbourhood thereof, and for other Purposes connected therewith May it therefore please 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 assem bled, |