BILLS; 1850.

Civil Bill (Boroughs) (Ireland):

54. Bill to assimilate the proceeding by way of Civil Bill in Boroughs in Ireland to that in Counties, and for the Relief of Officers by interpleading

Clergy (Ireland):

p. 343

328. Bill to repeal certain Statutes relating to the Clergy of that Part of the United Churches of England and Ireland being in Ireland

Collection of Fines (Ireland):

347

357. Bill for the better Collection of Fines, Penalties, Issues, and Forfeited Recognizances in Ireland

502. Same [as amended by the Select Committee]

Commons Inclosure:

· 357 377

65. Bill to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands in pursuance of the Fifth Annual General Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales, and to confirm the Proceedings in the Matter of the Common Wood Inclosure 399

Commons Inclosure (No. 2):

618. Bill to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands, in pursuance of a Special Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales

395. Bill to amend the Law for the Registration of certain Persons commonly known as "Compound Householders," and to facilitate the Exercise by such Persons of their Right to vote in the Election of Borough Members to serve in Parliament • 407

Convict Prisons:

235. Bill intituled An Act for the better Government of Convict Prisons

Copyholds Enfranchisement :

411

144. Bill to effect the compulsory Enfranchisement of Lands of Copyhold and Customary Tenure

417

Coroners' Fees Abolition:

581. Bill for abolishing the Fees paid to County and other Coroners, and for providing for the Payment of such Coroners by Salaries

435

County Cess (Ireland):

16. Bill to amend an Act of the last Session for making Provision for the Collection of County Cess in Ireland, and for the Remuneration of the Collectors thereof

County Court Extension :

439

92. Bill to extend the Jurisdiction of the Act for the more easy Recovery of Small Debts and Demands in England, and to amend the same

298. Same [as amended by the Committee]

449. Same [as amended by the Committee, and on Re-commitment]

608. Same [as amended by the Lords]

·

County Police Superannuation Fund:

654.+Bill to enable Justices to direct Portions of Fines and Penalties in certain Cases to be paid for the Benefit of the Superannuation Fund of the Police Force established in any County

583. Bill to empower Corporate Bodies in certain Cases to raise Money towards the Cost of building, enlarging or improving County Prisons

County Rates:

- p. 487

147. Bill to relieve the Occupiers of Lands and Tenements, not being Owners thereof, from Payment of County Rates and County Police Rates 493

County Rates and Expenditure:

13. Bill to establish County Financial Boards for the assessing of County Rates, and for the Administration of County Expenditure, in England and Wales 497

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Provide Medical Assistance in Cases of Accidents upon Railways.

[Note.-The Words printed in Italics are proposed to be inserted in the Committee.]

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HEREAS no Action is now maintainable against a Railway Preamble.
Company by a Surgeon called in by the Servant of a Rail-

way Company to render Assistance to a Passenger who has been accidentally injured on a Railway, and it is oftentimes right 5 and expedient that the Railway Company in such Case should be answerable for the Services of the Surgeon so called in: 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 the present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of 10 the same, That in case an Accident occur upon a Railway which Servants of occasions such Injury to a Passenger thereby as to render Medical Railway Company to Advice necessary, it shall be the Duty of the Servants of the Railway call in SurCompany by whose Train such Passenger shall be travelling, or (in geon in case case the Accident occur to a Passenger travelling by the Train of 15 a Railway Company passing along or over the Line of any other Railway Company) of the Railway Company upon whose Line of Railway such Accident shall occur, to obtain, as soon as possible after the Occurrence of the Accident, the Assistance of a Surgeon to attend such Passenger; and in case of Neglect of such 20 Duty by the Servants of the Railway Company, the Company whose 436. Servants

of Accident.

Acts of Ser

Railway Company until Notice

to the con

Servants shall be guilty of such Neglect shall be answerable in
Damages to the Passenger injured, or to his or her Wife or Husband,
Parent or Child, in case of Death.

II. And be it enacted, That the Servants of the Company shall vants to bind have and are hereby declared to have full Power and Authority to 5 bind the Company in whose Service they are in calling in a Surgeon as aforesaid, and the Company shall be and continue liable to the Surgeon so called in, for the Payment of his usual and reasonable Charges in the Matter, until a written Notice shall be given to him on behalf of the Company, signed by the Secretary of the Company, 10 to discontinue his Attendance at the Costs of the said Company on such Passenger.

trary.

III. And be it enacted, That in case a Railway Company shall incur any such Expense in respect of an Accident, for the Consequences of which some other Railway Company shall be legally 15 liable, the Company incurring such Expense shall have a legal Right to recover over against such other Railway Company the Expense so incurred.

IV. And be it enacted, That in case a Railway Company shall incur any such Expense in respect of an Accident occasioned by the 20 Neglect, Default, or Misconduct of the Passenger injured, the Company shall have a legal Right to recover such Expense from such Passenger, or his or her legal personal Representatives: Provided always, that if in such last-mentioned Case the Passenger injured shall be a Pauper, or Person receiving Parochial Relief, and unable 25 to repay the Amount of such Expense, the Railway Company shall have a legal Right to recover the same from the Overseers of the Parish in which such Accident shall have happened.

V. And be it enacted, That it shall be and is hereby declared to be the Duty of the Directors of Railway Companies to cause due 30 Notice of the Provisions contained in this Act to be affixed in some public Place at every Station along their Line of Railway.

VI. And be it enacted, That the following Words and Expressions are intended to have the Meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, so far as such Meanings are not excluded by the Context or 35 by the Nature of the Subject Matter; that is to say, Words denoting the Singular Number are to be understood to apply also to a Plurality of Persons or Things, and Words denoting the Masculine Gender are to be understood to apply also to Persons of the Feminine Gender; and the Word "Passenger" shall include a Person at a 40

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Railway Station, and whether in a Railway Carriage or not; and the Word "Servant" shall apply to any Person in the Employment of a Railway Company; and the Word " Surgeon" shall include a Physician, and every other duly qualified Medical Practitioner; and 5 the Word "Parent" shall include Father and Mother, and Grandfather and Grandmother, and Step-father and Step-mother; and the Word "Child" shall include Son and Daughter, and Grandson and Grand-daughter, and Step-son and Step-daughter.

passing, and

VII. And be it enacted, That this Act shall come into operation Act to take 10 from and immediately after the passing thereof, and that nothing effect after therein contained shall apply to that Part of the United Kingdom not to apply called Scotland.

to Scotland.

VIII. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or Act may be repealed by any Act to be passed in this Session of Parliament.

amended, &c.