A TABLE OF The PUBLIC GENERAL STATUTES passed in the THIRD Session of the FIFTEENTH Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 13 & 14 VICTORIA. PUBLIC GENERAL ACTS. LAN Act to amend an Act of the last Session, for making page 3 5 III. An Act to apply the Sum of Eight Millions out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty. 7 IV. An Act for requiring the Transmission of annual Abstracts of Accounts and Statements of Trustees or Commissioners of Turnpike Roads and Bridges in Ireland to the Lord Lieutenant to be laid before Parliament. 10 V. An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters. 13 VI. An Act for the Regulation of Her Majesty's Royal Marine Forces while on shore. 72 VII. An Act for consolidating the Office of the Registrar of Metropolitan Public Carriages with the Office of Commissioners of Police of the Metropolis, and making other Provisions in regard to the consolidated Offices. 124 VIII. An Act 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 Inclo sure. IX. An Act to repeal the Duties and Drawbacks of Excise on page 128 X. An Act for raising the Sum of Nine millions two hundred XI. An Act to make better Provision for the Contributions of Unions and Parishes in School Districts to the common Funds of the respective Districts. XII. An Act to indemnify such Persons in the United King- dom as have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices and XIII. An Act to render more simple and effectual the Titles by which Congregations or Societies associated for Purposes of Religious Worship or Education in Scotland hold Real Property required for such Purposes. XIV. An Act to authorize a further Advance of Money to certain distressed Poor Law Unions, and to make Provision for the Repayment of Advances made and authorized to be made to Poor Law Unions and other Districts, in Ireland. 141 XV. An Act to authorize the Establishment of Courts of Appeal for certain of Her Majesty's West India Colonies. XVI. An Act to enable the Judges of the Courts of Common Law at Westminster to alter the Forms of Pleading. 150 XVII. An Act to amend an Act of the last Session of Par- XVIII. An Act for the Regulation of Process and Practice in the Superior Courts of Common Law in Ireland. 152 XIX. An Act to explain and amend an Act for the Regulation XX. An Act to amend an Act of the Fifth and Sixth Years XXII. An Act for raising the Sum of Eight millions five hundred and fifty-eight thousand seven hundred Pounds by XXIV. An Act to enable the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital to improve the said Hospital, and also to enlarge and improve the Billingsgate Dock, and widen Billingsgate Street, in Greenwich; and for other Purposes. page 177 XXV. An Act to enable Queen's Counsel and others, not being of the Degree of the Coif, to act as Judges of As size. 192 XXVI. An Act to repeal an Act of the Sixth Year of King George the Fourth, for encouraging the Capture or Destruction of Piratical Ships and Vessels; and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof. 192 XXVII. An Act to provide for the Commencement of an Act of the present Session, intituled An Act to repeal an Act of the Sixth Year of King George the Fourth, for encouraging the Capture or Destruction of Piratical Ships and Vessels, and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof. 195 XXVIII. An Act to render more simple and effectual the Titles by which Congregations or Societies for Purposes of Religious Worship or Education in England and Ireland hold Property for such Purposes. 197 XXIX. An Act to amend the Laws concerning Judgments in Ireland. 200 XXX. An Act to provide for the Appointment of Sheriff of the County of Westmoreland. 208 XXXI. An Act to authorize further Advances of Money for Drainage and the Improvement of Landed Property in the United Kingdom, and to amend the Acts relating to such Advances. 210 214 XXXII. An Act for confirming certain Provisional Orders of the General Board of Health. XXXIII. An Act to make more effectual Provision for regulating the Police of Towns and populous Places in Scotland, and for paving, draining, cleansing, lighting, and improving the same. 216 XXXIV. An Act to continue certain Acts for regulating Turnpike Roads in Ireland. 327 XXXV. An Act to diminish the Delay and Expense of Proceedings in the High Court of Chancery in England. 328 XXXVI. An Act to facilitate Procedure in the Court of Session in Scotland. 339 XXXVII. An Act for the further Extension of Summary Jurisdiction in Cases of Larceny. 357 XXXVIII. An Act to render valid certain Marriages solemnized in the new Church at Upton cum Chalvey in the County of Buckingham and Diocese of Oxford. 359 XXXIX. An Act for the better Government of Convict Prisons. a 3 360 XL. An XL. An Act to regulate the Disposition of the Naval Prize Balance. page 363 XLI. An Act to authorize the Division of the Parish of Manchester into several Parishes, and for the Application of the Revenues of the Collegiate and Parish Church, and for other Purposes. 365 XLII. An Act to confirm the Incorporation of certain Boroughs, and to provide for the Payment of the Expenses of the Incorporation of new Boroughs. 384 XLIII. An Act to amend the Practice and Proceedings of the Court of Chancery of the County Palatine of Lancaster. 385 XLIV. An Act for taking an Account of the Population of Ireland. 400 XLV. An Act to continue an Act to amend the Laws relating to Loan Societies. 402 XLVI. An Act to suspend the making of Lists and the Ballots and Enrolments for the Militia of the United Kingdom. 403 XLVII. An Act for further continuing certain temporary Provisions concerning Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in England. 404 XLVIII. An Act to continue certain Acts relating to Linen, Hempen, and other Manufactures in Ireland. 404 XLIX. 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, Surgeons Mates, and Serjeant Majors of the Militia; and to authorize the Employment of the Non-commissioned Officers. 406 L. An Act to continue the Exemption of Inhabitants from Liability to be rated as such in respect of Stock in Trade or other Property to the Relief of the Poor. 430 LI. An Act for the Transfer of the Equitable Jurisdiction of the Court of Exchequer to the Court of Chancery in Ireland. 430 LII. An Act to make better Provision for the Interment of the Dead in and near the Metropolis. 445 LIII. An Act for taking account of the Population of Great Britain. 476 LIV. An Act to amend the Acts relating to Labour in Factories. 485 LV. An Act to amend an Act of the last Session for amending an Act for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations in Ireland, so far as relates to the Borough of Dublin. 489 LVI. An |