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George the Fourth: And whereas it is expedient that the said Acts of the Legislature of Newfoundland should be confirmed, and that such Legislature should be enabled from Time to • Time to make other Regulations concerning the rebuilding of the said Town:' 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 this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That Acts of the Leall the Provisions of the said recited Acts of the Legislature of gislature of Newfoundland shall be deemed to have been, from the passing of confirmed, and such Acts respectively, valid and effectual to all Intents and such LegislaPurposes; and it shall be lawful for the said Legislature of New- ture empowered foundland, by any Act or Acts made in the Manner and subject Provisions conto the Conditions which may be by Law required in respect of cerning the Acts made by such Legislature, from Time to Time to make building of such Provision as to such Legislature shall seem meet concerning the rebuilding or building of the said Town of Saint John's, and all or any of the Matters and Things mentioned and provided for in and by the said Act of the First Year of King George the Fourth, and in and by the said recited Acts of the said Legislature respectively, anything in the said Act of the First Year of King George the Fourth or any Law or Usage to the contrary notwithstanding.

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Saint John's.

II. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or re- Act may be pealed by any Act to be passed in this Session of Parliament.

CAP. XXII.

An Act to remove Doubts concerning the Validity of
certain Grants of Land in the Colony of New South
Wales.
[24th May 1849.]

WH HEREAS by a Proclamation bearing Date the Eighth Day of June One thousand eight hundred and twentynine, made and published by his Excellency Lieutenant Gene'ral Ralph Darling, then Captain General and Governor in Chief of the Colony of New South Wales, reciting that much Inconvenience had been occasioned by the Want of sufficient Titles for Allotments of Land in the Town of Sydney, and that such • Titles had not been issued by the Government, except in a few • Instances, since the Thirtieth Day of June One thousand eight ́ ́ hundred and twenty-three, in order to remedy the said In⚫ convenience, and to give the necessary Security to private Property, it was thereby ordained and proclaimed, that, on Appli'cation being made, a Grant in Fee Simple should be issued, under the Conditions in the said Proclamation specified, to every Person, or his lawful Representative, who on or before the said Thirtieth Day of Jnue One thousand eight hundred ' and twenty-three was bonâ fide in possession, by Lease from the Government, whether such Lease was then expired or not, or by mere Right of Occupancy, of any Allotment of

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amended, &c.

Grants of Lands in Sydney confirmed.

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Land in the Town of Sydney which had not theretofore been 'alienated by the Crown, and not specified in a certain Order ⚫ of the Government bearing even Date with the said Proclamation Number Thirty, or otherwise notified theretofore as being required for public Purposes, reserving, however, and keeping harmless, all Rights of other private Individuals which might be lawfully established at any Time thereafter: And whereas since the issuing of the said Proclamation Grants in Fee Simple of Allotments of Land in Sydney which had been before leased by the Government have from Time to Time been made and issued to divers Persons claiming the said Land, under the Terms and Conditions set forth in the said Proclamation: And whereas at the Time of the making and issuing ' of divers of the said Grants Leases which had been issued by 'the Government of Lands comprised in such Grants were unexpired, and the said Leases were not surrendered nor can'celled, nor recited nor mentioned in the said Grants: And whereas Doubts have been entertained whether such Grants are valid; and it is expedient that such Doubts as aforesaid should be removed by Authority of Parliament:' 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 this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That all Grants made and issued after the Date and Publication of the said Proclamation, and before the Seventeenth Day of June One thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, by or in the Name of the Governor or Person administering the Government of the said Colony for the Time being, or by or in the Name of either of Her Majesty's Predecessors King George the Fourth and King William the Fourth, or by or in the Name of Her Majesty, of any Lands situated in Sydney, shall (notwithstanding that the Leases which had been issued of the same Lands were at the Time of the making and issuing of such Grants unexpired, and that such Leases were not recited in the said Grants,) be and be deemed and taken to have been from the respective Dates thereof as valid and effectual in the Law to grant and convey such Lands to all Intents and Purposes as if such Leases had been recited and set forth in such Grants.

II. Provided always, and be it enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall be deemed or taken to affect or prejudice neouslygranted. the Rights of any Person or Persons to any Lands or Hereditaments which have been erroneously or wrongfully granted to any Grantee thereof, contrary to the true Intent and Meaning of the said Proclamation, anything in any such Grant or in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding.

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CAP. XXIII.

An Act to authorize further Advances of Money for the Improvement of Landed Property, and the Extension and Promotion of Drainage and other Works of public Utility in Ireland. [24th May 1849.]

WHEREAS an Act was passed in the Session of Parlia

ment held in the Tenth and Eleventh Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act to facilitate 10 & 11 Vict. 'the Improvement of Landed Property in Ireland, whereby the c. 32. Sum of One million five hundred thousand Pounds was autho'rized to be advanced by way of Loan out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the Improvement of Landed Property in Ireland: And 'whereas it is expedient to authorize the Advance of a further Sum of Money for the said Purpose:' 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 this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That it shall be lawful for the Com- Treasury may missioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to issue and advance out of the growing Produce of the said Consolidated Fund, in addi- Landed Imtion to the Sum by the said recited Act authorized, such further provements. Sum or Sums of Money, not exceeding in the whole Three hundred thousand Pounds, as may from Time to Time be required for facilitating the Improvement of Landed Property in Ireland by the Owners thereof, the same to be applied for the Purposes and under the Provisions of the said recited Act, or of any other Act in force authorizing Loans to be made for that Purpose.

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300,000l. for

II. And be it enacted, That all the Powers, Authorities, Provisions of Provisions, Matters, and Things contained in the said recited 10 & 11 Vict. Act, or applicable to the Loans thereby authorized to be made, c. 32. extended

shall extend to this Act and the Loans herein-before authorized to be made.

to this Act.

advance

200,000l. for

III. And whereas by another Act passed in the same Session Treasury may ' of Parliament, intituled An Act to provide additional Funds for Loans for Drainage and other Works of public Utility in Ire- Drainage, &c. land, and to repeal an Act of the last Session for authorizing a 10 & 11 Vict. 'further Issue of Money in aid of public Works of acknowledged c. 106. Utility, the Sum of Two hundred and fifty thousand Pounds was authorized to be advanced by way of Loan out of the 'said Consolidated Fund, for the Extension and Promotion of Drainage and other Works of public Utility in Ireland: And 'whereas it is expedient to authorize the Advance of a further 'Sum of Money for the said Purposes:' Be it therefore enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to issue and advance out of the growing Produce of the said Consolidated Fund, in addition to the Sum by

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c. 106. extended to this Act.

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the last-recited Act authorized, such further Sum or Sums of Money, not exceeding in the whole the Sum of Two hundred thousand Pounds, as may from Time to Time be required for the Extension and Promotion of Drainage and other Works of public Utility in Ireland, the same to be applied for the Purpose of the Loans which the Commissioners of Public Works in Treland may be called upon to make under the Provisions of the Acts now in force authorizing Loans to be made for those Purposes.

IV. And be it enacted, That all the Powers, Authorities, Provisions, Matters, and Things, of what Nature or Kind soever, contained in or referred to by the said last-recited Act, or any Act authorizing Loans to be made for the Extension and Promotion of Drainage and other Works of public Utility in Ireland, shall extend to this Act, and to Loans hereby authorized to be made for those Purposes.

V. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or amended, &c. repealed by any Act to be passed in the present Session of Parliament.

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CAP. XXIV.

An Act to make Provision, until the Thirty-first Day of December One thousand eight hundred and fifty, for a General Rate in Aid of certain distressed Unions and Electoral Divisions in Ireland. [24th May 1849.]

WHEREAS it is expedient, for a limited Time, to make

further Provision for the Relief of the destitute Poor chargeable on certain Unions and Electoral Divisions in Ireland: 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 it shall be lawful Commissioners for the Commissioners for administering the Laws for the Relief in Ireland may of the Poor in Ireland, with the Approval of the Lord Lieutenant authorize the levying a Rate or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the Time in Aid. being, during each of the Years ending the Thirty-first Day of December One thousand eight hundred and forty-nine and the Thirty-first Day of December One thousand eight hundred and fifty, to fix and declare from Time to Time the Amount of such Sum as the said Commissioners shall deem it necessary should be raised for the Purpose aforesaid, and to assess the same upon the several Unions in Ireland in proportion to the annual Value of the Property in each Union rateable to the Relief of the Poor, according to the Valuation thereof for Poor Rates in force for the Time being; provided that the Sum so to be levied in any Union, in each of the said Two Years, shall not exceed Sixpence in the Pound on such annual Value; and the said Commissioners shall transmit to the Guardians of each Union an Order under their Seal, stating the Amount so assessed on such Union, and

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the Amount thereof which shall be leviable on each Electoral Division of such Union, according to the net annual Value of the rateable Property in such Electoral Divisions respectively.

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II. And be it enacted, That the Guardians of each Union shall, Upon Receipt in the Rate to be made on each Electoral Division of the Union of Order from next after the Receipt of such Order, provide for the Sum Commissioners leviable on such Division, according to the Order of the Com- for the Levy of missioners as aforesaid; and from and after the making of the such Rate, the Rate on such Division next after the Receipt of such Order the able on each Treasurer of the Union shall, out of all Lodgments made with Electoral Divihim of such Rate, or any subsequent Rate, on account of such sion to be levied and paid into Division, reserve One Moiety of all such Lodgments, and place the Bank of the same to the Credit of such Division in an Account to be Ireland. entitled "The Union Rate in Aid Account," until the whole Sum leviable on such Division under the said Order shall have been reserved and placed to such Account as aforesaid; and the Treasurer of such Union shall pay over from Time to Time all Sums so reserved as aforesaid on account of the Proportion leviable on each Electoral Division into the Bank of Ireland, to be there placed to a separate Account in the Name of the Paymaster of Civil Services in Ireland, to be entitled "The General Rate in Aid Account."

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Rate in Aid.

III. And be it enacted, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- Commissioners jesty's Treasury shall be empowered to order the Payment of of the Treasury the Sum standing in such separate Account at the Bank of Ire- posal of Monies land as aforesaid, or of any Part thereof, to such Person or arising from the Persons, at such Time and Times, and under such Conditions and Restrictions, as the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury shall think fit, for the Purpose of affording Relief to destitute poor Persons in any Union or Electoral Division in Ireland, or of assisting the Emigration of such destitute poor Persons, or for the Purpose of repaying any Advance which may have been made as herein-after provided out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for any of the Purposes aforesaid.

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IV. And be it enacted, That for the more speedy affording of Commissioners such Relief it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Her Ma- of the Treasury jesty's Treasury to direct that any Sum or Sums not exceeding 100,0001. in the whole One hundred thousand Pounds shall be issued and paid, out of the growing Produce of the said Consolidated Fund, to such Person or Persons and at such Time and Times as the said Commissioners shall from Time to Time direct; and such Sum or Sums shall be charged on and be repayable out of the Produce of any Rate or Rates to be levied in any Union or Unions in Ireland under the Provisions and in pursuance of this Act.

V. And be it enacted, That an Account shall be made up of the Sums received and expended under this Act by means of the said Rate in Aid, to the Thirty-first Day of December in the present Year, and also a similar Account to the same Day in the Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty, in the Form set

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Account to be made up of Expenditure in Receipt and Form in Schedule, and laid

before Parliament.

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