A Collection of Statutes Connected with the General Administration of the Law

[No. II. ] 12 Charles II. c. 18.-An Act for the Encouraging and Increasing of

Shipping and Navigation

.....

..ib.

[ No. 111. ] 13 & 14 Charles II. c. 11.-An Act for preventing Frauds, and regu-

lating Abuses in his Majesty's Customs

....... 57

[No. IV. ] 15 Charles II. c. 7.—An Act for the Encouragement of Trade .... 58

[No. V. ] 16 Charles II. c. 6.-An Act to prevent the delivering up of Merchant

Ships-English Ships not to be yielded up to Turks or Pirates. The Penalty

on Masters of Ships, Process out of the Court of Admiralty, Mariners or inferior

Officers declining to fight. The Penalty. Encouragement to Captains and

Seamen to defend their Ships. Ships which shall be taken by the English.

The Penalty of wilfully destroying Ships. The Continuance of this Act for

Three Years, &c.

[No. VI. ] 22 & 23 Charles II. c. 11.-An Act to prevent the Delivery up of Mer-
chants Ships, and for the Increase of good and serviceable Shipping .... ib.
[No. VII. ] 7 & 8 William 111. c. 22.-An Act for preventing Frauds, and regu-
lating Abuses in the Plantation Trade

........

[No. VIII. ] 12 Anne, st. 2. c. 18.-An Act for the preserving all such Ships and

Goods thereof, which shall happen to be forced on shore, or stranded, upon the

Coasts of this Kingdom, or any other of her Majesty's Dominions ...

........ 72

[No. IX. ] 4 George I. c. 12.—An Act for enforcing and making perpetual an Act

of the Twelfth Year of her late Majesty, intituled An Act for the preserving of

all such Ships and Goods thereof, which shall happen to be forced on Shore, or

stranded upon the Coasts of this Kingdom, or any other of her Majesty's Domi-

nions; and for inflicting the Punishment of Death on such as shall wilfully burn

or destroy Ships

.....

[ No. X. ] 2 George II. c. 36.-An Act for the better Regulation and Government

of Seamen in the Merchants Service ...

... 77

[No. XI. ] 7 George II. c. 15.-An Act to settle how far Owners of Ships shall be

answerable for the Acts of the Masters or Mariners

[ No. XII.] 20 George II. c. 38.-An Act for the Relief and Support of maimed

and disabled Seamen, and the Widows and Children of such as shall be killed,

slain or drowned in the Merchants Service ....

I No. XIII.] 26 George II. c. 19.-An Act for enforcing the Laws against Persons

who shall steal or detain shipwrecked Goods; and for the relief of Persons suf-

fering Losses thereby

.....

....

ib.

[ No. XIV. ] 13 George III. c. 26.-An Act for preventing Abuses in the Sale of

Shares of British-built Ships to Foreigners

[ No. XV. ] 21 George III. c. 39.-An Act for further securing the Property of the

Owners in such Ships or Vessels as are liable to Forfeiture for importing Spirits

or other Goods, by the Misconduct of the Masters, Mates, and Seamen ... ib.

[ No. XVI. ] 22 George III. c. 25.-An Act to prohibit the ransoming of Ships or

Vessels captured from his Majesty's Subjects, and of the Merchandize or Goods

on board such Ships or Vessels

...... 88

[No. XVII. ] 26 George III. c. 60.—An Act for the further Increase and Encou-

ragement of Shipping and Navigation

[ No. XVII. a.] 26 George III. c. 86.- An Act to explain and amend an Act, made

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Personal Property and Contracts.

CLASS 1.

Patents, Literary Property, Property in Prints, Busts, and Patents

of Manufactures.

[No. I. ] 21 James I. c. 3.—An Act concerning Monopolies and Dispensations of

Penal Laws, and the Forfeitures thereof .....

. p. 1

[ No. II. ] 8 Anne, c. 19.—An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by vesting

the Copies of printed Books in the Authors or Purchasers of such Copies, dur-

ing the Times therein mentioned ...

[No. III. ] 8 George II. c. 13.-An Act for the Encouragement of the Arts of De-

siguing, Engraving and Etching Historical and other Prints, by vesting the

Properties thereof in the Inventors and Engravers, during the Time therein

mentioned

..... 27

[No. IV. ] 12 George II. c. 36.-An Act for prohibiting the Importation of Books

reprinted Abroad, and first composed or written and printed in Great Britain;

and for repealing so much of an Act made in the Eighth Year of the Reign of

her late Majesty Queen Anne, as empowers the limiting the Prices of Books. 29

[No. V. ] 7 George III. c. 38.-An Act to amend and render more effectual an

Act made in the Eighth Year of the Reign of King George the Second, for en-

couragement of the Arts of Designing, Engraving, and Etching Historical and

other Prints; and for vesting in and securing to Jane Hogarth, Widow, the

Property in certain Prints.

[No. VI. ] 15 George II1. c. 53.-An Act for enabling the two Universities in

England, the four Universities in Scotland, and the several Colleges of Eton,

Westminster, and Winchester, to hold in Perpetuity their Copyright in Books,

given or bequeathed to the said Universities and Colleges for the Advancement

of useful Learning and other Purposes of Education; aud for amending so

much of an Act of the Eighth Year of the Reign of Queen Anne, as relates to the

Delivery of Books to the Warehouse-keeper of the Stationers' Company, for the

Use of the several Libraries therein mentioned

..... 33

......

[No. VII. ] 17 George III. c. 57.-An Act for more effectually securing the Pro-

perty of Prints to Inventors and Engravers, by enabling them to sue for and re-

cover Penalties in certain Cases

.... 35

[No. VIII. ] 27 George III. c. 38.-An Act for the Encouragement of the Arts of

designing and printing Linens, Cottons, Calicoes, and Muslins, by vesting the

Properties thereof in the Designers, Printers, and Proprietors, for a limited

Time

.... 36

[No. IX. ] 34 George III. c. 23.—An Act for amending and making perpetual an

Act made in the twenty-seventh Year of the Reign of his present Majesty, in-

tituled An Act for the Encouragement of the Arts of Designing and Printing

Linens, Cottons, Calicoes, and Muslins, by vesting the Properties thereof in the

Designers, Printers, and Proprietors for a limited Time.—[4th April 1794.] 38

[No. X. ] 38 George III. c. 71.-An Act for encouraging the Art of making new

Models and Casts of Busts, and other things therein mentioned.-[21st June

1798.]

[No. XI. ] 41 George III. c. 107.-An Act for the further Encouragement of

Learning, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, by securing

the Copies and Copyright of printed Books to the Authors of such Books, or

their Assigns for the Time herein mentioned.—[2d July 1801.]

Penalties, or Forfeitures, incurred concerning any Laws relating to the Customs

or Excise, or Navigation and Trade of Great Britain.-[30th July 1814.] .. 148

[No. XXXIII. ] 55 George III. c. 116.-An Act to make further Regulations for

the Registry of Ships built in India.-[28th June 1815.]

.....

149

No. XXXIV. ] 58 George III. c. 7.-An Act to Indemnify all Persons who have

been concerned in advising or carrying into Execution any Order or Orders for

permitting the Importation and Exportation of certain Goods and Commodities

in Foreign Bottoms into and out of certain of his Majesty's West India Islands.

[ No. XXXV. ] 58 George III. c. 15.-An Act to amend an Act made in the

Twenty-sixth Year of his present Majesty, for the Encouragement of the Fish-

eries carried on in the Greenland Seas and Davis's Streights, so far as relates

to the Oaths thereby required to be taken.-[19th March 1818.] ....... ib.

[No. XXXVI. ] 58 George III. c. 19.-An Act to allow for Three Years, and until

Six Weeks after the Commencement of the then next Session of Parliament,

the Importation into Ports specially appointed by his Majesty, within the Pro-

vinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, of the Articles therein enumerated,

and the Re-exportation thereof from such Ports.-[8th May 1818.] ...... 159

[ No. XXXVII. ] 58 George III. c. 20.-An Act for more effectually discovering

the Longitude at Sea, and encouraging Attempts to find a Northern Passage

between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and to approach the Northern Pole.

[No. XXXVIII. ] 58 George III. c. 26.-An Act to continue until the Fifth Day

of July 1819, Two Acts made in the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-sixth Years of his

present Majesty's Reign, for Regulating the Trade in Spirits between Great

Britain and Ireland reciprocally, and to amend the same.-[23d May 1818.] ib.

No. XXXIX. ] 58 George III. c. 27.-An Act to permit the Importation of cer-

tain Articles into his Majesty's Colonies or Plautations in the West Indies, or

on the Continent of South America, and also certain Articles into certain Ports

in the West Indies.-[23d May 1818.]

ib.

No. XL. ] 58 George III. c. 34.-An Act to repeal the several Bounties on the

Exportation of Refined Sugar from any Part of the United Kingdom, and to allow

other Bounties in lieu thereof, until the Fifth Day of July One Thousand

Eight Hundred and Twenty, and for reducing the Size of the Packages in which

Refined Sugar may be exported.-[23d May 1818.]

ib.

No. XLI.] 58 George III. c. 38.-An Act to extend and render more effectual

the present Regulations for the Relief of Seafaring Men and Boys, Subjects of

the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Foreign Parts.-[28th

May 1818.]

ib.

[ No. XLII. ] 58 George III. c. 56.—An Act to make perpetual an Act of the

Forty-sixth Year of his present Majesty, for granting an additional Bounty

on the Exportation of the Silk Manufactures of Great Britain.-[1st June

1818.]

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[ No. XLIII. ] 58 George III. c. 61.-An Act for the better accommodating of

his Majesty's Packets within the Harbour on the North Side of the Hill of

Howth, and for the better Regulation of the Shipping therein.-[1st June 1818] ib.

[No. XLIV. ] 58 George III. c. 62.-An Act to continue until the First Day of

August One Thousand Eight Hundred and Nineteen, Two Acts of his present

Majesty, allowing the bringing of Coals, Culm and Cinders to London and West-

minster.-[1st June 1818.]

.......

....

153

[ No. XLV. ] 58 George III. c. 63.—An Act to revive and continue until the

Twenty-fifth Day of March One Thousand Eight Hundred and Nineteen an

Act made in the Forty-ninth Year of his present Majesty, to permit the Impor-

tation of Tobacco from any place whatever.-[3d June 1818.]

ib.

[No. XLVI. ] 58 George III. c. 72.-An Act for Improving and Completing the

Harbour of Dunmore, in the County of Waterford, and rendering it a fit Situ-

ation for his Majesty's Packets.-[3d June 1818.]

ib.

[ No. XLVII. ] 58 George III. c. 76.-An Act to subject Foreigners to Arrest and

Detention for Smuggling within certain Distances of any of the Dominions of

his Majesty; for regulating Rewards to the seizing Officers, according to the

Tonnage of Vessels or Boats seized and condemned; and for the further Pre-

vention of the Importation of Tea, without making due Entry thereof with the

Officers of Customs and Excise,-[5th June 1818.] ....

ib.

......

....

[ No. XLVIII. ] 58 George III. c. 83.—An Act to amend and reduce into one Act

.......

.....

153

the several Laws relating to the manner in which the East India Company are

required to hire ships.-[5th June 1818.]

[No. XLIX. ] 58 George III. c. 89.-An Act to repeal so much of an Act passed

in the Forty-third Year of his present Majesty, as requires the Attendance of

Magistrates on board Vessels carrying passengers from the United Kingdom to

his Majesty's Plantations or to Foreign Parts.-[5th June 1818.]

..........

.... ib.

[ No. L. ] 58 George III. c. 94.-An Act to continue, until the Twenty-ninth Day

of September One Thousand Eight Hundred and Nineteen, and to amend an

Act passed in Ireland in the Thirty-sixth Year of his present Majesty, for the

Improvement and Extension of the Fisheries on the Coasts of Ireland.-[10th

June 1818.] ...............

......

ib.

[No. LI.] 57 George III. c. 5.-An Act to ascertain the Tonnage of Vessels pro-

pelled by Steam.-[23d March 1819.] ...

... 154

[No. LII.] 59 George III. c. 6.-An Act to enable his Majesty to direct the Dis-

tribution of any Reward awarded by the Commissioners of the Customs or

Excise, to the Officers of the Army, Navy, or Marines, for apprehending

Smugglers, in such Manner as his Majesty shall be pleased to appoint.-[23d

March 1819.]

.....

ib.

[No. LIII.] 59 George III. c.7.-An Act to regulate the Cutlery Trade in Eng-

land.-[23d March 1819.]

....

...

ib.

[No. LIV. ] 59 George III. c. 14-An Act to continue until First of July One

Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-three an Act of the Forty-sixth of his

present Majesty, for permitting the Exportation of Wool from the British Plan-

tations in America.-[31st March 1819.]

[No. LV. ] 59 George III. c. 18.—An Act to make perpetual an Act of the Forty-

fourth Year of his present Majesty, for permitting the Exportation of Salt from

the Port of Nassau in the Island of New Providence, the Port of Exuma, and

the Port of Crooked Island in the Bahama Islands, in American Ships coming

in Ballast.-[31st March 1819.]

ib.

[No. LVI.] 59 George III. c. 25.-An Act to enable his Majesty to fix the Rate

and direct the Disposal of Freight Money, for the Conveyance of Specie and

Jewels on board his Majesty's Ships and Vessels.—[8th April 1819] ................ ib.

[No. LVII. ] 59 George III. c. 38.-An Act to enable his Majesty to make Regu-

lations with respect to the Taking and Curing Fish on certain parts of the Coasts

of Newfoundland, Labrador, and his Majesty's other Possessions in North Ame-

rica, according to a Convention made between his Majesty and the United States

of America.-[14th June 1819.]

................. ib.

[No. LVIII.] 59 George III. c. 55.-An Act to extend the Provision of Three

Acts of the Fifty-second, Fifty-third, and Fifty-seventh Years of his present

Majesty, for allowing British Plantation Sugar and Coffee, and other Articles,
imported into Bermuda in British Ships, to be exported to America in Foreign
Vessels, and to permit Articles, the Produce of America, to be imported into
Bermuda in Foreign Ships, to certain other Articles.-[2d July 1819.]............. ib.

[No. LIX. ] 59 George III. c. 58.—An Act for facilitating the Recovery of the

Wages of Seamen in the Merchant Service.-[2d July 1819.]

...... 155

[No. LX. ] 59 George III. c. 59.—An Act to extend the Provisions of an Act

made in the Fifty-fifth Year of his present Majesty, for the Payment of Wages

due to deceased Seamen and Marines, to Wages due to Intestate Bastards.—

[No. LXI. ] 59 George III. c. 73.--An Act to repeal several Acts requiring the

Masters of Vessels carrying certificated Goods to Ireland to take Duplicates of