1852-53. SEVEN VOLUMES:-CONTENTS OF THE SEVENTH VOLUME. N. B.-THE Figures at the beginning of the line, correspond with the N° at the foot of each Bill; and the Figures at the end of the line, refer to the MS. Paging of the Volumes arranged for The House of Commons. Succession Duty: 510. Bill for granting to Her Majesty Duties on Succession to Property, and for altering certain Provisions of the Acts charging Duties on Legacies and Shares of Personal Estates 721. Same [as amended in Committee, and on Re-commitment] · · P. 1 23 87 760. Same [as amended in Committee, on Re-commitment, and on consideration of Bill as amended] Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland): 151 902. Bill, intituled, An Act to regulate the Summary Jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace in Ireland 215 Tenants Improvement Compensation (Ireland) : 19. Bill to provide Compensation for Improvements made by Tenants in Ireland, 263 574. Same [as amended by the Select Committee] 733. Same [as amended by the Select Committee, and in Committee] 807. Same [as amended by the Select Committee, in Committee, and on Re-commitment] Tenant Right: 25. Bill to provide for the better securing of and regulating the Custom of Tenant Right as practised in the Province of Ulster; and to secure Compensation to improving Tenants, who may not make Claim under the said Custom, and to limit the Power of Eviction in certain cases Transfer of Land (Ireland) : 335 474. Bill to facilitate the Transfer of Land in Ireland 351 Taxing Officers, Common Law Business (Ireland): 367. Bill to make better Provision for the efficient Discharge of the Duties of the Taxing Officer in and for the Common Law Business in Ireland 518. Bill to give to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings extended Time and further Powers for completing the Embankment of the River Thames between Vauxhall and Battersea Bridges, and a new Street from Lower Sloane-street in connexion therewith 712. Same [as amended by the Select Committee] 738. Same [as amended by the Select Committee] 809. Bill, intituled, An Act to substitute, in certain cases, other Punishment in lieu of Transportation p. 429 Truck Act Amendment: 798. Bill to alter and amend the Act which prohibits the Payment of Wages in Goods, commonly called the "Truck Act Turnpike Acts Continuance, &c.: 437 764. Bill to continue certain Turnpike Acts in Great Britain, and to make further Provisions concerning Turnpike Roads in England Turnpike Acts Continuance (Ireland): 816. Bill to continue certain Acts for regulating Turnpike Roads in Ireland Turnpike Trusts Arrangements: 443 763. Bill to confirm certain Provisional Orders made under an Act of the Fifteenth Year of Her present Majesty, to facilitate Arrangements for the Relief of Turnpike Trusts, and to make certain Provisions respecting Exemption from Tolls - 455 Union of Benefices: 124. Bill to alter and amend two Acts of Her present Majesty, so far as relates to the Union of Benefices, and for the better securing the Residence of the Clergy, and also to promote and allow the Building of Churches and Chapels in certain cases Universities (Scotland): 459 240. Bill to regulate the Admission of Professors to the Lay Chairs in the Universities of Scotland 447. Bill, intituled, An Act further to extend and make compulsory the Practice of Vaccination 811. Same [as amended in Committee] 20. West India Colonies, &c., Loans Act Amendment: 471 481 Bill to amend an Act for guaranteeing the Interest in such Loans, not exceeding Five hundred thousand Pounds, as may be raised by the British Colonies on the Continent of South America, in the West Indies, and the Mauritius, for certain purposes 491 Westminster Bridge: 500. Bill to transfer Westminster Bridge and the Estates of "The Commissioners of Westminster Bridge" to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings, and to enable such last-mentioned Commissioners to remove the present Bridge, and to build a new Bridge on or near the Site thereof Whittlewood, otherwise Whittlebury Forest: 404. Bill for disafforesting the Forest of Whittlewood, otherwise Whittlebury 543. Same [as amended by the Select Committee] 529 541 Passed in the First Session of the 16th Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 16° & 17° VICT.-4 November 1852—20 August 1853. THE TABLE. 16° & 17 VICT. CAP. Royal Assent. I. AN ACT to make Provision concerning Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes payable in the Metropolis on the Day appointed for the Funeral of Arthur late Duke of Wellington (17 November 1852.) II. AN ACT to amend an Act of the First Year of King GEORGE the Fourth, for the further Prevention of forging and counterfeiting Bank Notes (16 December.) III. AN ACT to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands, in pursuance of a Special Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales (16 December.) IV. AN ACT to amend an Act for guaranteeing the Interest on such Loans, not exceeding Five hundred thousand Pounds, as may be raised by the British Colonies on the Continent of South America, in the West Indies, and the Mauritius, for (16 December.) certain Purposes -S V. AN ACT to substitute Stamp Duties for Fees on passing Letters Patent for Inventions, and to provide for the Purchase, for the Public Use, of certain Indexes of Specifications (21 February 1853.) VI. AN ACT to apply the Sum of Two Millions to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-three (21 February., VII. AN ACT to amend an Act relating to the Valuation of rateable Property in Ireland (21 February.) VIII. AN ACT for enabling the Commissioners of Inland Revenue to dispose of certain Property in the City of London - (18 March.) IX. AN ACT for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters (18 March.) es) (18 March.) X. AN ACT for the Regulation of Her Majesty's Royal Marine Forces while on Shore XI. AN ACT to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands, in pursuance of a Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales - (18 March.) Consolidated Fund to the - (18 March.) XII. AN ACT to apply the Sum of Eight Millions out of the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-three XIII. AN ACT to revive certain temporary Provisions relating to the Collection of Grand Jury Cess in Ireland - (18 March.) XIV. AN ACT to indemnify such Persons in the United Kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, and to extend the Time limited for those Purposes respectively - (18 March.) XV. AN ACT to limit the Time of taking the Poll in Counties at contested Elections for Knights of the Shire to serve in Parliament for England and Wales to One Day (18 March.) XVI. AN ACT for carrying into effect the Engagement between Her Majesty and Syed Syf bin Hamood, the Chief of Sohar, in Arabia, for the more effectual Suppression of the Slave Trade (9 May.) vi TABLE OF THE [16° & 17° Vict. CAP. Royal Assent. XVII. AN ACT for carrying into effect the Treaty between Her Majesty and the Republic of New Granada for the Suppression of the Slave Trade (9 May.) XVIII. AN ACT to authorize Advances out of the Consolidated Fund to discharge. Monies borrowed on the Security of the Land Revenues of the Crown, for the Purpose of Metropolitan Improvements, and providing for the Payment of such Advances and of certain Monies charged on the London Bridge Approaches Fund (9 May.) XIX. AN ACT to amend an Act of the Fifteenth Year of Her present Majesty (New Forest Deer Removal), as regards the Publication of Claims, and the preferring and delivering Objections thereto (9 May.) XX. AN ACT to alter and amend an Act of the Fifteenth Year of Her present Majesty, for ameuding the Law of Evidence in Scotland (9 May.) XXI. AN ACT to authorize the Legislature of the Province of Canada to make Provision concerning the Clergy Reserves in that Province, and the Proceeds thereof (9 May.) XXII. AN ACT for making further Provision for the Execution of the Office of Examiner of the High Court of Chancery (9 May.) XXIII. AN ACT for redeeming or commuting the Annuity payable to the South Sea Company, and certain Annuities of Three Pounds per Centum per Annum, and for creating new Annuities of Three Pounds Ten Shillings per Centum per Annum, and Two Pounds Ten Shillings per Centum per Annum, and issuing Exchequer Bonds (9 May.) XXIV. AN ACT to confirm and extend certain Provisional Orders of the General Board of Health for the Towns of Wakefield, Elland, Wallasey, Dudley, Barnsley, Dorchester and Welshpool (9 May.) XXV. AN ACT for raising the Sum of Seventeen millions seven hundred and forty-two thousand five hundred Pounds by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-three (13 May.) XXVI. AN ACT to provide for the Supplying of Vacancies in Town Councils of Burghs in Scotland consequent on null or irregular Elections (14 June.) XXVII. AN ACT for empowering the Sheriff and Commissary of Berwickshire to hold Courts at Dunse, and for other Purposes (14 June.) XXVIII. AN ACT to amend the Law as to taking the Poll at Elections of Members to serve in Parliament for Scotland (14 June.) XXIX. AN ACT for regulating the Weights used in Sales of Bullion (14 June.) XXX. AN ACT for the better Prevention and Punishment of aggravated Assaults upon Women and Children, and for preventing Delay and Expense in the Administration of certain Parts of the Criminal Law (14 June.) XXXI. AN ACT to apply the Sum of Four Millions out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-three (14 June.) XXXII. AN ACT to make further Provision for staying Execution of Judgment for Misdemeanors upon giving Bail in Error (28 June.) XXXIII. AN ACT for the better Regulation of Metropolitan Stage and Hackney Car riages, and for prohibiting the use of advertising Vehicles (28 June.) XXXIV. AN ACT for granting to Her Majesty Duties on Profits arising from Property, Professions, Trades and Offices (28 June.) XXXV. AN ACT to make Provision concerning the future Regulation of certain Appointments connected with Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, and concerning certain of the Estates of the Deans and Chapters of York and Carlisle (8 July.) XXXVI. AN ACT for disafforesting the Forest of Whichwood (8 July.) XXXVII. AN ACT to impose additional Duties on Spirits in Scotland and Ireland; and to alter the Countervailing Duties on Spirits the Manufacture of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney or Sark, imported into Scotland or Ireland, and the Countervailing Duties and Drawbacks on the Removal of certain Mixtures and Compounds between Scotland, Ireland and England respectively; and to amend the Laws relating to the collecting and securing the Duties of Excise upon Spirits (8 July.) XXXVIII. AN ACT to extend the Remedies for the Compensation of Malicious Injuries to Property in Ireland (8 July.) Soap XXXIX. AN ACT to repeal the Duties, Allowances and Drawbacks of Excise on (8 July.) XL. AN ACT for altering the Mode of Repayment of Advances by the Public Works Luan Commissioners under the Public Health Act, 1848, and other Acts (8 July.) |