RULE for determining the Value of an Annuity of 1007. per Annum, held on the longest of Three Lives. THE Values of an Annuity of 1007. per Annum for each of the Three single Lives to be extracted from Table I., and to be added together. The Value of an Annuity of 1007. per Annum on the joint Continuance of the Two youngest Lives, also the Value of an Annuity of 1007. per Annum on the joint Continuance of the Two eldest Lives, also the Value of an Annuity of 100l. per Annum on the joint Continuance of the oldest Life and the youngest Life, (all found by Table II.,) to be subtracted from the Sum or Addition of the Annuities on the Three single Lives: To the Result is to be added the Value of an Annuity of 100l. per Annum held on the joint Continuance of the Three Lives; the Amount is the Value of an Annuity of 100l. per Annum on the longest of the Three Lives. FURTHER RULE. And in all Cases where the Annuity shall be for more than Three Lives, the same shall be valued as an Annuity for the Three youngest of such Lives: And where the Annuity shall be given for a longer Term of Years than Ninety-five Years, or in perpetuity, the same shall be valued as an Annuity for Ninety-five Years only. A BILL [AS AMENDED IN COMMITTEE, ON RE-COMMITMENT, AND ON CONSIDERATION OF BILL AS AMENDED] 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. (Prepared and brought in by Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 760. Under 8 oz. ARRANGEMENT OF CLAUSES. Preliminary. Sect. I. Justices may decide all Cases under this Act. Criminal Jurisdiction. Sect. II. Malicious Injury to Persons : 1. Common Assaults. :- 2. Assaults with Intent to prevent Sale of Corn, &c. Certificate of trifling or justifiable Assaults. The preceding Provisions not to apply to felonious Assaults; nor to any Assault where a Title to Lands, &c. is in question. Sect. III. Wilful Injury to Property: 1. Journeyman, &c. for spoiling Goods or Work (under the Value of 51.) 51.) 2. Destroying, &c. any Fruit or Vegetable Production in a Garden, &c. 3. Destroying, &c. Vegetable Productions not growing in Gardens, &c. 4. Destroying or damaging Trees, Shrubs, &c. (the Value being under 5. Destroying, &c. any Fence, Wall, Stile, or Gate. 6. Obstructing Export of Agricultural Produce. 7. Breaking Windows or injuring other Property of a Workhouse (where Value under 40s.) 8. Damage to Property in any Case not previously provided for (where Value under 51.) Persons in the Act of offending may be apprehended without Warrant. Sect. IV. Accounting for stolen Property. Justices may issue Search Warrant for certain Articles, and require Person to account for having the same in his Possession; and on failing so to do he may be committed to Gaol till next Petty Sessions: 1. Possession of shipwrecked Goods. 2. Possession of stolen Mutton, &c. 3. Possession of stolen Wood. 4. Offering shipwrecked Goods for Sale. (Officers of Customs, &c. may seize the Goods.) Justices may order Restitution of the stolen Property. In case the Persons in possession are not convicted, Justices may summon other Persons. Criminal Jurisdiction-continued. Sect. V. Stealing Property : 1. Stealing, &c. Deer in any inclosed Ground. 2. Stealing Dogs or Beasts or Birds ordinarily kept in Confinement, and not the Subjects of Larceny. 3. Stealing, &c. any live or dead Fence, Wooden Stile or Gate. 4. Stealing Trees. Shrubs, &c. (under the Value of 51.) growing anywhere. 5. Stealing Trees, Plants, Vegetables, &c. severed from the Soil, or Turf Fuel (not exceeding 40s. in Value). 6. Workman making away with Goods (not exceeding 57. in Value) committed to his Care. 7. Stealing Poultry (not exceeding 58. in Value). 8. Stealing other Articles. A Justice may grant a Search Warrant for such stolen Property. Persons in the Act of committing such Offences may be apprehended without Warrant. Any Person to whom the stolen Property is offered, to seize the Party. Justices may order Restitution of the stolen Property, or Sale if Owner is not known. If any such last-mentioned Offence be deemed fit for Indictment, Case to be dealt with as such. Sect. VI. Stealing by Juvenile Offenders : 1. Persons not exceeding Fourteen Years of Age committing certain` Offences may be summarily convicted. 2. If a Male, may be whipped. 3. If Offence not proved, or it is not expedient to inflict Punishment, Justices may dismiss Parties with or without Sureties. No other Forfeiture; but Justices may order Restitution of Property; or if not forthcoming may order Compensation. If the Charge is thought fit for Indictment, &c., Case to be dealt with as such. Sect. VII. Frauds as to Provisions.- Punishment for Offences in the following Cases : 1. Selling or offering for Sale adulterated Corn, &c. 2. Selling or offering for Sale unwholesome or fraudulently prepared Meat, &c. Sect. VIII. Trespass of Persons : 1. Trespass on Fields, &c., and refusing to leave. 2. Repetition of Trespass after Warning. But not to extend to certain Cases of Trespass; nor to prevent Right of Civil Action. 1. Omitting to scour Ditches, or to have Drains under Passages in and out of Roads, after Notice. 2. Building Houses within Thirty Feet. 3. Deepening Ditches without Consent of County Surveyor. Altering Fences without Consent of County Surveyor, &c. (What shall be deemed the Centre of the Road.) |