SCHEDULE containing the FORMS referred to in the foregoing Act. We, the undersigned, Two of the Commissioners acting in the Execution of the Acts relating to the Duties of Assessed Taxes for the Division of aforesaid, have, by virtue and in pursuance of the said Act Vict. c. contracted and agreed with the above-named for a Composition for the Duties of Assessed Taxes above specified for the Term of Five Years, to be computed from the 5th Day of April 1846; and for such Composition the said Executors or Administrators, shall well and truly pay or cause to be paid to the Collectors of the Duties of Assessed Taxes for the said Parish of his or one of them, for the Use of Her Majesty, in each and every Year of the said Term, the Sum of being the Amount of the Duties above stated, together with the several Per-centage Rates granted by the several Acts of Parlia ment in that Behalf; and such Payment shall be made by Two equal half-yearly Instalments; viz., First Instalment on or before the 10th Day of October, Second Instalment on or before the 5th Day of April, Day of in each and every Year of the Term aforesaid. Dated this 184 Composition Duties; viz. [Specify the Amount, with the Rates per Cent., and the Acts under which the same are chargeable.] Additional £10 per Cent., under the 3 Vict. c. 17. for We, the undersigned, Two of the Commissioners acting in the Execution of the Acts relating to the Duties of Assessed Taxes for the Division of aforesaid, have, by virtue and in pursuance of the said Act Vict. c. contracted and agreed with the above-named the Renewal of the Composition heretofore entered into by him,in pursuance of the Statutes in that Behalf, for the Duties of Assessed Taxes above specified, and which Renewal we do hereby make for the Term of Five Years, to be computed from the 5th Day of April 1846; and for such Composition and Renewal the said his Executors or Administrators, shall well and truly pay or cause to be paid to the Collectors of the Duties of Assessed Taxes for the said Parish of or one of them, for the Use of Her Majesty, in each and every Year of the said Term, the Sum of being the Amount of the Duties above stated, together with the several Per centage Rates granted by the several Acts of Parliament in that Behalf; and such Payment shall be made by Two equal half-yearly Instalments; viz., First Instalment on or before the 10th Day of October, in each and every Year of the Term aforesaid. Dated this Day of Witness to the signing by} the said Commissioners Clerk. Witness to the signing by the within-named Party Clerk. 184 Commissioners. the Party hereto. CAP. CAP. XXXVII. An Act to regulate the Issue of Bank Notes in Ireland, and to regulate the Repayment of certain Sums advanced by the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland for the Public Service. WH [21st July 1845.] WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Parliament of Ireland in the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Years of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third, intituled An 21 & 22 G. 3. "Act for establishing a Bank by the Name of the Governors and (I.) Company of the Bank of Ireland, it was amongst other things enacted, that from and after the passing of that Act it should not be lawful for any Body Politic or Corporate erected or to be erected, other than the Corporation thereby intended to be 'created and erected into a National Bank, or for any other Persons whatsoever united or to be united in Covenants or Partnership exceeding the Number of Six Persons, to borrow, owe, or take up any Sum or Sums of Money on their Bills or Notes payable at demand, or at any less Time than Six Months from the borrowing thereof, under a Penalty or Forfeiture by such Persons, Bodies Politic or Corporate, of treble the Sum or Sums so to be borrowed or taken up on such Bill or Bills, Note or Notes, one Moiety thereof to be paid to the Informer, and the other to the Use of His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, to be recovered by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information in any of His Majesty's Courts of Record at Dublin: And whereas, in pursuance of the Powers in the said Act of Parliament contained, a Charter of Incorporation was granted to certain Persons, by the Name of the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland: And whereas by an Act passed in the First and Second Years of the Reign ' of His Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled An Act to 1&2 G. 4. c. 72, 'establish an Agreement with the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland for advancing the Sum of Five hundred thousand Pounds Irish Currency, and to empower the said Governor and Company to enlarge the Capital Stock or Fund of the said Bank to Three million Pounds, it was enacted, that it might be lawful for any Number of Persons in Ireland united or to be united in Society or Partnership, and residing and having their Establishments in Houses of Business at any Place not less than Fifty Miles distant from Dublin, to borrow, owe, or take up any Sum or Sums of Money on their Bills or Notes payable on demand, and to make and issue such Notes or Bills accordingly, payable on demand at any Place in Ireland exceeding the Distance of Fifty Miles from Dublin, all the Individuals composing such Societies or Part'nerships being liable and responsible for the due Payment of such Bills or Notes; but nothing therein contained was to extend or be construed to extend to authorize any Persons exceeding Six in Number, or any Bodies Politic or Corporate, [No. 34. Price 2d.] residing. LI Bank shall manage the Public Debt of Ireland, and pay Dividends, without Expence to Government. Bank Corporation may be dissolved on Notice after 1st Repeal of so Officers from being Partners in Banks. dom, by Two equal half-yearly Payments, without any Defalcation or Abatement, on the Fifth Day of January and the Fifth Day of July in each Year. III. And be it enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act the said Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland shall from Time to Time and at all Times during the Continuance of their Charter, and until the said Corporation shall be dissolved pursuant to the Provisions of this Act, continue to manage and to pay all Interest, Annuities, and Dividends payable at the said Bank in respect of such Part of the Public Debt as shall for the Time being require to be transacted in Ireland, or in respect of any Fund or Stock created or to be created in consequence of any Public Loan, or funding of Exchequer Bills, or Conversion of Stock in Ireland, or of any Public Annuities, whether for Lives or for Years, without making any Charge to Her Majesty, Her Heirs or Successors, or to the Lord High Treasurer or the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, for their Trouble or Expence in so doing, any Law, Usage, or Custom to the contrary notwithstanding. IV. And be it enacted, That at any Time after the First Day of January which will be in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, upon Twelve Months Notice, to be published in the Dublin Gazette by Order of the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, that the said Corporation of the Bank is to be dissolved, and upon Repayment by Parliament to the said Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, or their Successors, of the said Sum of Two million six hundred and thirty thousand seven hundred and sixty-nine Pounds Four Shillings and Eight-pence, together with all Arrears of Interest or Annuity due in respect thereof, then and in such Case the said Interest or Annuity shall, from and after the Expiration of Twelve Months after such Notice published, cease and determine, and the said Corporation shall be dissolved. V. And whereas by an Act passed in the Parliament of Ireland in the Thirty-third Year of His late Majesty King George the Second, intituled An Act for repealing an Act passed in this Kingdom in the Eighth Year of the Reign of 'King George the First, intituled "An Act for the better securing the Payment of Bankers Notes, and for providing a more effectual Remedy for the Security and Payment of Debts due by Bankers,' it was among other things enacted, that no Person who by reason of any Office, Employment, Deputation, or Clerkship was then or should at any Time thereafter be 'intrusted with the Receipt, Custody, or Payment of Public Money, or any Part of the Public Revenue of that Kingdom, should, either singly or in Partnership, so long as such Person should continue in such Office, Employment, Depu tation, or Clerkship, follow the Trade or Business of a Banker, or by himself, or by any Person authorized by him, issue, or give any Note or accountable Receipt as a Banker or in Part'nership with any Banker, or for Profit or Reward discount any • Promissory Promissory Note, or Foreign or Inland Bill of Exchange; And whereas it is expedient to repeal the said Enactment; be it therefore enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act so much of the last-mentioned Act as is herein recited shall be and the same is hereby repealed. a legal Tender VI. And whereas by an Act passed in the Third and Fourth Bank of EngYears of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the land Notes not Fourth, intituled An Act for giving to the Corporation of the in Ireland. Governor and Company of the Bank of England certain Privileges for a limited Period, under certain Conditions, it was enacted, that from and after the First Day of August One ⚫ thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, unless and until Parliament should otherwise direct, a Tender of a Note or Notes of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England expressed to be payable to Bearer on demand should be a legal Tender to the Amount expressed in such Note or Notes, and should be taken to be valid as a Tender to such Amount for all Sums above Five Pounds, on all Occasions on which any Tender. of Money may be legally made, so long as the Bank of England should continue to pay on demand their said Notes in legal Coin; provided always, that no such Note or Notes should be deemed a legal Tender of Payment by the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, or any Branch Bank of the said Governor and Company: And whereas Doubts have arisen as to the Extent of the said Enactment;' for Removal whereof, be it enacted and declared, That nothing in the said last-recited Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend to make the Tender of a Note or Notes of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England a legal Tender in Ireland: Provided also, that nothing in this Act shall be construed Proviso. to prohibit the Circulation in Ireland of the Notes of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England as heretofore. tors, &c. of the VII. And be it enacted, That from and after the passing of Oaths to be this Act it shall not be necessary for any Governor, Deputy taken by DirecGovernor, or Director of the said Bank, before acting in the Bank of Ire said several Offices or Trusts, to make and subscribe the Decla- land. ration pursuant to the Act of Parliament passed in the Kingdom of Ireland, intituled An Act to prevent the further Growth of Popery, nor to take any other Oaths than the Oath of Allegiance, the Oath of Qualification by Possession of Stock, and the Oath of Fidelity to the Corporation prescribed in and by the Charter of Incorporation of the Governor and Company of the said Bank, and that it shall not be necessary for any Member of the said Corporation, before voting in any General Court, to make and subscribe the aforesaid Declaration, nor to take any other Oaths than the Oaths of Allegiance, the Oath of Qualification by the Possession of Stock, and the Oath of Fidelity to the said Corporation provided in the said Charter of Incorporation: Provided always, that in case any of the Persons called Quakers shall at any Time be chosen Governor, Deputy Governor, or Director, or shall be or become a Member LI 4 of |