giving Security for the Duty; after that Day the Salt remaining may be taken out Duty free. Duty to be paid for any Deficiency. Act may be hundred and twenty five, weigh out and deliver from such Warehouse all such Salt and Rock Salt as shall be required and spe cified in any such Notice for that Purpose given by such Proprietor to such Officer as aforesaid, upon Payment or due Secu rity for Payment, by such Proprietor to the proper Collector of Excise, of the Duty chargeable and payable by Law for every Bushel of Salt or Rock Salt so delivered and weighed out of such Warehouse, and shall grant a Certificate for the Removal thereof, as Salt or Rock Salt Duty paid; and that on or as soon as may be after the said Fifth Day of January One thousand eight hundred and twenty five, the proper Supervisor or Officers of Excise shall weigh the Salt and Rock Salt remaining in every such Warehouse, and deliver the same to the Proprietor thereof, together with the Locks, Keys and other Fastenings of such Warehouse, upon such Proprietor paying or giving due Security for paying to the proper Collector the full Duties of Excise chargeable and payable by Law before the said Fifth Day of January One thousand eight hundred and twenty five, for every Bushel of Salt or Rock Salt, and so in Proportion for any less Quantity than a Bushel, which shall be deficient, after deducting from the Quantity lodged and deposited in such Warehouse, the Quantity delivered out on Payment of Duty as aforesaid, and the Quantity so then remaining in Stock, and so weighed and taken account of as aforesaid. VI. And be it further enacted, That this Act may be amended, altered, &c. this altered or repealed by any Act or Acts to be passed in this present Session. 13 G.3. c.68. § 1. § 2. $3. Session of Parliament. CA P. LXVI. An Act to repeal certain Acts of His late Majesty, relating to the Wages of Persons employed in the Manufacture of Silk, and of Silk mixed with other Materials. [17th June 1824.] WHER HEREAS by an Act made in the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act to empower the Magistrates therein mentioned to settle and regulate the Wages of Persons employed in the S Manufacture within their respective Jurisdictions, it was enacted, that the Wages and Prices for Work of the Journeymen Weavers within the City of London should be settled, regulated and declared by the Lord Mayor, Recorder and Aldermen of the said City, and in all Places in the County of Middlesex by the Justices of the Peace of the said County, and in all Places within the City and Liberty of Westminster at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace holden in and for the said City and Liberty, and in all Places within the Liberty of the Tower of London, at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace holden in and for the said Liberty, at their General Quarter Sessions of the Peace respectively; and certain Penalties are by the said Act inflicted on all Master Weavers within any of the said • Districts who should give more or less Wages, or pay larger or less Prices, to any of the said Journeymen Weavers for their Work, than should be settled or allowed as aforesaid, and also upon 6 § 5. § 7. upon all Journeymen Weavers within the Districts aforesaid who 'should ask, receive or take more or less Wages, or larger or 'less Prices for their Work, than should be settled by the re⚫spective Quarter Sessions as aforesaid; and by the said Act certain other Penalties are also inflicted on all Master Weavers within any of the Districts aforesaid, who should directly or indirectly in any Manner retain or employ any Journeyman Weaver out of or beyond the Limits therein mentioned, with • Intent to evade that Act, or who should give, allow or pay to such Journeyman any more or less Wages than should be set'tled in Manner in the said Act provided; and by the said Acts ' certain other Penalties are also inflicted on any Person or Persons, being Silk Weavers residing within any of the Districts aforesaid, who should have in his or their Service at any one Time more than Two Apprentices: And Whereas by an Act 32 G.3. c.44. 'made in the Thirty second Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty, intituled An Act for extending the Provisions of an Act made in the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An Act to empower the Magistrates therein ⚫ mentioned to settle and regulate the Wages of Persons employed in the Silk Manufacture within their respective Jurisdiction, to Manufactories of Silk mixed with other Materials, and for the more effectual Punishment of Buyers and Receivers of Silk purloined and embezzled by Persons employed in the Manufacture thereof; it is enacted and declared, that the Lord Mayor, Recorder and Aldermen of the City of London, and the Justices of the Peace within their respective Jurisdictions throughout the several and respective Districts in the said Act of the Thirteenth Year of His late Majesty mentioned, should from time to time settle, regulate, order and declare the Wages and Prices of Work of the Journeymen Weavers working within their respective Jurisdictions in any Manufacture of Silk mixed or wrought up with any other Materials, in the like Manner as they are respectively authorized and empowered by the said ' recited Act of the Thirteenth Year of His late Majesty to 'settle, regulate, order and declare the same in the Manufacture of Silk only; and that the said therein recited Act, and all and every the Clauses, Provisions, Regulations, Restrictions, Pains, Penalties, Forfeitures and other Matters and Things therein contained, should extend, and be deemed, adjudged and construed to extend, to all Persons employed in or about any of the Manufactures of Silk mixed or wrought up with any other Materials within the respective Districts in the said Act mentioned, in as full and ample Manner as they are by the said therein recited Act declared to extend to the several and re 6 4 ་ 6 6 6 6 spective Persons therein mentioned: And Whereas by an Act passed in the Fifty first Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty, intituled An Act to amend Two Acts of the Thirteenth 51 G.3. c.7. and Thirty second Years of His present Majesty, relating to the Wages of Persons employed in the Silk Manufacture, the Provisions made by the said recited Acts of the Thirteenth and Thirty second Years of His late Majesty for settling and regulating the Wages and Prices of Work of the Journeymen Weavers in the Manufacture of Silk, and in the Manufacture of Silk mixed or • wrought 19 & 20 G.3. (1.) 36 G.3. (I.) 40 G.S. (I.) 50 G.3. c.27. ८ wrought up with any other Materials, within the Cities of Lo don and Westminster and the County of Middlesex, are declared 'to extend to Journeywomen Weavers employed in the said Msnufactories: And Whereas by an Act passed in the Parliament ' of Ireland, in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Years of the Reign ' of His said late Majesty, intituled An Act for the better Regula tion of the Silk Manufacture, it is enacted that the Wages of Journeymen Silk Weavers, within the City of Dublin, and the adjacent Liberties for the Distance of Two Miles and a Half round from the Castle of Dublin, should be regulated, settled and declared by the Dublin Society; and certain Penalties are by the said Act imposed on any Master Silk Weaver within the 'aforesaid District who shall give more or less Wages, or pay larger or smaller Prices, to any of the Journeymen Weavers aforesaid, for their Work, than shall be settled or allowed as 'aforesaid; and by the same Act certain Penalties are also im posed on any Journeyman Weaver or Weavers, within the 'District aforesaid, who should ask, receive or take more or less 'Wages, or larger or smaller Prices for their Work, than should 'be settled as aforesaid, or who should enter into any Combination to raise the Wages or Prices of said Work, or for that Purpose should decoy, solicit or intimidate any Journeyman or Journeymen Weavers within the District aforesaid; and it is by the same Act further enacted, that the Dublin Society should superintend the Silk Manufacture, and make such Orders, Bye Laws and Regulations touching all Matters pertaining thereto. as should appear to them useful and necessary, and that all Persons concerned in the said Manufacture should obey all such Orders of the Dublin Society: And Whereas an Act was pas 'sed in the Parliament of Ireland in the Thirty sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, intituled An Act to explain and amend an Act passed in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Years of His Majesty's Reign, intituled An Act for the better Regulation of the Silk Manufacture: And Whereas an Act passed in the Fortieth Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty, intituled An Act to continue an Act passed in the Thirty sixth Year of His present Majesty's Reign, intituled An Act to explain and amend an Act passed in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Years of His Majesty's Reign, intituled" An Act for the better Regulation of the Silk Manufacture;" by which last mentioned Acts the said Act of the Nineteenth and Twentieth George Third was con tinued in Force: And Whereas an Act was passed in the Fif tieth Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty, intituled An Act to continue, until the Twenty fifth Day of March One thou 'sand eight hundred and thirty one, certain Acts made in the Par liament of Ireland, for the better Regulation of the Silk Manufat ture: And Whereas the Provisions of the said recited Acts have not been found beneficial to the Persons employed in the Silk • Manufacture, but on the contrary the Regulations and Restric⚫tions contained in the said Acts have been found in their Opera tion vexatious and injurious, and it is therefore expedient that the said Acts should be wholly repealed:' May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this Act, the said several recited Acts, and every Clause, Provision, Regula- Recited Acts tion, Restriction, Pain, Penalty, Forfeiture, Matter and Thing repealed. therein respectively contained, shall be, and the same is and are hereby severally and respectively repealed. (a) (a) [Stat. 13 G.3. c.68. and 32 G.3. c.44. appear to be recognized as existing Acts, and to be repealed in part only, c. 95. § 1. post.] CAP. LXVII. An Act for the better Administration of Justice in Newfound- W the Administration Justice in the Colony of New of Jadicature in General Gaol 'foundland;' Be it therefore enacted by the King'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 His Majesty it shall and may be lawful for His Majesty, by His Charter or may institute a Letters Patent under the Great Seal, to institute a Superior Court Superior Court of Judicature in Newfoundland, which shall be called "The Newfoundland, Supreme Court of Newfoundland;" and the said Court shall be to be a Court a Court of Record, and shall have all Civil and Criminal Juris- of Oyer and diction whatever in Newfoundland, and in all Lands, Islands and Terminer and Territories dependant upon the Government thereof, as fully and amply, to all Intents and Purposes, as His Majesty's Courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas, Exchequer and High Court of Chancery, in that Part of Great Britain called England, have, or any of them hath; and the said Supreme Court shall also be a Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery in and for Newfoundland, and all Places within the Government thereof; and shall also have Jurisdiction in all Cases of Crimes and Mis- Jurisdiction. demeanors committed on the Banks of Newfoundland, or any the Seas or Island to which Ships or Vessels repair from Newfoundland for carrying on the Fishery. of and Two As moved. II. And be it further enacted, That the said Supreme Court Appointment shall be holden by a Chief Judge and Two Assistant Judges, of a Chief being respectively Barristers in England or Ireland of at least Judge Three Years standing, or in some of His Majesty's Colonies or sistant Judges. Plantations, who shall be appointed to such their Offices by His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors: Provided always, that it shall be lawful for His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, from time May be reto time as Occasion may require, to remove and displace any such Chief Judge or Assistant Judge as aforesaid, and in his Stead to appoint any other fit and proper Person, being a Barrister as aforesaid, to be the Chief Judge or Assistant Judge of the said Court, as the Case may be: And provided also, that in case any such Chief Judge or Assistant Judge shall be absent from Newfoundland, or die, or resign such his Office, or by reason of Sickness appoint Judges or otherwise shall become incapable of performing the Duties in certain Cases. thereof, then and in every such Case it shall be lawful for the X 3 Governor Governor may until resumption of Office or Successor appointed. Issues of Fact to be tried at a Jury. Appointment of Sessions. Governor or Acting Governor of Newfoundland for the Time being, to nominate and appoint some fit and proper Person to act as Chief Judge or Assistant Judge, as the Case may be, in the Place or Stead of the Judge so being absent, dying, resigning his Office or becoming incapable of performing the Duties there. of, until such Judge shall resume the Duties of his Office, or until a Successor shall be appointed by His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors; and the said Chief Judge and Assistant Judges, shall respectively have and exercise such and the like Powers and Authorities in Newfoundland, and in all Places dependant upon the Government thereof, as any Judge of any of His Ma jesty's said Courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas and Exchequer, or as the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, hath or exercises in England. may III. And be it further enacted, That all Issues of Fact which be joined between the Parties in any Action at Law originally Saint John's by brought before the said Supreme Court of Record, or which may be joined upon any Criminal Information or Prosecution depending in that Court, shall be tried at the Town of Saint John's in the Island of Newfoundland, by a Jury of Twelve Men; and for the Purpose of hearing and trying all Suits, Actions and all Informations, Prosecutions and other Proceedings, of what Nature or Kind soever, which may be brought or commenced in the said Supreme Court, One or more Term or Terms, or Session or Sessions of the said Court, shall be held at the Town of Saint John's aforesaid, in each Year, by the said Chief Judge and Assistant Judges, at such Times as the Governor or Acting Go vernor of the said Colony shall from time to time, by any Procla mation to be by him for that Purpose issued, direct and appoint. IV. And be it further enacted, That as often as any Information, Action or Suit shall be brought or prosecuted before the said Supreme Court, for the Breach or Violation of any Law relating to the Trade or Revenue of the British Colonies or Plantations in America, such Information, Action or Suit shall be heard and determined by the said Court, according to the Course of Proceeding in similar Cases in the Courts of Vice Admiralty in the said Colonies or Plantations; and that it shall and may be lawful for the Party or Parties feeling aggrieved by the Judgment or Decree of the said Supreme Court, in any such Case, to ap peal from such Judgment or Decree to the High Court of Admiralty, or to His Majesty in Council, under such and the like Rules and Regulations as are observed in Appeals from the said Courts of Vice Admiralty. How Actions in breach of Laws relating to Trade of Colo nies in America, to be tried. Appeal. Supreme Court the Effects of the V. And be it further enacted, That the said Supreme Court shall have Power to grant Administration of the Effects of Intes tates, and the Probate of Wills; and that the Effects of deceas ed Persons shall not be administered within the Island of New foundland, or any Island, Place or Territory dependant upon Government thereof, unless Administration or Probate shall have been duly granted by the said Supreme Court; and in all Cases where the Executor or Executors of any Will' in Newfoundland, or the Dependencies thereof, upon being duly cited, shall refuse or neglect to take out Probate as aforesaid; or where the next of Kin shall be absent from Newfoundland, and the Effects of the Deceased |