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forfeitures imposed by him or any other justice, which

are not payable to any body corporate, &c. or other person;

Any justice in it shall be lawful for every justice of the peace acting out of session for any England out of session may county, riding, city, borough, division, or place, in England, to receive all fines, receive and forfeitures, and penalties imposed by him or any other justice of the peace as give a receipt for fines and aforesaid acting out of sessions, and not made payable to any body or bodies corporate or any commissioners of any publick boards or any other person or persons, and to give receipts for the same, which receipts shall be a sufficient discharge to the parties by whom the said fines shall be payable; and every such justice shall, by himself or clerk, keep an account in a book, to be provided for that purpose, of the amount of every fine, forfeiture, or penalty, and shall enter which shall have been set or imposed by any adjudication or order made by every such justice, specifying the place and time and manner of such adjudication or order, the nature of the offence, and the Act or Acts under which the same was adjudged, and the name or names of the person or persons on whom such fine, forfeiture, or penalty was set or imposed; distinguishing whether the same was paid or levied, and what part or share thereof, if any, has been or shall be paid or payable to any body or bodies corporate, commissioners, or person or persons, with the name and description of such body or bodies, commissioners, person or persons, and the authority under which he, she, or they claimed such part or share ;

an account

thereof in a book in manner herein

directed.

The justice shall also trans

mit an account of such fines,

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II. AND be it further enacted, that any justice of the peace shall, previous to the Michaelmas sessions, annually transmit to the clerk of the peace of the county, city, or town, or clerk of the town within which such fine, forfeiture, or penalty shall have been imposed, an account in writing, stating the several fines, forfeitures, and penalties of the peace or which have been imposed by him, and shewing which have been received by him, and from whom, and for what offences; [Rep., Stat. Law Rev. Act, 1872.].

&c. to the clerk

town clerk.

Where two

justices shall impose fines, the account

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III. AND be it further enacted, that as often as two or more justices shall act together in setting or imposing any fine, forfeiture, or penalty, then the said account shall be kept by such one of the said two or more justices, as shall reside at or near the place where such adjudicaresident at the tion or order was made, or at or nearest the place where such general quarter sessions shall be held.

shall be kept by the one

place of adjudication, &c.

CHAPTER LXXXVI.

The following stamp duties to be paid in Great

Britain; viz.,

AN ACT for granting to his Majesty additional Stamp Duties on Cards and
Dice; on Probates of Wills; on certain Indentures, Leases, Bonds, or
other Deeds; and on Ale Licences.
[2d July 1801.]

Most gracious Sovereign,

WE, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the commons of the United

Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, towards raising the necessary supplies to defray your Majesty's publick expences, and making a permanent addition to the publick revenue, have freely and voluntarily resolved to give and grant unto your Majesty the duties herein-after mentioned; and do most humbly beseech your Majesty that it may be enacted, and be it 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, from and after the respective times herein-after mentioned, there shall be raised, levied, collected, and paid, throughout the kingdom of Great Britain, unto and for the use of his Majesty, his heirs and successors, the several and respective rates and duties following; (that is to say),

that all the said duties

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of administra

tion.

under the ma

nagement of

the commis

sioners of

probates of

wills or letters of administration relating to any estate in respect

whereof any

probates or

ministration

For every skin or piece of vellum or parchment, or sheet or piece of paper upon on probates of which shall be ingrossed, written, or printed, in Great Britain, any probate of a will, wills, or letters or letters of administration, [Rep., Stat. Law Rev. Act, 1861.] II. AND be it further enacted, hereby granted shall be under the government, care, and management of the commis- Duties to be sioners for the time being appointed to manage the duties charged on unstamped vellum, parchment, and paper, [Rep., Stat. Law Rev. Act, 1861.] . III. AND whereas it is expedient that the duties payable in respect of stamps. probates or letters of administration should not be paid more than once on the same estate: Be it therefore enacted, that it shall be lawful for the said com- The commissioners to promissioners of stamps and they are hereby authorized and required to provide vide a stamp a stamp or mark distinguishable from all other stamps or marks used in rela- for marking tion to any stamp duties, for the purpose of stamping or marking any piece of vellum, parchment, or paper, whereon any probate of any will or letters of administration shall be ingrossed, printed, or written, in relation to any estate in respect whereof any probate or letters of administration shall have been before taken out, and the full amount of the duties payable thereon by any Act or Acts of Parliament then in force, according to the full value of such letters of adestate, shall have been duly paid and discharged; and in every case where shall have been any probate or probates, or letters of administration, shall have been taken out, duly stamped according to the full value of the estate in respect whereof the same shall have been granted, then and in such case any further or other probate or letters of administration as aforesaid, which shall be at any time thereafter applied for or in respect of such estate, shall and may be issued and granted upon any piece of vellum, parchment, or paper, stamped or marked with the stamp or mark provided by the said commissioners by virtue of this Act, for such other probates or letters of administration as aforesaid; and every such other probate or letters of administration which and such shall be duly stamped or marked with such stamp or mark as last aforesaid, shall be as available in the law, and of the like force and effect in all respects whatever, as if the vellum, parchment, or paper whereon the same shall be ingrossed, printed, or written, had been duly stamped with the stamp or mark, denoting the full amount of the duties payable in respect of the probate or letters of administration taken out on the full value of such estate; any thing in any Act or Acts or this Act before contained to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding.

before taken

out, and the

duties then

payable discharged;

further probates, &c.

stamped there

with shall be deemed duly stamped.

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AN ACT for providing Accommodations in Assize Towns for the Judges in
Ireland, where such Accommodations are not already provided.

Most gracious Sovereign,.

[2d July 1801.]

E, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, having taken into consideration the expediency of providing accommodations in all such cities and towns in Ireland, in which assizes and commissions of oyer and terminer and gaol delivery are held, where such accommodations are not already sufficiently provided, for the judges of assize who shall be appointed

to hold the assizes in the several counties, counties of cities, and counties of towns, within their respective circuits throughout Ireland, and for their servants, horses, and carriages, do most humbly beseech your Majesty that it may be enacted, and be it 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 the several sheriffs in Ireland, in their respective counties, shall, at every assizes and gaol delivery in such towns where the same shall be held, assizes, provide and where such accommodations are not already and shall not continue to be sufficiently provided, provide sufficient and suitable furnished apartments for the lodging and accommodation of the judges of assize, and of oyer and terminer, and gaol delivery, and their respective servants, and stables for their horses, and coach-houses or other fit places for their carriages, during the continuance of such assizes, and shall pay and discharge all expences attending the same.

The sheriffs in Ireland

shall, at every

suitable accommodations

for the judges, and discharge the expences thereof.

Judges to II. AND be it enacted, that such sheriffs respectively shall, at the end of examine and certify the acevery assizes or gaol delivery, make out an account of the expence which shall count of such be incurred by the means aforesaid; and the several judges of assize and gaol expences before payment. delivery respectively are hereby required to examine into the same, and to certify thereon the amount of the expences which such sheriff ought reasonably to pay in respect of the matters aforesaid.

Such expences

on the consolidated fund of Ireland, and

III. AND be it enacted, that such sums as shall have been so certified shall to be a charge be a charge on the consolidated fund of Ireland, and shall be paid to the respective sheriffs thereout, and upon production to the commissioners for the time being for executing the office of lord high treasurer of Ireland of such certificates as aforesaid, such sums shall be issued and paid by virtue of this Act to the several sheriffs who, by such certificates, shall appear to be entitled thereto respectively, without any further warrant on that behalf: Provided always, that no greater sum than twenty pounds shall be allowed or paid for such expences as aforesaid, at one assize or gaol delivery.

not to exceed 201. at one assize.

When, upon any account

declared or recorded in the Court of

Exchequer in England, or on judgement of that court,

CHAPTER XC.

AN ACT for the more speedy and effectual Recovery of Debts due to his
Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, in right of [the Crown of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; and for the better Administration
of Justice within the same.
[2d July 1801.]

FOR

OR the more speedy and effectual recovery of debts due to his Majesty, his heirs and successors, in right of the imperial crown of this realm, and for the better administration of justice within the same, be it 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, from and after the passing of this Act, in all cases where, upon any account duly audited, declared, or recorded in his Majesty's Court of Exchequer in that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called England, or upon any judgement or decree of the same Court of Exchequer, any debt or duty shall be due to his Majesty, his heirs and successors, a copy of such declared account, judge

be due to his Majesty, a copy of such account, &c. shall, on application, be exemplified and transmitted to

ment, or decree, shall upon application to the said court made on behalf of any debt shall his Majesty, his heirs and successors, be forthwith exemplified and transmitted under the seal of the said Court of Exchequer to his Majesty's Court of Exchequer in that part of the said United Kingdom called Ireland; which said last mentioned court shall, upon the said copy so exemplified being laid before them, forthwith cause the same to be inrolled in the rolls of the said Court of Exchequer in Ireland; and upon the same being the same being so inrolled, the said court the Court of shall cause process to issue for levying and recovering the debt due on such declared account, or for which such judgement or decree shall have been so obtained, as well against the person of the debtor upon such declared account, or against whom such judgement or decree shall have been so obtained, as against his real and personal estate, situate, lying, and being in that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland, as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes as by the course and practice of his Majesty's Court of Exchequer in that part of the said United Kingdom called England is or may be now awarded and issued by the same court.

it

Exchequer in Ireland, where shall be inprocess issued against the debtor's body and effects

rolled, and

there.

count for the due execution

and the debt, when recovered,

II. AND be it further enacted, that the sheriff or other proper officer to Sheriff to acwhom such process shall be so directed, shall be compelled to account to the said Court of Exchequer for the due execution of such process; and the of the process; chancellor and barons of the said court shall take care that all monies levied by virtue of such process shall be duly paid into the receipt of the Exchequer in Ireland, and the lord 'high treasurer of Ireland or lords commissioners for executing the office of lord high treasurer therein shall, so soon as conveniently England. may be, cause the same to be remitted and paid into the receipt of the Exchequer in that part of the United Kingdom called England.

to be remitted chequer in

to the Ex

where, on any such declared

corded in the

account reCourt of Exchequer in judgement of that court, any due to his Majesty, the tions shall be

Ireland, or on

debt shall be

same regula

III. AND be it further enacted, that from and after the passing of this Act, In like manner in all the cases where, upon any such declared account duly recorded in his Majesty's Court of Exchequer in that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain called Ireland, or upon any judgement or decree obtained in the said Court of Exchequer in Ireland, any debt shall be due to his Majesty, his heirs and successors, a copy of such declared account, judgement, or decree, shall, upon application to the said court made on behalf of his Majesty, his heirs and successors, be forthwith exemplified and transmitted under the seal of the said Court of Exchequer to his Majesty's Court of Exchequer in that part of Great Britain called England; which said last mentioned court shall, upon the said copy so exemplified being laid before them, forthwith cause the same to be inrolled in the rolls of the said Court of Exchequer in England; and upon the same being so enrolled, the said court shall cause process to issue for levying and recovering the debt due upon such declared account, or for which such judgement or decree shall have been so obtained, as well against the person of the debtor against whom judgement or decree shall have been so obtained, as against his real and personal estate, situate, lying, and being in that part of the United Kingdom called England, as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes, as by the usage and practice of his Majesty's Court of Exchequer in that part of the said United Kingdom called Ireland is or may be now awarded and issued by the said court.

IV. AND be it further enacted, that the sheriff or other proper officer to whom such process shall be so directed, shall be compelled to account to the said Court of Exchequer for the due execution of such process; and the chancellor

observed for the recovery thereof in England.

Sheriff to account for the

due execution

of the process;

and the debt, when recovered, to be remitted to the Ex

chequer in Ireland.

Where, in any suit between party and

party, or in

in cases of

minors, &c., orders shall be made for payment of money, &c., by the Court

of Chancery in England, a copy thereof

shall be certified to the

where it shall

process shall

and barons of the said court shall take care that all monies levied by virtue of such process shall be duly paid into the receipt of the Exchequer in England, and the lord high treasurer of England or lords commissioners for executing the office of lord high treasurer therein shall, so soon as conveniently may be, cause the same to be remitted and paid into the receipt of the Exchequer of that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland.

V. AND be it further enacted, that in cases where, in any suit between party and party, or in any matter or proceeding by petition in cases of minors, bankrupts, idiots, or lunaticks, any decree shall be pronounced or any order made any proceeding for payment or for accounting for money by the high Court of Chancery in that part of the United Kingdom called England, the lord chancellor, lord keeper, or lords commissioners for the custody of the great seal of England for the time being respectively shall, upon application made to him or them respectively, cause a copy of such order or decree to be exemplified and certified to the Court of Chancery in that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland, under the great seal of England; and the lord chancellor, lord keeper, or lords commissioners for the custody of the great seal of Ireland, Court of Chan- shall forthwith cause such order or decree, when it shall be presented to them cery in Ireland, respectively so exemplified, to be enrolled in the rolls of the high Court of be inrolled, and Chancery in Ireland, and shall cause process of attachment and committal to issue against the person of the party against whom such order or decree shall have been made respectively, in order to enforce obedience to and performance of the same, as fully and effectually, to all intents and purposes, as if such order or decree had been originally pronounced in the said Court of Chancery in Ireland; and it shall and may be lawful to and for the lord chancellor, lord keeper, or lords commissioners of the great seal of Ireland for the time being from time to time to make orders upon petition, as the occasion may require, for payment of money levied under such process as aforesaid into the Bank of Ireland, with the privity of the accountant general of the said court, to the credit and for the benefit of the party who shall have obtained such order or decree; and the governor and company of the Bank of Ireland are hereby authorized and required to receive and hold all such monies, subject to the orders of the said Court of Chancery: Provided always, that no such monies shall be charged with or subject to poundage for the usher of the said Court of Chancery in Ireland, when the same shall be paid out by order of the said court.

be issued to enforce obe

dience, &c.;

and where such orders

shall be made by the Court of Chancery in Ireland, a copy thereof

shall be certified to the Court of Chancery in England, where it shall be inrolled, and

process shall be issued to enforce obedience, &c.

VI. AND be it further enacted, that in all cases where, in any suit between party and party, any decree shall be pronounced or any order made for payment of or for accounting for money by the high Court of Chancery in that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland, the lord chancellor, lord keeper, or lords commissioners for the custody of the great seal of Ireland for the time being respectively, shall, upon application made to him or them respectively, cause a copy of such order or decree to be exemplified and certified to the Court of Chancery in that part of the United Kingdom called England, under the great seal of Ireland; and the lord chancellor, lord keeper, or lords commissioners for the custody of the great seal of England, shall forthwith cause such order or decree, when it shall be presented to them respectively so exemplified, to be enrolled in the rolls of the high Court of Chancery in England, and shall cause process of attachment and committal to issue against the

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