CAP. XXXV. AN ACT to suspend until the Thirty-first Day of August One thousand eight hundred and forty-five the making of Lists and the Ballots and Enrolments for the Militia of the United Kingdom. By this ACT, 1. The general and subdivision meetings relating to the militia are suspended. II. Proceedings may be had during such suspension by Order in Council. III. Act to extend to wardens of stannaries and to corps of miners. IV. Act may be amended this session. (19th July 1844.) CAP. XXXVI.-IRELAND. AN ACT to continue until the Thirty-first Day of July One thousand eight hundred and forty-five, and to the End of the then Session of Parliament, certain Acts for regulating Turnpike Roads in Ireland. By this ACT, 1. The several Acts for making or repairing turnpike roads in Ireland are further continued. (19th July 1844.) II. Local Turnpike Act, 3 Geo. 4. c. cviii. not continued by this Act, except so far as the said Act repeals any former Act. CAP. XXXVII. AN ACT to secure the Terms on which Grants are made by Her Majesty out of the Parliamentary Grant for the Education of the Poor; and to explain the Act of the Fifth Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, for the Conveyance of Sites for Schools. (19th July 1844.) ABSTRACT OF THE ENACTMENTS. 1. The terms and conditions upon which Parliamentary aid has been given towards the building of schools secured upon the site. 2. The terms upon which aid shall be granted to trustees of ancient endowed schools. 3. Death of donor within twelve calendar months not to avoid grant. 4. Site may be granted to the minister and churchwardens. 5. Rector, vicar, or perpetual curate may grant to the minister and churchwardens, or to the minister, churchwardens, and overseers of his parish. 6. Act may be altered this session. By this ACT, After reciting that during several years last past divers sums of money have been granted by Parliament to Her Majesty, to be applied for the purpose of promoting the education of the poor in Great Britain, and similar grants may hereafter be made; And that Her Majesty hath appointed a committee of her Council to receive applications for assistance from such grants, and to report thereon, and to advise her as to the terms and conditions upon which such assistance shall be granted, and many such reports have been made, and approved of by Her Majesty, and the terms and conditions have been assented to by the applicants, grants have been made out of the said fund: And that in some cases, by reason of the deeds of endowment of schools in respect of which such applications have been received having been executed before the grant has been made, such terms and conditions have not and cannot be made permanently binding on the estate; but the parties promoting the said schools have entered into personal obligations or assurances for the due performance of such terms and conditions, though deriving no beneficial interest from the charitable institution which they have established; and it is desirable to provide permanent security to Her Majesty and her successors for the due fulfilment of the terms and conditions, and to relieve the parties from the personal liabilities so entered into for the purpose aforesaid : It is Enacted, 1. That where any grant hath been made or shall hereafter be made out of any sums of money heretofore granted or hereafter to be granted by Parliament for the purposes of education in Great Britain, under the advice of any committee of the Council on Education for the time being, upon terms and conditions to provide for the inspection of the school by an inspector appointed or to be appointed by Her Majesty and her successors, which shall not be inserted in the conveyance of the site of the school, or in the deed declaring the trusts thereof, and such grant shall be made in aid of the purchase of the site, or of the erection, enlargement, or repair of the school, or of the residence of the master or mistress thereof, or of the furnishing of the school, such terms and conditions shall be binding and obligatory upon the trustees or managers of the said school or other the premises for the time being, in like manner and to the like effect as though they had been inserted in the conveyance of the site of the said school, or in the declaration of the trusts thereof; and henceforth all personal obligations entered into for the purpose of securing the fulfilment of such terms and conditions shall, so far as they relate thereto, but no further, be null and void: Provided, nevertheless, that such terms and conditions shall have been or shall be set forth in some document in writing, signed by the trustees of the said school or the major part of them, or by the party or parties conveying the site, in the case where there shall have been a voluntary gift thereof. And after reciting that there are many endowments for the purpose of education of the poor in Great Britain of ancient date, the schools whereon have become dilapidated, and, the funds of such endowment being insufficient for the restoration thereof, application is made by the trustees, or by the persons acting in the discharge of the trusts thereof, for aid out of the said Parliamentary grant, but the same hath been declined, because such applicants could not impose upon their lawful successors in the said trust the conditions which the said committee would have advised Her Majesty to require to secure the due inspection of such schools, and it is expedient to enable them to do so : It is Enacted, II. That where the major part of the trustees of any endowed school for the education of the poor duly appointed under the terms of the deed of endowment, or, when such deed cannot be found or cannot be acted upon, of the persons who shall be in the possession of the endowment, and shall be acting in the execution of the trusts or the reputed trusts thereof, shall, and in cases where there shall be a visitor of such school with the consent of such visitor in writing, apply for aid out of such Parliamentary grant to enable them to rebuild, repair, or enlarge the school belonging to such endowment, or the residence of the master or mistress thereof, or to furnish such school, and shall in writing assent to the said school being open to inspection on behalf of Her Majesty and her successors, if the said committee shall deem fit to advise that any such grant shall be made, it shall immediately after the making of such grant, and thenceforth from time to time, be lawful for any inspector of schools appointed by Her Majesty and her successors, in conformity with the terms contained in the writing testifying such consent as aforesaid, to enter the said school at all reasonable hours in the day for the purpose of inspecting and examining the state and condition of the school and the scholars thereat, and of making such report thereon as he shall deem fit. And after reciting that by an Act of 5 Victoria, intituled, 'An Act to afford further Facilities for the Conveyance and Endowment of Sites for Schools,' it is enacted, that any person, being seised in fee simple, fee tail, or for life of and in any manor, or lands of freehold, copyhold, or customary tenure, may grant, convey, or enfranchise, and subject to the provisions therein mentioned, any quantity not exceeding one acre of land as a site for a school or otherwise, as therein likewise specified; and it is desirable to prevent any such grant, being of so limited an interest, from being defeated by the death of the grantor :It is Enacted, III. That where any deed shall have been or shall be executed under the powers and for the purposes contained in the said Act, without any valuable consideration, the same shall be and continue valid, if otherwise lawful, although the donor or grantor shall die within twelve calendar months from the execution thereof. And after reciting that it was provided by the said Act that grants of land or buildings, or any interest therein, for the purposes of the education of poor persons, might be made to the minister of any parish, being a corporation, and the churchwardens or chapelwardens and overseers of the poor and their successors, and it is sometimes found inexpedient or impracticable to introduce the overseers as parties to the legal estate : It is Enacted, IV. That such grants may be made to the minister and churchwardens of any parish, such minister being the rector, vicar, or perpetual curate thereof, whether endowed or not, to hold to them and their successors, subject to the provisions contained in the deed of conveyance thereof for the management, direction, and inspection of the school and premises. v. That if the rector, vicar, or perpetual curate of any parish shall be desirous of making a grant of any land for the purposes and under the powers of the said Act, being part of the glebe or other possessions of his benefice, and shall, with the consent of the patron of the said benefice, and of the bishop of the diocese within which the same shall be situated, grant the same to the minister and church or chapel wardens, or to the minister, church or chapel wardens, and overseers of the poor of the said parish, such grant shall be valid, and shall thenceforth enure for the purposes of the trust set forth therein, if otherwise lawful, notwithstanding such minister is the party making the grant. VI. That this Act may be altered by any other Act in this session of Parliament. CAP. XXXVIII.-IRELAND. AN ACT to amend an Act of the last Session, to consolidate and amend the Laws for the Regulation of Charitable Loan Societies in Ireland. ABSTRACT OF THE ENACTMENTS. (19th July 1844.) 1. Recovery of amounts due to loan societies on notes or securities. 2. Application of the enactments, &c. of the recited Act to the Irish Reproductive Loan Fund Institution. By this ACT, After reciting the passing of 6 & 7 Vict. c. 91, intituled, 'An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws for the Regulation of Charitable Loan Societies in Ireland:' And that the provisions of the said recited Act relative to the recovery of loans in a summary manner before a Justice or Justices of the Peace do not extend to loans secured by notes or securities taken by loan societies, in conformity with the laws applicable thereto, previous to the rules of such societies being certified under the said recited Act; and it is expedient that the said provisions of the said recited Act should be extended to all such notes and securities: It is Enacted, 1. That it shall and may be lawful for the treasurer, secretary, or clerk of any loan society in Ireland, whose rules have been duly certified under the said recited Act, to recover in a summary way, before one or more of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace in Ireland, in the manner prescribed by the said recited Act, the amount due upon any note or security made or entered into prior to the date of the certificate of the secretary of the Loan Fund Board entitling such society to the benefit of the said recited Act, and in conformity with the laws applicable to such note or security at the time of making the same, although such note or security be not in the form or on the paper provided by the Loan Fund Board; and all and every the remedies and provisions in the said recited Act contained for or relating to the recovery and enforcing payment of notes and securities made under the authority of the said Act, and of fines and costs incurred in relation to the same, shall extend to and be applied to the recovery and enforcing payment of all and every such notes and securities so made and entered into in conformity to the laws in force, and applicable thereto as aforesaid, prior to the date of such certificate, and of all fines and costs incurred or to be incurred in relation thereto. And after reciting that by the said recited Act it was provided, that nothing therein contained should extend or be construed or taken to authorize any interference on the part of the said Loan Fund Board, or the secretary or officers thereof, in the affairs of the London Charitable Association, commonly called "The Irish Reproductive Loan Fund Institution," or of any trustees or agents thereof, or of any institution or society in Ireland which was or should be established in connexion with the said Irish Reproductive Loan Fund Institution; and various provisions were in the said Act contained in reference to the said Irish Reproductive Loan Fund Institution: And that subsequently to the passing of the said Act the said Institution has been incorporated by Her Majesty's letters patent, under the name of "The Irish Reproductive Loan Fund Institution," and it may be doubted whether the provisions in the said Act contained apply to the said incorporated society: It is Enacted, II. That all and singular the enactments, provisions, stipulations, and exemptions in the said recited Act contained in reference to the said charitable association, and the secretary, trustees, agents, or officers thereof, and the institutions or societies of persons instituted or associated together in Ireland by or in connexion therewith, and the monies, implements, goods, and effects of the said association, shall extend and be applicable to the said corporation of the Irish Reproductive Loan Fund Institution, and the secretary, trustees, agents, and officers thereof, and the institutions or societies of persons which now are or hereafter may be instituted or associated together in Ireland by or in connexion therewith, and the monies, implements, goods, and effects of the said corporation, and that as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes as if the same were here fully and at length repeated, and the name of the said incorporated society were substituted for the name of the said charitable association: Provided always, that in lieu of the lists, descriptions, specifications, notices, and certificates, required by the said Act to be under the hand and seal of the chairman, and countersigned by the secretary or manager of the said charitable association, it shall be sufficient that such lists, descriptions, specifications, notices, and certificates shall be sealed with the corporate seal of the said incorporated society; and all such lists, descriptions, specifications, notices, and certificates, so sealed with such corporate seal, shall have the same force and effect in all respects as is by the said Act given to lists, descriptions, specifications, notices, and certificates under the hand and seal of the chairman, and countersigned by the secretary or manager of the said charitable association; and such certificate, so sealed with the said corporate seal, shall be evidence, before all Judges and Justices, and in all courts, of the facts therein certified, without further proof thereof, and it shall not be necessary to prove the sealing of such certificates: Provided also, that in all cases where lists, descriptions, or specifications shall have been sent by the said Irish Reproductive Loan Fund Institution, under the provisions of the said recited Act, to the secretary of the Loan Fund Board in Dublin, of any trustees or agents of the said society, authorized to act in relation to the affairs of the said institution in Ireland, or of any loan societies in connexion therewith, it shall not be necessary for the said incorporated society to send any further or additional lists, descriptions, or specifications thereof. III. That this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in this present session of Parliament. CAP. XXXIX. AN ACT to exempt from the Payment of Property Tax the Dividends on certain Annuities of Three Pounds Ten Shillings per Centum per Annum payable for the Quarter of the Year ending the Tenth Day of October One thousand eight hundred and forty-four. ABSTRACT OF THE ENACTMENT. (19th July 1844.) 1. No deduction for Property Tax shall be made on dividends payable on 10th October 1844. By this ACT, After reciting that by 7 Vict. c. 5, it is provided, that every proprietor or proprietors of the said 31. 10s. per centum annuities the dividends and interest on which are payable the 5th of January and the 5th of July shall receive the dividend due thereupon for the half year up to the 5th of July 1844, and shall also receive one quarter's dividend thereon up to the 10th of October 1844, and no longer: And that the Property Tax payable under the authority of 5 & 6 Vict. c. 35, on such 31. 10s. per centum annuities, was assessed and paid on the half year's dividend and interest on the same which became payable on the 5th of July 1842; and if no change in the period of payment of the half yearly dividends and interest on the said annuities had taken place the sixth half-yearly dividend on the same would have become payable on the 5th of January 1845, but which sixth half-yearly dividend will, under the provisions of the above-recited Act, become payable on the annuities of 31. 5s. per centum per annum granted in lieu thereof on the 5th of April 1845; it is deemed just and fitting to exempt from the assessment and payment of Property Tax the quarter's dividend on the said 31. 10s. per centum per annum annuities which will be payable on the 10th of October 1844, provided the party or parties holding the said 31. 10s. per centum annuities shall not have notified or shall not notify, within the periods prescribed by the Act, their dissent to the conversion of the said annuities into 31. 5s. per centum annuities: It is Enacted, That no assessment or deduction for Property Tax shall be made at the Bank of England, or at the Bank of Ireland, on the payment of the quarter's dividend which will become due and payable on the 10th of October 1844, on the said 3. 10s. per centum annuities, under the provisions of the before-recited Act passed in the present session of Parliament, intituled An Act for transferring certain Annuities of Three Pounds Ten Shillings per Centum per Annum and Government Debentures into Annuities of Three Pounds Five Shillings per Centum per Annum and new Three Pounds per Centum Annuities,' to such party or parties holding the same as shall not have notified or shall not notify, within the periods prescribed by the said Act, their dissent to the conversion of such 31. 10s. per centum annuities into 31. 5s. per centum annuities: Provided always, that in case the said quarter's dividend payable on the 10th of October 1844 shall have been paid, without deduction of Property Tax, on any amount of 31. 10s. per centum annuities, the proprietor or proprietors of which shall afterwards signify their dissent to the conversion of the said annuities into 3l. 5s. per centum annuities, within the period prescribed by the before-recited Act, it shall be lawful to deduct the same amount of Property Tax which would have been deducted if the dissent of the party had been notified previously to the 10th of October 1844 from the amount of principal money to be paid to the proprietor or proprietors of the said 31. 10s. per centum annuities, whenever such principal shall be paid to them in consequence of their subsequent dissent. CAP. XL. AN ACT to continue until the First Day of October One thousand eight hundred and forty-five, and to the End of the then Session of Parliament, the Exemption of Inhabitants of Parishes, Townships, and Villages from Liability to be rated as such, in respect of Stock in Trade or other Property, to the Relief of the Poor. By this ACT, (19th July 1844.) 3 & 4 Vict. c. 89. is continued in force until the 1st of October in the year 1845, and, if Parliament be then sitting, to the end of the then session of Parliament. CAP. XLI. AN ACT to continue until the First Day of August One thousand eight hundred and forty-five, and to the End of the then Session of Parliament, certain Turnpike Acts. By this ACT, (19th July 1844.) After reciting the passing of an Act in the last session of Parliament, for continuing until the 1st of August 1844, and to the end of the then next session of Parliament, all the Acts (with certain exceptions) for regulating, making, or repairing turnpike roads in Great Britain which but for the passing of the first-recited Act would have expired on or before the 1st of October last, or at the end of the last session of Parliament: And that it is expedient that certain other Acts for regulating, making, amending, and repairing turnpike roads in Great Britain, which will expire on or before the end of this or the next session of Parliament, should be continued to the same period : It is Enacted, That all the said turnpike Acts which but for this Act would expire on or before the said 1st of August 1844, or the end of the then next session of Parliament, except the Acts excepted in the first-recited Act, shall be continued until the 1st of August 1845, and to the end of the then session of Parliament. CAP. XLII. AN ACT to continue until the First Day of October One thousand eight hundred and forty-five, and to the End of the then Session of Parliament, Two Acts relating to the Removal of poor Persons born in Scotland and Ireland, and chargeable to Parishes in England. By this ACT, (19th July 1844.) 3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 40, 7 Will. 4. & 1 Vict. c. 10, and 3 & 4 Vict. c. 27. are continued in force to the 1st of October 1845 and, if Parliament be then sitting, to the end of the then session of Parliament. CAP. XLIII. AN ACT to amend the Laws relating to the Customs in the Isle of Man. ABSTRACT OF THE ENACTMENTS. (19th July 1844.) 1. Commencement of Act. 2. Duties in table to be levied on goods imported into the Isle of Man, except on corn, grain, meal, or flour. 3. Power to the Lords of the Treasury to remit and to re-impose the duties levied on unenumerated articles.-Orders to be published in the Gazette, and laid before Parliament. 4. Schedule of licence goods in recited Act repealed. 5. Certain goods importable only under licence.-Lords of the Treasury may permit the importation of additional quantities. 6. Provisions of former Act to continue in force with respect to licences, &c. 7. Corn, grain, meal, and flour may be warehoused in the island. 8. Provisions of the Act 3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 57. to extend to the Isle of Man in respect of corn, grain, meal, and flour. 9. Trade between the Isle of Man and the United Kingdom to be deemed coastwise, except as to articles liable to duty. 10. 3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 57. s. 44. repealed. 11. Warehoused goods may be removed into the Isle of Man, under certain regulations. 12. Act not to affect regulation as to Excise drawbacks. 13. Sugar on which bounty has been allowed may be removed to the Isle of Man. 14. Bond to be given not to re-land such sugar. 15. Foreign goods except corn, not to be brought from the Isle of Man to the United Kingdom. 16. Sugar and rum, other than that described in the table of duties, prohibited. 17. Goods imported, carried or brought contrary to the Act, to be forfeited.-Forfeiture of vessels.-Penalty. 18. Management of duties.—Duties to be paid into the Exchequer.-Parts of duties may be retained for expenses of the government. |