A TABLE OF The PUBLIC GENERAL STATUTES passed in the FIFTH Session of the FOURTEENTH Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 8 & 9 VICTORIA. I. AN N Act to apply the Sum of Eight Millions out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty-five. page 3 II. An Act to continue for Three Years the Stamp Duties granted by an Act of the Fifth and Sixth Years of Her present Majesty, to assimilate the Stamp Duties in Great Britain and Ireland, and to make Regulations for collecting and managing the same, until the Tenth Day of October One thousand eight hundred and forty-five. 5 III. An Act for the Appointment of Constables or other Officers for keeping the Peace near Public Works in Scotland. 7 IV. An Act to continue for Three Years the Duties on Profits arising from Property, Professions, Trades, and Offices. 8 V. An Act for granting to Her Majesty, until the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and forty-six, certain Duties on Sugar imported into the United Kingdom. 10 VI. An Act to repeal the Duties and Laws of Excise on Glass. 16 VII. An Act to repeal the Duties of Customs due upon the Exportation of certain Goods from the United Kingdom. 19 VIII. An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters. a 2 19 IX. An IX. An Act for the Regulation of Her Majesty's Royal Marine Forces while on shore. page 72 X. An Act to make certain Provisions for Proceedings in Bastardy. XI. An Act for assigning Sheriffs in Wales. 118 141 XII. An Act to alter and amend certain Duties of Customs. 141 XIII. An Act to repeal the Duties of Excise on Sugar manufactured in the United Kingdom, and to impose other Duties in lieu thereof. 149 XIV. An Act to exempt Ships carrying Passengers to North America from the Obligation of having on board a Physician, Surgeon, or Apothecary. 150 XV. An Act to repeal the Duties of Excise on Sales by Auction, and to impose a new Duty on the Licence to be taken out by all Auctioneers in the United Kingdom. 151 XVI. An Act for consolidating in One Act certain Provisions usually inserted in Acts with respect to the Constitution of Companies incorporated for carrying on Undertakings of a public Nature. 156 XVII. An Act for consolidating in One Act certain Provisions usually inserted in Acts with respect to the Constitution of Companies incorporated for carrying on Undertakings of a public Nature in Scotland. 194 XVIII. An Act for consolidating in One Act certain Provisions usually inserted in Acts authorizing the taking of Lands for Undertakings of a public Nature. 232 279 XIX. An Act for consolidating in One Act certain Provisions usually inserted in Acts authorizing the taking of Lands for Undertakings of a public Nature in Scotland. XX. An Act for consolidating in One Act certain Provisions usually inserted in Acts authorizing the making of Rail ways. 321 XXI. An Act to amend an Act of the Fifty-third of George the Third, for appointing a Stipendiary Magistrate for the Townships of Manchester and Salford; and to provide a Stipendiary Magistrate for the Division of Manchester. 369 XXII. An Act to enable the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital to widen and improve Fisher Lane in Greenwich; and for other Purposes connected with the Estates of the said Commissioners. 381 XXIII. An Act for raising the Sum of Nine millions three hundred and seventy-nine thousand six hundred Pounds by Exchequer Bills for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty-five. 403 XXIV. An Act to indemnify such Persons in the United Kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, and to extend the Time limited for those Purposes respectively until the Twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and forty-six. page 405 XXV. An Act to amend Two Acts passed in Ireland for the better Education of Persons professing the Roman Catholic Religion, and for the better Government of the College established at Maynooth for the Education of such Persons, and also an Act passed in the Parliament of the United Kingdom for amending the said Two Acts. 410 XXVI. An Act to prevent fishing for Trout or other Fresh-water - Fish by Nets in the Rivers and Waters in Scotland. 420 417 XXVII. An Act to amend the Act to establish Military Savings Banks. XXVIII. An Act to empower Canal Companies and the Commissioners of Navigable Rivers to vary their Tolls, Rates, and Charges on different Parts of their Navigations. XXIX. An Act to regulate the Labour of Children, young Persons, and Women, in Print Works. 422 426 451 452 XXX. An Act to amend an Act passed in the Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled An Act for the better Administration of Justice in His Majesty's Privy Council. XXXI. An Act to facilitate the Transmission and Extinction of Heritable Securities for Debt in Scotland. XXXII. An Act to alter and amend the Laws enabling Justices of the Peace in certain Cases to borrow Money on Mortgage of the County Rates, so far as the same relate to the County of Middlesex. XXXIII. An Act for consolidating in One Act certain Provisions usually inserted in Acts authorizing the making of Railways in Scotland. 464 XXXIV. An Act for abolishing the separate Seal Office of the Courts of Queen's Bench and Common Pleas. XXXV. An Act to simplify the Form and diminish the Expence of obtaining Infeftment in Heritable Property in Scotland. 458 509 512 XXXVI. An Act to continue for Five Years and to amend the Acts for authorizing a Composition for Assessed Taxes. 515 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. a 3 529 XXXVIII. An XXXVIII. An Act to regulate the Issue of Bank Notes in page 548 XXXIX. An Act to amend the Law of Arrestment of Wages in Scotland. 560 561 XL. An Act for amending an Act for making Provision for upon 562 XLII. An Act to enable Canal Companies to become Carriers 584 585 586 XLV. An Act to make perpetual and amend an Act of the 590 592 XLVIII. An Act to substitute a Declaration for an Oath in 593 L. An Act to facilitate the Recovery of Loans made by the West India Relief Commissioners. 594 LI. An Act to enable Archbishops and Bishops in Ireland to charge their Sees with the Costs incurred by them in defence of their Rights of Patronage, in certain Cases; and also to enable Tenants for Life and other Persons having limited Interests in Estates in Ireland to charge said Estates with the Costs incurred by them in asserting their Rights to Ecclesiastical Patronage, in certain Cases. 599 LII. An Act for the Relief of Persons of the Jewish Religion elected to Municipal Offices. 606 LIII. An Act to continue to the First Day of October One thousand eight hundred and forty-six, and to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, certain Turnpike Acts. 607 "E LIV. An LIV. An Act to amend the Laws in force in Ireland for Unions and Divisions of Parishes; for the Settlement of the Patronage thereof, and the Celebration of Marriages in the same. page 608 LV. An Act to continue for Two Years, and to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, and to amend, an Act of the Second and Third Years of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act to extend and render more effectual for Five Years an Act passed in the Fourth Year of His late Majesty George the Fourth, to amend an Act passed in the Fiftieth Year of His Majesty George the Third, for preventing the administering and taking unlawful Oaths in Ireland. 612 LVI. An Act to alter and amend an Act passed in the Third and Fourth Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled An Act to enable the Owners of Settled Estates to defray the Expences of draining the same by way of Mortgage. 613 LVII. An Act to extend the Indemnity of Members of Art Unions against certain Penalties. 617 LVIII. An Act to suspend until the First Day of October One thousand eight hundred and forty-six the making of Lists and the Ballots and Enrolments for the Militia of the United Kingdom. 618 LIX. An Act to continue to the First Day of October One thousand eight hundred and forty-six, and to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, an Act for authorizing the Application of Highway Rates to Turnpike Roads. 619 LX. An Act to continue to the First Day of October One thousand eight hundred and forty-six, and to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, the Act to amend the Laws relating to Loan Societies. 620 LXI. An Act to make certain further Provisions for the Consolidation of Turnpike Trusts in South Wales. 620 LXII. An Act to make further Provisions as to Stock and Dividends unclaimed. 627 LXIII. An Act to facilitate the Completion of a Geological Survey of Great Britain and Ireland, under the Direction of the First Commissioner for the Time being of Her Majesty's Woods and Works. 630 LXIV. An Act to amend certain Regulations respecting the Retail of Spirits in Ireland. 633 LXV. An Act to determine the countervailing Duties payable on Spirits of the Nature of plain British Spirits, the Manufacture of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, or Sark, imported into the United Kingdom; and to prohibit the Importation of rectified or compound Spirits from the said Islands. 635 LXVI. An |