Agents in all Sheriff Courts in so far as relates to any of the practise in She- other Agents before such Courts. XXII. And be it enacted, That this Act may be repealed, Act may be altered, or amended by any Act or Acts passed during the present repealed this Session of Parliament. CA P. LVII. An Act for the Prevention and Punishment of Offences W WHEREAS the Inhabitants of the Territories adjacent to the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope to the Southward of the Twenty-fifth Degree of South Latitude being in an ⚫ uncivilized State, Offences against the Persons and Property of ⚫ such Inhabitants and others are frequently committed by His Majesty's Subjects within such Territories with Impunity;' for Remedy thereof 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 Laws which are now or which shall hereafter be in force in the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope for the Punishment of Crimes therein committed shall be and the same are hereby extended and declared applicable to all His Majesty's Subjects within any Territory adjacent to the said Colony and being to the Southward of the Twenty-fifth Degree of South Latitude, and that every Crime or Offence committed by any of His Majesty's Subjects within any such Territory in contravention of any such Laws shall be cognizable in any such Courts, and shall be inquired of, tried, and prosecuted, and on Conviction punished, in such and the same Manner as if the same had been committed within the said Colony. II. And whereas it is necessary to prevent as far as may be the • Commission of Crimes by His Majesty's Subjects within such Territories as aforesaid, and to provide for the Arrest, Commitment, and bringing to Punishment of any of His Majesty's Subjects by whom any such Crimes may be perpetrated;' be it therefore enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Governor of the said Colony to address to any One or more of His Majesty's Subjects being within or about to resort to any such Territories as aforesaid One or more Commission or Commissions, authorizing him or them to exercise within such Territories the Office of a Magistrate for the Purpose of preventing the Perpetration therein by any of His Majesty's Subjects of any Crimes or Offences, and for the Purpose of arresting, committing to Custody, and bringing to Trial before such Courts as aforesaid any of His Majesty's Subjects charged on sufficient Evidence before him or them with the Commission of any such Crimes or Offences within any such Territories; and it shall also be lawful to the Governor of the said Session. Powers of such Commissions to be in force only during the King's Plea sure. Act not to extend constructively to His Majesty's Do minions. Who shall be deemed the Governor. Colony, by any such Commission or Commissions as aforesaid, to define with all practicable and convenient Precision the local Limits within which the Jurisdiction of any such Magistrate or Magistrates shall be so exercised, and to which it shall so extend; and within the Limits so to be defined as aforesaid every such Magistrate shall have, exercise, and enjoy all such Powers and Authorities over and in reference to His Majesty's Subjects inhabiting or being within the same as shall by any such Commission or Commissions be specially granted: Provided always, that no such Powers or Authorities shall be so granted by any such Commission or Commissions, save only such as shall be necessary for accomplishing the Purposes aforesaid with Promptitude and Effect. III. And be it further enacted, That all such Commissions as aforesaid shall be made to continue in force only during His Majesty's Pleasure; and the Governor for the Time being of the said Colony shall be and he is hereby bound and required to transmit a Copy of every such Commission by the earliest Opportunity to His Majesty, through One of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, for His Approbation or Disallowance. IV. And be it further enacted, That nothing herein or in any such Commission or Commissions contained shall extend or be construed to extend to invest His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, with Claim or Title whatsoever to Dominion or Sovereignty any over any such Territories as aforesaid, or to derogate from the Rights of the Tribes of People inhabiting such Territories, or of Chiefs or Rulers, to such Sovereignty or Dominion. V. And be it further enacted and declared, That for the Purposes of this Act any Person lawfully administering the Government of the said Colony shall be deemed and taken to be the Governor thereof. Bills of Ex change need not be presented to Acceptors for Honour or CAP. LVIII. An Act for declaring the Law as to the Day on which it is WHEREAS Bills of Exchange are occasionally accepted supra Protest for Honour, or have a Reference thereon in 6 case of Need: And whereas Doubts have arisen when Bills have 'been protested for Want of Payment as to the Day on which it is requisite that they should be presented for Payment to the Acceptors or Acceptor for Honour, or to the Referees or Referee, and it is expedient that such Doubts should be removed; be it therefore declared and 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 it shall not be necessary to present such Bills of Exchange to such Acceptors or Acceptor for Honour, or to such Referees or Referee, until the Day following the Day on which such Bills of Exchange shall become become due; and that if the Place of Address on such Bill of Referees till the the Day on Exchange of such Acceptors or Acceptor for Honour, or of such Day following Referees or Referee, shall be in any City, Town, or Place other which they than in the City, Town, or Place where such Bill shall be therein become due. made payable, then it shall not be necessary to forward such Bill of Exchange for Presentment for Payment to such Acceptors or Acceptor for Honour, or Referees or Referee, until the Day following the Day on which such Bill of Exchange shall become due. II. And be it further enacted and declared, That if the Day following the Day on which such Bill of Exchange shall become due shall happen to be a Sunday, Good Friday, or Christmas Day, or a Day appointed by His Majesty's Proclamation for Solemn Fast or of Thanksgiving, then it shall not be necessary that such Bill of Exchange shall be presented for Payment, or be forwarded for such Presentment for Payment, to such Acceptors or Acceptor for Honour, or Referees or Referee, until the Day following such Sunday, Good Friday, Christmas Day, or Solemn Fast or Day of Thanksgiving. CA P. LIX. An Act to extend the Protection of Copyright in Prints and WE If the following Day be a Sunday, &c. then lowing such Sunday, &c. on the Day fol the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, 'intituled An Act for more effectually securing the Property of 17 G. 3. c. 57. Prints to Inventors and Engravers, by enabling them to sue for and recover Penalties in certain Cases: And whereas it is de⚫sirable to extend the Provisions of the said Act to Ireland;' 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 from and after the passing of this Act all the Provisions contained in the said recited Act of the recited Act exSeventeenth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George tended to Irethe Third, and of all the other Acts therein recited, shall be and the same are hereby extended to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. II. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act, if any Engraver, Etcher, Printseller, or other Person shall, within the Time limited by the aforesaid recited Acts, engrave, etch, or publish, or cause to be engraved, etched, or published, any Engraving or Print of any Description whatever, either in whole or in part, which may have been or which shall hereafter be published in any Part of Great Britain or Ireland, without the express Consent of the Proprietor or Proprietors thereof first had and obtained in Writing, signed by him, her, or them respectively, with his, her, or their own Hand or Hands, in the Presence of and attested by Two or more credible Witnesses, then every such Proprietor shall and may, by and in a separate Action upon the Case, to be brought against the Person so offending in any Court of Law in Great Britain or Ireland, recover such Damages as a Jury U 4 Provisions of land. Penalty on engraving or publishing any Consent of Pro Print without prietor. Jury on the Trial of such Action or on the Execution of a Writ of Inquiry thereon shall give or assess, together with Double Costs of Suit. CA P. LX. ' An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Customs. [13th August 1836.] W HEREAS several Acts were passed in the Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of His present Majesty, for consolidating the Laws of the Customs, and it has been found necessary to make certain Alterations and Amendments therein:' 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, Commencement and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this Act the same shall come into and be and continue in full Force and Operation for all the Purposes mentioned therein. of Act. Regulation. II. And whereas by one of the said Acts, intituled An Act for the general Regulation of the Customs, Provisions are made perGoods the Pro-mitting the Re-importation of certain Goods legally exported perty of Persons resident Abroad Repeal of Provision in 3&4W.4. c. 52. as to certain wrecked Goods. Commissioners of Customs empowered to abate Duty. from the United Kingdom, and it is expedient to alter such Provisions in the Manner herein mentioned;' be it therefore enacted, That any Goods which have been legally exported from the United Kingdom, and which shall afterwards be re-imported into the same, the real Proprietor thereof being then absent therefrom, shall upon such Re-importation be permitted to be entered by Bill of Store, provided the Goods be such as are entitled to that Privilege, on Production of a Declaration subscribed by such real Proprietor setting forth the Identity of the Goods so exported and so returned, and that he was at the Time of Exportation from the United Kingdom, and will be at the Time of Reimportation thereinto, the Proprietor of such Goods, and that the same have not during such Time been sold or disposed of to any other Person; such Declaration to be made before British Consul, Vice Consul, or other British Authority residing in or near the Place of Residence of such real Proprietor, and upon such further Proof of the Identity of the Goods as the Commissioners of the Customs shall require, and upon Compliance with all the other Regulations required by Law on the Entry of Goods by Bill of Store. III. And whereas by the said last-mentioned Act it is provided, that all such Foreign Goods, Derelict, Jetsam, Flotsam, and Wreck, as cannot be sold for the Amount of Duty due thereon, 'shall be delivered over to the Lord of the Manor, or other Person 'entitled to receive the same, and shall be deemed to be unenu'merated Goods, and shall be liable to and shall be charged with Duty accordingly: And whereas it is expedient that such Proviso should be repealed;' be it therefore enacted, That so much of the above-recited Act shall be and the same is hereby repealed: Provided always, that it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs, or for the Officers of the Customs acting under their Directions, to inquire into and receive Proof of the Extent to which any such Goods shall have been damaged, and to make such Abatement of the Duties payable thereon as to them 6 Regulation. Spirits may be imported in Casks of 20 Gallons, and in Hogsheads, Goods may be V. And whereas the Importation and Exportation of certain • Goods into and from the United Kingdom and other Dominions exported in Vesof His Majesty by the Laws now in force is restricted to Vessels sels of 60 Tons. of Seventy Tons Burthen or upwards: And whereas by an Act passed in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An Act to regulate the Admeasurement of the 5&6W.4.c.56, Tonnage and Burthen of the Merchant Shipping of the United Kingdom, Vessels are required to be admeasured according to the Rules set forth in that Act, and in consequence thereof it has ⚫ become expedient to reduce the Tonnage to which such Impor⚫tations and Exportations are restricted;' be it therefore enacted, That it shall be lawful to import into or export from the United Kingdom, and other Dominions of His Majesty, any such Goods in Vessels of Sixty Tons Burthen and upwards, provided such Vessels have been admeasured according to the Rules prescribed by the last-mentioned Act. 6 of Customs to grant general Transires. VI. And whereas by the said last-mentioned Act it is provided Commissioners ⚫ that the Collectors and Controllers of Customs in certain Cases may grant for any Coasting Ship a general Transire, to continue in force for any Time not exceeding One Year; and it is found expedient, for the greater Accommodation of the Coasting • Trade, that this Provision should be extended;' be it therefore enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs, whenever it shall appear to them to be necessary, to grant general Transires, under such Regulations and for such Time as they may see fit, for the lading of any Goods, and for the clearing the Ship in which the Goods shall be laden, and for the unlading of the Goods at the Place of Discharge: Provided always, that such Transires shall be written in the Cargo Books required by Law to be kept by the Masters of Coasting Vessels; provided also, that if the said Commissioners shall at any Time revoke such Transires, and Notice thereof shall be given to the Master or Owner of the Ship, or shall be given to any of the Crew when on board the Ship, or shall be entered in the Cargo Book by any Officer of the Customs, such Transires shall be void, and shall be delivered up by the Master or Owner of the Ship. VII. And |