Local Government Supplemental (No. 2). Act, 1858, has been duly adopted, have, in pursuance of the said Act, presented a Petition to me, as one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, praying for the Repeal of a certain Local Act of Parliament in force within South Wales, so far as such Act affects the said District of Aberavon, the said Act having relation to the purposes of the said Local Government Act, and not conferring powers or privileges upon any corporation, company, undertakers, or individuals for their own pecuniary benefit; that is to say, An Act passed in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth years of the reign of Her present Majesty (23 & 24 Vict. cap. 68.), and intituled The South Wales Highway Act. And whereas, in pursuance of the said Local Government Act, inquiry has been made in the said District in respect of the several matters mentioned in the said Petition. And whereas it appears expedient to issue a Provisional Order in relation to the said matters, but no such Order can be valid without the confirmation of Parliament. Now, therefore, in pursuance of the powers vested in me by the said Local Government Act, I, as one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, do, by this Provisional Order under my hand, direct that from and after the passing of any Act of Parliament confirming this Order— 1. The said Local Act of 23 & 24 Vict. cap. 68. shall be repealed so far as such Act affects the District of the aforesaid Local Board of Aberavon. Given under my hand this 9th day of June 1863. WALLASEY. (Signed) G. GREY. Provisional Order for extending the Borrowing Powers of the Wallasey Local Board of Health.-Local Government Act, 1858. Whereas the Local Board of Health for the District of Wallasey in the County of Chester (now called "The Wallasey Local Board") have duly borrowed under the Provisions of the Public Health Act, 1848, the Wallasey Improvement Act, 1858, the Wallasey Improvement Act, 1861, and of the Local Government Act, 1858, sums amounting altogether to Forty-eight thousand Pounds, to defray the Expense of Works for the Sewerage of and Supply of Water to the said District, being Works of a permanent nature under the aforesaid Acts; and whereas there is now owing of that amount a sum of Forty-two thousand five hundred and twenty-five Pounds, and a further sum will be required to carry out and complete the said works, but such further sum, with the herein-before mentioned 42,525l., will exceed the assessable value for one year of the premises able under the said Acts within such District, constituted as aforesaid. assess And whereas the said Board have now, under the authority of the 78th Section of the Local Government Act, 1858, petitioned me, as one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, for powers to borrow for such works, on mortgage of the rates levi able, Local Government Supplemental (No. 2). Volunteers. able by the aforesaid Local Board of Health under the powers of the aforesaid Acts, a sum or sums which, with the amount already borrowed, shall not exceed in the whole two years' assessable value of the premises assessable within the District in respect of which such sum or sums may be borrowed. And whereas after due inquiry and report by William Ranger, Esquire, the Inspector appointed by me for the purpose, I am of opinion that the prayer of such Petition should be granted; but the same cannot be done without the consent of Parliament. Now, therefore, in pursuance of the power now vested in me as one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State as aforesaid, I do hereby, by this Provisional Order under my hand, direct as follows: That from and after the passing of any Act of Parliament confirming this present Order 1. The Local Board of Health for the District of Wallasey Given under my hand this 9th day of June 1863. CA P. LXV. An Act to consolidate and amend the Acts relating to the WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the Acts relating to the Volunteer Force in Great Britain :' Be it therefore enacted by the Queen'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, as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as The Volunteer Act, 1863. PART I. ORGANIZATION OF VOLUNTEER FORCE. Acceptance of Service. Short Title. 2. It shall be lawful for Her Majesty to accept the Services Power to the of any Persons desiring to be formed under this Act into a Crown to Volunteer accept Services Volunteers. through Lieutenants of Counties. Power to the Volunteer Corps, and offering their Services to Her Majesty through the Lieutenant of a County. On such Acceptance the proposed Corps shall be deemed lawfully formed under this Act as a Corps of that County. Permanent Staff. 3. Her Majesty may from Time to Time constitute for any Crown to form Volunteer Corps a Permanent Staff, consisting of an Adjutant a Permanent Staff. Officers commissioned by Lieutenant of County. commissioned by Her Majesty, and of so many Serjeant Instructors as may seem fit, engaged and attested (according to Regulations under this Act) for a Period not exceeding Five Years, or of such an Adjutant, or of such Serjeant Instructors, alone. For the Purposes of this Act, all such Adjutants shall be deemed Officers of the respective Corps, and all such Serjeant Instructors shall be deemed to belong to the respective Corps, on the Permanent Staff whereof they serve, and shall be deemed respectively Officers and Non-commissioned Officers of the Volunteer Permanent Staff; but nothing in this Act shall be taken to exempt any Officer or Non-commissioned Officer of the Permanent Staff of a Volunteer Corps from being subject to the Orders of the Officers of the Corps, according to their Rank and the Laws and Usages of Her Majesty's Forces. If any Non-commissioned Officer of the Volunteer Permanent Staff enrols himself as a Volunteer or Substitute in the Militia, or is attested to serve on the Permanent Staff thereof, or enlists in Her Majesty's Army, he may be tried and punished as a Deserter; or, if he confesses his Desertion, One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, instead of causing him to be tried and punished as a Deserter, may, if it seems fit, cause him, in any such Case, to be returned to his Service on the Volunteer Permanent Staff, and to be there put under Stoppages until he has repaid the Amount of any Bounty received by him, and the Expenses attending his Enrolment, Attestation, or Enlistment,or, in case of Enlistment in Her Majesty's Army, may cause him to be held to his Service in Her Majesty's Army, with a Direction, if it seems fit, that his Time of Service therein shall not be reckoned for Pension until the Time when his Engagement on the Volunteer Permanent Staff would have expired. Any Non-commissioned Officer of the Volunteer Permanent Staff so enrolling himself, being attested, or enlisting, shall, nevertheless, be liable to deliver up in good Order, fair Wear and Tear only excepted, all Arms, Clothing, and Appointments issued to him as a Non-commissioned Officer of the Volunteer Permanent Staff; and in case of his being either returned to his Service on the Volunteer Permanent Staff, or held to his Service in Her Majesty's Army, One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State may, if it seems fit, cause him to be put under Stoppages until he has repaid the Value of any such Arms, Clothing, or Appointments not so delivered up. Officers and Volunteers. 4. Every Volunteer Corps shall (except as to the Officers of the Permanent Staff thereof) be officered by Persons appointed with Volunteers. with Her Majesty's Approval, and commissioned by the Lieutenant of the County to which the Corps belongs. A Commission issued in any Case under this Act by the Lieutenant of a County shall not be deemed vacated by the Revocation, Expiration, or Discontinuance of the Commission by which such Lieutenant was appointed. 5. Officers of the Volunteer Force shall rank with Officers Rank of of Her Majesty's Regular and Militia Forces as the youngest Officers. of their respective Ranks, and shall rank with Officers of the Yeomanry Force according to the Rank and Date of their respective Commissions in the respective Forces. Volunteer Officers over other Forces. Officers of the Volunteer Force, when not on actual Military Command of Service, shall not be entitled to exercise any Military Command over any of Her Majesty's other Forces, and when on actual Military Service shall not be entitled to exercise any such Command otherwise than as may be from Time to Time prescribed by the Mutiny Act or Articles of War. The Acceptance of a Commission in the Volunteer Force by a Member of the Commons House of Parliament shall not render his Seat vacant. 6. Every Officer shall, on receiving his Commission, and every Volunteer shall, on his Enrolment in the Muster Roll of his Corps, or in either Case as soon afterwards as may be, take the Oath set forth in the Schedule to this Act, to be administered by the Lieutenant of the County to which the Corps belongs, or by a Deputy Lieutenant or Justice of the Peace for the County, or by an Officer of the Corps who has taken such Oath. 7. Any Volunteer may, except when on actual Military Service, quit his Corps on complying with the following Conditions; namely,(1.) giving to the Commanding Officer of his Corps Fourteen Days Notice in Writing of his Intention to quit the Corps: (2.) delivering up in good Order, fair Wear and Tear only Rules of his Corps, either before or at the Time or by and thereupon he shall be struck out of the Muster Roll of the If any Volunteer gives such Notice, and the Commanding Officer refuses to strike him out of the Muster Roll, and the Volunteer considers himself aggrieved thereby, the Volunteer may appeal to Two Justices of the Peace for the County to which the Corps belongs, usually acting within the Petty Sessional Division in which the Head Quarters of the Corps are situate, and not being Members of the Corps, who shall hear and determine the Appeal, and may, for the Purposes thereof, administer Oaths and examine any Person as a Witness; and if it appears to such Justices that the Arms, Clothing, and Appointments issued to the Volunteer, being Public Property or Property of his Corps, have 26 & 27 VICT. R been Members of Oath to be taken as in Schedule. Power for Volunteer to quit his Corps on Conditions herein stated. Volunteers. As to Discharge of Volunteer taking Service in Militia or Army. Power to the Crown to put Volunteers under Command of General or Field Officers. Annual Inspection. Requisites of declared by been delivered up in good Order (fair Wear and Tear only excepted), or that he has paid or is ready to pay sufficient Compensation for any Damage that such Articles may have sustained, and that all Money due or becoming due by him under the Rules of his Corps, either before or at the Time or by reason of his quitting it, has been paid, such Justices may order the Commanding Officer forthwith to strike such Volunteer out of the Muster Roll of his Corps, and their Determination shall be binding on all Persons. 8. If any Volunteer enrols himself as a Volunteer or Substitute in the Militia, or is attested to serve on the Permanent Staff thereof, or enlists in Her Majesty's Army, he shall be deemed discharged from the Volunteer Force, and the Commanding Officer of his Corps shall strike him out of the Muster Roll thereof. He shall, nevertheless, be liable to deliver up in good Order, fair Wear and Tear only excepted, all Arms, Clothing, and Appointments, being Public Property or Property of his Corps, issued to him, and to pay all Money due or becoming due by him, under the Rules of his Corps, either before or at the Time or by reason of his Discharge. If such Arms, Clothing, and Appointments are not so delivered up by him, or such Money is not paid by him, then, without Prejudice to any Proceeding or Remedy against him under this Act, he may, under an Order of One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, if it seems fit, be put under Stoppages out of any Bounty or Pay receivable by him, or both, until the Value of such Arms, Clothing, or Appointments not so delivered up, or such Money (as the Case may be), is fully paid. General Command. 9. Whenever any Volunteers are on actual Military Service, or are undergoing Inspection, or are voluntarily doing any Military Duty, Her Majesty may put them and their Officers under the Command of such General or Field Officers of Her Majesty's Army, senior in Rank to every Officer of the Volunteer Force to be so put under their Command, as Her Majesty may appoint or designate, but so, nevertheless, that the Volunteers put under such Command shall be led by their own Officers under such Command. Inspection. 10. An annual Inspection of every Volunteer Corps shall be held by a General or Field Officer of Her Majesty's Army. Efficiency. 11. Her Majesty in Council may from Time to Time declare what is requisite to entitle a Volunteer to be deemed an efficient Volunteer, by an Order in Council defining, for that Purpose, the Extent of Attendance at Drill to be given by the Volunteer, and the Course of Instruction to be gone through by him, and the Degree of Proficiency in Drill and Instruction to be attained by him and his Corps, such Proficiency to be judged of by the In specting |