PRINTED BY GEORGE EYRE AND GEORGE EYRE AND ANDREW SPOTTISWOODE, PRINTERS TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY; And published in Numbers, Price 2d. each, BY RICHARDS & Co. LAW BOOKSELLERS AND PUBLISHERS, IX. An Act to amend several Acts relating to the Royal Mint. 97 X. An Act to alter, amend, and continue for a certain Period, an Act for repealing certain Acts relating to the Removal of poor Persons born in Scotland and Ireland, and chargeable to Parishes in England, and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof. 98 XI. An Act to apply the Sum of Eight Millions, out of the Consolidated Fund, to the Service of the Year One thouand eight hundred and thirty-seven. 99 XII. An Act to indemnify such Persons in the United Kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, and for extending the Time limited for those Purposes respectively until the Twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight; and for the Relief of Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors in certain Cases. 101 XIII. An Act to amend the Acts for regulating the General Penitentiary at Millbank. 108 XIV. An Act to explain and amend Two Acts relating to Trial by Jury in Scotland. 111 XV. An Act to discharge His Majesty's Manor and Demesne Lands at Newark in the County of Nottingham from any Costs of rebuilding or repairing Trent and Markham Bridges, and to charge the same on the other Hereditary Revenues of the Crown. 113 XVI. An Act for raising the Sum of Eleven Millions by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven. XVII. An Act for carrying to the Consolidated Fund certain Monies paid into the Exchequer, and usually applied as a Part of the annual Aids and Supplies; and for cancelling Stock transferred to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt on account of the Redemption of Land Tax. 1 VICTORIA. 115 117 XVIII. An Act for continuing until the First Day of June One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, and to the End of the then Session of Parliament, the several Acts for regulating the Turnpike Roads in Great Britain which will expire with the present or with the next Session of Parlia ment. 123 XIX. An Act to empower the Recorder or other Person presiding in Quarter Sessions in Corporate Cities and Towns, and Justices of the Peace for Counties, Ridings, or Divisions, to divide their respective Courts in certain Cases. 123 XX. An Act for transferring and vesting the Royal Military Canal, Roads, Towing Paths, and the Ramparts and other Works Works belonging thereto, and all Estates and Property taken and occupied for the same, in the Counties of Kent and Sussex, and also the Rates and Tolls arising therefrom, in the principal Officers of His Majesty's Ordnance. 126 XXI. An Act to amend the Acts for the Extension and Promotion of Public Works in Ireland. 127 XXII. An Act to explain and amend Two Acts passed in the last Session of Parliament, for Marriages, and for registering Births, Deaths, and Marriages, in England. 132 XXIII. An Act to abolish the Punishment of the Pillory. 142 XXIV. An Act to explain and amend an Act of the Seventh Year of His Majesty King George the Fourth, to provide for improving and rebuilding Shire Halls, County Halls, and other Buildings for holding the Assizes and Grand Sessions, and also Judges Lodgings, throughout England and Wales. 142 XXV. An Act to make more effectual Provisions relating to the Police in the District of Dublin Metropolis. 146 XXVI. An Act for the Amendment of the Laws with respect to Wills. 158 XXVII. An Act for granting to Her Majesty, until the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, certain Duties on Sugar imported into the United Kingdom, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven. 167 XXVIII. An Act to amend an Act of the Third and Fourth Years of His late Majesty, for the Limitation of Actions and Suits relating to Real Property, and for simplifying the Remedies for trying the Rights thereto. 170 XXIX. An Act for enabling Her Majesty to grant the Rank of General Officers to Foreigners now bearing Her Majesty's Commission, and to permit the Enlistment of Foreigners under certain Restrictions. 171 XXX. An Act to abolish certain Offices in the Superior Courts of Common Law, and to make Provision for a more effective and uniform Establishment of Officers in those Courts. 172 XXXI. An Act for continuing Military Commissions and Commissions in the Royal Marines in force notwithstanding the Demise of the Crown. 190 XXXII. An Act to repeal the several Laws relating to the Post Office. 190 XXXIII. An Act for the Management of the Post Office. 210 XXXIV. An Act for the Regulation of the Duties of Postage. 217 XXXV. An Act for regulating the sending and receiving of Letters and Packets by the Post free from the Duty of Postage. 236 XXXVI. An Act for consolidating the Laws relative to Offences against the Post Office of the United Kingdom, and for regulating the judicial Administration of the Post Office Laws, and for explaining certain Terms and Expressions employed in those Laws. 252 XXXVII. An Act to continue until the First Day of July in the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, and from thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, an Act for the more effectual Administration of the Office of a Justice of the Peace in and near the Metropolis. 277 XXXVIII. An Act for raising the Sum of Thirteen millions six hundred and twenty-three thousand three hundred Pounds by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven. 278 XXXIX. An Act to interpret the Words "Sheriff," "Sheriff Clerk," "Shire," "Sheriffdom," and "County," occurring in Acts of Parliament relating to Scotland. 279 XL. An Act to continue an Act of the Fifty-fourth Year of His Majesty King George the Third, for rendering the Payment of Creditors more equal and expeditious in Scotland, until the First Day of May One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, and from thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament. 280 XLI. An Act for the more effectual Recovery of Small Debts in the Sheriff Courts, and for regulating the Establishment of Circuit Courts for the Trial of Small Debt Causes by the Sheriffs, in Scotland. 281 XLII. An Act to continue until the Thirty-first Day of December One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, and from thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, an Act of the Ninth Year of His Majesty King George the Fourth, for the Administration of Justice in New South Wales and Van Dieman's Land. 310 XLIII. An Act to amend the Laws for the Recovery of Small Debts by Civil Bill in Ireland. 311 XLIV. An Act to provide for the Costs of Prosecutions for concealing the Birth of Children by secret burying or otherwise disposing of their Dead Bodies. 314 XLV. An Act to alter the Mode of giving Notices for the holding of Vestries, of making Proclamations in Cases of Outlawry, and of giving Notices on Sundays with respect to various Matters. 315 XLVI. An Act to vest the Rolls Estate in Her Majesty, and to provide for the future Payment of the Salary of the Master of the Rolls and the Expences of the Rolls Chapel. 316 XLVII. An Act to repeal the Prohibition of the Payment of the Salaries and Allowances of the East India Company's Officers during their Absence from their respective Stations XLVIII. An Act to appoint a Second Commissioner of Bank- rupt in Ireland; and to amend an Act passed in the Sixth and Seventh Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King William L. An Act to facilitate the Conveyance of Lands and Buildings for the Purposes of Two Acts passed respectively in the LI. An Act to authorize a further Issue of Exchequer Bills for Public Works and Fisheries and Employment of the Poor, and to amend the Acts relating thereto. LII. An Act to suspend to the End of the next Session of Parliament the making of Lists and the Ballots and Enrol- ments for the Militia of the United Kingdom. LIII. An Act to explain and amend an Act of the Sixth and Seventh Years of His late Majesty, for extinguishing the Secular Jurisdiction of the Archbishop of York and the LIV. An Act to provide more effectual Means to make Trea- surers of Counties and Counties of Cities in Ireland account for public Monies, and to secure the same. LV. An Act for better regulating the Fees payable to Sheriffs LVII. An Act to impose certain Duties of Excise on Sugar made from Beet Root in the United Kingdom. LVIII. An Act to revive and continue, until the Sixth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, an Act of the last Session of Parliament, for suspending Pro- ceedings for recovering Payment of the Money advanced |