10 & 11 VICT., CAP. 85.—An Act for giving further Facilities for the Transmission of Letters by Post, and for the regulating the Duties of Postage thereon, and for other Purposes relating to 13 VICT., CAP. 21.-An Act for shortening the Language used in 13 & 14 VICT., CAP. 33, (local).-An Act for regulating Legal Pro- 16 & 17 VICT., CAP. 69.-An Act to make better Provision con- cerning the Entry and Service of Seamen, and otherwise to 20 & 21 VICT., CAP. 56.-An Act to regulate the Distribution of Business in the Court of Session in Scotland, (so far as relates 21 & 22 VICT., CAP. 65.-An Act to amend an Act of the last Ses- sion, to render more effectual the Police in Counties and 21 & 22 VICT., CAP. 75.-An Act to amend the Law relating to cheap Trains, and to restrain the exercise of certain Powers by Canal Companies being also Railway Companies (UK) 235 22 & 23 VICT., CAP. 59.-An Act to enable Railway Companies to settle their differences with other Companies by Arbitration 23 VICT., CAP. 14.-An Act for granting to Her Majesty Duties on Profits arising from Property, Professions, Trades and Offices, (so far as relates to Railways) 23 VICT., CAP. 22.-An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Cus- toms (so far as relates to Railways) 23 & 24 VICT., CAP. 106.-An Act to amend the Lands Clauses Conso- lidation Acts (1845) in regard to sales and compensation for Land by way of a Rent charge, Annual Feu Duty, or Ground Annual, and to enable Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of 24 & 25 Vict., cap. 70.-An Act for Regulating the Use of Loco- motives on Turnpike and other Roads, and the Tolls to be levied on such Locomotives and on the Waggons and Car- PROVISIONS IN PUBLIC ACTS, WHICH HAVE BEEN AMENDED OR REPEALED. 2 & 3 WILL. 4, c. 120. (Duties on Passengers upon Railways.)-Repealed by 5 & 6 Vict. c. 79, s. 1. 1 & 2 VICT. c. 98, s. 1. (So far as relates to the Conveyance of Mails with Guards and other Officers of the Post Office.)-By the PostOffice Act 10 & 11 Vict. c. 85, s. 16 Power is given to send Mails in manner prescribed by this Act, notwithstanding any Guard or other officer shall not be sent in charge thereof. (So far as relates to the Rate of Speed of Mail Trains.)— Amended by the 7 & 8 Vict. c. 85, s. 11. 3 & 4 VICT. c. 97, ss. 1 & 2. 5 & 6 Vict. c. 55, s. 3. (Opening of Railways.)-Repealed by the 8. 5. (Officers of Railway Company ineligible to the Appointment as Inspectors of Railways.)-Repealed by the 7 & 8 Vict. c. 85, s. 15. ss. 11 & 12. (Prosecutions to enforce Provisions of Railway Acts.)-Repealed by the 7 & 8 Vict. c. 85, ss. 16 & 18. s. 13. (Railway Servants guilty of Misconduct.)-Amended by the 5 & 6 Vict. c. 55, s. 17. 8. 15. (Punishment of Persons obstructing Engines or Carriages.) Repealed as to England and Ireland by 24 & 25 Vict. c. 95. 5 & 6 VICT. c. 55, s. 20. (Conveyance of Military and Police.) Amended by the 7 & 8 Vict. c. 85, s. 12. 5 & 6 VICT. c. 79, s. 2. (Duties on Passengers upon Railways.)-As to Passengers by Cheap Trains, see 7 & 8 Vict. c. 85, s. 9. 7 & 8 VICT. c. 85, s. 6. (Fares by Cheap Trains for Fractions of a Mile.)-Amended by 21 & 22 Vict. c. 75, s. 1. s. 12. (Conveyance of Military and Police.)-By the Entry of Seamen Act, 16 & 17 Vict. c. 69, s. 18, the Naval Forces are to be conveyed by Railway upon the same terms as by this Act is provided for Military and Police. 8 VICT. C. 3. (Appointment of Constables near Public Works in Scotland.)-Repealed by 20 & 21 Vict. c. 72, s. 9. 8 VICT. c. 17, schedule E. (Mortgages and Bonds.)-When transferred by Endorsement, see Form in Schedule to 24 & 25 Vict. c. 50. 8 VICT. C. 19. (Petitions and Applications to Court of Session under this Act.) See 20 & 21 Vict. c. 56, ss. 4 to 6. ss. 10, 11. (Sale of lands in consideration of Feu Duty or Ground Annual.) Extended by 23 & 34 Vict. c. 106, s. 3, 4. 9 & 10 VICT. c. 28. (Dissolution of certain Railway Companies.)— Spent. 9 & 10 VICT. c. 105. (Commissioners of Railways.)-Repealed by the 14 & 15 Vict. c. 64, s. 1. 11 & 12 VICT. c. 3. (Extension of Time for making certain Railways.) -Expired. 13 & 14 VICT. C. 83. (Railways Abandonment.)-The Powers by this Act granted to the Commissioners of Railways are transferred to the Board of Trade by the 14 & 15 Vict. c. 64, s. 1. 20 & 21 VICT. c. 72, s. 8. (Appointment of Additional Constables to keep the Peace on Public Works.)-Repealed by 21 & 22 Vict. c. 65, s. 1. 21 & 22 VICT. c. 75. (Railway Cheap Trains.)-Made perpetual by 23 & 24 Vict. c. 41. The Provisions which have been Amended or Repealed, are printed in Italic Type. PROVISIONS IN SPECIAL ACTS, AMENDED OR REPEALED BY PUBLIC ACTS. BRANCH RAILWAYS.-Provisions empowering Justices to decide Disputes. -Repealed by the 3 & 4 Vict. c. 97, s. 18. BYE LAWS.-Provisions requiring the approval or concurrence of any Justice of the Peace, Court of Quarter Sessions, &c.-Repealed by the 3 & 4 Vict. c. 97, s. 10. CARRIAGES.-Provisions restricting the Weight to Four Tons,-Repealed by the 5 & 6 Vict. c. 55, s. 16. COMMISSIONERS OF RAILWAYS.-The powers granted to the Commissioners of Railways since the 28th August, 1846, to be transferred to the Board of Trade.-14 & 15 Vict. c. 64, s. 1. LEASING OF CANALS OR RAILWAYS.-Restricted by the 21 & 22 Vict. c. 75, s. 3. LEVEL CROSSINGS.-Provisions requiring Gates to be kept closed across the Railway.-Repealed by the 5 & 6 Vict. c. 55, s. 9. SELLING OR LEASING RAILWAYS.-Restricted by the 8 & 9 Vict, c. 96, s. 1. RELATING TO RAILWAYS. 1 WILLIAM IV., cap. 68. An Act for the more effectual Protection of Mail Contractors, Stage Coach Proprietors, and other Common Carriers for Hire, against the Loss of or Injury to Parcels or Packages delivered to them for Conveyance or Custody, the Value and Contents of which shall not be declared to them by the Owners thereof. [23d July, 1830.] WHEREAS by reason of the frequent practice of bankers Preamble. and others of sending by the public mails, stage coaches, waggons, vans, and other public conveyances by land for hire, parcels and packages containing money, bills, notes, jewellery, and other articles of great value in small compass, much valuable property is rendered liable to depredation, and the responsibility of mail contractors, stage coach proprietors, and common carriers for hire is greatly increased: and whereas through the frequent omission by persons sending such parcels and packages to notify the value and nature of the contents thereof, so as to enable such mail contractors, stage coach proprietors, and other common carriers, by due diligence, to protect themselves against losses arising from their legal responsibility, and the difficulty of fixing parties with knowledge of notices published by such mail contractors, stage coach proprietors, and other common carriers, with the intent to limit such responsibility, they have become exposed to great and unavoidable risks, and have thereby sustained heavy losses. 1. Be it therefore enacted, by the King's most excel- Mail conlent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the tractors, Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons, in this coach propresent Parliament assembled, and by the authority of prietors, andcarriers the same, that from and after the passing of this Act no mail contractor, stage coach proprietor, or other common liable for carrier by land for hire shall be liable for the loss of or B not to be value of 107., unless delivered as such, and increased charge accepted. loss of cer- injury to any article or articles or property of the descriptain goods tions following; that is to say,) gold or silver coin of above the this realm or of any foreign state, or any gold or silver in a manufactured or unmanufactured state, or any precious stones, jewellery, watches, clocks, or time-pieces of any description, trinkets, bills, notes of the governor and company of the banks of England, Scotland, and Ireland respectively, or of any other bank in Great Britain or Ireland, orders, notes, or securities for payment of money, English or foreign, stamps, maps, writings, title deeds, paintings, engravings, pictures, gold or silver plate or plated articles, glass, china, silks in a manufactured or unmanufactured state, and whether wrought up or not wrought up with other materials, furs, or lace, or any of them, contained in any parcel or package which shall have been delivered, either to be carried for hire or to accompany the person of any passenger in any mail or stage coach or other public conveyance, when the value of such article or articles or property aforesaid contained in such parcel or package shall exceed the sum of ten pounds, unless at the time of the delivery thereof at the office, warehouse, or receiving house of such mail contractor, stage coach proprietor, or other common carrier, or to his, her, or their book-keeper, coachman, or other servant, for the purpose of being carried or of accompanying the person of any passenger as aforesaid, the value and nature of such article or articles or property shall have been declared by the person or persons sending or delivering the same, and such increased charge as herein-after mentioned, or an engagement to pay the same, be accepted by the person receiving such parcel or package. When any vered an increased rate of charge 2. And be it further enacted, that when any parcel or parcel shall package containing any of the articles above specified be so deli- shall be so delivered, and its value and contents declared as aforesaid, and such value shall exceed the sum of ten pounds, it shall be lawful for such mail contractors, stage coach proprietors, and other common carriers to demand and receive an increased rate of charge, to be notified by may be demanded. some notice affixed in legible character in some public Notice of and conspicuous part of the office, warehouse, or other the same to receiving house where such parcels or packages are be affixed received by them for the purpose of conveyance, stating in offices or the increased rates of charge required to be paid over and warehouses. above the ordinary rate of carriage as a compensation for the greater risk and care to be taken for the safe conveyance of such valuable articles; and all persons sending or delivering parcels or packages containing such valuable articles as aforesaid at such office shall be bound by such |