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to afford further Assistance towards the Completion of the Cornwall Railway between Plymouth and Truro; for extending the Time for the Completion thereof; and for other Purposes. ii. An Act to re-incorporate Price's

Patent Candle Company, Limited, and for other Purposes.

iii. An Act to enable the Whitehaven, Cleator, and Egremont Railway Company to raise additional Capital; and for other Purposes.

A TABLE OF ALL THE STATUTES Passed in the FIRST SESSION of the SEVENTEENTH Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

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II. An Act to enable Her Majesty to settle an Annuity on Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal.

III. An Act to amend the Act of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Years of Her Majesty, to substitute, in certain Cases, other Punishment in lieu of Transportation.

IV. An Act to apply the Sum of Eight

Millions out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven. V. An Act to continue the Act for extending for a limited Time the Provisions for Abatement of Income Tax in respect of Insurance on Lives. VI. An Act to alter the Constitution and amend the Procedure of the Court of Exchequer Chamber in Ireland. VII. An Act to revive and amend certain Acts relating to the Collection of County Cess in Ireland; and also to provide for the Appointment, in certain Cases, of Collectors to levy the Charges and Expenses of additional Constabulary appointed under the Act 19 and 20 Vict. c. 36.

VIII. An Act to amend the Act 17 and 18 Vict. c. 11, with a view to the Abolition of Ministers' Money in Ireland. IX. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made under an Act of the Fifteenth Year of Her present Majesty, to facilitate Arrangements for the Relief of Turnpike Trusts.

X. An Act to amend the Charter of Incorporation granted to the Borough of Hanley in the County of Stafford. XI. An Act to amend "The Militia (Ireland) Act, 1854."

XII. An Act to carry into effect a Convention between Her Majesty and the King of Denmark.

XIII. An Act to facilitate the procuring of Sites for Workhouses in certain Cases.

XIV. An Act to amend the Joint Stock Companies Act, 1856.

XV. An Act to amend the. Act of the Sixth and Seventh Years of King Wil liam the Fourth, Chapter One hundred and sixteen, for consolidating and amending the Laws relating to the Presentment of Public Money by Grand Juries in Ireland.

XVI. An Act to discontinue the Toll on the Turnpike Roads now existing in Ireland, and to provide for the Maintenance of such Roads as public Roads, and for the Discharge of the Debts due thereon, and for other Purposes relating thereto.

XVII. An Act to amend the Act of the Eleventh and Twelfth Years of Her Majesty, Chapter Seventy-two, so far as relates to the Distribution of the Constabulary Force in Ireland. XVIII. An Act to regulate Procedure in the Bill Chamber in Scotland. XIX. An Act to remove Doubts as to the Law of Bankruptcy and Real Securities in Scotland.

XX. An Act to authorize the Inclosure of

certain Lands in pursuance of a Special

Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales.

XXI. An Act to suspend the making of Lists and the Ballots for the Militia of the United Kingdom.

XXII. An Act to apply the Public Health Act, 1848, to the Parish of Aldershott, and to constitute a Local Board of Health therein.

XXIII. An Act to authorize the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland to sell Mill Sites and Water Power, notwithstanding Final Award, in any Drainage or Navigation District. XXIV. An Act to continue certain Turnpike Acts in Great Britain.

XXV. An Act to continue the Powers of the Commissioners under an Act of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Years of Her Majesty, concerning the University of Oxford and the College of St. Mary Winchester, and further to amend the said Act.

XXVI. An Act to provide for the Regis

tration of Long Leases in Scotland, and Assignations thereof.

XXVII. An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Caledonian and Crinan Canals, and to make further Provision for the Accommodation of the Traffic thereon.

XXVIII. An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Payment of the Land and Assessed Taxes and Property and Income Tax in Scotland.

XXIX. An Act to render valid certain

Marriages in Christ Church, West Hartlepool, in the Parish of Stranton, in the County of Durham.

XXX. An Act for enabling the Commissioners of the Admiralty to purchase certain Lands in the Parish of Chatham in the County of Kent, and to stop up, divert, or alter certain Ways in the said Parish; and for other Purposes relating thereto.

XXXI. An Act to amend and explain the Inclosure Acts.

XXXII. An Act for the better Supply of Water for the Use of Vessels resorting to the Harbour of Refuge at Portland, and for enabling the Commissioners of the Admiralty to supply such Water; for vesting in the said Commissioners certain Lands belonging to Her Majesty; and for other Purposes relating thereto. XXXIII.

An Act to regulate certain Proceedings in relation to the Election of Representative Peers for Ireland. XXXIV. An Act to explain an Act for

the Settlement of the Boundaries between the Provinces of Canada and

New Brunswick.

XXXV. An Act to amend an Act passed in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled An Act to amend the Laws concerning the Burial of the Dead in the Metropolis, so far as relates to the City of London and the Liberties thereof.

XXXVI. An Act to supply an omission in a Schedule to the Act to amend the Acts relating to County Courts. XXXVII. An Act to repeal the Twentyseventh Section of the Superannuation Act, 1834.

XXXVIII. An Act to continue the General Board of Health.

XXXIX. An act to regulate the Admission of Attornies and Solicitors of Colonial Courts in Her Majesty's Superior Courts of Law and Equity in England, in certain Cases.

XL. An Act to continue and amend an Act of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Years of Her Majesty's Reign, Chapter Eighty-nine, and also the Laws for the Suppression and Prevention of Illicit Distillation in Ireland; and to constitute the Constabulary Force Officers of Customs for certain Purposes.

XLI. An Act to revive and continue an Act to amend the Laws relating to

Loan Societies.

XLII. An Act to amend "The Burial Grounds (Scotland) Act, 1855." XLIII. An Act to improve the Administration of the Laws so far as respects summary Proceedings before Justices of the Peace.

XLIV. An Act to regulate the Institution of Suits at the Instance of the Crown and the Public Departments in the Courts of Scotland.

XLV. An Act to make further Provision for defining the Boundaries of certain Denominations of Land in Ireland for public Purposes.

XLVI. An Act to appoint additional Commissioners for executing the Acts for granting a Land Tax and other Rates and Taxes.

XLVII. An Act to enable Ecclesiastical

Persons in Ireland to grant Building Leases of Glebe Lands in certain Cases. XLVIII. An Act to make better Provision for the Care and Education of vagrant, destitute, and disorderly chil dren, and for the Extension of Industrial Schools.

XLIX. An Act to amend the Law relat-
ing to Banking Companies.

L. An Act to amend the Acts concerning
Municipal Corporations in England.
LI. An Act to guarantee a Loan for the
Service of New Zealand.

LII. An Act for discharging Claims of
the New Zealand Company on the Pro-
ceeds of Sales of Waste Lands in New
Zealand.

LIII. An Act to amend the Act for granting a Representative Constitution to the Colony of New Zealand. LIV. An Act to make better Provision for the Punishment of Frauds committed by Trustees, Bankers, and other Persons intrusted with Property. LV. An Act to promote the Establishment and Extension of Reformatory Schools in England.

LVI. An Act to regulate the Distribution of Business in the Court of Session in Scotland.

LVII. An Act to enable Married Women

to dispose of Reversionary Interests in
Personal Estate.

LVIII. An Act to amend the Act, Seven

teenth and Eighteenth of Victoria, for the Valuation of Lands in Scotland. LIX. An Act concerning the Parochial Schoolmasters in Scotland.

LX. An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Bankruptcy and Insolvency in Ireland.

LXI. An Act for granting certain Duties
of Customs and Excise.

LXII. An Act for the Alteration and
Amendment of the Laws and Duties of
Customs.

LXIII. An Act to authorize the Advance
of Money out of the Consolidated Fund
to the Magistrates and Town Council
of Dunbar, for the Purpose of im-
proving the Victoria Harbour of Dun-
bar.

LXIV. An Act for raising a Sum of Money for building and improving Stations of the Metropolitan Police, and to amend the Acts concerning the Metropolitan Police.

LXV. An Act to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing, and contingent and other Expenses of the Disembodied Militia in Great Britain and Ireland; to grant Allowances in certain Cases to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, and Surgeons' Mates of the Militia; and to authorize the Employment of the Non-commissioned Officers.

LXVI. An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion of Officers and Soldiers in the Service of the East India Company, and for regulating in such Service the payment of Regimental Debts, and the Distribution of the Effects of Officers LXVII. An Act to extend the Time for and Soldiers dying in the Service. enabling the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Works to complete Improvements in Pimlico, and in the neighbourhood of Buckingham Palace. LXVIII. An Act to enable the Lord Lieutenant to appoint Revising Barristers for the Revision of Lists and Registry of Voters for the City of Dublin.

LXIX. An Act to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund and the Surplus of Ways and Means to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.

LXX. An Act to provide for the Extension of the Boundaries of Burghs in Scotland, and to remove Doubts as to the Right of certain Persons holding Offices to be registered as Voters for Municipal Purposes.

LXXI. An Act for the Regulation of the Care and Treatment of Lunatics, and for the Provision, Maintenance, and Regulation of Lunatic Asylums in Scotland.

LXXII. An Act to render more effectual
the Police in Counties and Burghs in
Scotland.

LXXIII. An Act for the Abatement of
the Nuisance arising from the Smoke of
LXXIV. An Act to continue the Act
Furnaces in Scotland.

concerning the Management of Episco-
pal and Capitular Estates in England.
LXXV. An Act to confirm an Order in
Council concerning the exercise of Ju-
risdiction in Matters arising within the
LXXVI. An Act further to continue for
Kingdom of Siam.
a limited Time the Exemption of cer-

tain Charities from the Operation of the
LXXVII. An Act to amend the Law re-
Charitable Trusts Acts.
lating to Probates and Letters of Ad-
LXXVIII. An Act to amend the Act Seven
ministration in England.
and Eight Vict., Chapter One hundred
and eleven, for facilitating the wind-
ing up of the Affairs of Joint Stock
Companies unable to meet their pecu-
niary Engagements, and also the "Joint

Stock Companies Winding-up Acts,

1848 and 1849."

LXXIX. An Act to amend the Law relating to Probates and Letters of Administration in Ireland.

LXXX. An Act to amend "The Joint

Stock Companies Act, 1856."

LXXXI. An Act to amend the Burial Acts.

LXXXII. An Act to authorize the Embo

dying of the Militia. LXXXIII. An Act for more effectually preventing the Sale of Obscene Books, Pictures, Prints, and other Articles. LXXXIV. An Act for confirming Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the College of God's Gift in Dulwich in the County of Surrey, with certain Alterations.

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LXXXV. An Act to amend the Law re

lating to Divorce and Matrimonial Causes in England.

LOCAL AND PERSONAL ACTS,

ditional Capital; and for other Purposes.

ix. An Act for the Regulation of certain Public Sufferance Wharves in the Port of London known as "Meriton's Sufferance Wharf," and "Hagen's Sufferance Wharf."

x. An Act for Regulating the Capital of the Bedale and Leyburn Railway Company; and for other Purposes.

xi. An Act to make further Provision for supplying with Water the City of Chester and Suburbs thereof.

xii. An Act to incorporate the Guildford Gaslight and Coke Company, and to confer upon them further Powers for the Supply of Gas to Guildford and the Vicinity.

xiii. An Act to enable the Great Western and Brentford Railway Company to raise additional Capital; and for other Purposes.

xiv. An Act to enable the Peebles Rail. way Company to create additional Shares in their undertaking; and for other Purposes.

xv. An Act for incorporating the Willenhall Gas Company, and for other Pur

poses.

Declared Public, and to be judicially xvi. An Act to authorize the Saint Helen's

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N Act to enable the Great Southern and Western Railway Company to raise a further Sum of Money.

ii. An Act to incorporate a Company for supplying Gas to Chepstow and the Neighbourhood.

iii. An Act for granting further Powers to "the Reversionary Interest Society."

iv. An Act to incorporate the Proprietors of the Guildford Waterworks; and to confer further Powers for the Supply of Water to the Borough of Guildford. v. An Act to amend "The Inverness and Nairn Railway Act, 1854;" to enable the Inverness and Nairn Railway Company to create a Preference Stock, and to raise further Sums of Money; and for other Purposes.

vi. An Act for lighting with Gas the Borough of South Shields and Neighbourhood thereof in the County of Durham.

vii. An Act for more effectually supplying with Gas the Town and Borough of Sunderland, and the Neighbourhood thereof, in the County of Durham. viii. An Act for enabling the South Devon Railway Company to raise ad

Canal and Railway Company to increase and regulate their Capital; and for other Purposes relating to the Company. xvii. An Act to alter the borrowing Powers of the Tralee and Killarney Railway Company.

xviii. An Act for enabling the Portsmouth Railway Company to execute certain Works in connection with their Railway; and for other Purposes. xix. An Act to enable the North Eastern Railway Company to cancel unissued and forfeited Shares, to create new Shares in lieu thereof, and raise authorized Capital; and for other Purposes.

xx. An Act for supplying the Burgh of Dumbarton and Places adjacent with Water; for embanking and reclaiming the Broad Meadow there; and for extending the Municipal Boundaries of the said Burgh.

xxi. An Act to amend an Act made and passed in the Fifth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled An Act to repeal the several Acts for the Relief and Employment of the Poor of the Parish of Saint Mary, Islington, in the County of Middlesex; for lighting and watching and preventing Nuisances and annoy

ances therein; for amending the Road from Highgate through Maiden Lane, and several other Roads in the said Parish; and for providing a Chapel of Ease and an additional Burial Ground for the same, and to make more effectual Provisions in lieu thereof; and for other Purposes.

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xxii. An Act to grant further Powers to "The Brighton, Hove and Preston Constant Service Waterworks Company, and to amend the Act relating to the Company. xxiii. An Act for conferring upon the Calcutta and South Eastern Railway Company certain Powers.

xxiv. An Act to extend the time for the compulsory Purchase of Lands for Parts of the Exeter and Exmouth Railway. xxv. An Act for more effectually empowering the United General Gaslight Company to light the City of Cork and the suburbs thereof with Gas. xxvi. An Act to establish Markets and Fairs in the Parish of Kidsgrove in the County of Stafford.

xxvii. An Act to amend and extend the Provisions of "The Waterford and Tramore Railway Act, 1851," to revive and extend their Powers and increase their Capital; and for other Purposes. xxviii. An Act for constructing and maintaining a Pier at Great Yarmouth in the County of Norfolk, to be called "The Great Yarmouth Britannia Pier."

xxix. An Act to confirm the Incorporation of the undertaking of the Dublin and Bray Railway Company with that of the Dublin and Wicklow Railway Company, to dissolve the former Company, and to extend the Railway in the City of Dublin.

xxx. An Act for regulating the Markets and Fairs in Bridgewater; and for other Purposes.

xxxi. An Act for continuing the Term

and amending and extending the Provisions of the Act relating to the Wilmslow and Lawton Turnpike Road in the County of Chester.

xxxii. An Act to enable the Fraserburgh Harbour Commissioners to purchase Lands and to borrow a further sum of Money.

xxxiii. An Act for amalgamating the Hartlepool Dock and Railway Company with the North Eastern Railway Company, and for vesting the Undertaking of the former Company in that of the latter; and for other Purposes.

xxxiv. An Act to cancel certain forfeited Shares in the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway Company, and to enable the Company to create new and additional Shares; and for other Purposes. xxxv. An Act for enabling the Glasgow Gaslight Company to raise a further Sum of Money; and for other Purposes. xxxvi. An Act for uniting the Offices of Minister and Chaplain of St. Philip's Church in Liverpool.

xxxvii. An Act for the Improvement of Landport and Southsea, and the Neighbourhoods in the parishes of Portsmouth and Portsea, in the County of Southampton.

xxxviii. An Act to enable the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough of Cardigan to provide a Market House, and establish and regulate Markets and Fairs; and to regulate the Supply of Water within the Borough; and to pave, light, cleanse, regulate, and improve the Borough; and for other Purposes.

xxxix. An Act to repeal the Provisions of the Acts relating to the Bridge and Ferries across the River Wear in the Borough of Sunderland and to grant further Powers for the Maintenance and Improvement of such Bridge and Ferries, and the Approaches and Landing Places connected therewith, or for the Erection of a new Bridge in lieu of the existing Bridge across such River. xl. An Act for making a Railway commencing by a Junction with the Haggarleazes Branch of the Stockton and Darlington Railway near the Lands Colliery in the County of Durham, and terminating by a Junction with the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway at or near Tebay in the County of Westmoreland; and for making Arrangements with the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company; and for other Purposes.

xli. An Act for making a Railway from the Llantrissant Station of the South Wales Railway to Penrhiwfer in the parish of Llantrissant in the County of Glamorgan, with Branches to Glanmychydd and Mynydd Gellyrhaidd, both in the said Parish of Llantrissant. xlii. An Act to enable the New River Company to raise a further Sum of Money, to construct other Sewers at Hertford, and to amend the Acts relating to the Company.

xliii. An Act to authorize the West Hartlepool Harbour and Railway Com

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