Lately published, THE STATUTES AT LARGE, FROM MAGNA CARTA TO THE UNION OF THE KINGDOMS OF 41 Geo. III. 1800. Edited to the End of Henry VIII. by T. E. TOMLINS, Esq. Barrister at Law, ALSO, ANOTHER EDITION OF THE SAME WORK, Price 211. in Boards. Il. THE STATUTES AT LARGE, FROM THE UNION WITH IRELAND TO THE PRESENT TIME. The Quarto Edition, 14 Volumes (including 1 & 2 VICTORIA), The Octavo Edition, in 36 Volumes (including 1 & 2 VICTORIE), These Editions are continued Annually; and any Volume or Session may YET be had separately. III. AN INDEX TO THE STATUTES AT LARGE, From Magna Carta to the Forty-ninth Year of GEO. III. inclusive. By JOHN RAITHBY, Esq. Of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister at Law. In Three Volumes Octavo, Price 31. 6s. in Boards. ,,, THE STAATS BIBLIOTHEK MUENCHEN. A TABLE Containing the TITLES of all STATUTES Passed in the FIRST Session of the THIRTEENTH Parliament OF The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; 1° & 2° VICTORIE. 1. PUBLIC GENERAL ACTS. ΑΝ N Act to continue for Six Calendar Months all such | Commissions of the Peace as were in force at the Time of the Decease of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, and as have not been superseded, determined, or made void during the Reign of Her present Majesty. Page 669 2. An Act for the Support of Her Majesty's Household, and of the Honour and Dignity of the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Ibid. 3. An Act to carry into further Execution the Provisions of an Act for completing the full Payment of Compensation to Owners of Slaves upon the Abolition of Slavery. 674 4. An Act to remove Doubts as to summoning Juries at adjourned Quarter Sessions of the Peace. 675 5. An Act for the Relief of Quakers, Moravians, and Separatists elected to Municipal Offices. 676 6. An Act to regulate the Expences of conveying Prisoners in Ireland. Ibid. 7. An Act to enable the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings to purchase Ground and Tenements required to complete the Site for the new Houses of Parliament. 677 8. An Act to enable Her Majesty to grant an annual Sum to Her Royal Highness Victoria Maria Louisa Duchess of Kent. 687 9. An Act to make temporary Provision for the Government of Lower Canada. Ibid. 10. An Act to make good certain Contracts which have been or may be entered into by certain Banking and other Copartnerships. 689 11. An Act to apply the Sum of Two Millions to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. Ibid. 12. An Act for raising the Sum of Eleven millions four hundred and thirteen thousand seven hundred and fifty Pounds by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. Ibid. 1 & 2 VICT. 13. An Act to enable the Grand Juries of the County and County of the City of Waterford to make Presentments, at the Spring Assizes for the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, for the House of Industry of the said Counties. Page 689 14. An Act to repeal so much of an Act of the Thirtyninth and Fortieth Years of King George the Third as authorizes Magistrates to commit to Gaols or Houses of Correction Persons who are apprehended under Circumstances that denote a Derangement of Mind and a Purpose of committing a Crime; and to make other Provisions for the safe Custody of such Persons. 690 15. An Act for the further Relief of Quakers, Moravians, and Separatists. 691 16. 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 thirtynine; and for the Relief of Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors in certain Cases. 692 17. An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters. Ibid. 18. An Act for the Regulation of Her Majesty's Royal Marine Forces while on Shore. 698 19. An Act to amend the Act for the Abolition of Slavery in the British Colonies. 705 20. An Act for the Consolidation of the Offices of First Fruits, Tenths, and Queen Anne's Bounty. 710 21. 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 thirty-eight. 717 22. An Act to enable the Commissioners for the Affairs of India to make Rules and Regulations for Haileybury College. Ibid. 23. An Act to amend the Law for providing fit Houses for the beneficed Clergy. Ibid. d 2 24. An Act to repeal Part of an Act intituled An Act to provide for the Administration of the Government in case the Crown should descend to Her Royal Highness the Princess Alexandrina Victoria, Daughter of His late Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, being under the Age of Eighteen Years; and for the Care and Guardianship of Her Person. Page 720 25. An Act to explain and amend an Act of the Seventh Year of His late Majesty, for extending the Period for the Repayment of Loans made under an Act passed in the Fourth and Fifth Year of His said late Majesty for the Amendment and better Administration of the Laws relating to the Poor in England and Wales. Ibid. 26. An Act for raising the Sum of Thirteen Millions by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. 721 27. An Act to make more effectual Provision for the Prevention of Offences by Insane Persons in Ireland. 722 28. An Act to repeal the several Acts now in force relating to Bread to be sold in Ireland, and to provide other Regulations for the making and Sale of Bread, and for preventing the Adulteration of Meal, Flour, and Bread, in that Part of the United Kingdom called Ireland. Ibid. 29. An Act to supply an Omission in an Act passed in the present Session of Parliament, intituled An Act to amend the Law for providing fit Houses for the beneficed Clergy. 729 30. An Act for continuing the Bishoprick of Sodor and Man. 730 31. An Act for facilitating the Sale of Church Patronage belonging to Municipal Corporations in certain Cases. Ibid. 32. An Act to enable Her Majesty's Courts at Westminster to hold Sittings in Banc in Time of Vacation. 731 33. An Act for granting to Her Majesty, until the Fifth Day of July Öne thousand eight hundred and thirtynine, certain Duties on Sugar imported into the United Kingdom, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. 732 34. An Act to continue for Five Years, and from thence until the End of the then next Session of Parliament, an Act of the Second and Third Years of the Reign of His late Majesty, to restrain for Five Years, in certain Cases, Party Processions in Ireland. 733 35. An Act to repeal the Stamp Duty now paid on Admission to the Freedom of Corporations in England. Ibid. 36. An Act to make further Provisions and to amend the Acts relating to the Harbour of Kingstown and the Port and Harbour of Dublin. Ibid. 37. An Act to empower the Foreman or any other Member of Grand Juries in Ireland to administer Oaths to Witnesses on Bills of Indictment. 737 38. An Act to amend an Act for punishing idle and disorderly Persons and Rogues and Vagabonds. Ibid. 39. An Act for carrying into effect a Convention of Accession of the Hans Towns to Two Conventions with the King of the French, for suppressing the Slave Trade. 738 40. An Act to carry into effect an additional Article to a Treaty with Sweden relative to the Slave Trade. 739 41. An Act for carrying into effect an additional Article to a Treaty with the Netherlands relating to the Slave Trade. 740 42. An Act to empower the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues to confirm the 745 Titles to and to grant Leases of Encroachments in the Forest of Dean in the County of Gloucester. Page 740 43. An Act for regulating the opening and working of Mines and Quarries in the Forest of Dean and Hundred of Saint Briavels in the County of Gloucester. 44. An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws for collecting and securing the Duties of Excise on Glass. 762 45. An Act to extend the Jurisdiction of the Judges of the Superior Courts of Common Law; to amend Chapter Fifty-six of the First Year of Her present Majesty's Reign, for regulating the Admission of Attornies; and to provide for the taking of Special Bail in the Absence of the Judges. 782 46. An Act to continue until the Thirty-first Day of December One thousand eight hundred and forty-one, and from thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, an Act of the Tenth Year of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, for providing for the Government of His Majesty's Settlements in Western Australia on the Western Coast of New Holland. 783 47. An Act for the better and more effectually carrying into effect the Treaties and Conventions made with Foreign Powers for suppressing the Slave Trade. Ibid. 48. An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Qualification of Members to serve in Parliament. 784 49. An Act to transfer the Management of certain Annuities on Lives from the Trustees of the Waterloo Subscription Fund to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, and to amend several Acts for enabling the said Commissioners to grant Life Annuities and Annuities for Terms of Years. 787 50. An Act to continue until the Thirty-first Day of December One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, 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 Diemen's Land. 789 51. An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Levy of Grand Jury Cess in the County of the City of Dublin. Ibid. 52. An Act to continue for Five Years, and from thence until the End of the then next Session of Parliament, an Act of the Fifth and Sixth Years of His late Majesty, for the Regulation of the Linen and Hempen Manufactures in Ireland. 791 53. An Act to amend an Act of the last Session of Parliament for providing more effectual Means to make Treasurers of Counties and Counties of Cities in Ireland account for Public Monies, and to secure the same. Ibid. 54. An Act for making further Investments from the Money of the Suitors of the Court of Chancery and the Court of Exchequer, and for providing for the Payment into Court of Fees received by certain Officers of the Lord Chancellor. Ibid. 55. An Act to regulate and secure the Debt due by the City of Edinburgh to the Public; to confirm an Agreement between the said City and its Creditors; and to effect a Settlement of the Affairs of the said City and the Town of Leith. 793 56. An Act for the more effectual Relief of the destitute Poor in Ireland. 810 57. An Act to appoint additional Commissioners for executing the Acts granting a Land Tax and Duties on Personal Estates, Offices, and Pensions. 830 58. An Act to vest in the Commissioners of the Treasury the Powers heretofore exercised by Commissioners ap pointed for certain Purposes relating to the Redemption | 76. An Act to explain and amend certain Provisions in of the Land Tax; and to authorize the Court of Ex- chequer to determine Disputes as to the Division in which Lands are liable to be rated to the Land Tax. 60. An Act to amend an Act of the Fourth and Fifth Years of His late Majesty, empowering His Majesty to erect South Australia into a British Province or Pro- 61. An Act to amend an Act for enabling Persons to make Deposits of Stock or Exchequer Bills in lieu of giving Security by Bond to the Postmaster General and Commissioners of Land Revenue, Customs, Excise, 62. An Act to enable Masters of the Court of Chancery in Ireland, upon Application to that Court by Petition, to execute Renewals of Leases for Lives containing Covenants for Renewal in the Names of Persons bound by such Covenants to execute the same, and being out of the Jurisdiction of the Court; and to extend such Powers to Cases of Terms for Years, whether absolutely 63. An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Police of the District of the Dublin Metropolis. 64. An Act to facilitate the Merger of Tithes in Land. 840 65. An Act for relieving the Commissioners and others acting in the Execution of divers Local Improvement Acts from certain Penalties and Disabilities. 67. An Act for the better Government of Prisons in the 68. An Act to continue until the First Day of June One thousand eight hundred and forty, and to the End of the then Session of Parliament, the Local Turnpike Acts for Great Britain which expire with this or the ensuing 69. An Act to remove Doubts respecting Conveyances of Estates vested in Heirs and Devisees of Mortgagees. Ibid. 70. An Act to extend the Powers of an Act of the Sixth and Seventh Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, in relation to granting Tacks and making Excambions by 71. An Act to amend and continue for One Year, and from thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, the several Acts relating to the Importation and keeping of Arms and Gunpowder in Ireland. 846 72. An Act to continue for One Year, and from thence until the End of the then next Session of Parliament, the several Acts for regulating the Turnpike Roads in 73. An Act to continue for Three Years, and from thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, Two Acts relating to the Care and Treatment of Insane Per- 74. An Act to facilitate the Recovery of Possession of Tenements after due Determination of the Tenancy. Ibid. 75. An Act to amend so much of an Act of the Twenty- fifth Year of King George the Third, for the further and better Regulation of Buildings and Party Walls, and for the more effectually preventing Mischiefs by Acts of the Parliament of Ireland for the Protection of 77. An Act for permitting Affirmation to be made instead 78. An Act for the Amendment of the Laws relating to 79. An Act for the better Regulation of Hackney Car- riages, and of Metropolitan Stage Carriages, and of 82. An Act for establishing a Prison for young Offenders. 83. An Act for carrying into effect a Convention of Ac- cession of the Duke of Tuscany to Two Conventions with the King of the French for suppressing the Slave 84. An Act for carrying into effect a Convention of Ac- cession of the King of the Two Sicilies to Two Conven- tions with the King of the French for suppressing the 85. An Act to authorize the using in any Part of the United Kingdom Stamps denoting Duties payable in Great Britain and Ireland respectively. 91. An Act to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing, and contingent and other Expences of the Disembodied Militia in Great Britain and Ireland; and to grant Allowances in certain Cases to Subaltern Officers, Ad- jutants, Paymasters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Surgeons Mates, and Serjeant Majors of the Militia, until the First Day of July One thousand eight 92. An Act to repeal the Four-and-a-Half per Centum 93. An Act for raising the Sum of Eleven millions forty- four thousand five hundred and fifty Pounds by Exche- 94. An Act for keeping safely the Public Records. 95. An Act to provide for the Payment of certain Pen- 96. An Act to amend, until the End of the next Session of Parliament, the Law relative to Legal Proceedings by certain Joint Stock Banking Companies against their |