98 99 101 XIV. An Act for raising the Sum of Two Millions by Exchequer Bonds. 101 XVIII. An Act to effect an Exchange between the Commissioners of Chelsea Hospital and the Governor and Company of Chelsea Waterworks of Lands in the Parishes of Saint George Hanover Square and Saint Margaret Westminster in the County of Middlesex. 103 XIX. An Act to continue an Act of the Third and Fourth Years of Her Majesty, Chapter One hundred and ten, to amend the Laws relating to Loan Societies. 105 XX. An Act for granting a Stamp Duty on certain Drafts or Orders for the Payment of Money. 105 XXI. An Act to confirm a Contract for the Sale by the Commissioners of Her Majesty's 106 109 XXIII. An Act for abolishing the Tolls now levied on the Bridge over the Shannon at Portumna in Ireland. XXIV. An Act to reduce the Stamp Duty on Passports. 110 112 XXV. An Act to amend the Act concerning Non-parochial Registers, and the Acts for Marriages, and for registering Births, Deaths, and Marriages, in England, and concerning Vaccination. 112 XXVI. An Act to abolish the Property Qualifications of Members of Parliament. 115 XXVII. An Act to amend the Course of Procedure in the High Court of Chancery, the Court of Chancery in Ireland, and the Court of Chancery of the County Palatine of Lancaster. 115 XXVIII. An Act to continue the Peace Preservation (Ireland) Act, 1856. 118 XXIX. An Act for confirming a Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for Sir Eliab Harvey's Charity in the Town of Folkestone. 118 XXX. An Act for confirming a Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for certain Municipal Charities in the City of Bristol. 123 XXXI. An Act for confirming a Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for certain Charities in the Parishes of Saint Nicholas and Saint Leonard in the City of Bristol. 126 XXXII. An Act to make valid certain Acts of the late Chief Justice of Bombay. XXXIII. An Act for the better Management of County Rates. 131 131 XXXIV. An Act to continue "The Railways Act (Ireland), 1851." 132 XXXV. An Act to remove Doubts as to the Operation of a Convention between Her Majesty and the Emperor of the French relative to Portendic and Albreda. 133 XXXVI. An Act for releasing the Lands of the Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, upon the Repayment of Monies granted in aid of their Funds. 134 XXXVII. An Act to provide for the Allotment of the Commonable Lands within the 135 141 142 XL. An Act to confer Powers on the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings to acquire the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, and adjacent Property, for the Erection of a new General Post Office, and for other Purposes, 142 XLI. An XLI. An Act to extend the Time for making Advances towards Navigations in Ireland, under the Provisions of an Act of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Victoria, Chapter Sixty-two. 150 XLII. An Act for shortening the Time of Prescription in certain Cases in Ireland. 150 XLIII. An Act to amend the Municipal Franchise in certain Cases. 150 XLIV. An Act to give to the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Durham, and the Colleges in those Universities, and to the Colleges of Saint Mary of Winchester near Winchester, and of King Henry the Sixth at Eton, Power to sell, enfranchise, and exchange Lands, under certain Conditions, and also to grant Leases for Agricultural, Building, and Mining Purposes, and to deal with the Interests of their Lessees, under proper Reservations and Restrictions. 152 XLV. An Act to amend the Provisions of an Act of the Sixth Year of King William the Fourth, for separating the Palatine Jurisdiction of the County Palatine of Durham from the Bishoprick of Durham; and to make further Provision with respect to the Jura Regalia of the said County. 165 XLVI. An Act to remove Doubts as to the Validity of certain Marriages of British Subjects abroad. XLVII. An Act to amend the Law of False Pretences. 169 170 171 XLVIII. An Act to substitute One Oath for the Oaths of Allegiance, Supremacy, and L. An Act to continue certain temporary Provisions concerning Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in England. 173 LI. An Act further to continue the Exemption of certain Charities from the Operation of the Charitable Trusts Acts. 174 LII. An Act to appoint a Clerk of Nisi Prius for the Consolidated Nisi Prius Court in Ireland, and to make Provision for the Appointment of Tipstaffs in the Superior Courts of Common Law and Equity in Ireland. 174 LIII. An Act to continue Appointments under the Act for consolidating the Copyhold and Inclosure Commissions, and for completing Proceedings under the Tithe Commutation Acts. 175 LIV. An Act to indemnify such Persons in the United Kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, and to extend the Time limited for those Purposes respectively. 176 LV. An Act to revive and continue an Act amending the Act for limiting the Time of Service in the Army. 178 LVI. An Act to amend the Law relating to the Confirmation of Executors in Scotland, and to extend over all Parts of the United Kingdom the Effect of such Confirmation, and of Grants of Probate and Administration. 179 LVII. An Act to amend the Act of the Fifth and Sixth Years of Her present Majesty, for enabling Ecclesiastical Corporations, aggregate and sole, to grant Leases for long Terms of Years. 184 LVIII. An Act for the future Appropriation of the Tithe or Tenth of Lead Ores in the Parishes of Stanhope and Wolsingham in the County of Durham belonging to the respective Rectors thereof, subject to the existing Incumbencies, and for making other Provisions for the Endowment of the said Rectories in lieu thereof, and for other Purposes connected therewith. 188 LIX. An Act further to amend the Law relating to the Erection and Endowment of Churches, Chapels, and Perpetual Curacies in Ireland. 193 LX. An Act to amend the Joint Stock Companies Acts, 1856 and 1857, and the Join t Stock Banking Companies Act, 1857. 194 LXI. An Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands in pursuance of a Special Report of the Inclosure Commissioners of England and Wales. 198 LXII. An Act to continue certain Acts to prevent the spreading of contagious or infectious Diseases among Sheep, Cattle, and other Animals. LXIII. An Act to continue certain Turnpike Acts in Great Britain. 199 200 LXIV. An Act to make further Provision for the Practice of Vaccination in Ireland. 202 LXV. An Act to amend an Act of the last Session, to render more effectual the Police in Counties and Burghs in Scotland. 203 LXVI. An Act to amend the Act of the Ninth and Tenth Years of Her present Majesty, Chapter Thirty-nine, and to abolish Foot Passenger Tolls on Chelsea Bridge after Payment of the Sum of Eighty thousand Pounds and Interest. 204 LXVII. An Act to repeal certain Enactments requiring Returns to be made to One of the Secretaries of State. LXVIII. An Act to amend the Law concerning detached Parts of Counties. 205 205 LXIX. An Act to impose Fees on the branding of Barrels under the Acts concerning the Herring Fisheries in Scotland. 207 LXX. An Act to amend the Act of the Fifth and Sixth Years of Her present Majesty, to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the Copyright of Designs for ornamenting Articles of Manufacture. 208 LXXI. An Act to substitute in certain Cases the Bishop of one Diocese for the Bishop of another as a Trustee of certain Trusts. 210 LXXII. An Act to facilitate the Sale and Transfer of Land in Ireland. LXXIII. An Act to amend the Law concerning the Powers of Stipendary Magistrates and Justices of the Peace in certain Cases. 211 236 LXXIV. An Act for the Re-arrangement of the Districts of the County Courts among the Judges thereof. 238 LXXV. 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. 239 LXXVI. An Act to simplify the Forms and diminish the Expense of completing Titles to Land in Scotland. 240 LXXVII. An Act to amend and extend the Settled Estates Act of 1856. 256 LXXVIII. An Act to enable the Committees of both Houses of Parliament to administer Oaths to Witnesses in certain Cases. 257 257 LXXIX. An Act to amend the Law relating to Cheques or Drafts on Bankers. 258 LXXXI. An Act for confirming a Scheme as amended of the Charity Commissioners for Cowley's Charity in the Parish of Swineshead in the County of Lincoln. 260 LXXXII. 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. 261 LXXXIII. An Act to make Provision for the better Government and Discipline of the Universities of Scotland, and improving and regulating the Course of Study therein; and for the Union of the Two Universities and Colleges of Aberdeen. LXXXIV. An 274 LXXXIV. An Act for enabling the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland to acquire certain Lands and Houses for the Site of a new Court or Courts and other Offices and Buildings required for the Public Service, in Extension of the Four Courts in the City of Dublin; and for other Purposes. 282 LXXXV. An Act to continue an Act to enable Her Majesty to accept the Services of the Militia out of the United Kingdom. 294 LXXXVI. An Act further to continue an Act to authorize the embodying of the Militia. 294 LXXXVII. An Act to continue and amend the Corrupt Practices Prevention Act, 1854. 295 LXXXVIII. An Act to amend an Act of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Years of Her present Majesty, to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Civil Bills and the Courts of Quarter Sessions in Ireland, and to transfer to the Assistant Barristers certain Jurisdiction as to Insolvent Debtors. 296 LXXXIX. An Act to amend an Act of the last Session, for the Regulation of the Care and Treatment of Lunatics, and for the Provision, Maintenance, and Regulation of Lunatic Asylums, in Scotland. 297 XC. An Act to regulate the Qualifications of Practitioners in Medicine and Surgery. 297 XCI. An Act to enable Joint Stock Banking Companies to be formed on the Principle of Limited Liability. 307 XCII. An Act to provide for the Conveyance of County Property to the Clerk of the Peace of the County. 309 XCIII. An Act to enable Persons to establish Legitimacy and the Validity of Marriages, and the Right to be deemed natural-born Subjects. XCIV. An Act to amend the Copyhold Acts. 310 311 XCV. An Act to amend. the Act of the Twentieth and Twenty-first Victoria, Chapter Seventy-seven. 321 XCVI. An Act to amend " The West Indian Incumbered Estates Act, 1854." 327 XCVII. An Act for vesting in the Privy Council certain Powers for the Protection of the Public Health. 330 XCVIII. An Act to amend the Public Health Act, 1848, and to make further Provision for the Local Government of Towns and populous Districts. 332 XCIX. An Act to provide for the Government of British Columbia. 359 361 CI. An Act to amend the Act of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Years of Her present Majesty, Chapter Sixty-three, relating to Friendly Societies. 368 CII. An Act to indemnify certain Persons who have formed a voluntary Association for the Disposal of Works of Utility and Ornament by Chance or otherwise as 370 CIII. An Act to promote and regulate Reformatory Schools for Juvenile Offenders in Ireland. 371 CIV. An Act to alter and amend the Metropolis Local Management Act (1855), and to extend the Powers of the Metropolitan Board of Works for the Purification of the Thames and the Main Drainage of the Metropolis. 376 CV. An Act to amend an Act of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Years of Her present Majesty, to amend the Laws concerning Judgments in Ireland. CVI. An Act for the better Government of India. 382 386 CVII. 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-eight, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament. 398 CVIII. An Act to amend the Act of the Twentieth and Twenty-first Victoria, Chapter Eighty-five. 419 CIX. An CIX. An Act to declare and define the respective Rights of Her Majesty and of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall to the Mines and Minerals in or under Land lying below High-water Mark, within and adjacent to the County of Cornwall; and for other Purposes. 423 CX. An Act to extend the Act of the Twenty-fourth Year of King George the Third, Chapter Twenty-six, for issuing Writs during any Recess of the House of Commons, whether by Prorogation or Adjournment. 426 i. AN LOCAL AND PERSONAL ACTS, DECLARED PUBLIC, AND TO BE JUDICIALLY NOTICED. N Act to empower the Birmingham and Staffordshire Gaslight Company to raise a further Sum of Money. ii. An Act to amend the Act, Fifty-sixth King George the Third, Chapter Forty-four, for improving the Port, Harbour, and Town of Whitehaven in the County of Cumberland, in relation to the Securities to be granted for borrowed Money. iii. An Act for conferring additional Powers and Privileges on the Edinburgh Life Assurance Company. iv. An Act to empower the Cheltenham Waterworks Company to raise a further Sum of Money. v. An Act for supplying with Water the Inhabitants of Gosport, Forton, and Anglesey, and other Places in the Parish of Alverstoke in the County of Hants. vi. An Act to incorporate the Chester United Gas Company, and to confer upon them further Powers for the Supply of Gas to the City and Borough of Chester and the Suburbs thereof. vii. An Act to extend the Time for the Construction of the Haslingden and Rawtenstall Waterworks. viii. An Act for incorporating "The Madras Irrigation and Canal Company," and for other Purposes connected therewith. ix. An Act to enable the Nottingham Gaslight and Coke Company to raise a further Sum of Money, and to afford a Supply of Gas to Places in the Neighbourhood of Nottingham ; and for other Purposes. x. An Act to enable the Folkestone Waterworks Company to raise further Moneys; and to confer upon them other Powers. xi. An Act to empower the Liskeard and Looe Union Canal Company to construct a Railway from Moors Water to Looe, all in the County of Cornwall; and for other Purposes. xii. An Act to confer upon the Local Board of Health for the District of Merthyr Tydfil further Powers with reference to the Supply of Water; and for other Purposes. xiii. An Act to enable the Caledonian Railway Company to make a Branch Railway to Dalmarnock in the County of Lanark; and for other Purposes. xiv. An Act to authorize the making of a Railway from the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway at or near Clifton to the South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway at or near Kirkby Stephen, all in the County of Westmoreland; and for other Purposes. xv. An Act for making a Railway from the Caledonian Railway, near Symington Station, to Biggar and Broughton; and for other Purposes. xvi. An Act to enable the Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway Company to raise further Money; and for other Purposes. xvii. An |