Advances may be made by way of Loan. Suins advanced by way of Loan to be repayable by virtue of 16 & 17 Vict. c. 136. This and recited Acts to be construed as One Act. 28 & 29 Vict. c. clxxxiii. Fishery Piers and Harbours (Ireland). ing Slip, or other Work heretofore executed under the Provisions of the said recited Acts; and such Advances by way of Grant and Loan shall be deemed to be made by virtue of and in all respects to be within the Provisions of the said recited Acts and of this Act: Provided, however, that no such Grant shall (including any Grant previously made in aid of such Pier or other Work) exceed the Sum of Seven thousand five hundred Pounds. 4. In all Cases in which any Grant of Money may be made under the Provisions of this Act for the Purpose of defraying a Portion of the total actual Costs of any Works, the Amount of the Residue of such Costs (with the Sanction of the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury) may be advanced by way of Loan by the said Commissioners of Public Works out of any Moneys applicable to Loans at the Disposal of the said lastmentioned Commissioners. 5. All Sums of Money advanced by way of Loan under the Provisions of this Act, and payable by any County or District, shall be repaid and recovered under and by virtue of the Provisions in that Behalf contained in the said Act of the Session held in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Years of Her said Majesty, Chapter One hundred and thirty-six, and all Sums of Money payable by any Proprietor of Lands in respect of Moneys advanced by way of Loan for or in respect of any Work under the Provisions of the said recited Acts or of this Act, with Interest thereon, shall be charged upon the Lands of such Proprietor, in the Manner and with the Priority in the said first-recited Act mentioned. And all Moneys recoverable in Repayment of any Advance by way of Loan under the Provisions of this Act shall be paid and applied in such Manner as the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury may from Time to Time direct. 6. The said Acts herein-before recited or referred to shall be read together and construed as One Act. CA P. XLVI. An Act to authorize the Town Council of Belfast to levy WHEREAS the Inspector General of Constabulary did on the Twenty-sixth Day of February One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, under the statutory Powers in that Behalf enabling him, duly sign and issue his Certificate, certifying that the Sum of Two thousand one hundred and fifty-two Pounds and Ninepence had been incurred by the Borough of Belfast in respect of extra Constables, such Sum being One Moiety of the Expenses of such Constables from the First Day of April to the Thirty-first Day of August One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five: And whereas by "The County Antrim and Belfast Borough Act, 1865," it is amongst other things provided, that from and after the Commencement thereof all the Powers and Duties of the Grand Jury of the County of Antrim in relation to the Applotment and levying of County Cess on Belfast Constabulary. Indian Prize Money. any rateable Property within the said Borough shall cease: And whereas by reason of the said Act the Grand Jury of * Antrim are unable to present and assess the said Sum in the Borough of Belfast: And whereas the said Sum of Two thousand one hundred and fifty-two Pounds and Ninepence is justly 'due and ought to be received from the said Borough :' Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows: 1. When the Inspector General of Constabulary next after the Inspector passing of this Act shall make out a Certificate, as provided by General to inthe Sixth Section of "The Constabulary (Ireland) Amendment clude in his next Certificate Act, 1865," of the Amount of the Monies chargeable in respect of 2,1521. Os. 9d. the Expense of the additional Force now added to the Constabu- now remaining lary Force of Belfast, he shall add to such Amount the said Sum due from the of Two thousand one hundred and fifty-two Pounds and Nine- Borough of pence, and when such Certificate shall have been laid before the Town Council signed and certified in the Manner provided by bulary. that Act, the Town Council shall forthwith make and levy a Rate sufficient for the Payment of the total Amount stated in such Certificate, and shall thereout, or out of any Monies in their Hands, pay the Amount mentioned in such Čertificate to the Paymaster General's Department in Ireland. Belfast for extra Consta 2. The said Sum of Two thousand one hundred and fifty-two The said Sum Pounds and Ninepence when so paid over shall be applied in the to be applied same Manner and for the same Purpose as if the same had been as heretofore. raised in the Manner heretofore accustomed before the passing of "The County Antrim and Belfast Borough Act, 1865." 3. Any Expenses which hereafter may be chargeable to the Future ExBorough of Belfast in respect of extra Constabulary shall be penses to be certified, signed, approved, raised, and paid in the same Manner raised under as is provided by the Sixth Section of the "Constabulary (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1865." 4. This Act may be cited as "The Belfast Constabulary Act, 1866." CA P. XLVII. An Act to legalize the Payment and Distribution of Indian WHE 28 & 29 Vict. c. 70. Short Title. WHEREAS by the Fourteenth Section of the Act of the 2 & 3 W. 4. Second Year of His late Majesty King William the c. 53. Fourth, Chapter Fifty-three, for consolidating and amending "the Laws relating to the Payment of Army Prize Money, it is * "provided that all Grants of Money in the Nature of Prize "hereafter to be made by His Majesty, or by Parliament, or otherwise, to the Officers and Troops of any Division of the Army employed upon or engaged in any Capture or Expedi29 & 30 VICT. K ❝tion Receipt of Treasurer or Secretary of Chelsea Hospital for Sums heretofore paid over as Prize to be an effectual Discharge. All such Sums as aforesaid to be deemed to 6 6 Indian Prize Money. ❝tion, shall, unless by the Grant otherwise expressly directed, "be received on behalf of the Army by the Treasurer of "Chelsea Hospital or his Deputy, to be distributed to the "Persons entitled thereto, according to their respective Pro"portions, under the Provisions of the said Act:" And whereas sundry Grants of Money in the Nature of Prize have been from Time to Time made by Her Majesty to the Directors of the East India Company, and since the passing of the Act of the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Years of Her Majesty, "for the better Government of India," to the Secretary of State for India in Council, for Distribution among the Officers and Troops of Her Majesty's Army in respect of Captures and Expeditions in which such Officers and Troops have been 'engaged in India: And whereas such Portions of the Sums of Money so granted 6 as aforesaid as may not have been claimed and distributed in 'India have been from Time to Time paid over and accounted for by the said Directors and Secretary of State in Council to the said Treasurer as Sums of Money to be received on behalf of the Army by the said Treasurer or his Deputy, to be distributed to the Persons entitled thereto, according to their respective Proportions, under the Provisions of the said recited Act, and the said Treasurer hath received and dealt with the same accordingly ' And whereas Doubts have been raised whether the said Directors and Secretary of State in Council had Authority for paying over and accounting for such Monies as aforesaid to the 'said Treasurer, and whether the said Treasurer or his Deputy 'could legally receive and distribute the same under the Terms ' and Provisions of the said recited Act: 'And whereas it is expedient that all such Doubts should be removed, and that it should be declared that the said Directors and Secretary of State in Council had Authority for paying over, ' and the said Treasurer for receiving the same Monies for Distribution under the Provisions of the said recited Act:' Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows: 1. The Receipt of the Treasurer or Secretary of Chelsea Hospital, or his Deputy, for all Sums of Money heretofore by the said Directors of the East India Company, or the Secretary of State for India in Council, or hereafter by the said Secretary of State, paid over and accounted for as Portions of Grants of Money in the Nature of Prize, shall be a complete and effectual Discharge to the said Directors or Secretary of State, as the Case may be, paying the same, from all Claims of Officers and Troops of Her Majesty's Army having any Right or Title thereto, or to the Distribution thereof, in respect of Captures or Expeditions in which such Officers and Troops have been engaged. 2. All such Monies as have been so received by the said Treasurer, Secretary, or by his Deputy from the said Directors of the late Indian Prize Money. tributed. late East India Company, or the Secretary of State for India in have been Council, shall be held and are hereby declared, so far as the same legally dealt have been dealt with and distributed according to the Provisions with and disof the said Act, to have been legally dealt with and distributed, and so far as the same remain in the Hands of the said Treasurer, Secretary, or his Deputy, that the same are held and are hereby declared to be subject and liable to all the Provisions and Conditions of the said recited Act so far as the same are applicable to Prize granted by Her Majesty to and to be received on behalf of the Army by the said Treasurer of Chelsea Hospital or his Deputy. Mode of Dis tribution where after made in 3. In all Cases where Grants of Money in the Nature of Prize shall hereafter be made by Her Majesty, or by Parliament, or otherwise, to the Secretary of State for India in Council, for the Benefit of Officers and Troops of Her Majesty's Army in respect of Captures and Expeditions in which such Officers and Troops may have been engaged in India, such Portions of the same as are distributable in the United Kingdom or elsewhere out of India shall be received by the said Treasurer, Secretary, or his Deputy, to be distributed to the Persons entitled thereunto, according to their respective Proportions under the Provisions of the said recited Act, and of this and of any other Act amending the same. Interpretation. 4. For the Purpose of this Act the Words " Officers and Troops of Her Majesty's Army" shall not be held to include Officers and Soldiers of Her Majesty's European or Native Indian Forces. 5. Where under the recited Act any Certificate or Order in the Form E., or in any other Form, is required from any Non-commissioned Officer or Soldier who shall be or shall have been an Out-Pensioner of Chelsea Hospital, the same may be signed by the Staff Officer of Pensioners for the District in which the said Non-commissioned Officer or Soldier shall reside in lieu of any other Person or Officer mentioned in the said Act. 6. Where any Officer, Non-commissioned Officer, or Soldier entitled to Prize Money shall have died before the Payment or Distribution thereof, then, if the Sum to which the Deceased was entitled does not exceed the Sum mentioned in the Army Prize (Shares of Deceased) Act, 1864, it shall not be necessary, for the Purpose of making Payment or Distribution, that Probate or Letters of Administration should be taken out; but in any Case the said Treasurer or Secretary may, if he sees fit, require Probate or Letters of Administration to be taken out, and if, on that Requisition or otherwise, Probate or Letters of Administration are taken out, then he shall pay the Prize Money to the Executor or Administrator. Person Signature of Certificates in respect to Chelsea Out-Pensioners. In certain Cases Probate or Letters of Administration need not be taken out. how to be 7. Where the Prize to which the Deceased was entitled does Payments in not exceed the Sum last referred to, and Probate or Letters of Cases aforesaid Administration are not taken out, then the said Treasurer or Secretary shall, if he thinks fit, pay over the same to any showing herself or himself to the Satisfaction of the said Treasurer or Secretary to be the Widow of the Deceased, or to be the Child or any Relative of the Deceased, or to be entitled to the Representation to the Deceased, to the end that the said Prize Where Order Duty, same by Receipt or Draft Stamps affixed. Power to Her grant an An- helmina Eliza beth for Life. Annuity to the Consoli Indian Prize Money. Princess Mary of Cambridge's Annuity. may be applied by the Person to whom it is so paid over in a due Course of Administration, and the same shall be applied accordingly, or else distribute the same according to the Statute of Distributions. 8. Where under the Statutes at present in force an Order for the Payment of Prize Money is liable to Stamp Duty, the Amount of such Duty may be paid by Receipt or Draft Stamps affixed to the said Order, equal in the total Amount thereof to the Stamp Duty payable on an Inland Bill for a Sum equal to that for which the Order is given, and that no Order for any Sum less than Forty Shillings shall be liable to Stamp Duty. CA P. XLVIII. An Act to enable Her Majesty to settle an Annuity on Her Most Gracious Sovereign, WE, VE, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, having taken into consideration Your Majesty's most Gracious Message, that Your Majesty has agreed to a Marriage proposed between Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina Elizabeth and His Serene Highness Francis Paul Louis Alexander Prince of Teck, do most humbly beseech Your Majesty that it may be enacted : And be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows: 1. It shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to grant unto Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina Elizabeth, younger Daughter of His late Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, or to such Persons as Her Majesty thinks fit to be named in such Letters Patent, in trust or for the Use of Her Royal Highness, an Annuity of Two thousand Pounds, to be settled on Her Royal Highness for Life, in such Manner as Her Majesty thinks proper, such Annuity to commence from the Date of the Marriage of Her Royal Highness with His Serene Highness Francis Paul Louis Alexander Prince of Teck aforesaid, to be free from all Taxes, Assessments, and Charges, and to be paid quarterly on the Fifth Day of January, the Fifth Day of April, the Fifth Day of July, and the Tenth Day of October; the First Payment to be made on such of the said quarterly Days as happens next after the said Marriage of such Portion of the said Annuity as may have accrued between the Date of such Marriage and such quarterly Day, and a proportionate Part to be payable for the Period from the last quarterly Day of Payment to the Day of the Determination thereof. 2. The above Annuity shall be in addition to the Annuity now enjoyed by Her said Royal Highness under the Act of the Session of |