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PUBLIC GENERAL ACTS,

Passed in the Sixth Session of the Fourth Parliament of the united Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 52d George III.-A.D. 1812.

An act for continuing to his majesty certain duties on malt, sugar, tobacco, and snuff, in Great Britain; and on pensions, offices, and personal estates in England; for the service of the year 1812.

An act to permit sugar, the produce of Martinique, and other conquered islands in the West Indies, to be taken out of warehouse on the payment of the like rate of duty for waste as British plantation sugar.

An act to revive and to continue until the 31st day of December 1812, so much of an act made in the 49th year of his present majesty, to prohibit the distillation of spirits from corn or grain, in the united kingdom, as relates to Great Britain; and to revive and continue another act made in the 49th year aforesaid, to suspend the importation of British or Irishmade spirits into Great Britain or Ireland respectively; and for grant ing certain duties on worts or wash made from sugar during the prohibition of distillation from corn or grain in Great Britain.

An act for raising the sum of 10,500,0001. by exchequer bills, for the service of Great Britain for the year 1812.

An act for raising the sum of 1,500,0001. by exchequer bills, for the service of Great Britain for the year 1812.

An act for making provision for the better support of his majesty's household, during the continuance of his majesty's indisposition.

An act for granting to his majesty a certain sum for defraying the expences incident to the assumption of the personal exercise of the royal authority, by his royal highness the Prince Regent, in the name and on the behalf of his majesty.

An act for the regulation of his majesty's household, and enabling her majesty the queen to meet the increased expense to which her majesty may be exposed during his majesty's indisposition: and for the care of his majesty's real and personal property; and to amend an act of the last session of parliament, to provide for the administration of the royal authority during his majesty's illness.

An act to repeal an act of the 25th year of his present majesty, for better securing the duties on coals, culm, and cinders; and making other provisions in lieu thereof; and for requiring ships in the coal trade to be measured.

An act to amend an act of the 50th year of his present majesty, for granting a sum of money to be raised by exchequer bills, to be advanced and applied in the manner and upon the terms therein mentioned for the relief of the united company of mer.

chants of England trading to the East Indies.

An act to repeal an act passed in the 39th and 40th year of his present majesty, for establishing certain regulations in the offices of the House of Commons, and to establish other and further regulations in the said offices.

An act for extending the laws for preventing the embezzlement of his majesty's naval ordnance and victualling stores in Ireland.

An act to alter and amend an act, passed in the 51st year of the reign of his present majesty, for the relief of certain insolvent debtors in England.

An act for granting annuities to discharge certain exchequer bills.

An act for further continuing, until the 25th day of March 1813, certain bounties and drawbacks on the exportation of sugar from Great Britain; and for suspending the countervailing duties and bounties on sugar, when the duties imposed by an act of the 49th year of his present majesty shall be suspended; and for continuing so much of an act of the 47th year of his present majesty, as allows a bounty on raw sugar exported until the 25th day of March 1813.

An act for the more exemplary punishment of persons destroying or injuring any stocking or lace frames, or other machines or engines used in the frame-work knitting manufactory, or any articles or goods in such frames or machines: to continue in force' until the first day of March, 1814.

An act for the more effectual preservation of the peace, by enforcing the duties of watching and warding, until the 1st day of March, 1814, in places where disturbances prevail or are apprehended.

An act for making perpetual an

act made in the 12th year of his present majesty, for encouraging the manufacture of leather, by lowering the duty payable upon the importation of oak bark, when the price of such bark shall exceed a certain rate.

An act to amend an act of the last session of parliament, for granting to his majesty a sum of money to be raised by lotteries.

An act to continue several laws relating to permitting the importation of tobacco into Great Britain from any place whatever, and to permitting goods and commodities to be imported into and exported from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, in any ship or vessel, until the 25th day of March, 1815; and to the amend ing an act for consolidating and extending the several laws in force for allowing the importation of certain goods and merchandize into and from certain ports in the West Indies, until the 25th day of March, 1814.

An act to render valid and effectual certain oaths administered to and taken by certain members of the House of Commons before deputies of the late Lord Steward of his majesty's household, during the vacancy of the said office.

An act for punishing mutiny and desertion; and for the better payment of the army and their quarters.

An act for the regulating of his majesty's royal marine forces, while on shore.

An act for raising the sum of 6,789,6251. by way of annuities.

An act to continue, until the 25th day of March, 1813, an act for regulating the drawbacks and bounties on the exportation of sugar from Ireland.

An act to indemnify such persons in the united kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for offices

and employments, and for extending the times limited for those purposes respectively, until the 25th day of March, 1813; and to permit such persons in Great Britain as have omitted to make and file affidavits of the execution of indentures of clerks to

attornies and solicitors, to make and file the same on or before the 1st day of Hilary term, 1813.

An act for enabling the wives and families of soldiers embarked in Ireland for foreign service to return to their homes.

An act to amend an act of the last session of parliament, making provision for the families of militiamen in Ireland.

An act to amend the laws relating to the militia of Ireland.

An act to provide for regulating the warehousing of spirits distilled from corn in Ireland, for exportation, without payment of the duty of excise chargeable thereon; and to transfer the custody of spirits so warehoused, from the commissioners of customs and port duties in Ireland, and their officers, to the commissioners of inland excise and taxes in Ireland, and their officers.

An act to repeal an act made in the 39th year of Queen Elizabeth, entituled an act against lewd and wandering persons pretending themselves

to be soldiers or mariners.

An act for the relief of infant suit ors in courts of equity, entitled to stock or annuities in any of the public or other funds, transferable at the bank of England.

An act to continue until the expiration of six months after the conclusion of the present war, an act made in the 46th year of his present majes. ty, for permitting the importation of masts, yards, bowsprits, and timber for naval purposes, from the British colonies in North America, duty free.

An act for altering and amending an act made in the 32d year of the reign of his late majesty King George the Second, for the relief of debtors, with respect to the imprisonment of their persons, and of an act made in the 39th year of his present majesty, for making perpetual an act made in the 33d year of his present majesty, for the further relief of debtors; and for other purposes in the said act expressed."

An act to prohibit all intercourse between the island of Jamaica and certain parts of the island of Saint Domingo.

An act for granting additional duties on mahogany not imported from the Bay of Honduras, and for reducing the duties on certain species of wood imported from the said bay.

An act for settling and securing a certain annuity on Earl Wellington and the two next persons to whom the title of Earl Wellington shall descend, in consideration of his eminent

services.

An act for amending the laws relating to the local militia in England.

An act for the more effectual regulation of pilots, and of the pilotage of ships and vessels on the coast of England.

An act to make provision for a limited time respecting certain grants of offices.

An act to amend and continue until the 25th day of March, 1813, an act of the 45th year of his present majesty, for appointing commissioners to enquire into the public expenditure, and the conduct of the public. business in the military departments therein mentioned; and another act, of the 51st year of his present majesty, for continuing and extending the same to public works executed by the office of works and others.

An act for amending the laws relating to the allowance of the bounties on pilchards exported until the 24th day of June, 1819.

An act for increasing the rates of subsistence to be paid to innkeepers and others on quartering soldiers.

An act for the erection of a penitentiary house for the confinement of offenders convicted within the city of London and the county of Middlesex; and for making compensation to Jeremy Bentham, Esquire, for the non-performance of an agreement between the said Jeremy Bentham and the Lords Commissioners of his majesty's Treasury, respecting the custody and maintenance of convicts.

Án act to suspend the exportation from Ireland to parts beyond the seas of spirits made or distilled in Ireland from corn or grain, until the 31st day of December, 1812.

An act to grant to his majesty duties upon spirits made or distilled in Ireland, and to allow certain draw backs on the exportation thereof; and to repeal certain bounties given to persons licensed to sell spirituous liquors, wine, beer, and ale, by retail, in Ireland.

An act to revive and continue until the 31st day of December, 1812, so much of an act made in the 49th year of his present majesty to prohibit the distillation of spirits from corn or grain in the united kingdom as relates to Ireland.

An act to provide for the regulating and securing the collection of the duties on spirits distilled in Ireland from corn, malted or unmalted, in stills of and under 100 gallons con

tent.

An act to continue the period for purchasing the legal quays in the port of London, and to enable the Lords of the Treasury to purchase buildings

in Thames-street, for the purpose erecting a new custom-house.

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An act to continue until three months after the commencement of the next session of parliament, and amend an act of the last session of parliament, for making more effectual provision for preventing the current gold coin of the realm from being paid or accepted for a greater value than the current value of such coin; for preventing any note or bill of the governor and company of the bank of England from being received for any smaller sum than the sum therein specified; and for staying proceedings upon any distress by tender of such notes; and to extend the same to Ireland.

An act to provide for the more speedy examination, controuling, and finally auditing the military accounts of Ireland.

An act to provide for the speedy and regular examination and audit of the public accounts of Ireland; and to repeal certain former acts relating thereto.

An act for extending the time in which coffee of the British plantations may be sold by auction without payment of the duty on auctions; and for making an allowance of such duty on coffee sold, for which the said duty has not been paid.

An act for continuing until the 1st day of August, 1813, several laws relating to the duties on glass made in Great Britain.

An act to prevent foreign goods of certain descriptions being brought from the United States of America into Canada; and to allow a greater quantity of worsted yarn to be exported from Great Britain to Canada.

An act to explain and amend an act passed in the 50th year of hiş

present majesty, for explaining and amending an act for continuing and making perpetual several duties of 1s. 6d. in the pound, on offices and employments of profit, and on annuities, pensions, and stipends.

An act to enable his majesty to settle on their royal highnesses the Princesses Augusta Sophia, Elizabeth, Mary, and Sophia, an annuity of 36,000l. instead of the annuity settled on them by an act passed in the 18th year of his present majesty. An act to grant to his majesty certain duties of excise on tobacco to be manufactured in Ireland; and to allow certain drawbacks in respect thereof, in lieu of former duties of excise and drawbacks: and to provide for the regulating and securing the collection of the said duties.

An act for allowing on the exportation of manufactured plate for the private use of persons residing or going to reside abroad, the same drawback as is now allowed on the exportation of such plate by way of merchandize.

An act for altering the mode of payment of the superannuation allow ances in the department of the customs in Scotland.

An act to grant an excise duty on spirits made or distilled from sugar in Ireland, during the prohibition of distillation from corn or grain there, in lieu of the excise duty now chargeable thereon, and to allow a drawback on the export thereof.

An act to enable coadjutors to archbishops and bishops in Ireland to execute the powers of archbishops and bishops respectively.

An act for more effectually preventing the embezzlement of securities for money and other effects, left or deposited for safe custody, or other

special purpose, in the hands of bankers, merchants, brokers, attornies, or other agents.

An act for extending the provisions of an act of the 30th year of King George the Second, against persons obtaining money by false pretences, to persons so obtaining bonds and other securities.

An act to allow the use of sugar in brewing beer in Great Britain.

An act to explain and amend an act of the 50th year of his present majesty, to regulate the taking of securities in all offices in respect of which security ought to be given, and for avoiding the grant of all such offices in the event of such security not being given within a time to be limited after the grant of such offi

ces.

An act for settling and securing certain annuities, on the widow and eldest son of the late right honourable Spencer Perceval, and for granting a sum of money for the use of his other children.

An act for amending the laws relating to the local militia in Scotland.

An act to continue until the 5th day of July, 1813, several acts for granting certain rates and duties, and for allowing certain drawbacks and bounties on goods, wares, and merchandize, imported into and exported from Ireland.

An act for raising the sum of 1,500,0001. by way of annuities, and treasury bills for the service of Ireland.

An act for the better cultivation of navy timber in the forest of Woolmer, in the county of Southampton.

An act for the better cultivation of navy timber in the forest of Alice Holt, in the county of Southamptong

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