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Act may be altered this Session.

9 G. 4. c. 83.

Recited Act continued.

9 G. 4. c. 78.

2 W. 4. c. 43.

on Licences to let such Horses, and all Penalties and Forfeitures relating thereto, which shall accrue due or be incurred respectively on or before the said Thirty-first Day of January, and all or any Sum or Sums of Money due and payable to His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, in respect of any of such Duties or Penalties; but that all such Duties, Sum and Sums of Money, and all Penalties and Forfeitures whatsoever in relation thereto, shall and may be raised, levied, collected, sued for, recovered, and paid by the same Ways and Means, and in such and the same Manner in all respects, as if this Act had not been passed.

IV. And be it further enacted, That this Act may be amended, altered, or repealed by any Act or Acts to be passed in this present Session of Parliament.

CA P. XLVI.

An Act to continue until the Thirty-first Day of December
One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, and from
thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament,
an Act of the Ninth Year of His late Majesty, for the
Administration of Justice in New South Wales and Van
Diemen's Land.
[28th July 1836.]
W1 HEREAS an Act was passed in the Ninth Year of the
Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, inti-
tuled An Act to provide for the Administration of Justice in New
South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, and for the more effectual
Government thereof; and for other Purposes relating thereto :
And whereas the said Act will expire at the End of the Session
of Parliament next following the Thirty-first Day of December
One thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, and it is expedient
to continue the said Act for a limited Time:' Be it therefore
enacted by the King'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, That the said Act shall be and the same
is hereby continued until the Thirty-first Day of December One
thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, and thenceforward until
the End of the then next Session of Parliament.

CA P. XLVII.

An Act to continue until the First Day of March One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, and from thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, the several Acts relating to Insolvent Debtors in India.

[28th July 1836.] WHEREAS an Act was passed in the Ninth Year of the

Reign of His late Majesty King George (the Fourth, inti'tuled An Act to provide for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in the East Indies, until the First Day of March One thousand eight 'hundred and thirty three: And whereas a certain other Act was 'passed in the Second Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, 'intituled An Act to continue until the First Day of March One

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thousand eight hundred and thirty-six an Act of the Ninth Year of His late Majesty for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in India, 'whereby the said first-mentioned Act was continued in force until the First Day of March One thousand eight hundred and thirtysix: And whereas a certain other Act was passed in the Fifth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An Act to 5 W. 4. c. 79. ' amend the Law relating to Insolvent Debtors in India: And whereas it is expedient that the said first-mentioned Act, as 'amended by the said last-mentioned Act, should be continued :' Be it therefore enacted by the King'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, That the said Acts shall be and the same are hereby continued until the First Day of March One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, and from thence until the End of the then next Session of Parliament.

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II. And whereas it may have happened that divers Acts have 'been done since the First Day of March last pursuant to the Provisions in the said recited Acts contained, and Doubts may be 'entertained of the Validity or Efficacy of such Acts, or of some of them, and it is expedient that such Doubts should be removed;' be it therefore enacted and declared, That all Acts, Deeds, Matters, and Things whatsoever which shall have been made or done on or subsequent to the said First Day of March last, and which would have been valid and effectual if the said several Acts had been then in force, are and shall be, and shall be held, adjudged, deemed, and taken to be, as valid and effectual to all Intents and Purposes as if the said recited Acts had not expired, and this Act had passed on the Twenty-ninth Day of February last.

III. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended, altered, or repealed by any Act or Acts to be passed in the present Session of Parliament.

CA P. XLVIII.

An Act to indemnify the Governors and others of the Islands
of Antigua, Saint Christopher, Nevis, and Montserrat for
having permitted the Importation of certain Articles Duty-
free.
[28th July 1836.]

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Recited Acts continued.

Acts and Deeds

done subsequent to the Expira

tion of recited Acts to be

deemed valid.

Act may be altered this

Session.

WHEREAS the Islands of Antigua, Saint Christopher, Nevis, and Montserrat in the West Indies, were in the Month of August One thousand eight hundred and thirty-five visited with a most violent and destructive Hurricane, whereby the Inhabitants experienced very great Distress, in consequence of which ' it had been deemed expedient to permit for a limited Time the Importation into those Islands, in Vessels of all Nations, of Beef 'salted, Bread, Biscuit, Boards, Corn, Corn Meal, Horned Cattle, Flour, Fish pickled, salted, or dried, Wood Hoops, Lumber of all Kinds, Mill Timber, Oats, Pease, Pulse, Pork salted, Plank, Rice, Shingles, Staves, and Scantling Duty-free:' Be it therefore enacted by the King'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, That all Beef salted, Bread, Biscuit, Boards, declared DutyHorned free.

Certain Articles

Governors, &c. indemnified.

Master of the
Rolls may de-
mise Part of the
Rolls Estate to

the Society of
Judges and
Serjeants.

Horned Cattle, Corn, Corn Meal, Flour, Fish pickled, salted, or dried, Wood Hoops, Lumber of all Kinds, Mill Timber, Oats, Pease, Pulse, Pork salted, Plank, Rice, Shingles, Staves, and Scantling which may have been imported Duty-free under any Proclamation of any of the Governors of the said Islands, is hereby declared to be free of Duty accordingly.

II. And be it further enacted, That the respective Governors of the said Islands, and the respective Collectors and other Officers of the Customs in the said Islands, and all Persons whatever acting or having acted under their Orders and Directions, shall be and are hereby indemnified for any Orders which they may have respectively given upon or after the Time on which the Hurricane in the said Islands took place, by reason of which any Duty that was then legally due and payable on the Importation into the said Islands respectively of the several Articles before enumerated ceased to be levied and collected, and for any Omission on their Parts to cause such Duty to be levied and collected since such Hurricane.

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CA P. XLIX.

An Act to enable the Master of the Rolls to demise Part of
the Rolls Estate to the Society of Judges and Serjeants.
[28th July 1836.]
WHEREAS the present Chambers of the Judges are insuf-

ficient for the Accommodation of the Public and for the

necessary Transaction of the Business therein, and it is expe

dient that new Chambers should be erected for Use of the Judges on the Rolls Estate; but the same cannot be done without the Aid of Parliament:' Be it therefore enacted by the King'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, That it shall and may be lawful for the Master of the Rolls, by and with the Consent and Approbation of any Three of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury for the Time being, testified by their being Parties to such Lease, to grant to the Society of Judges and Serjeants at Law, at a Peppercorn Rent, a Lease for a Term not exceeding Ninety-nine Years of such Part of the said Rolls Estate as may be necessary for the Erection of commodious Chambers for the Use of the Judges for Judicial Purposes, together with convenient Avenues and Approaches to the same from Serjeants Inn; such Lease nevertheless to contain such Covenants, Provisoes, and Restrictions as Three of the said Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury for the Time being shall order and direct.

CAP.

CA P. L.

An Act to authorize the placing of the Horse Patrol now
acting under the Authority of the Chief Magistrate of the
Public Office in Bow Street under the Authority of the
Justices appointed for the Metropolitan Police District.
[13th August 1836.]
WHEREAS it is expedient that the Horse Patrol now

Horse Patrol to be under the Authority of the Justices appointed under the recited Act.

acting under the Authority of the Chief Magistrate of 'the Public Office in Bow Street should be placed under the Authority of the Justices appointed by virtue of an Act passed in the Tenth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled An Act for improving the Police in and 10 G. 4. c. 44. ' near the Metropolis:' Be it therefore enacted by the King'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, That it shall be lawful for One of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State to direct that such Horse Patrol shall be under the Authority of the said Justices for the Time being; and it shall be lawful for One of the said Justices to administer to such Horse Patrol an Oath to act as Constables for the Preservation of the Peace, and preventing Robberies and other Felonies, and apprehending Offenders against the Peace; and the Men so sworn shall, within the Counties of Middlesex, Surrey, Hertford, Essex, and Kent, and within all Liberties therein, and within the Royal Palaces of His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, and Ten Miles thereof, have all such Powers, Authorities, Privileges, and Advantages, and be liable to all such Duties and Responsibilities, as any Constable duly appointed now has or hereafter may have within his Constablewick by virtue of the Common Law of this Realm, or of any Statutes made or to be made, and shall obey all such lawful Commands as they may from Time to Time receive from any of the said Justices for conducting themselves in the Execution of their Office.

Such Justices to
act also in the

Counties of
Berks and

II. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for His Majesty to appoint the said Justices to be Justices of the Peace of the Counties of Berks and Bucks and of all Liberties therein, and for the said Justices so appointed to execute the Duties of a Bucks. Justice of the Peace for the said Counties of Berks and Bucks and for all Liberties therein, although they may not have any such Qualification by Estate as is required by Law in the Case of any other Person being Justices of the Peace for any County: Provided always, that no such Person shall act as a Justice of the Peace at any Court of General or Quarter Sessions, nor in any Matter out of Sessions, except for the Preservation of the Peace, the Prevention of Crimes, the Detection and Committal of Offenders, and in carrying into execution the Purposes of this Act.

III. And be it further enacted, That the said Justices may from The said JusTime to Time, subject to the Approbation of One of His Majesty's tices to appoint Principal Secretaries of State, appoint fit and proper Persons to act as such Horse Patrol, and may frame such Orders and Regu- Patrol.

lations

the Persons to

act as Horse

Penalty for assaulting Horse Patrol.

Punishing

Horse Patrol

for Disobedience

of Orders.

Penalty on Victuallers harbouring Horse Patrol.

Receiver of

Police Offices to

pay over a cer

tain Sum for the Support of the Horse Patrol.

lations as they shall deem expedient relative to the general Government of the said Horse Patrol, the Places of their Residence, the Classification, Rank, and particular Service of the several Members, their Distribution and Inspection, the Description of Arms, Accoutrements, and other Necessaries to be furnished them, and all such other Orders and Regulations relative to the said Horse Patrol as the said Justices shall from Time to Time deem expedient; and the said Justices may at any Time suspend or dismiss from his Employment any Man belonging to the said Horse Patrol whom they shall think remiss or negligent in the Discharge of his Duty, or otherwise unfit for the same; and when any Man shall be so dismissed or cease to belong to the said Horse Patrol all Powers vested in him as a Constable by virtue of this Act shall immediately cease and determine.

IV. And be it further enacted, That if any Person shall assault or resist any Person belonging to the said Horse Patrol in the Execution of his Duty, or shall aid or incite any Person so to assault or resist, every such Offender, being convicted thereof before Two Justices of the Peace, shall for every such Offence forfeit and pay such Sum, not exceeding Five Pounds, as the said Justices shall think meet, and in default of immediate Payment shall suffer Imprisonment with or without hard Labour for any Time not exceeding Two Months.

V. And be it further enacted, That if any of the said Horse Patrol shall be guilty of any Disobedience of Orders, Neglect of Duty, or of any Misconduct as such Constable, and shall be convicted thereof before Two Justices of the Peace, he shall forfeit any Sum not exceeding Ten Pounds, and in default of immediate Payment shall suffer Imprisonment, with or without hard Labour, for any Time not exceeding Three Months: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall prevent any such Person from being proceeded against by way of Indictment for any Offence committed by him as a Constable, so as that no Person shall be proceeded against both by Indictment and also under this Act for the same Offence.

VI. And be it further enacted, That if any Victualler, or Keeper of any House, Shop, Room, or other Place for the Sale of any Liquors, whether spirituous or otherwise, shall knowingly harbour or entertain any Man belonging to the said Horse Patrol, or permit such Man to abide or remain in his House, Shop, Room, or other Place during any Part of the Time appointed for his being on Duty, every such Victualler or Keeper as aforesaid, being convicted thereof before any Two Justices of the Peace, shall for every such Offence forfeit and pay such Sum, not exceeding Five Pounds, as they shall think meet.

VII. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for One of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State to direct that the Receiver for the Time being of the Police Offices established in the Parishes of Saint Margaret Westminster, Saint James Westminster, Saint Marylebone, Saint Andrew Holborn, Saint Leonard Shoreditch, Saint Mary Whitechapel, and Saint John of Wapping, in the County of Middlesex, and Saint Saviour in the County of Surrey, to pay over, out of the Monies issued to him out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and

Ireland,

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