Peace, to other Indictments; and for extending the Provisions of an Act of the Seventh Year of King George the Fourth, as to taking Bail in Cases of Felony. Page 144 34. An Act to amend Two clerical Errors contained in an Act passed in the Ninth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled An Act for consolidating und amending the Laws in Ireland relative to Larceny and other Offences connected therewith. 145 35. An Act for consolidating the Offices of Paymaster General, Paymaster and Treasurer of Chelsea Hospital, Treasurer of the Navy, and Treasurer of the Ordnance. 146 36. An Act to limit the Time of taking the Poll in Boroughs at contested Elections of Members to serve in Parliament to One Day. 149 37. An Act for the further Reduction of the Militia Staff, and to suspend the Ballot for the Militia. 151 38. An Act for effecting greater Uniformity of Practice in the Government of the several Prisons in England and Wales; and for appointing Inspectors of Prisons in Great Britain. 153 39. An Act to exempt certain Retailers of Spirits to a small Amount from the additional Duties on Licences; and to discontinue the Excise Survey on Wine, and the Use of Permits for the Removal thereof. 157 40. An Act to provide for the better Collection of the Duties on Wood the Produce of Places in Europe. 159 41. An Act to amend the Law relating to Securities given for Considerations arising out of gaming, usurious, and certain other illegal Transactions. Ibid. 42. An Act to authorize the granting of Superannuation Allowances to the Commissioners and Officers of the Courts for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors. 163 43. An Act for enlarging the Powers of Magistrates in the Appointment of Special Constables. 165 44. An Act for raising the Sum of Thirteen millions five hundred twenty-one thousand five hundred and fifty Pounds by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. 166 45. An Act to carry into further Execution the Provisions of an Act passed in the Third and Fourth Years of His present Majesty, for compensating Owners of Slaves upon the Abolition of Slavery. Ibid. 46. An Act to amend, until the End of the next Session of Parliament, an Act of the Second Year of His present Majesty, for making Provision for the Dispatch of the Business now done by the Court of Exchequer in Scotland. 174 47. An Act to repeal so much of an Act passed in the Third and Fourth Years of His present Majesty as relates to the Amount of the Salary granted to the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery; and to make other Provisions in relation to the said Office. 175 48. An Act for the better Prevention and more speedy Punishment of Offences endangering the Public Peace in Ireland. 177 49. An 8 49. An Act for continuing, until the First Day of June One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, the several Acts for regulating the Turnpike Roads in Great Britain which will ex- pire on the First Day of June One thousand eight hundred and thirty-six or with the next Session of Parliament. Page 182 50. An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to High- ways in that Part of Great Britain called England. 51. An Act for granting Relief to the Island of Dominica; and to amend an Act of the Second and Third Years of His present Majesty, for enabling His Majesty to direct the Issue of Ex- 52. An Act to authorize the Court of Directors of the East India Company to suspend the Execution of the Provisions of the Act of the Third and Fourth William the Fourth, Chapter Eighty-five, so far as they relate to the Creation of the Govern- 53. An Act to repeal an Act of the Ninth Year of His late Ma- jesty, for regulating the Carriage of Passengers in Merchant Vessels from the United Kingdom to the British Possessions on the Continent and Islands of North America; and to make 54. An Act to render certain Marriages valid, and to alter the Law with respect to certain voidable Marriages. 55. An Act for facilitating the Appointment of Sheriffs in Ireland, and the more effectual Audit and passing of their Accounts; and for the more speedy Return and Recovery of Fines, Fees, Forfeitures, Recognizances, Penalties, and Deodands; and to abolish certain Offices in the Court of Exchequer in Ireland and to amend the Laws relating to Grants in custodiam and Recovery of Debts in Ireland; and to amend an Act of the Second and Third Years of His present Majesty, for trans- ferring the Powers and Duties of the Commissioners of Public Accounts in Ireland to the Commissioners for auditing the Public Accounts of Great Britain. 56. An Act to regulate the Admeasurement of the Tonnage and Burthen of the Merchant Shipping of the United Kingdom. 57. An Act to extend to Scotland certain Provisions of an Act of the Ninth Year of His late Majesty, to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Savings Banks ; and to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Savings Banks in Scotland. 270 58. An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Hereditary Land Revenues of the Crown in Scotland. 59. An Act to consolidate and amend the several Laws relating to the cruel and improper Treatment of Animals, and the Mis- chiefs arising from the driving of Cattle, and to make other 61. An Act for carrying into effect the Treaty with the King of the French and the King of Denmark for suppressing the Slave Trade.} Page 298 62. An Act to repeal an Act of the present Session of Parlia ment, intituled An Act for the more effectual Abolition of Oaths and Affirmations taken and made in various Departments of the State, and to substitute Declarations in lieu thereof, and for the more entire Suppression of voluntary and extra-judicial Oaths and Affidavits; and to make other Provisions for the Abolition of unnecessary Oaths. 314 63. An Act to repeal an Act of the Fourth and Fifth Year of His present Majesty relating to Weights and Measures, and to make other Provisions instead thereof. 64. An Act to alter certain Duties of Stamps and Assessed Taxes, and to regulate the Collection thereof. 320 337 65. An Act for preventing the Publication of Lectures without Consent. 344. 346 66. An Act to amend the Law relating to the Customs. 67. An Act for the Improvement of the Navigation of the River Shannon. 347 68. 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, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quarter Masters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Surgeons Mates, and Serjeant Majors of the Militia, until the First Day of July One thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. 354 69. An Act to facilitate the Conveyance of Workhouses and other Property of Parishes and of Incorporations or Unions of Parishes in England and Wales. 358 70. An Act for abolishing, in Scotland, Imprisonment for Civil Debts of small Amount. 366 71. An Act for appointing Commissioners to continue the Inquiries concerning Charities in England and Wales until the First Day of March One thousand eight hundred and thirty seven. 368 72. An Act for abolishing the Excise Incorporation in Scotland, and for transferring the Funds of the said Incorporation to the Consolidated Fund, and providing for the Payment of the Annuities to the Widows and Orphans of late and present Members of the Incorporation Fund. 377 73. An Act to provide that Persons accused of Forgery in Scotland shall not be entitled to Bail unless in certain Cases. 386 74. An Act for the more easy Recovery of Tithes. 387 75. An Act for the Amendment of the Law as to the tithing of Turnips in certain Cases. 389 76. An Act to provide for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations in England and Wales. Ibid. 77. An Act to repeal the Duty and Drawback on Flint Glass, to impose other Duties and another Drawback in lieu thereof, and to reduce the Drawback on German Sheet Glass exported in Panes; and to repeal the Drawback on unground and un 7 polished polished Plate Glass; and to amend the Laws relating to the Duties on Glass. Page 484 78. An Act to explain and amend an Act passed in the Second and Third Year of the Reign of King William the Fourth, for amending the Representation of the People in Scotland; and to diminish the Expences there. 79. An Act to suspend, until after the Sixth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, Proceedings for recovering Payment of certain Instalments of the Money advanced under the Acts for establishing Tithe Compositions in Ireland. 492 4.95 80. An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the Consolidated Fund and the Surplus of Ways and Means to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament. 496 81. An Act for abolishing Capital Punishments in Cases of Letter Stealing and Sacrilege. 504. 82. An Act to abolish certain Offices connected with Fines and Recoveries and the Cursitors in the Court of Chancery, and to make Provision for the Abolition of certain Offices in the Superior Courts of Common Law in England. 506 83. An Act to amend the Law touching Letters Patent for Inventions. 511 84. An Act to empower Grand Juries in Ireland to raise Money by Presentment for the Construction, Enlargement, or Repair of Piers and Quays. 515 LOCAL AND PERSONAL ACTS, DECLARED PUBLIC, AND TO BE JUDICIALLY NOTICED. i. AN N Act for the Improvement of the High Street in the Borough of Ledbury in the County of Hereford, Page 517 ii. An Act for making, maintaining, and repairing a Turnpike Road from the Town of Belfast to the Town of Crumlin in the County of Antrim. Ibid. iii. An Act for more effectually repairing the Road from Carmarthen to Newcastle Emlyn, and several other Roads, and for making and maintaining new Lines of Road, all in the County of Carmarthen. 518 iv. An Act to enable the University Life Assurance Society and their Successors to purchase Annuities upon or for Lives, and also to lend Money or Stock upon Mortgage for the Purpose of Investinent. Ibid. v. An Act for better assessing and collecting the Poor and other Rates in the Parish of Barking in the County of Essex. Ibid. vi. An vi. An Act for better supplying with Water the Parish of Ramsgate, and the Neighbourhood thereof, in the County of Kent. Page 518 vii. An Act to authorize the Sale to and Purchase by John Lord Rolle of the Rights of Persons claiming to have divers Rights on such Parts of Great Torrington and Castle Hill Commons in the County of Devon as now form Part of the Cut or Canal called the Rolle Canal. Ibid. viii. An Act for incorporating the Warrington and Newton Railway with the Grand Junction Railway, and for extending to the said first-mentioned Railway the Provisions of the several Acts of Parliament relating to the said last-mentioned Railway; and for other Purposes relating thereto. 519 ix. An Act to enable the Grand Junction Railway Company to alter the Line of such Railway, and to make Two Branches therefrom in the County of Stafford, and for other Purposes relating thereto. Ibid. x. An Act for making a Railway from Croydon to join the London and Greenwich Railway near London. Ibid. xi. An Act to enlarge the Powers of the New Pembrey Harbour Act, to change the Name of the Harbour to that of Burry Port, and to enable the Burry Port Company to raise a further Sum of Money. Ibid. xii. An Act for constructing and maintaining a Harbour at New Quay in the County of Cardigan. Ibid. xiii. An Act for making and maintaining a Pier and other Works at Deptford in the County of Kent. 520 xiv. An Act to enable the Commissioner appointed under Two Acts for draining certain Lands situated on or near the River Leven in the Counties of Kinross and Fife to raise a further Sum of Money for the Purposes of the said Acts. Ibid. xv. An Act to enlarge and regulate the Market now held in the Town of Devonport in the County of Devon, and to establish a Market within the said Town for Corn, Grain, and other Articles, and to regulate the Amount of Tolls to be paid within the said Markets. Ibid. xvi. An Act for lighting with Gas the Town and Neighbourhood of Llanelly in the County of Carmarthen. Ibid. xvii. An Act for building a new Parish Church in the Town of Honiton in the County of Devon. Ibid. xviii. An Act for paving, cleansing, lighting, and regulating the several Parishes of Saint Margaret, Saint John the Evangelist, and Saint James, within the Liberty of Westminster in the County of Middlesex, and the Precinct of the Savoy, and also Part of the Liberty of Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, and Ely Rents, within the same County; and for other Purposes therein mentioned. Ibid. xix. An Act for repairing the Road from Little Bowden in the County of Northampton to Rockingham in the same County. 521 xx. An Act for repairing the Road from Farnborough to Riverhill in the Parish of Sevenoaks in the County of Kent, and for making several Diversions in the said Road. Ibid. xxi. An |