THE STATUTES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, 29 & 30 VICTORIA, 1866. WITH TABLES SHOWING THE EFFECT OF THE YEAR'S LEGISLATION, BY GEORGE KETTILBY RICKARDS, Esq., OF THE INNER TEMPLE, COUNSEL TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. PRINTED BY GEORGE E. EYRE AND WILLIAM SPOTTIS WOODE, PRINTERS TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. Α TABLE Containing the TITLES of all THE STATUTES Passed in the FIRST Session of the NINETEENTH Parliament OF The United Kingdom of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND; 29° & 30° VICTORIÆ. PUBLIC GENERAL ACTS. 1. N Act to empower the Lord Lieutentant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland to apprehend, and detain for a limited Time, such Persons as he or they shall suspect of conspiring against Her Majesty's Person and Government. 2 Page 1 2. An Act to amend the Law relating to Contagious or Infectious Diseases in Cattle and other Animals. 3. An Act to amend the Telegraph Act, 1863. 4. An Act to amend the Law relating to Contagious Diseases amongst Cattle and other Animals in Ireland. 11 12 5. An Act for amending the Laws relating to the Investments on account of Savings Banks and Post Office Savings Banks. 16 6. An Act to apply the Sum of One million one hundred and thirty-seven thousand seven hundred and seventy-two Pounds out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the Year ending the Thirty-first Day of March One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six. 17 7. An Act to enable Her Majesty to settle an Annuity on Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena Augusta Vic toria. Ibid. 8. An Act to enable Her Majesty to provide for the Support and Maintenance of His Royal Highness Prince Alfred Ernest Albert on his coming of Age. 18 19 9. An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters. 10. An Act for the Regulation of Her Majesty's Royal Marine Forces while on shore. 27 11. An Act for the Cancellation of certain Capital Stocks of Annuities standing in the Names of the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt. Page 30 12. An Act to make Provision for the Government of Jamaica. 32 13. An Act to apply the Sum of Nineteen Millions out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six. 33 14. An Act for the Abolition of the Offices of Treasurer and of High Bailiff of County Courts as Vacancies shall occur, and to provide for the Payment of future Registrars of County Courts. Ibid. 15. An Act to amend the Act of the Eleventh and Twelfth Years of Her present Majesty, Chapter One hundred and seven, to prevent the spreading of Contagious or Infectious Disorders among Sheep, Cattle, and other Animals. -36 16. An Act for facilitating the public Exhibition of Works of Art in certain Exhibitions. 39 17. An Act to regulate the Inspection of Cattle Sheds, Cowhouses, and Byres within Burghs and populous Places in Scotland. 40 18. An Act to make Provision for the Transfer of the Assets, Liabilities, and Management of the Bengal, Madras, and Bombay Military Funds, the Bengal Military Orphan Society, and other Funds, to the Secretary of State for India in Council. 42 19. An Act for amend the Law relating to Parliamentary Oaths. 43 20. An Act to indemnify William Forsyth Esquire, One of Her Majesty's Counsel, from any penal Consequences which he may have incurred by sitting or voting as a Member of the House of Commons while holding the Office of Standing Counsel to the Secretary of State in Council of India. 46 21. An Act to authorize the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings to acquire by compulsory Purchase or otherwise certain Lands, Houses, and Premises in the Parish of Saint Margaret, Westminster; and for other Purposes. 48 22. An Act to render it unnecessary to make and subscribe certain Declarations as a Qualification for Offices and Employments; to indemnify such Persons as have omitted to qualify themselves for Office and Employment; and for other Purposes relating thereto. 54 23. An Act to alter certain Duties of Customs in the Isle of Man, and for other Purposes. 55 24. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders under "The Local Government Act, 1858," relating to the Districts of Winchester, Burton-upon-Trent, Longton, Accrington, Preston, Bangor, Elland, Halstead, Wadsworth, Canterbury, Dartmouth, Dukinfield, Stroud, and Bridlington, and for other Purposes relative to certain Districts under the said Act. 60 25. An Act to consolidate and amend the several Laws regulating the Preparation, Issue, and Payment of Exchequer Bills and Bonds. Page 63 26. An Act to secure the Repayment of Public Monies advanced for the Drainage and Improvement of Lands and other like Objects in Ireland. 72 27. An Act to amend The Dockyard Extensions Act, 1865. 74 28. An Act to enable the Public Works Loan Commissioners to make Advances towards the Erection of Dwellings for the Labouring Classes. 75 29. An Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands in pursuance of a Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales. 78 30. An Act to amend the Harbours and Passing Tolls, &c. Act, 1861. 79 31. An Act to provide for Superannuation Allowances to Officers of Vestries and other Boards within the Area of the Metropolis Local Management Act. 80 32. An Act further to amend the Procedure and Powers of the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes. 82 33. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under "The Land Drainage Act, 1861." 83 34. An Act to give further Facilities for the Establishment of Societies for the Assurance of Cattle and other Animals. Ibid. 35. An Act for the better Prevention of Contagious Diseases at certain Naval and Military Stations. 84 36. An Act to grant, alter, and repeal certain Duties of Customs and Inland Revenue, and for other Purposes relating thereto. 101 37. An Act to amend an Act of the Fifty-fourth Year of King George the Third, Chapter One hundred and twenty-three, to prevent Frauds and Abuses in the Trade of Hops. 108 38. An Act to enable Boards of Guardians in Ireland to provide Coffins and Shrouds for the Burial of poor Persons who at the Time of their Death were not in receipt of Relief from the Poor Rates. 115 39. An Act to consolidate the Duties of the Exchequer and Audit Departments, to regulate the Receipt, Custody, and Issue of Public Moneys, and to provide for the Audit of the Accounts thereof. Ibid. 40. An Act to authorize a further Advance of Money for the Purposes of Improvement of Landed Property in Ireland. 132 41. An Act to amend the Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention Act, 1860. 135 42. An Act to amend the Law relating to Life Insurances in Ireland. Ibid. 43. An Act for the Establishment and Regulation of Savings Banks for Seamen and Marines of the Royal Navy. 136 44. An Act to encourage the Establishment of Lodging Houses for the Labouring Classes in Ireland. 137 45. An Act to extend the Provisions of the Acts for the Encouragement of the Sea Fisheries in Ireland, by promoting |