Passed in the Sixth Session of the 18th Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. САР. 27° & 28° VICT.-4 February-29 July 1864. THE TABLE. 27° & 28° VICT. Royal Assent. of } I. AN ACT to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands in pursuance of a Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales II. AN ACT to enable the Right Honourable Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence to receive the full Benefit of the Salary of Governor General of India, notwithstanding his being in receipt of an Annuity granted to him by the East India Company III. AN ACT for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters 9 IV. AN ACT for the Regulation of Her Majesty's Royal Marine Forces while on Shore 18 March. 18 March. 18 March. V. AN ACT to apply the Sum of Five hundred and eighty-four thousand Six hundred and fifty 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-four VI. AN ACT to apply the Sum of Four million Five hundred thousand Pounds out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the Year One thousand Eight hundred and Sixty-four VII. AN ACT to amend the Law relating to Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes in Ireland 18 March. 18 March. VIII. AN ACT to amend the Laws relating to Conveyancers, Special] 28 April. Pleaders, and Draughtsmen in Equity practising in Ireland IX. AN ACT to allow the making of Malt Duty-free to be used in feeding] 28 April. Animals X. AN ACT to continue for a further Period certain Provisions of the Union Relief Aid Acts XI. AN ACT to apply the Sum of Fifteen Millions out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the Year One thousand Eight hundred and Sixty-four 28 April. British} 28 April. XII. AN ACT to amend the Laws relating to the Warehousing of British Spirits viii TABLE OF THE L27° & 28° Vict. CAP. XIII. AN ACT to further extend the Time for making Enrolments under the Act passed in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, "An Act to amend the Law relating to the Conveyance of Lands for Charitable Uses," and otherwise to amend the said Law -J Royal Assent. 13 May. Land] 13 May. XIV, AN ACT to confirm certain Provisional Orders under "The Land Drainage Act, 1861 " XV. AN ACT for making better and further Provision for the more more] 13 May. efficient Despatch of Business in the High Court of Chancery XVI. AN ACT to confirm the Appointment of Henry Pendock St. George Tucker, Esq., as one of the Judges of Her Majesty's High Court at Bombay, 13 May. and to establish the Validity of certain Proceedings therein XVII. AN ACT for the Abolition of Vestry Cess in Ireland, and for 13 May. other Purposes relating thereto XVIII. AN ACT to grant certain Duties of Customs and Inland Revenue 13 May. XIX. AN ACT to enable Joint Stock Companies carrying on Business' 13 May. in Foreign Countries to have Official Seals to be used in such Countries XX. AN ACT to remove certain Restrictions on the Negotiation of Promissory Notes and Bills of Exchange under a limited Sum in Ireland XXI. AN ACT to indemnify certain Persons from any Penal Consequences which they may have incurred by Sitting and Voting as Members of the House of Commons while holding the Office of Under Secretary of State XXII. AN ACT to amend the Laws which regulate the Registration of} Parliamentary Voters in Counties in Ireland 13 May. 23 June. 23 June. XXIII. AN ACT to repeal Enactments relating to Naval Prize of War] and Matters connected therewith, or with the Discipline or Management of 23 June. the Navy XXIV. AN ACT to provide for the Appointment, Duties and Remuneration of Agents for Ships of War, and for the Distribution of Salvage, 23 June. Bounty, Prize and other Money among the Officers and Crews thereof XXV. AN ACT for regulating Naval Prize of War XXVI. AN ACT to confirm certain Provisional Orders under "They Local Government Act, 1858," relating to the Districts of Southampton, Brighton, Hexham, Oswaldtwistle, Bolton, Ashford, Oswestry, Fareham, West Cowes, and Wilton XXVII. AN ACT for regulating the Proving and Sale of Chain Cables and Anchors XXVIII. AN ACT to amend "The Common Law Procedure (Ireland) Act, 1853," in relation to Jurors and Juries in the County of Cork 23 June. 23 June. XXIX. AN ACT to amend the Act Third and Fourth Victoria, Chapter Fifty-four, for making further Provision for the Confinement and MainMaintenance of Insane Prisoners 23 June. urt} XXX. AN ACT to provide for the Alteration of the Circuits of the Court of Justiciary in Scotland, and for holding additional Circuit Courts XXXI. AN ACT to settle an Annuity on Mary Louisa, Countess of Elgin and Kincardine, in consideration of the distinguished Services performed by the late James, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine 23 June. 30 June. XXXII. AN ACT to enable certain Banking Copartnerships which shall discontinue the Issue of their own Bank Notes to sue and be sued by their 30 June. public Officer Sess. 1864.] CAP. PUBLIC GENERAL ACTS. ix certain} XXXIII. AN ACT to facilitate the Commutation and Sale of certain Vicarage Teinds in Scotland XXXIV. AN ACT for amending the Law relating to Seats in the House of Commons of Persons holding certain Public Offices XXXV. AN ACT for more effectually regulating the Sale of Beer in Ireland Royal Assent. 30 June. 30 June. XXXVI. AN ACT to amend the Law relative to the Payment of the Shares of Prize and other Money belonging to deceased Officers and Soldiers of Her Majesty's Land Forces XXXVII. AN ACT to amend and extend the Act for the Regulation of} XXXVIII. AN ACT to facilitate the Redemption of Chief Rents Ireland XXXIX. AN ACT to amend the Union Assessment Committee Act (1862) X Hellenes of T for authorizing the relinquishment in favour of the King of the Hellenes of certain Money payable in respect of the Greek Loan 14 July. XLII. AN ACT to provide for Superannuation Allowances to Officers] XLIII. AN ACT to grant additional facilities for the Purchase of small Government Annuities, and for assuring Payments of Money on Death 14 July. XLIV. AN ACT to amend the Act relating to Divorce and Matrimonial Causes in England, Twentieth and Twenty-first Victoria, Chapter Eighty- 14 July. five XLV. AN ACT to further amend the Settled Estates Act of 1856 XLVII. AN ACT to amend the Penal Servitude Acts 25 July. XLVIII. AN ACT for the Extension of the Factory Acts E 25 July. XLIX. AN ACT to indemnify such Persons in the United Kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, and to extend the Time limited for those purposes respectively L. AN ACT to amend an Act of the Twenty-fifth Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, to provide for the Registration and Transfer of Indian Stocks at the Bank of Ireland, and for the mutual Transfer of such Stocks from and to the Banks of England and Ireland respectively LI. AN ACT to vest the Site of the India Office in Her Majesty for the the} Service of the Government of India 25 July. 25 July. 25 July. LII. AN ACT to amend the Law relating to the Valuation of Rateable] 25 July. Property in Ireland LIII. AN ACT to make Provision for Uniformity of Process in summary Criminal Prosecutions and Prosecutions for Penalties in the Inferior Courts 25 July. in Scotland LIV. AN ACT for the Union of the Diocesan Courts and Registries in Ireland; for the Regulation of the mode of Procedure therein, and also 25 July. in the Provincial Courts of Armagh and Dublin, and for Appeals therefrom) LV. AN ACT for the better Regulation of Street Music within the} Metropolitan Police District 25 July. LVI. AN ACT for granting to Her Majesty certain Stamp Duties; and to amend the Laws relating to the Inland Revenue LVII. AN ACT to make Provision respecting the Acquisition of Lands required by the Admiralty for the Public Service, and respecting the Use and Disposition thereof, and the execution of Works thereon 25 July. X CAP. TABLE OF THE [27° & 28° Vict. Royal Assent. LVIII. AN ACT for confirming a Provisional Order concerning Pilotage] made by the Board of Trade under The Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862, relating to Hartlepool LIX. AN ACT to continue the Deputy Commissioners in Lunacy in Scotland, and to make further Provision for the Salaries of the Deputy Commissioners, Secretary, and Clerk of the General Board of Lunacy in Scotland 25 July. 25 July. LX. AN ACT to enable Her Majesty to grant a Lease for Nine hundred and ninety-nine Years of the Building known as the College of Physicians 25 July. in Pall Mall East LXI. AN ACT for empowering the Commissioners of the Treasury to guarantee, and the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt to advance, the Sums authorized to be borrowed for the Embankment of the Thames and Improvement of the Metropolis, and for other Purposes connected therewith LXII. AN ACT for amending the Isle of Man Harbours Act, 1863 LXIII. AN ACT to suspend the making of Lists and the Ballots for the Militia of the United Kingdom LXIV. AN ACT for further regulating the closing of Public-houses and Refreshment Houses within the Metropolitan Police District, the City of 25 July. London, certain Corporate Boroughs and other Places LXV. AN ACT for amending the Law relating to the Removal of Clerks of the Peace LXVI. AN ACT to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands in pursuance of a Special Report of the Inclosure Commissioners LXVII. AN ACT to amend the Law in certain Cases relating to Tresin Pursuit of Game passes LXVIII. AN ACT to amend the Local Government Act of 1858 so far) as it applies to Oxford LXIX. AN ACT to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing, and Con-) tingent and other Expenses of the Disembodied Militia in Great Britain and Ireland; to grant Allowances in certain Cases to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, and Surgeons Mates of the Militia; and to authorize the Employment of the Non-commissioned Officers LXX. AN ACT to substitute fixed instead of fluctuating Incomes for the Members of certain minor Corporations in certain of the Cathedral Churches in England LXXI. AN ACT for amending and extending the Railways (Ireland) Act, 1851, and the Railways (Ireland) Act, 1860 LXXII. AN ACT to explain certain Provisions contained in the Drainage and Improvement of Lands (Ireland) Act, 1863 LXXIII. AN ACT to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund, and the Surplus of Ways and Means, to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament 29 July. 29 July. LXXIV. AN ACT for raising the Sum of One million Six hundred thousand Pounds by Exchequer Bonds for the Service of the Year One thousand Eight hundred and Sixty-four LXXV. AN ACT to amend the Law relating to certain Nuisances on 29 July. Turnpike Roads, and to continue certain Turnpike Acts in Great Britain -} LXXVI. AN ACT to make valid defective Registration of Deeds in certain cases, and. to substitute Stamps in lieu of the Fees now payable on Proceedings in the Registrar of Deeds Office in Ireland 29 July. LXXVII. AN ACT to repeal, and in part to re-enact certain Acts of) Parliament relating to the Ionian States, and to establish the Validity of 29 July. certain Things done in the said States LXXVIII. AN ACT for impressing by Machinery Signatures of Names on Bank Notes and certain Bills of the Bank of Ireland Sess. 1864.] CAP. PUBLIC GENERAL ACTS. xi Royal Assent. LXXIX. AN ACT to confirm certain Provisional Orders made under an Act of the Fifteenth Year of Her present Majesty, to facilitate Arrange- 29 July. ments for the Relief of Turnpike Trusts LXXX. AN ACT to extend the Provisions of "The Criminal Justice) Act, 1855," to the Liberties of the Cinque Ports and to the District of 29 July. Romney Marsh, in the County of Kent LXXXI. AN ACT for amending the Act 11th & 12th George the Third, c. 17, (I.), in respect of the Charges on the Revenues of the Archbishopric 29 July. of Armagh LXXXII. AN ACT to guarantee the Liquidation of a Loan for the Ser-129 July. vice of the Colony. of New Zealand LXXXIII. AN ACT to confirm certain Provisional Orders under "The Local Government Act, 1858," relating to the Districts of Kingston-uponHull, Stockport, Penzance, Shanklin, Portsmouth, Tunbridge Wells, Woolwich, and Tormoham LXXXIV. AN ACT for continuing various expiring Acts 29 July. 29 July. certain} 29 July. LXXXV. AN ACT for the Prevention of Contagious Diseases at certain Naval and Military Stations 29 July. LXXXVI. AN ACT to permit for a limited Period Compositions for Stamp Duty on Bank Post Bills of Five Pounds and upwards in Ireland -) LXXXVII. AN ACT to amend the Law relating to Publication of Accounts of Corn imported, and to Returns of Purchases and Sales of 29 July. Corn LXXXVIII. AN ACT for the better Regulation of the Traffic on West-1 minster Bridge, and for the Prevention of Obstructions thereon LXXXIX. AN ACT to amend "The Defence Act, 1842" XC. AN ACT to amend an Act of the present Session, Chapter Eighteen, as to the Stamp Duties on certain Letters or Powers of Attorney 29 July. sty's} 29 July. XCI. AN ACT for the more effectual Protection of Her Majesty's Naval and Victualling Stores XCII. AN ACT for annexing Conditions to the Appointment of Persons to Offices in the Governing Bodies of certain Public Schools and 29 July. Colleges XCIII. AN ACT for confirming certain Provisional Orders made by they Board of Trade under "The General Pier and Harbour Act, 1861, relating to Brighton, Eastbourne, Sandown, Walton-on-the-Naze, Clevedon, Rhyl, 29 July. Bray, Kircubbin, Walton (Suffolk), Holywood, Exe Bight, Lytham, Ardglass, Filey, Greenock, Carlingford Lough, Wexford, Torquay, and Oban XCIV. AN ACT to remove Disabilities affecting the Bishops and Clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Scotland XCV. AN ACT to amend the Act Ninth and Tenth Victoria, Chapter) Ninety-three, for compensating the Families of Persons killed by Accident-J XCVI. AN ACT to enable certain Royal and Parliamentary Burghs in) Scotland to avail themselves of the Provisions of the Acts Twenty-second and Twenty-third Victoria, Chapter Sixty-six, and Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Victoria, Chapter One hundred and forty-six, for regulating the Sale of Gas XCVII. AN ACT to make further Provision for the Registration Burials in England XCVIII. AN ACT for extending the Provisions of "The Bleaching and Dyeing Works Act, 1860" 29 July. 29 July. 29 July. XCIX. AN ACT to amend the Procedure of the Civil Bill Courts in Ireland C. AN ACT to confirm certain Proceedings of the Justices for the County of Sussex 29 July. CI. AN ACT to amend the Act for the better Management of Highways 29 July. in England |