A BIL L To provide for the taking in and Payment of outstanding Lottery Tickets. Note.-The Words printed in Italics are proposed to be inserted 5 W HERCAS by an Act passed in the Fourth year of the reign of his late Majesty King GEORGE the Fourth, intituled, "An Act for granting to His Majesty a sum of Money to "be raised by Lotteries," it was amongst other things enacted, that the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury should have full power and authority to continue and appoint certain Commissioners of Lottery, for the period of Three years after the discontinuance of Lotteries, who should be thereby enabled and authorized to take in the fortunate Tickets of any and every Lottery authorized by the 10 said recited Act or any former Act for granting to His Majesty a sum of Money to be raised by Lotteries, and to deliver out Certificates for the same, to be numbered and made out in the manner in the said Act mentioned, and to be signed by the major part of the said Commissioners so retained or appointed, and their Secretary for the time being: 15 And whereas the time limited by the said recited Act for retaining and appointing the said Commissioners for the purpose aforesaid has expired, and there yet remain divers of such Tickets as aforesaid outstanding; and it is expedient to authorize and empower Preamble: Recital of c. 60. 4 Geo. IV. Commissioners of Stamps authorized to take in the outstanding fortunate Tickets, and to deliver out Certificates for the same. Act may be altered or repealed this Session. the Commissioners of Stamps to take in such Tickets, and to sign and deliver out such Certificates as aforesaid for the same; any 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, 5 and by the Authority of the same, THAT from and after the passing of this Act, it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Stamps, or Three of them, and they are hereby empowered, at any time hereafter to take in the fortunate Tickets of any and every Lottery authorized by the said recited Act or by any former Act for 10 granting to His Majesty a sum of Money to be raised by Lotteries; and also to deliver out Certificates for the same, to be numbered and made out in the manner in the said recited Act mentioned, and to be signed by the said Commissioners of Stamps, or any Three of them; and also to do and perform all such other acts, matters and 15 things, with relation to the taking in of such fortunate Tickets, and the delivering out of such Certificates for the same, as the said Commissioners of Lottery and their Secretary for the time being were required or empowered to do and perform under or by virtue of the said recited Act, within the time thereby limited as aforesaid; 20 and all such Certificates so to be made out and signed by the said Commissioners of Stamps or any Three of them, and also all such acts, matters and things so to be done and performed by them as aforesaid, shall respectively be of the like validity, force and effect as if the same had respectively been made out and signed or done 25 and performed by the said Commissioners of Lottery and their Secretary for the time being, within the time limited by the said recited Act as aforesaid. And be it Enacted, That this Act may be amended, altered or repealed by any Act or Acts to be passed in this Session of Parlia ment. A BILL For regulating the Care and Treatment of Insane [Note.--The Words printed in Italics are proposed to be inserted 5 W HEREAS an Act was made in the Ninth year of the Preamble: reign of his late Majesty King GEORGE the Fourth, intituled, "An Act to regulate the Care and Treatment of Insane Persons in 9 G. 4. c. 41. "England," and which Act was amended by another Act made in the 1. Tenth year of the reign of his said late Majesty, intituled, "An Act 10 G. 4. c. 18. "to explain, amend and alter the Act of the ninth year of the reign "of His present Majesty, for regulating the Care and Treatment of "Insane Persons in England:" And whereas it is expedient that the Provisions of the said Acts should be amended and consolidated, for 10 the more effectually carrying into execution the purposes thereof; 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 from and after the First day of Recited Acts repealed. 15 May One thousand eight hundred and Thirty-two, the said recited Acts. of the Ninth and Tenth years of the reign of his late Majesty King GEORGE the Fourth shall be and the same are hereby repealed: Provided always, That until the appointment of Commissioners or Visitors, and their respective Clerks, under the provisions of this Act, the authority 20 of the Commissioners and Visitors, and of their respective Clerks, appointed under the said recited Acts, shall continue as if given by this Act; and that all matters and things at any time done or directed to be done by them respectively under the said recited Acts or this Act, |