No. CXXX. 6 Geo. IV. c. 79. Where annual Sums charged on the Consoli dated Fund in Irish Currency, are converted into British, the Treasury may add sufficient to prevent Frac tions of a Penny. Contracts, &c., may be made according to Currency of Foreign States. Gifts by Implication of Law, within the Act. payment of each and every half-yearly dividend, certify to the Vice Treasurer in the Exchequer in Ireland and the loan clerk there, (or to such other officer or officers as shall be directed by the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, or any three of them), the amount of all sums of money so paid by the said Governor and Company in the year preceding, and such loan clerk or other officer shall certify, by his signature, to the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom, the total amount of all such payments; and thereupon it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners of the Treasury, and they are hereby authorized and required to grant their warrant to the Commissioners for the reduction of the national debt, to pay to the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, out of any funds or monies at the disposal of the said Commissioners, the total amount of the payment so made by the said Governor and Company within any such half-year; and it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners for the reduction of the national debt to make such payments accordingly, and to place the same to the account of the reduction of the national debt in the accounts of the said Commissioners; any Act or Acts in force in Ireland to the contrary notwithstanding. VIII. And for the purpose of avoiding as much as possible the introduction of the fractional parts of a penny into the public accounts and statements, be it enacted, That in any case where any annual sum chargeable on the consolidated fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland shall, at the time of the commencement of this Act, be payable in Irish currency, it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom, upon the conversion of any such sum into British currency, to direct that such addition may be made to any such annual sum as shall be sufficient to exclude fractions of a penny from the amount of any such annual sum and the several quarterly payments thereof. IX. Provided always, and be it enacted, That nothing herein contained shall prevent any gift, grant, contract, bargain, sale, or dealing for money, or any bill, note, draft, acceptance, receipt, or acknowledgement for the payment of money, or any matter or thing relating to money, from being made or had according to the currency of foreign parts. X. And be it further enacted, That all debts, contracts, liabilities, matters, or things relating to money, at any time after the commencement of this Act, arising by implication of law out of, or being founded Meaning of the upon any gifts, grants, contracts, bargains, sales, or dealings, matters, or things, made, done, or had prior to the commencement of this Act, shall be held, deemed, and construed to be within the meaning of this Act, as debts, gifts, grants, contracts, liabilities, bargains, sales, or dealings, matters, or things, made or had prior to the commencement of this Act, and shall be construed accordingly. After a day to be named by Proclamation, British Silver and Gold Coins shall be current in Ireland at the same Rate of Pence as in Great Britain, and not as heretofore in Ireland; viz. The Silver 6d. at 6d. instead 64d.; 12d. inof 13d.; XI. And be it further enacted, That from and after such day after the commencement of this Act, as shall be named and appointed in and by any proclamation which shall be made and issued for that purpose by. His Majesty, by and with the advice of his Privy Council in Great Britain, and by the Lord Lieutenant or other chief governor or governors of Ireland, by and with the advice of His Majesty's Privy Council in Ireland, the several silver and gold coins of Great Britain shall circulate and be current in Ireland at the same nominal as well as real value as in other parts of the United Kingdom, and shall be taken, paid, accepted, and computed, as representing and divisible into the like number of pence, and as representing the like nominal sum of money as such coins are respectively current for and divisible into, and do represent, in Great Britain, and not as current for or as representing or divisible into any greater number of pence, or as representing any greater nominal sum of money than the same are current for, or are divisible into, or do represent in Great Britain; that is to say, the British silver sixpence shall circulate, and shall be taken, accepted, paid, and computed as current for and divisible into and representing sixpence only, and not sixpence and one halfpenny; the British silver shilling as twelve-pence and not as thirteen pence; the British silver No. CXXX. 6 Geo. IV. c. 79. Half Crown at 2s. 6d. instead of 2s. 8d.; Crown 5s. instead of 58. 5d.; 10. instead of Half Sovereign 10s. 10d.; Half Guinea 10s. 6d. instead of 11s. 44d.; Sovereign 11. instead of 11. Is. 8d.; Guinea 11. Is. half-crown piece as thirty pence or two shillings and sixpence, and not as thirty-two pence and one halfpenny, or as two shillings and eight-pence halfpenny; the British silver crown piece as sixty pence or five shillings, and not as sixty-five pence, or five shillings and five-pence; the British gold coin of a half sovereign as one hundred and twenty pence or ten shil lings, and not as one hundred and thirty pence or ten shillings and ten pence; the British gold coin of a half guinea, as one hundred and twentysix pence, or ten shillings and sixpence, and not as one hundred and thirtysix pence and one halfpenny or eleven shillings and four-pence halfpenny; the British gold coin of a sovereign, as two hundred and forty pence, or twenty shillings or one pound, and not as two hundred and sixty pence, or one pound one shilling and eight pence; the British gold coin of a guinea, as two hundred and fifty-two pence or one pound and one shilling, and not as two hundred and seventy-three pence or one pound two shillings and nine-pence; and the British gold coin of a double sovereign, as four hundred and eighty pence or forty shillings or two pounds, and not as five hundred and twenty pence, or two pounds three shillings and four-pence; any law, statute, usage, or custom in force in Ireland, at any time before the passing or commencement of this Act, to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding. instead of 11. 2s. 9d.; Double Sovereign 21. instead of 21. 3s. 4d. XII. And whereas the copper money coined to be current in Ireland is of less value than the copper coin or money current in Great Britain; be it enacted, That from and after such day as shall be named and appointed in and by any proclamation, which shall be made and issued for that purpose, by His Majesty, by and with the advice of His Majesty's Privy Council in Great Britain, and by the Lord Lieutenant or other chief governor or governors of Ireland, by and with the advice of His Majesty's Privy Council in Ireland, it shall be lawful for any person or persons having or possessing any copper coin or money of the currency of Ireland, and pass ing after the rate of thirteen pence or twenty-six halfpennies for the shilling British currency, to bring any such copper coin, and to deliver the same at the Bank of Ireland, during such period and within such time as shall be mentioned and specified in such proclamations; and that there shall be delivered at the said Bank of Ireland, to every person bringing in and delivering such copper coin of the currency of Ireland, a sum in the current copper coin of Great Britain, after the rate of twelve-pence of such British copper coin, for every thirteen pence or twenty-six halfpence of such copper coin of the currency of Ireland, so to be brought and delivered at the said Bank of Ireland; and that from and after a day to be mentioned in such proclamations as aforesaid, all copper coin of the currency of Ireland shall cease to be current in Ireland, or in any part of the United Kingdom; any law, statute, usage, or custom to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding. On like Proclamation Irish Copper Coin shall be brought into the Bank of Ireland, and exchanged there for British Copper Coin, at the Rate of 12d. British for 13d. Irish; and the Irish Copper Coin shall cease to circulate. XIII. And whereas sums under the amount of twelve-pence of the To provide for currency of Ireland cannot in certain cases be paid by any equivalent Payment of number of pence halfpence and farthings of the currency of Great Britain, Sums under and it is unavoidable that in the payment of several of such sums an incon- 12d. Irish in siderable loss of a part of a farthing must be incurred either by the debtor or British Curcreditor; and it is necessary that some plain rule not liable to be misun- rency. derstood should be applied to ascertain upon which party such inconsider-d. Irish, and able loss should fall; be it therefore enacted, That from and after the commencement of this Act, the sums of one farthing, one halfpenny, three farthings, one penny, one penny farthing, and one penny halfpenny, of Irish currency, shall be paid and satisfied by the payment of one farthing,one halfpenny, three farthings, one penny, one penny farthing, and one penny halfpenny respectively, in the copper currency of Great Britain; and that all sums of Irish currency exceeding one penny halfpenny, and not exceeding four-pence three farthings, shall be and shall be deemed to be acquitted paid and satisfied by the payment of a sum of the copper coinage of Great Britain, less by one farthing than the expressed amount of the sum so payable in Irish currency; and that all sums of Irish currency exceeding four-pence three farthings, and not exceeding eight-pence, shall be and shall be deemed to be acquitted paid and satisfied by the pay under, shall be 221 (120) No.CXXX. 6 Geo. IV. c. 79. From 8d. to 12d., less by ld. 55 G. 3. c. 100. certain Bank- Notes made by Bankers to be re-issuable, shall able in Irish Currency shall be re-issued af Trade, Navigation, ment of a sum of the copper coinage of Great Britain, less by one half- XIV. And whereas by an Act passed in the fifty-fifth year of the reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act to provide for the Collection and Management of Stamp Duties payable on Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Receipts and Game Certificates, in Ireland, it is among other things enacted, that it shall be lawful for bankers, or other persons in Ireland, registered in manner required by the said recited Act, who shall have made and issued any promissory note or notes for the payment to bearer on demand of any sun or sums of money not exceeding one hundred pounds each, duly stamped, from time to time after the payment thereof, and within the term of three years from the date thereof, but not afterwards, to re-issue any such promissory notes or note without being liable to pay a further duty in respect thereof: And whereas it is expedient that from and after the commencement of this Act all such reissuable notes for the payment of any amount of money in Irish currency should cease to be re-issued, and that such bankers should be relieved from the loss arising from the ceasing to re-issue such notes before the expiration of the said term of three years; be it therefore enacted, That from and after the commencement of this Act, all promissory notes for the payment to the bearer on demand of any sum of money not exceeding one hundred pounds each, which shall be made and issued in Ireland by any registered banker or other person, and re-issuable under the provisions of the said recited Act, shall be made payable according to the amount thereof in British currency, and not in Irish currency; and that it shall not be lawful for any such registered banker, or other person in Ireland, at any time after the commencement of this Act, to re-issue any promissory note or notes payable in Irish currency, which shall have been issued in Ireland at any time before the commencement of this Act, and which shall be paid by such banker or other person at any time after the commencement of this Act; any thing in the said recited Act to the contrary notwithstanding; and if any such banker or other person shall, at any time after the commencement of this Act, re-issue any such note or notes, such banker or bankers shall for every such offence forfeit the sum of fifty Penalty 501. pounds, to be recovered in like manner as any penalty of the like amount incurred under any Act or Acts relating to the stamp duties in Ireland. XV. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for any registered banker, or other person in Ireland, who shall have lawfully issued or re-issued any such promissory notes, re-issuable aforesaid, at any time before the commencement of this Act, and who shall have paid the same at any time after the commencement of this Act, and before the expiration of three years from the date thereof, to bring send and deliver such notes, or cause the same to be brought sent and delivered, to the stamp office in Dublin, and at the same time to deliver a quantity of paper, and require the same to be stamped with stamps denoting the duty on promissory notes re-issuable as aforesaid, in lieu of the stamps on the notes so brought in and delivered; and it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Stamps in Ireland, upon such proof and under such regulations as the said Commissioners shall for that purpose direct and require, to cause any such paper to be stamped or marked with such stamps, denoting the duties payable in respect of promissory notes re-issuable as aforesaid, as shall be required by such banker or other person to the several amounts following; Three-fourths, that is to say, in case the notes so brought in and delivered shall be if within Two Years; and One-half, if within Three Years. ter commence ment of this Act. Bankers may Act, and receive lieu to the whole Amount delivered up, if One Year pre- c. 91. dated at any time within one year next before the time when the same No.CXXXI. shall be so brought in and delivered, then the banker or person deliver6 Geo. IV. ing the same shall in lieu thereof be entitled to and shall receive stamps on such paper so brought to be stamped as aforesaid, to an amount equal to the whole of the stamp duties on such notes so brought in and delivered; and in case the notes so brought in and delivered shall be dated at any time exceeding one year, and not exceeding two years, next before the same shall be so brought in and delivered, then such banker or other person shall, in lieu thereof, be entitled to stamps to an amount equal to threefourths of the stamp duties on such notes so brought in and delivered; and in case the notes so brought in and delivered shall be dated at any time exceeding two years, and not exceeding three years next before the time when the same shall be so brought in and delivered, then such banker or other persons shall, in lieu thereof, be entitled to stamps to an amount equal to one-half of the stamp duties on such notes so brought in and delivered. XVI. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom, or any three or more of them for the time being, from time to time to publish and distribute, or to order or cause to be published or distributed, copies of this Act, or any extracts therefrom, or any explanation thereof, or any orders or directions relating thereto, throughout Ireland, together with such tables, shewing the difference between British and Irish currency, or between the Irish currency, and the currency or lawful money of the United Kingdom, as the said Commissioners of the Treasury shall from time to time think fit; and it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners of the Treasury, or any three or more of them, to direct the issue of such sum or sums of money from time to time out of the consolidated fund of the United Kingdom, as may be necessary for the purpose of defraying the expences of so doing. XVII. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall commence and take effect from and after the fifth day of January one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, and not sconer. XVIII. And be it further enacted, That this Act may be amended altered or repealed by any Act to be passed in this present Session of Parliament. [No. CXXXI.] 6 Geo. IV. c. 91.-An Act to repeal so much of an Act passed in the Sixth Year of His late Majesty King George the First, as relates to the restraining several extravagant and unwarrantable Practices in the said Act mentioned; and for conferring additional Powers upon His Majesty, with respect to the granting of Charters of incorporation to trading and other Companies. [5th July 1825.] WHEREAS by an Act passed in the sixth year of the reign of His late Publication of Act, and Explanation thereof, throughout Ireland, by order of the Treasury. Commencement of Act, 5th Jan. 1826. Act may be amended this Session. Majesty King George the First, intituled An Act for better securing 6 G. 1. c. 18. certain Powers and Privileges intended to be granted by His Majesty, by Two Charters, for Assurance of Ships and Merchandizes at Sea, and for lending Money upon Bottomry, and for restraining several extravagant and unwarrantable Practices therein mentioned, it was enacted, that after the twenty-fourth day of June one thousand seven hundred and twenty, all and every the undertakings and attempts in the said Act described, and all other public undertakings and attempts, tending to the common grievance prejudice, and inconvenience of His Majesty's subjects, or great numbers of them, in their trade, commerce and other lawful affairs; and all public subscriptions, receipts, payments, assignments, transfers, pretended assignments and transfers, and all other matters and things whatsoever, for furthering countenancing or procceding in any such undertaking or attempt; and more particularly the acting or presuming to act as a Corporate body or bodies; the raising or pretending to raise [Part III. No.CXXXI. transferrable stock or stocks; the transferring or pretending to transfer or assign any share or shares in such stock or stocks, without leave or 6 Gen. IV. authority, either by Act of Parliament or by any charter from the Crown, e. 91. to warrant such acting as a body corporate, or to raise such transferrable stock or stocks, or to transfer shares therein; and all acting or pretending to act under any charter formerly granted from the Crown, for particular or special purposes therein expressed, by persons who should use or endeavour to use the same charters for raising a capital stock, or for making transfers or assignments, or pretended transfer or assignment of such stock, not intended or designed by such charter to be raised or transferred; and all acting or pretending to act under any obsolete charter become void or voidable by non-user or abuser, or for want of making lawful elections, which were necessary to continue the corporation thereby intended, should (as to all or any such acts, matters and things as should be acted, done, attempted, endeavoured, or proceeded upon, after the said four-and-twentieth day of June one thousand seven hundred and twenty) for ever be deemed to be illegal and void, and should not be practised or in anywise put into execution: and it was further enacted, that from and after the said four-and-twentieth day of June one thousand seven hundred and twenty, all such unlawful undertakings and attempts so tending to the common grievance prejudice and inconvenience of His Majesty's subjects, or a great number of them, in their trade commerce or other lawful affairs, and the making or taking of any subscriptions for that purpose; the receiving or paying of any money upon such subscriptions; the making or accepting of any assignment or transfer, or pretended assignment or transfer, of any share or shares upon any such subscription, and all and every other matter and thing whatsoever for furthering countenancing or proceeding in any such unlawful undertaking or attempt; and more particularly the presuming or pretending to act as a corporate body, or to raise a transferrable stock or stocks, or to make transfers or assignments of any share or shares therein, without legal authority as aforesaid; and all acting or pretending to act under any charter formerly granted from the Crown, for any particular or special purposes therein expressed, by persons making or endeavouring to make use of such charter for any such other purpose not thereby intended; and all acting or pretending to act under any such obsolete charter as was therein-before described, and every one of them (as to all or any such acts, matters or things as should be so acted, done, attempted, endeavoured, or proceeded upon, after the said four-andtwentieth day of June one thousand seven hundred and twenty) should be deemed to be a public nuisance and nuisances; and the same, and all causes matters and things relating thereto, and every of them, should for ever thereafter be examined, heard, tried and determined as common nuisances were to be examined, heard, tried and determined by or according to the laws of this realm; and all offenders therein, being thereof lawfully convicted upon information or indictment in any of His Majesty's Courts of Record at Westminster, or in Edinburgh, or in Dublin, should be liable to such fines penalties and punishments whereunto persons convicted for cominon and public nuisances were by any of the laws and statutes of this realm subject and liable, and moreover should incur and sustain any further pains penalties and forfeitures, as were ordained and provided by the statute of provision and præmunire made in the sixteenth year of the reign of King Richard the Second: and it was further enacted, that if any merchant or trader, at any time after the said fourand-twentieth day of June one thousand seven hundred and twenty, should suffer any particular damage in his, her, or their trade commerce or other lawful affairs, by occasion or means of any undertaking, or attempt, matter, or thing, by that act declared to be unlawful as aforesaid, and would sue to be relieved therein, then and in every such case, such merchant or trader should have his, her, or their remedy for the same, by an action or actions to be grounded upon that statute, against the persons societies partnerships or any of them, who, contrary to that act, should be engaged or interested in any such unlawful undertaking or |