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CAP.

TABLE OF THE

[15° & 16° Vict.

Royal Assent.

LXVI. AN ACT to continue an Act of the Eleventh Year of Her present Majesty, for the better Prevention of Crime and Outrage in certain Parts of Ireland

(30 June.)

LXVII. AN ACT to continue the Powers of applying for a Sale of Lands under the Act for facilitating the Sale and Transfer of Incumbered Estates in Ireland (30 June.) LXVIII. AN ACT for the Application of certain Money accrued from Fines and Forfeitures in Ireland, in aid of certain Distressed Unions and Electoral Divisions in that Country (30 June.)

LXIX. AN ACT to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the General Board of Health (30 June.) LXX. AN ACT for authorizing the Occupation of the House of Correction recently erected by and for the City of London at Holloway, in the County of Middlesex (30 June.) LXXI. AN ACT to amend an Act of the Ninth and Tenth Years of Her present Majesty for the Embankment of a Portion of the River Thames (30 June.) LXXII. AN ACT to grant a Representative Constitution to the Colony of New Zealand (30 June.)

LXXIII. AN ACT to make Provision for a permanent Establishment of Officers to perform the Duties at Nisi Prius in the Superior Courts of Common Law, and for the Payment of such Officers and of the Judges' Clerks by Salaries, and to abolish certain Offices in those Courts (30 June.)

LXXIV. AN ACT to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing, and contingent 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, Surgeons Mates and Serjeant Majors of the Militia; and to authorize the Employment of the Non-commissioned Officers

(30 June.) LXXV. AN ACT to suspend the making of Lists and the Ballots and Enrolments for the Militia of the United Kingdom. (30 June.) LXXVI. AN ACT to amend the Process, Practice and Mode of Pleading in the Superior Courts of Common Law at Westminster, and in the Superior Courts of the Counties Palatine of Lancaster and Durham (30 June.) LXXVII. AN ACT to abolish the Office of Lord Chancellor's Secretary of Bankrupts, and to regulate the Office of Chief Registrar of the Court of Bankruptcy (30 June.) LXXVIII. AN ACT to enable the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings to complete Improvements in Pimlico and in the Neighbourhood of Buckingham Palace (30 June.) LXXIX. AN ACT to amend and further extend the Acts for the Inclosure, Exchange and Improvement of Land (30 June.)

LXXX. AN ACT to abolish the Office of Master in Ordinary of the High Court of Chancery, and to make Provision for the more speedy and efficient Despatch of Business in the said Court

LXXXI. AN ACT to consolidate and amend the Statutes relating to the Assessment and Collection of County Rates in England and Wales

LXXXII. AN ACT to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund, and Sums, to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two, priate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament

certain other and to appro(1 July.)

LXXXIII. AN ACT for amending the Law for granting Patents for Inventions LXXXIV. AN ACT to make better Provision respecting the Supply of Water to the Metropolis (1 July.) LXXXV. AN ACT to amend the Laws concerning the Burial of the Dead in the Metropolis (1 July.) LXXXVI. AN ACT to amend the Practice and Course of Proceeding in the High Court of Chancery (1.July.)

LXXXVII. AN ACT for the Relief of the Suitors of the High Court of Chancery

(1 July.)

LXXXVIII. AN ACT to remove Doubts as to the Constitution of the Bishopric of Christchurch in New Zealand, and to enable Her Majesty to constitute such Bishopric and to subdivide the Diocese of New Zealand

(1 July.)

Sess. 1852.]

PUBLIC GENERAL ACTS.

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INDEX

TO THE

PUBLIC GENERAL ACTS, 15° & 16° VICT., SESS. 1852:

SHOWING

Whether they relate to the WHOLE or to any PART of the UNITED Kingdom;

Administration of Personal Estates of Intestates and others, to which

Her Majesty may be entitled in right of Her Prerogative, or in right

of Her Duchy of Lancaster

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Advances made to certain Districts, to amend the Acts relating to the

Repayment of

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Cap.

Pay-} (U.K.)

7.

Apprehension of Deserters from Foreign Ships; to enable Her Majesty

to carry into effect certain Arrangements made with Foreign Powers

for the Apprehension of Seamen who desert from their Ships

Appropriation of Supplies

Army;

for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Pay-

ment of the Army and their Quarters

B.

Bankrupts, to abolish the Office of Lord Chancellor's Secretary of,]

and to regulate the Office of Chief Registrar of the Court of

Bankruptcy

Belfast Custom House, &c.; to empower the Commissioners of Hery
Majesty's Customs to acquire certain Lands and Houses in the
Borough of Belfast, for the Purpose of erecting a Custom-house and
other Offices

Births, Deaths, &c., to amend 6 & 7 Will. 4, c. 86, for registering

Bishopric of Christchurch (New Zealand); to remove Doubts as to the
Constitution of the Bishopric of Christchurch in New Zealand, and
to enable Her Majesty to constitute such Bishopric and to subdivide
the Diocese of New Zealand -

Bishops; to enable Colonial and other Bishops to perform certain
Episcopal Functions under Commission from Bishops of England
and Ireland

to provide for the exercise of certain Powers vested in the
Bishop of Quebec in respect of Districts severed from his Diocese
Board of Health. See General Board of Health.

Buckingham Palace. See Pimlico.

Burghs (Scotland); to alter and amend certain Provisions in the Laws
relating to the Number and Election of Magistrates and Councillors
in the Burghs in Scotland

Burial of the Dead in the Metropolis, to amend the Laws concerning

Chancery (Court of); to abolish the Office of Master in Ordinary of
the High Court of Chancery, and to make Provision for the more
speedy and efficient Despatch of Business in the said Court

C.

Casual Revenues in the Colonies. See Hereditary Casual Revenues.
Cattle, to continue 11 & 12 Vict. c. 107, to prevent the spreading of
contagious or infectious Disorders among

of }

to amend the Practice and Course of Proceeding in
Chemists (Pharmaceutical), for regulating the Qualifications of
Chief Registrar of Court of Bankruptcy, to regulate the Office of
Christchurch (Bishopric of), in New Zealand, to remove Doubts as to]
the Constitution of, and to enable Her Majesty to constitute such
Bishopric, and to subdivide the Diocese of New Zealand -
Church of England. See Bishopric of Christchurch (New Zealand).
Colonial Bishops. Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction. Quebec (Bishop of).
Colonial Bishops; to enable Colonial and other Bishops to performy
certain Episcopal Functions under Commission from Bishops of
England and Ireland

1

See also Quebec (Bishop of). New Zealand.

Colonies and Foreign Possessions, to remove Doubts as to the Lands
and casual Revenues of the Crown in

Common Law Courts. See Courts of Common Law.

Lands}

Common Law Procedure; to amend the Process, Practice, and Mode,
of Pleading in the Superior Courts of Common Law at Westminster,
and in the Superior Courts of the Counties Palatine of Lancaster and
Durham

Commons, House of. See Parliament.

Commons Inclosure; to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands iny
pursuance of the Seventh Annual and also of a Special Report of the
Inclosure Commissioners

Commons Inclosure Acts Extension; to amend and further extend the
Acts for the Inclosure, Exchange, and Improvement of Land
Commutation of Manorial Rights. See Enfranchisement of Copyholds.
Consolidated Fund, to apply the Sum of 8,000,000l. out of, to the
Service of the Year 1852

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the}

to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund, and certain
other Sums, to the Service of 1852, and to appropriate the Supplies
granted in this Session of Parliament

Contagious Disorders among Sheep, Cattle, and other Animals, to con-l
tinue 11 & 12 Vict. c. 107, to prevent the spreading of
Copyholds. See Enfranchisement of Copyholds.

Sess. 1852.]

PUBLIC GENERAL ACTS.

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Cap.

Copyright; to enable Her Majesty to carry into effect a Convention
with France on the Subject of Copyright; to extend and explain the
International Copyright Acts; and to explain the Acts relating to
Copyright in Engravings

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Corporations (Municipal), further to explain and amend 5 & 6 Will. 4, c. (E. & 1.)
76, and 3 & 4 Vict. c. 108, for the Regulation of
Councillors in Burghs, Scotland. See Burghs (Scotland).

5.

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County Courts further Extension; further to facilitate and arrangel
Proceedings in

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County Rates, to consolidate and amend the Statutes relating to the
Assessment and Collection of

Court of Bankruptcy; to abolish the Office of Lord Chancellor's
Secretary of Bankrupts, and to regulate the Office of Chief Registrar
of the Court of Bankruptcy

Court of Chancery; to abolish the Office of Master in Ordinary of the
Court of Chancery, and to make Provision for the more speedy and
efficient Despatch of Business in the said Court

Courts of Common Law; to make Provision for a permanent Establish-y
ment of Officers to perform the Duties at Nisi Prius in the Superior
Courts of Common Law, and for the Payment of such Officers and of
the Judges' Clerks by Salaries, and to abolish certain Offices in those
Courts

to amend the Process, Practice and Mode of Pleading in the
Superior Courts of Common Law at Westminster, and in the Superior
Courts of the Counties Palatine of Lancaster and Durham
Courts of Justice (Edinburgh). See Public Works and Buildings.

Crime and Outrage, to continue 11 & 12 Vict. c. 2, for the better Pre-l
vention of, in certam Parts of Ireland

Crown Revenues, &c.; to alter and amend certain Acts relating to the
Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues of the Crown -

to remove Doubts as to the Lands and Casual Revenues

Crown, in the Colonies and Foreign Possessions of Her Majest of the

Customary Lands. See Enfranchisement of Copyholds.
Customs, Commissioners of. See Belfast Custom House, &c.

Differential Dues on Foreign Ships, to enable Her Majesty to abolish,
otherwise than by Treaty, on condition of Reciprocity

Parliament), under 1 Geo. 1, c. 13, and 6 Geo. 3, c. 53

Disabilities, to repeal certain (imposed on Members of either House of (G. B. & I.) · 43•

Dissenters (Protestant), to amend the Law relating to the certifying and)
registering Places of Religious Worship of

Distressed Unions; for the Application of certain Money accrued from
. Fines and Forfeitures in Ireland, in aid of certain distressed Unions
and Electoral Divisions in that Country -

Durham Superior Courts. See Common Law Procedure.

Duties. See Property Tax. Stamp Duties.

VOL. IV.-Sess. 1852.

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68.

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[15° & 16° Vict.

E.

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, for further continuing certain temporary
Provisions concerning

Edinburgh, Supreme Courts at. See Public Works and Buildings.

Elections of Members of Parliament :-

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to provide for more effectual Inquiry into the Existence of
Corrupt Practices at

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Elections of Representative Peers. See Representative Peers.
Electoral Divisions. See Distressed Unions.

Encumbered Estates; to continue the Powers of applying for a Sale of
Lands under the Act 12 & 13 Vict. c. 77, for facilitating the Sale and
Transfer of Encumbered Estates in Ireland

Enfranchisement of Copyholds; to extend the Provisions of the Acts)
for the Commutation of Manorial Rights, and for the gradual
Enfranchisement of Lands of Copyhold and Customary Tenure
Engravings, to explain the Acts relating to Copyright in

Equity Jurisdiction, Improvement of; to amend the Practice and Course
of Proceeding in the High Court of Chancery

Course]

Evidence, to amend the Law of

(S.)

27.

Exchequer Bills, raising 17,742,800l. by, for the Service of 1852

Excise, to amend the Laws relating to Summary Proceedings for
Penalties and Forfeitures under the Acts relating to

Fines and Forfeitures, for the application of certain Money accrued
from, in aid of certain distressed Unions and Electoral Divisions
Flax, to extend 10 & 11 Vict. c. 32, and the Acts amending the same,
to the Erection of Scutch Mills for

Foreign Possessions; to remove Doubts as to the Lands and Casualy
Revenues of the Crown in the Colonies and Foreign Possessions of
Her Majesty

Foreign Ships. See Differential Duties,

France, to enable Her Majesty to carry into effect a Convention with,
on the subject of Copyright; to extend and explain the International
Copyright Acts, &c.

Friendly Societies, to continue and amend 13 & 14 Vict. c. 115, to
consolidate the Laws relating to

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G.

General Board of Health; to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the
General Board of Health, and to amend the Public Health Act,
1848

Hempen, &c. Manufactures, to amend and continue 5 & 6 Will. 4,
c. 27, 3 & 4 Vict. c. 91, 5 & 6 Vict. c. 68, and 7 & 8 Vict. c. 47,
relating to -

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Hereditary Casual Revenues in the Colonies; to remove Doubts as to
the Lands and Casual Revenues of the Crown in the Colonies and
Foreign Possessions of Her Majesty