NEW STATUTES

See Digest and Names of Cases, p. 517.
EFFECTING ALTERA-

TIONS IN THE LAW:

Petty Sessions in Counties and Boroughs, 78
Maintenance of the Poor out of Workhouses, 101
Costs of Distraining for Highway Rates, 127
Defective Powers of Leasing, 187
Sheriff of Westmoreland, 220
Passengers' Regulation, 239

Relief of Poor in Cities and Boroughs, 259
Small Debts, 280

Bankruptcy Law Consolidation Act, 297, 317
Joint-Stock Companies Winding-up Amend-
ment Act, 1849, 340

Inclosure of Commons Extension, 361
Quarter Sessions Courts Procedure Act, 379
Sequestrators' Remedies, 401
Further Relief of Trustees, 402

Defects in Leases Acts Suspension, 402
Allowances on Purchase of Stamps, 402

Second Inclosure of Commots Act, 1849, 403
County and Police Rates, 404
Highway Rates, 405

Exemption of Stock in Trade from Poor Rate,

405

Amendment of act, 177, 198, 219, 259, 280
Practice-jurisdiction-attorney practising in
his own district, 202

Costs against executor, 248
Returns to Parliament, 278

Decisions in Superior Courts relating to, 399
Building Societies' Act:

Exemption from Stamps, 222, 399

LAW REFORM AND SUGGESTED
PROVEMENTS:

IM.

Progress of Law Reform, 1, 5, 19, 257, 277, 290
Defects in the system of Life Assurance, 3
State of the Profession, 160, 197

Proposed extension of the County Courts' ju-
risdiction, 17

Reforms in the Court of Chancery, 19, 229
Law Reporting,

Legislative measures relating to the Law, 119
Defects of Courts Martial, 122, 181
Amendment of Joint-Stock Companies' Wind-
ing-up Act, 137

Palace Court and County Courts Act, 139
Business of the Courts, 82, 197

Postponed Bills relating to the Law, 237, 290
Amendment of the Law of Divorce, 384
Transmission of Letters on Sundays, 503
Chancery Sittings after Term, 129
Public Roads Bill, 129

Audit of Railway Accounts' Bill, 201
Lord Brougham's Letters on Law Making and
Digesting, 397, 437, 457

Law Lists and Directories, 406
Conveyancing Reform-Burdens on Land-
Lawyers' charges, 504

And see New Bills in Parliament.

NEW BILLS IN PARLIAMENT. Bankrupt Law Consolidation, 2, 20, 46, 57, 97, 119, 142, 157, 220, 248

Law of Evidence Amendment, 5, 37
Charitable Trusts, 25, 60

Defective Powers of Leasing, 26
Commutation of Copyholds, 26

Palace Court and Small Debts' Amendment,

119, 165, 177, 198, 219

Audit of Railway accounts, 192, 201
Administration of Justice in the Metropolitan
Districts, 217

Irish Incumbered Estates, 119