Heirs or Successors, by Her or Their Order in Council, to declare Her or Their Disallowance of such Law or Ordinance; and that such Disallowance, together with a Certificate under the Hand and Seal of such Secretary of State, testifying the Day on which such Law or Ordinance was received as aforesaid, being signified by such Governor by Proclamation within the said Province, shall make void and annul the same from and after the Date of such Signification. affect Laws, &c. now in VI. And be it enacted, That nothing herein contained shall This Act not to be taken to affect or invalidate any Law, Statute, or Ordinance now in force within the said Province of Lower Canada, or in any Part thereof, except in so far as the same is repugnant to this Act. force, &c. VII. And be it enacted, That this Act shall be proclaimed Proclamation by the Governor of the said Province of Lower Canada within of this Act. the said Province, and shall commence and take effect within the said Province from the Proclamation thereof. VIII. And be it enacted, That for the Purposes of this Act The Term "Governor" any Person authorized to execute the Commission of Governor defined. of the Province of Lower Canada shall be taken to be the Governor thereof. IX. And be it enacted, That this Act may be altered or re Act may be pealed by any Act to be passed in the present Session of altered, &c. Parliament. CAP. X. An Act to make good certain Contracts which have been or may be entered into by certain Banking and other Copartnerships. [20th February 1838.] WHEREAS divers Associations and Copartnerships, con sisting of more than Six Members or Shareholders, have from Time to Time been formed for the Purpose of 'being engaged in and carrying on the Business of Banking and divers other Trades and Dealings for Gain and Profit, and have accordingly for some Time past been and now are engaged in carrying on the same by means of Boards of Directors or Managers, Committees or other Officers, acting 6 on behalf of all the Members or Shareholders of or Persons ⚫ otherwise interested in such Associations or Copartnerships: And whereas divers Spiritual Persons, having or holding Dignities, Prebends, Canonries, Benefices, Stipendiary Cura'cies, or Lectureships, have been and are Members or Shareholders of or otherwise interested in divers of such Associa⚫tions and Copartnerships, and it has not been commonly known or understood that the holding of such Shares or Interests by such Spiritual Persons was contrary to Law: And whereas it is expedient to render legal and valid all Contracts entered into by such Associations or Copartnerships, or which for a • limited ship, or Contract entered them to be illegal or void limited Time may be entered into by them, although the same may now be void by reason of such Spiritual Persons being or having been such Members or Shareholders or otherwise interested as aforesaid:' Be it therefore enacted by the Queen'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 No Association same, That no such Association or Copartnership already or Copartner- formed or which may be formed at any Time before the End of the next Session of Parliament, nor any Contract, either as into by any of between the Members, Partners, or Shareholders composing such Association or Copartnership for the Purposes thereof, or as between such Association or Copartnership and other Persons, heretofore entered into, or which before the End of the next Session of Parliament shall be entered into, by any such Association or Copartnership already formed or hereafter to be tion or Copart formed, shall be deemed or taken to be illegal or void, or to occasion any Forfeiture whatsoever, by reason only of any such Spiritual Person as aforesaid being or having been a Member, Partner, Shareholder, Manager, or Director of or otherwise interested in the same, but all such Associations and Copartnerships shall have the same Validity, and all such Contracts shall and may be enforced in the same Manner to all Intents and Purposes as if no such Spiritual Person had been or was a Member, Partner, Shareholder, Manager, or Director of or interested in such Association or Copartnership. by reason only of Spiritual Members of such Associa nership. In all Actions and Suits the Defendant to be entitled to taxed Costs, may make Order for further Costs. II. And be it further enacted, That in all Actions and Suits which shall have been brought or instituted by or on behalf of any such Association or Copartnership, in case any Defendant therein shall before the Sixth Day of February One thousand and the Court eight hundred and thirty-eight, by Plea or otherwise, have insisted on the Invalidity of any Contract thereby sought to be enforced by reason of any such Spiritual Person as aforesaid being or having been a Member or Shareholder in such Association or Copartnership, such Defendant shall be entitled to the full Costs of such Plea or other Defence, to be paid by the Plaintiff, and to be taxed as the Court in which the said Action or Suit shall be depending, or any Judge thereof, shall direct; and in order fully to indemnify such Defendant it shall be lawful for such Court or Judge to order the Plaintiff to pay to him such further Costs (if any) of the said Action or Suit as the Justice of the Case may require. Act may be repealed this Session. III. And be it further enacted, That this Act may be repealed or altered by any other Act in this present Session of Parliament. CAP. XI. An Act to apply the Sum of Two Millions to the 6 • Most Gracious Sovereign, Year 1838 WE, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and • Ireland, in Parliament assembled, towards making good the Supply which we have cheerfully granted to Your Majesty in this Session of Parliament, have resolved to grant unto Your Majesty the Sum herein-after mentioned;' and do therefore most humbly beseech Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the Queen'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 there shall and may be There shall be issued and applied, for or towards making good the Supply applied for the granted to Her Majesty for the Service of the Year One thou- Service of the sand eight hundred and thirty-eight, the Sum of Two Millions, the Sum of a Part of the Sum now remaining in the Exchequer of the 2,000,000!. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or remaining to now remaining be received on the Twenty-ninth Day of January One thousand quer. eight hundred and thirty-eight, to complete the Aids granted by Parliament for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hnndred and thirty-seven and of antecedent Years; and the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland now or for the Time being, or any Three or more of them, or the Lord High Treasurer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for the Time being, are or is hereby authorized and empowered to issue and apply the same accordingly. CAP. XII. An Act for raising the Sum of Eleven millions four • Most Gracious Sovereign, WE, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, towards raising the necessary Supplies which we have cheerfully granted to Your Majesty in this Session of Parliament, have resolved to give and grant unto Your Majesty the Sum herein-after mentioned;' and do therefore most humbly beseech Your Majesty that in the Exche Treasury may raise 11,413,7501. Bills in like 1 VICT. that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the Queen'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 it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treaby Exchequer sury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland at any Time or Times to cause or direct any Number of Exchequer Bills to be made out at the Receipt of the Exchequer at Westminster for any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding in the whole the Sum of Eleven millions four hundred and thirteen thousand seven hundred and fifty Pounds, in the same or like Manner, Form, and Order, and according to the same or like Rules and Directions, as are prescribed in an Act passed in the Forty-eighth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for regulating the Issue and paying off of Exchequer Bills. Manner as is prescribed by 48 G. 3. c. 1. The Clauses, &e. extended to this Act. II. And be it enacted, That all and every the Clauses, Proin recited Act. visoes, Powers, Privileges, Advantages, Penalties, Forfeitures, and Disabilities contained in the said Act shall be applied and extended to the Exchequer Bills to be made out in pursuance of this Act, as fully and effectually, to all Intents and Purposes, as if the said several Clauses or Provisoes had been particularly repeated and re-enacted in the Body of this Act. The Treasury to apply the Money raised. Bills to be pay plies of the III. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of the Treasury to issue and apply from Time to Time all such Sums of Money as shall be raised by Exchequer -Bills to be made out in pursuance of this Act to such Services as shall then have been voted by the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in this present Session of Parliament. IV. And be it enacted, That the Principal Sum or Sums of able out of Sup- Money to be contained in such Exchequer Bills shall be and present Session. are hereby charged and chargeable upon and shall be paid and discharged by and out of any Supplies which may be granted in the present Session of Parliament. Interest on Ex. chequer Bills. Bills to be cut rent at the Exchequer after April 5, 1839. V. And be it enacted, That the Exchequer Bills to be made out in pursuance of this Act shall bear Date on the Days on which the same shall be respectively issued, and shall and may bear an Interest not exceeding the Rate of Three-pence Halfpenny per Centum per Diem upon or in respect of the whole of the Monies respectively contained therein, payable out of any Aids or Supplies in the Receipt of Her Majesty's Exchequer at Westminster. VI. And be it enacted, That all and every the Exchequer Bills to be made forth by virtue of this Act, or so many of them as shall from Time to Time remain undischarged and uncancelled, shall and may, from and after the Fifth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, be received and taken and shall pass and be current to all and every the Receivers and Collectors in Great Britain of the Customs, Excise, or any Revenue, Supply, Aid, or Tax whatsoever, already 5 granted, granted, due, or payable, or which shall or may hereafter be granted, due, or payable, to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, and also at the Bank of England to the Account of Her Majesty's Exchequer from the said Receivers or Collectors, or from any other Person or Persons, Bodies Politic or Corporate whatsoever, making any Payment there to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, for or upon any Account, Cause, or Occasion whatsoever, according to the Purport and true Meaning of this Act. 11,413,7507. withstanding 5 & 6 W. & M. c. 20. VII. And be it declared and enacted, That it shall and may Bank of Engbe lawful for the Governor and Company of the Bank of land may England to advance or lend to Her Majesty, upon the Credit advance of the Exchequer Bills to be made out in pursuance of this on the Credit of Act, any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding in the whole this Act, notthe Sum of Eleven millions four hundred and thirteen thousand seven hundred and fifty Pounds, any thing in an Act passed in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of King William and Queen Mary, intituled An Act for granting to Their Majesties several Rates and Duties upon Tonnage of Ships and Vessels, and upon Beer, Ale, and other Liquors; and for securing certain Recompences and Advantages in the said Act mentioned to such Persons as shall voluntarily advance the Sum of One million five hundred thousand Pounds towards carrying on the War against France, or in any subsequent Act, to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding. CAP. XIII. An Act to enable the Grand Juries of the County and County of the City of Waterford to make Present. ments, at the Spring Assizes for the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, for the House of Industry of the said Counties. [26th February 1838.] WHEREAS at the last Presentment Sessions held in and for the County of Waterford, in the Month of December last, for the Purposes of an Act passed in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, in ⚫ tituled An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the 6&7 W. 4. • Presentment of Public Money by Grand Juries in Ireland, an Application was duly made, on behalf the House of Industry of the County and County of the City of Waterford, for a Presentment for the Sum of Six hundred Pounds, to be paid to the Corporation of the said House of Industry, and applied by the said Corporation towards the Support and Maintenance of the same: And whereas such Application was not approved ' at such Sessions, because one of the Persons who had signed said Application did not attend thereat, and the Grand Juries of the said County and County of the City of Waterford will by reason thereof be precluded from making any Presentment [No. 4.] E 6 ' at c. 116. |