Proviso for collecting Duties accrued before 31st January 1837. Act may be altered this Session. 9 G. 4. c. 83. Scotland respectively, or any Officer of Stamp Duties, is mentioned or designated, the same shall so far as relates to the Duties on Horses let for Hire and on Licences relating to the same, be deemed and taken to mean the Chief Office of Excise in London, the Solicitor of Excise in England or in Scotland, as the Case may be, and any Officer of Excise respectively; and the Account by the said Act directed to be kept and to be intituled "Stamp Office Weekly Account" shall be intituled Excise Office Weekly Account". III. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be deemed or construed to extend to prevent the Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes, or any Collector or other Person appointed by them, or any Farmer of the said Duties on Horses let for Hire under any Demise or Contract which shall be existing on the said Thirtyfirst Day of January One thousand eight hundred and thirtyseven, or any Assignee of such Farmer, from doing or causing to be done, at any Time after the said Thirty-first Day of January, all or any such Acts, Matters, and Things whatsoever as shall or may be necessary or expedient for raising, levying, collecting, recovering, and paying all or any of the Duties on Horses let for Hire, and on Licences to let such Horses, and all Penalties and Forfeitures relating thereto, which shall accrue due or be incurred respectively on or before the said Thirtyfirst Day of January, and all or any Sum or Sums of Money due and payable to His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, in respect of any of such Duties or Penalties; but that all such Duties, Sum and Sums of Money, and all Penalties and Forfeitures whatsoevér in relation thereto, shall and may be raised, levied, collected, sued for, recovered, and paid by the same Ways and Means, and in such and the same Manner in all respects, as if this Act had not been passed. IV. And be it further enacted, That this Act may be amended, altered, or repealed by any Act or Acts to be passed in this present Session of Parliament. CAP. XLVI. An Act to continue until the Thirty-first Day of December One thousand eight hundred and thirtyseven, and from thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, an Act of the Ninth Year of His late Majesty, for the Administration of Justice in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land. [28th July 1836.] WHEREAS an Act was passed in the Ninth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, 'intituled An Act to provide for the Administration of Justice in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, and for the more effectual Government thereof; and for other Purposes relating thereto: And whereas the said Act will expire at the • End • End of the Session of Parliament next following the Thirtyfirst Day of December One thousand eight hundred and thirtysix, and it is expedient to continue the said Act for a limited Time:' 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 Parliainent assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That the Recited Act said Act shall be and the same is hereby continued until the continued. Thirty-first Day of December One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, and thenceforward until the End of the then next Session of Parliament. CAP. XLVII. An Act to continue until the First Day of March One THEREAS an Act was passed in the Ninth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled An Act to provide for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors 9 G. 4. c. 73. in the East Indies, until the First Day of March One thou'sand eight hundred and thirty-three: And whereas a certain other Act was passed in the Second Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An Act to continue until the First 2 W. 4. c. 43. Day of March One thousand eight hundred and thirty-six an "Act of the Ninth Year of His late Majesty for the Relief of 'Insolvent Debtors in India, whereby the said first-mentioned Act was continued in force until the First Day of March 'One thousand eight hundred and thirty-six: And whereas a ⚫ certain other Act was passed in the Fifth Year of the Reign 6 of His present Majesty, intituled An Act to amend the Law 5 W. 4. c. 79. relating to Insolvent Debtors in India: And whereas it is 'expedient that the said first-mentioned Act, as amended by the 'said last-mentioned Act, should be continued;' 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 the said Acts shall be and the same Recited Acts are hereby continued until the First Day of March One thousand continued. eight hundred and thirty-nine, and from thence until the End of the then next Session of Parliament. II. And whereas it may have happened that divers Acts have been done since the First Day of March last pursuant to the • Provisions in the said recited Acts contained, and Doubts may 'be entertained of the Validity or Efficacy of such Acts, or of 'some of them, and it is expedient that such Doubts should be removed;' be it therefore enacted and declared, That all Acts, Deeds, Matters, and Things whatsoever which shall have been made or done on or subsequent to the said First Day of March last, and which would have been valid and effectual if the said several Ꮓ Ꮞ Acts and Deeds done subsequent to the Expiration of recited Acts to be deemed valid. Act may be altered this Session. 6 & 7 W. IV. several Acts had been then in force, are and shall be, and shall be held, adjudged,¡deemed, and taken to be, as valid and effectual to all Intents and Purposes as if the said recited Acts had not expired, and this Act had passed on the Twenty-ninth Day of February last. III. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended, altered, or repealed by any Act or Acts to be passed in the present Session of Parliament. CAP. XLVIII. An Act to indemnify the Governors and others of the WHEREAS the Islands of Antigua, Saint Christopher, Nevis, and Montserrat, in the West Indies, were in the Month of August One thousand eight hundred and thirty-five visited with a most violent and destructive Hurricane, whereby the Inhabitants experienced very great Distress, in consequence ⚫ of which it had been deemed expedient to permit for a limited • Time the Importation into those Islands, in Vessels of all Nations, of Beef salted, Bread, Biscuit, Boards, Corn, Corn Meal, Horned Cattle, Flour, Fish pickled, salted, or dried, Wood Hoops, Lumber of all Kinds, Mill Timber, Oats, Pease, Pulse, Pork salted, Plank, Rice, Shingles, Staves, and Scantling, Duty-free;' 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 ParliaCertain Articles ment assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That all Beef declared Duty- salted, Bread, Biscuit, Boards, Horned Cattle, Corn, Corn Meal, Flour, Fish pickled, salted, or dried, Wood Hoops, Lumber of all Kinds, Mill Timber, Oats, Pease, Pulse, Pork salted, Plank, Rice, Shingles, Staves, and Scantling which may have been. imported Duty-free under any Proclamation of any of the Governors of the said Islands, is hereby declared to be free of Duty accordingly. free. Governors, &c. indemnified. II. And be it further enacted, That the respective Governors of the said Islands, and the respective Collectors and other Officers of the Customs in the said Islands, and all Persons whatever acting or having acted under their Orders and Directions, shall be and are hereby indemnified for any Orders which they may have respectively given upon or after the Time on which the Hurricane in the said Islands took place, by reason of which any Duty that was then legally due and payable on the Importation into the said Islands respectively of the several Articles before enumerated ceased to be levied and collected, and for any Omission on their Parts to cause such Duty to be levied and collected since such Hurricane. CAP. XLIX. An Act to enable the Master of the Rolls to demise 6 insufficient for the Accommodation of the Public and for the necessary Transaction of the Business therein, and it is 'expedient that new Chambers should be erected for Use of the Judges on the Rolls Estate; but the same cannot be done ⚫ without the Aid of Parliament:' 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 it shall and may be lawful for the Master of the Rolls by and with the Consent and Approbation of any Three of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury for the Time being, testified by their being Parties to such Lease, to grant to the Society of Judges and Serjeants at Law, at a Peppercorn Rent, a Lease for a Term not exceeding Ninety-nine Years of such Part of the said Rolls Estate as may be necessary for the Erection of commodious Chambers for the Use of the Judges for Judicial Purposes, together with convenient Avenues and Approaches to the same from Serjeants Inn; such Lease nevertheless to contain such Covenants, Provisoes, and Restrictions as Three of the said Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury for the Time being shall order and direct. CAP. L. Master of the Rolls may dethe Rolls Estate to the Society of Judges and Serjeants. mise Part of An Act to authorize the placing of the Horse Patrol now acting under the Authority of the Chief Magistrate of the Public Office in Bow Street under the Authority of the Justices appointed for the Metropolitan Police District. [13th August 1836.] WHEREAS it is expedient that the Horse Patrol now acting under the Authority of the Chief Magistrate of the Public Office in Bow Street should be placed under the Authority of the Justices appointed by virtue of an Act passed in the Tenth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled An Act for improving the Police 10 G. 4. c. 44. in and near the Metropolis;' 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 it shall be lawful for One of His Majesty's Horse Patrol Principal Secretaries of State to direct that such Horse Patrol to be under the Authority of shall be under the Authority of the said Justices for the Time the Justices being; and it shall be lawful for One of the said Justices to appointed under administer to such Horse Patrol an Oath to act as Constables for the Preservation of the Peace, and preventing Robberies and other he recited Act. Such Justices to act also in the Counties of Berks and Bucks. The said Jus the Persons to act as Horse Patrol. other Felonies, and apprehending Offenders against the Peace; and the Men so sworn shall, within the Counties of Middlesex, Surrey, Hertford, Essex, and Kent, and within all Liberties therein, and within the Royal Palaces of His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, and Ten Miles thereof, have all such Powers, Authorities, Privileges, and Advantages, and be liable to all such Duties and Responsibilities, as any Constable duly appointed now has or hereafter may have within his Constablewick by virtue of the Common Law of this Realm, or of any Statutes made or to be made, and shall obey all such lawful Commands as they may from Time to Time receive from any of the said Justices for conducting themselves in the Execution of their Office. II. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for His Majesty to appoint the said Justices to be Justices of the Peace of the Counties of Berks and Bucks and of all Liberties therein, and for the said Justices so appointed to execute the Duties of a Justice of the Peace for the said Counties of Berks and Bucks and for all Liberties therein, although they may not have any such Qualification by Estate as is required by Law in the Case of any other Person being Justices of the Peace for any County: Provided always, that no such Person shall act as a Justice of the Peace at any Court of General or Quarter Sessions, nor in any Matter out of Sessions, except for the Preservation of the Peace, the Prevention of Crimes, the Detection and Committal of Offenders, and in carrying into execution the Purposes of this Act. III. And be it further enacted, That the said Justices may tices to appoint from Time to Time, subject to the Approbation of One of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, appoint fit and proper Persons to act as such Horse Patrol, and may frame such Orders and Regulations as they shall deem expedient relative to the general Government of the said Horse Patrol, the Places of their Residence, the Classification, Rank, and particular Service of the several Members, their Distribution and Inspection, the Description of Arms, Accoutrements, and other Necessaries to be furnished them, and all such other Orders and Regulations relative to the said Horse Patrol as the said Justices shall from Time to Time deem expedient; and the said Justices may at any Time suspend or dismiss from his Employment any Man belonging to the said Horse Patrol whom they shall think remiss or negligent in the Discharge of his Duty, or otherwise unfit for the same; and when any Man shall be so dismissed or cease to belong to the said Horse Patrol all Powers vested in him as a Constable by virtue of this Act shall immediately cease and determine. Penalty for assaulting Horse Patrol. IV. And be it further enacted, That if any Person shall assault or resist any Person belonging to the said Horse Patrol in the Execution of his Duty, or shall aid or incite any Person so to assault or resist, every such Offender, being convicted thereof before Two Justices of the Peace, shall for every such Offence forfeit and pay such Sum, not exceeding Five Pounds, as the |