Person to whom the same is by the herein-before recited Acts of the Sixteenth Year to be paid on of the Reign of His said late Majesty King Charles the Second, the account of the Tenth Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty King William the same was the Third, and the Ninth and Eleventh Years of the Reign of Her originally given. said late Majesty Queen Anne, or by any one or more of such Acts, declared to be void, and such Person shall actually pay to any Indorsee, Holder, or Assignee of such Note, Bill, or Mortgage the Amount of the Money thereby secured, or any Part thereof, such Money so paid shall be deemed and taken to have been paid for and on account of the Person to whom such Note, Bill, or Mortgage was originally given upon such illegal Consideration as aforesaid, and shall be deemed and taken to be a Debt due and owing from such last-named Person to the Person who shall so have paid such Money, and shall accordingly be recoverable by Action at Law in any of His Majesty's Courts of Record. III. And be it further enacted, That so much of the said Acts of the Ninth and Eleventh Years of the Reign of Her said late Majesty Queen Anne as enacts that where such Mortgages, Securities, or other Conveyances as therein mentioned should be of Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, or should be such as should incumber or affect the same, such Mortgages, Securities, or other Conveyances should enure and be to and for the sole Use and Benefit of and should devolve upon such Person or Persons as should or might have or be entitled to such Lands or Hereditaments in case the Grantor or Grantors thereof, or the Person or Persons incumbering the same, had been naturally dead, and as if such Mortgages, Securities, or other Conveyances had been made to such Person or Persons so to be entitled after the Decease of the Person or Persons so incumbering the same, and that all Grants or Conveyances to be made for the preventing of such Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments from coming to or devolving upon such Person or Persons thereby intended to enjoy the same as aforesaid, should be deemed fraudulent and void and of none effect, to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever, shall be and the same is hereby repealed; saving to all Persons all Rights acquired by virtue thereof previously to the passing of this Act. Repealing so much of 9 Securities shall enure for the Benefit of Parties in Remainder. IV. And be it further enacted, That this Act may be altered or Act may be repealed by any other Act during this present Session of Parliament. altered this CAP. XLII. An Act to authorize the granting of Superannuation [31st August 1835.] W WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Fourth and Fifth Years Session. of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An Act to 4 & 5 W.4.c.24. 'alter, amend, and consolidate the Laws for regulating the Pensions, Compensations, and Allowances to be made to Persons in respect of their having held Offices in His Majesty's Service, it is enacted, that the Superannuation Allowances authorized by that Act shall "extend to all such Civil Offices and Departments as are set forth and enumerated in the Schedule to that Act annexed, and that it should be lawful for the Commissioners of His Majesty's TreaQ 4 ( sury, 1 G. 4. c. 119. 1 & 2 G.4. c. 59. sury, by any Order or Warrant under the Hands of any Three or more of them, to add to the List of Offices and Departments ‹ enumerated in the said Schedule any other Offices which then ⚫ existed or might thereafter be created or established, and to place the same and the Officers and Persons employed therein under the Provisions of that Act; and a Power was thereby given to the • Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, in case it should appear to them that any special Circumstances afforded to any Officer or Clerk in the several Offices or Departments mentioned in the Schedule to the Act, or in the Addition authorized to be made thereto, a just Claim to an Amount of Superannuation Allowance ⚫ not authorized by the Act, or exceeding the Amount therein specified with reference to the Length of his Services, to grant or give Authority for granting any special Superannuation which such Officer or Clerk should appear to them to deserve; and it was further provided and enacted, that nothing in that Act con⚫tained should authorize the adding to such List any Officers in any of His Majesty's Courts at Westminster or Dublin, or any other His Majesty's Courts of Justice elsewhere: And whereas by an Act passed in the First Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in England, it was enacted that it should be lawful for His Majesty to appoint a Chief and Two other Commissioners for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, to preside in a Court to be called "The Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors," and ⚫ certain Officers of such Court were to be appointed as therein ' mentioned, and the said Act was afterwards continued and amended, and further Provisions made in relation to said Court, by certain other Acts of Parliament: And whereas by an Act passed in the First and Second Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in Ireland, the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland were empowered to appoint any Number of Persons not exceeding Two, being Barristers at Law of Ten Years standing at the least, to be His Majesty's Commissioners for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in Ireland, to preside in a Court to be called "The Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors," to be held at such Place in Dublin as should be appointed for that Purpose by the Order of the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the Time being, the Salary of each of such Commis⚫sioners to be paid out of the Consolidated Fund, as mentioned in such Act: And whereas no Provision has been made by the said recited Acts made in the Reign of His late Majesty for granting any Superannuation Allowance to any Commissioner or Officer of the said Courts respectively, and Doubts have been entertained • whether any such Superannuation Allowance can be now granted ' under the Provisions of the said in part recited Act of the Fourth and Fifth Years of the Reign of His present Majesty, in consequence of the Exception therein contained as to Officers in any of His Majesty's Courts of Justice at Westminster or Dublin; and it is expedient to provide for the granting of such Superannuation Allowance: Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual 6 and authorized to Commissioners and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the passing Commissioners of this Act it shall and may be lawful for the Commissioners of His of the Treasury Majesty's Treasury, by any Warrant under the Hands of any Three grant Superor more of them, to grant to any Commissioners of the said Courts annuation Alrespectively who from Age or Infirmity of Body or Mind shall be lowances to incapable of discharging the Duties of his Office, or whose Office and Officers of shall be abolished by Law, or cease in consequence of the Expiration Insolvent Debtof any Act of Parliament, a Superannuation Allowance equal to ors Courts in England and such Proportion of the Amount of the Salary and Emoluments of Ireland. his Office as they shall think fit, and to grant to any of the Officers of such Courts respectively who shall be from Age or Infirmity of Mind or Body incapable of discharging the Duties of his Office, or whose Office shall cease or be abolished as aforesaid, a Superannuation Allowance, in the same Manner and upon the same Conditions as it could or might now be granted under the Provisions of the said in part recited Act of the Fourth and Fifth Years of the Reign of His present Majesty if the Officers of the said Courts respectively were mentioned in the Schedule to that Act annexed. II. Provided always, however, and be it enacted, That a Statement of the Amount of such Superannuation Allowance, and the Names of the Person or Persons to whom it was granted, shall be laid before Parliament within One Month after the granting thereof, in case Parliament shall be then sitting, and in case Parliament shall not be then sitting, within One Month after the next Meeting of Parliament. CAP. XLIII. An Act for enlarging the Powers of Magistrates in the [31st August 1835.] WHEREAS by an Act passed in the First and Second Years Accounts of such Allowances to be laid before Parliament. of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An Act for 1&2W.4. c. 41. amending the Laws relative to the Appointment of Special Constables, and for the better Preservation of the Peace, it is amongst other Things enacted, that in all Cases where it should be made ( to appear to any Two or more Justices of the Peace of any County, Riding, or Division having a separate Commission of the Peace, or to any Two or more Justices of the Peace of any Liberty, Franchise, City, or Town in England or Wales, upon the Oath of any credible Witness, that any Tumult, Riot, or Felony had taken place, or might be reasonably apprehended, in any Parish, Township, or Place situate within the Division or Limits for which the said respective Justices usually act, and such Justices should be of opinion that the ordinary Officers appointed for preserving the Peace are not sufficient for the Protection of the • Inhabitants and the Security of the Property in any such Parish, Township, or Place as aforesaid, then and in every such Case such Justices, or any Two or more Justices acting for the same Division or Limits, are thereby authorized to nominate and appoint, by Precept in Writing under their Hands, so many as they should think fit of the Householders or other Persons (not legally exempt from serving the Office of Constable) residing in 'such Persons may act as Special Constables in other Parishes than those in which they reside. Act may be altered this Session. such Parish, Township, or Place as aforesaid, or in the Neighbourhood thereof, to act as Special Constables for such Time and • in such Manner as to the said Justices respectively should seem fit and necessary for the Preservation of the Public Peace, and for the Protection of the Inhabitants and the Security of the Property in such Parish, Township, or Place: And whereas it is expedient that the Power of appointing Special Constables given by the said Act should be extended in manner herein-after mentioned:' 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 all Persons willing to act as Special Constables under the Provisions of the said Act shall be capable of being appointed and acting, and may be appointed and act as such Special Constables, notwithstanding they may not be resident in such Parish, Township, or Place as aforesaid, or in the Neighbourhood thereof; and every Person appointed and acting as Special Constable under the Provisions of this Act shall have all the same Powers, and be entitled to and enjoy all the same Privileges and Benefits, and be subject to all the same Duties and Liabilities, as the Special Constables appointed or to be appointed under the Provisions of the said Act. II. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended, altered, or repealed by any other Act to be passed in this Session of Parliament. CAP. XLIV. An Act for raising the Sum of Thirteen millions five • Most Gracious Sovereign, [31st August 1835.] 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 it may be enacted; and be it 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 AuThe Treasury thority of the same, That it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury 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 ont at the Receipt of the Exchequer at Westminster for any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding in the whole the Sum of Thirteen millions five hundred twenty-one thousand five 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 may raise 13,521,550. by Exchequer Bills, in like Manner as is prescribed by 48 G. 3. c. 1. • Third Third, intituled An Act for regulating the Issue and paying off of Act extended to this Act. II. And be it further enacted, That all and every the Clauses, The Clauses, Provisoes, Powers, Privileges, Advantages, Penalties, Forfeitures, &c. in recited 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. III. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Treasury to said Commissioners of the Treasury to issue and apply from Time apply the to Time all such Sums of Money as shall be raised by Exchequer Money raised. 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 further enacted, That the Principal Sum or Sums of Money to be contained in such Exchequer Bills shall be and are hereby charged and chargeable upon and shall be paid and discharged by and out of the first Supplies to be granted in the next Session of Parliament. Bills to be payable out of Supplies of the next Session, V. And be it further enacted, That the Exchequer Bills to be Interest on Exmade out in pursuance of this Act shall bear Date on the Days on chequer Bills. 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 His Majesty's Exchequer at Westminster. VI. And be it further 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-six, 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 granted, due, or payable, or which shall or may hereafter be granted, due, or payable to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, and also at the Receipt of the said Exchequer from the said Receivers or Collectors, or from any other Person or Persons, Bodies Politic or Corporate whatsoever, making any Payment there to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, for or upon any Account, Cause, or Occasion whatsoever, according to the Purport and true Meaning of this Act; and that such of the same Bills as shall be received at the said Exchequer shall and may be locked up and secured as Cash, according to the Course of the said Exchequer settled and established by Law for locking up and securing Monies received in Specie there. Bills to be current at the Exchequer after April 5, 1836. advance VII. And be it declared and further enacted, That it shall and Bank of Engmay be lawful for the Governor and Company of the Bank of land may England to advance or lend to His Majesty, upon the Credit of the 13,521,5501. Exchequer Bills to be made out in pursuance of this Act, any Sum on the Credit or Sums of Money not exceeding in the whole the Sum of Thirteen of this Act, notmillions five hundred twenty-one thousand five hundred and fifty 5 & 6 W. & M. withstanding 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 c. 20. for |