other purposes set forth and described in such petition and shown upon the plans accompanying the same.

AND WHEREAS the said petition duly set forth in the Schedules annexed thereto the several pieces of land and the several buildings and premises intended to be taken by such Board for such purposes, and the names of the owners, lessees, and occupiers of the aforesaid lands, buildings, and premises who have assented, dissented, and are neuter in respect of the taking thereof, or who have returned no answer to the notices issued by such Board; and such petition prayed that the said Board might, with reference to such land, buildings, and premises, be allowed to put in force the powers of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act aforesaid with respect to the purchase and taking of lands otherwise than by agreement; and on the receipt of such petition Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department directed inquiry, and report has been duly made to me thereon.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, as one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, do hereby, in pursuance of the powers vested in me by the Local Government Act, 1858, make Order and direct,

That from and after the passing of any Act of Parliament confirming this OrderThe Local Board for the said District of Cockermouth shall be empowered to put in force, with reference to the lands, buildings, and premises referred to and described in the Schedules to this Order annexed, the powers of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, with respect to the purchase and taking of lands otherwise than by agreement.

Given under my hand, this Twenty-fourth day of March in the year One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.

(Signed) G. GREY.

The SCHEDULES referred to in the preceding Order.

The LANDS, BUILDINGS, and PREMISES proposed to be taken for the Purposes set forth in the preceding Order, and situate in the District of Cockermouth, are the following:

PIECES OF LAND and PREMISES through and over which Powers to make Sewers, &c.

7 Turnpike Road

8 Railway and the Banks and Waste Land on each side thereof.

9 Field

are proposed to be exercised.

Provisional Order for extending the Borrowing Powers of the Cockermouth Local Board. WHEREAS the Local Board for the District of Cockermouth, in the County of Cumberland, require to carry out, under the provisions of the Local Government Act, 1858, works of a permanent nature, consisting of works of sewerage and water supply, and to lay out and construct a fair and market ground, within their District; but the sum that will be required to carry out and complete the said works will exceed the assessable value for one year of the premises assessable under the said Act within such District.

AND WHEREAS the said Board have now, under the authority of the 78th section of the Local Government Act, 1858, petitioned me, as one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, for powers to borrow any sum or sums not exceeding in the whole the amount of 19,000l. on mortgage of the rates leviable by the aforesaid Local Board under the powers of the Local Government Act, 1858, the said sum or sums not exceeding in the whole two years' assessable value of the premises assessable within the District in respect of which such sum or sums may be borrowed.

AND WHEREAS after due inquiry and report by Robert Morgan, Esquire, the Inspector appointed by me for the purpose, I am of opinion that the prayer of such Petition should be granted; but the same cannot be done without the consent of Parliament.

NOW, THEREFORE, in pursuance of the power now vested in me as one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, as aforesaid, I do hereby, by this Provisional Order, under my hand, direct as follows:

That, from and after the passing of any Act of Parliament confirming this present Order,

The Local Board for the District of Cockermouth, in the County of Cumberland, shall have power and authority to borrow any sum or sums for the execution and completion of the aforesaid works, being works of a permanent nature, on mortgage of the rates leviable by the Local Board aforesaid, under the aforesaid Act, the said sum or sums not exceeding 19,000l., that amount also not exceeding in the whole two years' assessable value of the premises assessable under such Act within the aforesaid District; the whole of such sums to be repaid, with interest thereon, within a period of fifty years from the date of the borrowing thereof.

sixty-five.

Given under my hand this Fifth day of April One thousand eight hundred and (Signed) G. GREY.

MATLOCK.

MATLOCK.

Provisional Order for altering the Boundaries of the District of Matlock in the County of Derby under the Provisions of the Local Government Act, 1858.

WHEREAS a petition has been duly presented to me, as one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, under the provisions of the 77th Section of the Local Government Act, 1858, and duly signed by a majority of the owners and ratepayers of the District of Matlock Bath, as settled for the purposes of the aforesaid Act, and of Scarthin Nick,Scarthin Nick to commence at or near to the north corner of the field of land numbered 2310 on the plan made for the commutation of the tithes of the Parish of Matlock, and to proceed thence along the north-westwardly fence of the field numbered 2311 on the said Tithe Commutation Plan to the boundary which divides the Parish of Bonsall from the Parish of Matlock, and thence in a southwardly direction along such boundary to the boundary which divides the Township of Cromford from the Parish of Matlock, and thence in a south-eastwardly direction along the last-mentioned boundary to the river Derwent, and thence in a westwardly direction along the bank of the river to the District of Matlock Bath, which said District of Matlock Bath and Scarthin Nick form part of the Parish of Matlock in the County of Derby, by which Parish the aforesaid Local Government Act, 1858, has been duly adopted, praying for the separation of the aforesaid parts from the said District of the Parish of Matlock.

AND WHEREAS, in pursuance of the said Local Government Act, inquiry has been directed in the said District in respect of the several matters mentioned in the said Petition, and report has been duly made to me thereon.

AND WHEREAS it appears expedient to issue a Provisional Order in relation to the said matters, but no such Order can be valid without confirmation by Parliament.

NOW, THEREFORE, in pursuance of the powers vested in me by the said Local Government Act, I, as one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, do, by this Provisional Order, under my hand, direct,

That from and after the passing of any Act of Parliament confirming this Order-
1.-The District of the Local Board for the Parish of Matlock in the County of Derby,
by which the Local Government Act, 1858, has been duly adopted as aforesaid,
be altered by so much of the aforesaid District as is comprised within the boundaries
of the District of Matlock Bath, as settled under the provisions and for the pur-
poses of the said Act, and of Scarthin Nick, as herein-before described, being
excluded from the District of the aforesaid Local Board for the Parish of Matlock.
2. At every election of members of the Local Board aforesaid which shall take place
after the passing of the Act of Parliament confirming this Order, the members to
be elected shall be elected for the whole of the District of the Matlock Local
Board, as altered by this Order, and by the votes of owners of, and ratepayers in
respect of, property situate within the District so altered as aforesaid.

Given under my hand this Fifteenth day of June in the year One thousand
eight hundred and sixty-four.
(Signed) G. GREY.

BROMSGROVE.

Provisional Order for altering the Boundaries of the District of Bromsgrove in the County of Worcester, as constituted for the Purposes of the Local Government Act, 1858.

WHEREAS a Petition has been duly presented to me, as one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, under the provisions of the 77th section of the Local Government Act, 1858, and duly signed by the Local Board for the District of Bromsgrove in the County of Worcester, praying for an alteration of the boundaries of the said District, by the addition of a piece of land shown on the plan annexed to the said Petition, and which is required for the purpose of forming part of a new road, and is part of and situated within the Parish of Stoke Prior.

AND

AND WHEREAS, in pursuance of the said Local Government Act, inquiry has been directed in the said District in respect of the several matters mentioned in the said Petition, and report has been made to me thereon by Robert Morgan, Esquire, the Inspector appointed

for the purpose.

AND WHEREAS it appears expedient to issue a Provisional Order in relation to the said matters, but no such Order can be valid without confirmation by Parliament.

Now, THEREFORE, in pursuance of the powers vested in me by the said Local Government Act, I, as one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, do, by this Provisional Order, under my hand, direct,—

That, from and after the passing of any Act of Parliament confirming this Order-
1.—The District of the aforesaid Local Board for Bromsgrove in the County of Worcester

be altered by the addition of the aforesaid piece of land to the aforesaid District.
2. At every election of members of the Local Board for the District of Bromsgrove
aforesaid which shall take place after the passing of the Act of Parliament con-
firming this Order, the members to be elected shall be elected for the whole of the
District as extended by this Order, and by the votes of owners of, and ratepayers
in respect of, property situate within the District so extended.

Given under my hand this Eighth day of March One thousand eight hundred
and sixty-five.
G. GREY.

(Signed)

CA P. XXVI.

An Act to provide for Superannuation Allowances to Officers of Unions in
Ireland.

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[26th May 1865.] WHEREAS it is expedient that Provision should be made to enable Superannuation Allowances to be granted to Officers of Unions in Ireland who become disabled by Infirmity or Age to discharge the Duties of their Offices' 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 same, as follows:

1. That the Guardians of any Union in Ireland may, at their Discretion, with the Consent of the Commissioners for administering the Laws for Relief of the Poor in Ireland, grant to any Officer whose whole Time has been devoted to the Service of the Union, and who shall become incapable of discharging the Duties of his Office with Efficiency, by reason of permanent Infirmity of Mind or Body, or of old Age, upon his resigning or otherwise ceasing to hold his Office, an annual Allowance not exceeding in any Case Two Thirds of his then Salary, and shall charge such Allowance to the same Account as that to which such Salary would have been charged if he had continued in his Office.

Power to
Guardians, with

Consent of
Poor Law Com-

missioners, to
grant Super-
annuation Al-
Officers in

lowances to

certain Cases.

2. This Allowance shall be payable to or in trust for such Officer only, and shall not be Such Allowassignable nor chargeable with his Debts or other Liabilities.

3. No Officer shall be entitled to such Allowance on the Ground of Age who shall not have completed the full Age of Sixty Years, and shall not have served as an Union Officer for Twenty Years at the least.

4. No Grant shall be made without One Month's previous Notice, to be specially given in Writing to every Guardian of the Union, of the Proposal to make such Grant, and the Time when it shall be brought forward.

ances not to be assignable, &c. Limitation of Grants of

Allowances.

Notice of Grant to be given to

Guardians.

5. The Words herein used shall be interpreted in the Manner prescribed by the Acts in Interpretation force for the Relief of the destitute Poor in Ireland.

of Words herein used.

When Com

mittee report "Preamble not proved," Opponents to be entitled to recover Costs.

When Committee report unanimously "Opposition unfounded," Promoters to be entitled to recover Costs.

Proviso.

Costs to be taxed.

Powers of

CA P. XXVII.

An Act for awarding Costs in certain Cases of Private Bills. [26th May 1865.]

WH HEREAS it is expedient to empower Committees of both Houses of Parliament on
Private Bills to award Costs in certain Cases:' 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, as follows:

1. When the Committee on a Private Bill shall decide that the Preamble is not proved, or shall insert in such Bill any Provision for the Protection of any Petitioner, or strike out or alter any Provision of such Bill for the Protection of such Petitioner, and further unanimously report, with respect to any or all of the Petitioners against the Bill, that such Petitioner or Petitioners has or have been unreasonably or vexatiously subjected to Expense in defending his or their Rights proposed to be interfered with by the Bill, such Petitioner or Petitioners shall be entitled to recover from the Promoters of such Bill his or their Costs in relation thereto, or such Portion thereof as the Committee may think fit, such Costs to be taxed by the Taxing Officer of the House as herein-after mentioned, or the Committee may award such a Sum for Costs as they shall think fit, with the Consent of the Parties affected.

2. When the Committee on a Private Bill shall decide that the Preamble is proved, and further unanimously report that the Promoters of the Bill have been vexatiously subjected to Expense in the Promotion of the said Bill by the Opposition of any Petitioner or Petitioners against the same, then the Promoters shall be entitled to recover from the Petitioners, or such of them as the Committee shall think fit, such Portion of their Costs of the Promotion of the Bill as the Committee may think fit, such Costs to be taxed by the Taxing Officer of the House as herein-after mentioned, or such a Sum for Costs as the Committee shall name, with the Consent of the Parties affected; and in their Report to the House the Committee shall state what Portion of the Costs, or what Sum for Costs, they shall so think fit to award, together with the Names of the Parties liable to pay the same and the Names of the Parties entitled to receive the same: Provided always, that no Landowner who bonâ fide at his own sole Risk and Charge opposes a Bill which proposes to take any Portion of the said Petitioner's Property for the Purposes of the Bill shall be liable to any Costs in respect of his Opposition to such Bill.

3. On Application made to the Taxing Officer of the House by such Promoters or Petitioners, or by their Solicitors or Parliamentary Agents, not later than Six Calendar Months after the Report of such Committee, and in Cases where no Sum shall have been named by the Committee, with the Consent of the Parties affected, not until One Month after a Bill of such Costs shall have been delivered to the Party chargeable therewith, which Bill shall be sealed with the Seal or subscribed with the proper Hand of the Parties claiming such Costs, or of their Solicitor or Parliamentary Agent, the Taxing Officer shall examine and tax such Costs, and shall deliver to the Parties affected, or either or any of them, on Application, a Certificate signed by himself expressing the Amount of such Costs, or in Cases where a Sum for Costs shall have been named by the Committee, with the Consent as aforesaid, such Sum as shall have been so named, with the Name of the Party liable to pay the same, and the Name of the Party entitled to receive the same, and such Certificate shall be conclusive Evidence as well of the Amount of the Demand as of the Title of the Party therein named to recover the same from the Party therein stated to be liable to the Payment thereof; and the Party claiming under the same shall, upon Payment thereof, give a Receipt at the Foot of such Certificate, which shall be a sufficient Discharge for the

same.

4. All Powers given to the Taxing Officer by the Acts Ten and Eleven Victoria, Taxing Officer. Chapter Sixty-nine, and Twelve and Thirteen Victoria, Chapter Seventy-eight, with reference to the Examination of Parties and Witnesses on Oath, and with reference to the Production of Documents, and with reference to the Fees payable in respect of any Taxation, shall be vested in the Taxing Officer for the Purposes of this Act.