Penalty for obstructing the Secretary of Plan to be deposited in India Office 15. If any Person wilfully obstruct any Person acting under the Authority of the Secretary of State in Council in the lawful Exercise of the Powers vested in the Secretary of State in Council under this Act, he shall forfeit a Sum not exceeding Five Pounds for every such Offence, to be recovered in a summary Manner. 16. A Copy of the Plan of the prescribed Lands shall be deposited at the Office of the Secretary of State in Council, and shall remain at the said Office, to the end that all Persons and to be open may at all seasonable Times, on Payment of a Fee of One Shilling, have Liberty to inspect for Inspection. the same. 6 Anne, c. 11. (I.), &c. re pealed. Grand Juries not to present Sect. 7. of An Act to repeal the Act of the Parliament of Ireland, of the Sixth Year of 1. The Irish Act of the Sixth Year of Queen Anne, Chapter Eleven, for explaining and amending Two several Acts against Tories, Robbers, and Rapparees, and so much of any Act or Acts as revives or makes perpetual the same, are hereby repealed. 2. From and after the passing of this Act, it shall not be lawful for any Grand Jury to present any Person in Ireland as a Vagrant, any Statute to the contrary notwithstanding. 3. This Act to be called "The Vagrancy, Ireland, Amendment Act (1865).” 4. The Seventh Section of the Act of the Fiftieth George the Third, Chapter One 50 G. 3. c. 102. hundred and two, is hereby repealed. · repealed. CA P. XXXIV. 27 & 28 Vict. c. 116. Provisions of recited Act extended to Relief after 1865. Sect. 6. repealed. Poor Law An Act to make the Metropolitan Houseless Poor Act perpetual. [2d June 1865. WHEREAS it is expedient that the Provisions of "The Metropolitan Houseless Poor Act, 1864," should be made perpetual:' 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 Provisions of the said Act shall be extended to the Expenditure for Relief of destitute Wayfarers, Wanderers, and Foundlings, or other destitute Persons, in the several Unions and Parishes referred to in the said Act, relieved and to be relieved from and after Lady Day One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five; and the Sixth Section of the said Act is hereby repealed. 2. The Poor Law Board shall from Time to Time cause the Wards and other Places of Board to have Reception provided according to the said Act to be inspected not less than once in every Wards in Four Four Months between the Hours of Six o'Clock in the Evening and Eight in the Morning spected, and in the Months between October and March inclusive, and between the Hours of Eight may revoke o'Clock in the Evening and Eight in the Morning in the Months between April_and Certificate. September inclusive; and the Results of such Inspections shall be reported to the Poor Law Board, who may at any Time revoke and renew the Certificates granted or to be granted under the First Section of that Act. and renew 3. The said Board may allow for the Costs and Expenses referred to in the Fourth Allowance Section of that Act, when they shall see fit to do so, a Sum or several Sums in gross may be made for providing instead of a Sum in respect of each Pauper as therein provided. Wards. temporary 4. Any Constable of the Metropolitan Police or of the Police of the City of London may Power to personally conduct any destitute Wayfarer, Wanderer, or Foundling, or other destitute Police to Person, not having committed or being charged with any Offence punishable by Law, provide for within the Knowledge of such Constable, to any Wards or other Places of Reception Relief. approved of by the Poor Law Board under the said Act or this Act; and every such Wayfarer, Wanderer, or Foundling shall, if there be Room in such Wards or other Places of Reception, be temporarily relieved therein. for Admission. 5. The Wards or Places of Reception provided under the said Act shall be open for the Hours during Admission of destitute Wayfarers, Wanderers, and Foundlings, or other destitute Persons, which Wards who shall apply to be admitted during the Hours between Six o'Clock in the Evening and shall be open Eight in the Morning in the Months between October and March inclusive, and during the Hours between Eight o'Clock in the Evening and Eight o'Clock in the Morning in the Months between April and September inclusive, and the Guardians shall be entitled to be reimbursed for all Relief administered in conformity with the Provisions of that Act during those Hours respectively. 6. This Act may be cited for all Purposes as "The Metropolitan Houseless Poor Short Title. Act, 1865." CA P. XXXV. An Act to amend the Law relating to the Police Superannuation Funds in [2d June 1865.] WE HEREAS it is expedient to amend the Law relating to Police Superannuation Funds in Counties and Boroughs:' 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: Short Title. 1. This Act may be cited for all Purposes as "The Police Superannuation Act, 1865." 2. Throughout this Act the Acts herein-after mentioned shall be distinguished by the Short Titles of following Short Titles; that is to say, certain Police Acts. c. 88. The Act of the Session of the Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, Chapter Eighty-eight, intituled An Act to amend the Act for the Establishment 3 & 4 Vict. of County and District Constables, by the Short Title of "The Police Act, 1840:" The Act of the Session of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, Chapter Sixty-nine, intituled An Act to render more effectual the 19 & 20 Vict, Police in Counties and Boroughs in England and Wales, by the Short Title of "The c. 69. Police Act, 1856." The Act of the Session of the Twenty-second and Twenty-third Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, Chapter Thirty-two, intituled An Act to amend the Law con- 22 & 23 Vict. cerning the Police in Counties and Boroughs in England and Wales, by the Short Title c. 32. of "The Police Act, 1859." Amendment of Sect. 11. of 3 & 4 Vict. c. 88., Sect. 10. of 19 & 20 Vict. c. 69., and Sects. 9 & 10 of 22 & 23 Vict. c. 32. Head Con 3. Whereas by "The Police Act, 1840," and "The Police Act, 1856," the Justices of the County in General or Quarter Sessions assembled, and by "The Police Act, 1859," the Watch Committee of a Borough, with the Approbation of the Council, are authorized, subject to the Conditions and in the Events in the said Acts respectively mentioned, to grant out of the Police Superannuation Funds to Constables of the Police Forces of Counties and Boroughs who have served Fifteen Years Superannuation or Retiring 'Allowances, and to Constables who may not have served Fifteen Years Sums in gross as Gratuities: And whereas it is expedient that in some Cases annual Allowances for a limited Time should be granted in lieu of Allowances for Life or Gratuities:' Be it enacted, That where the said Acts authorize a Grant to be made to a Constable of a Superannuation or Retiring Allowance or a Gratuity, the Authority having Power to grant such Allowance or Gratuity may, in lieu thereof, grant an annual Allowance for a limited Time, to be fixed by such Authority, and to be determined on the Death of the Annuitant before the Expiration of the Time fixed: Provided that where an Allowance for a limited Time is granted to a Constable who has served for Fifteen Years or more, it shall be granted on the same Scale as if it were a permanent Superannuation or Retiring Allowance, and if at the Expiration of the limited Time the Annuitant is incapable from Infirmity of Mind or Body of discharging the Duties of a Constable, or has attained the Age of Sixty Years, the Allowance granted to him for a limited Time only shall be continued during the Remainder of his Life: Provided also, that where a Person to whom an annual Allowance for a limited Time has been granted under this Section is reappointed to the Office of Constable, the Time during which he was in receipt of such Allowance shall, for the Purpose of any subsequent Superannuation Allowance, be reckoned as Service in the Force. 4. Whereas Doubts are entertained whether the Provisions of " The Police Act, 1859," stable included relating to a Superannuation Fund for Constables belonging to a Police Force in in Provisions of 22 & 23 Vict. c. 32. Boroughs, apply to a Chief or Head Constable of the Police Force in such Boroughs, by reason, amongst other things, that the said Act requires in certain Cases the Certificate 6 or Recommendation of the Chief or Head Constable before an Allowance can be made or a Gratuity given out of the said Fund to a Constable or his Widow: And whereas it is expedient to remove the said Doubts:' Be it enacted, That the Chief or Head Constable of the Police Force established in any Borough in which the Superannuation Fund is subject to the Regulations of the Police Act, 1859, shall, from and after the Date of the passing of this Act, be deemed to be a Constable of the said Police Force for all Purposes relating to and within the Meaning of this Act and all other Acts regulating such Superannuation Fund; provided, first, that in the Case of the said Chief or Head Constable, or his Widow, a Resolution of the Watch Committee to the Effect of the Certificate or Recommendation required to be given by the Chief or Head Constable under "The Police Act, 1859," shall be deemed to be equivalent to such Certificate or Recommendation; secondly, that the Period of Service during which any Chief or Head Constable, either as such or as an inferior Member of the Force, may have been subjected to Deductions from his Pay towards such Borough Police Superannuation Fund as aforesaid shall, in determining what Allowance or Gratuity is to be made to him, be reckoned and allowed to such Chief or Head Constable; thirdly, that One Half only of the Period of Service (if any) during which such Chief or Head Constable, either as such or as an inferior Member of the Force, has been subjected to no such Deduction as aforesaid from his Pay towards such Superannuation Fund as aforesaid shall be reckoned and allowed to such Chief or Head Constable in determining what Allowance or Gratuity is to be made to him; fourthly, that where such Chief or Head Constable has been promoted from another Police Force, whether County or Borough, to the Borough Force out of the Fund of which he claims Superannuation, in such a Case, if he has served not less than Seven Years either as Chief, Head, or other Constable in such other Force, his Service in such other Force to the Extent of One Half thereof shall be deemed, for the Purposes of Superannuation, to be Service in the latter Force, and be reckoned accordingly, subject to the Conditions on which Service in the latter Force may be reckoned under this Section; and subject also to the Qualification that if at the Time when he was promoted from the other Force he was under the Rank of Chief or Head Constable, no Part of his Service in such other Force shall shall be reckoned unless his Promotion took place on the Recommendation of the Chief or Head Constable of the Force from which he was promoted. vent Dismissals 5. Nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to entitle absolutely any Chief or Nothing to preHead Constable or other Constable, or his Widow, to any Superannuation or Retiring without Allowance or Gratuity, or to prevent any such Constable being dismissed without such Retiring AlAllowance or Gratuity: Provided also, that nothing in this Act contained shall diminish or lowances. prejudice the Allowances or Rights of any Chief or Head Constable or other Constable Proviso. given or reserved by the Fifteenth Section of "The Police Act, 1859." Service in Police so long as County con stable. 6. Whereas the County of Lincoln is divided into Three Divisions, called respectively Parts of the Parts of Lindsey, the Parts of Kesteven, and the Parts of Holland, and each of the said Lincolnshire to be One County Divisions has a separate Commission of the Peace: And whereas by the Twenty-second for Purposes of Section of the said "Police Act, 1859," it is enacted, that after the passing of that Act the Superannuation Fund of the said County shall be One common Account so long as the Police Force for the said County of Lincoln shall be under the Direction of One Chief tinues under Constable for the Three Divisions, but if the said Force shall thereafter be separated One Chief Conunder different Chief Constables, in that Case it shall be lawful to divide the said Super'annuation Fund in proportion to the Number of Men for each Division of the said County of Lincoln at that Time serving in the said Force, the said Superannuation Fund to be under the Management of the joint Committee for the Three Divisions, and invested by them from Time to Time: And whereas notwithstanding the said Enactment the said Three Divisions are considered as separate Counties, so far as respects the Service of the Police therein, and any Constable of the Lincolnshire Police Force, if removed from one of the said Divisions to the other, is not, for the Purpose of Superannuation, entitled to reckon the Time during which he has served as Constable in the Division from which he is removed: And whereas it is expedient to amend the Law so far as relates to the Service of Constables of the said Force:' Be it enacted, That so long as the Police Force of the County of Lincoln continues under the Superintendence of the same Chief Constable, the said Three Divisions of the said County shall, for the Purpose of the Superannuation of the Members of that Force, be taken to be One County, and any Police Constable who may be or has been promoted or removed from one of the said Divisions to another shall, for the Purposes of Superannuation, be entitled to reckon as Service the whole Time he has served in any of the said Divisions; and this Section shall take effect in all respects as if it had been passed at the same Time at which the said " Police Act, 1859," was passed. mittee. 7. Whereas no Provisions are contained in the said "Police Act, 1859," as to the Mode Appointment of appointing the joint Committee mentioned in the said Twenty-second Section: Be it of joint Comenacted, That the said joint Committee shall consist of Twenty-eight Magistrates, to be appointed from Time to Time by the Courts of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of the said Three Divisions respectively, when and so often as the said Courts of Quarter Sessions think fit, in the Proportions following; that is to say, Fourteen Magistrates for the Parts of Lindsey, Eight Magistrates for the Parts of Kesteven, and Six Magistrates for the Parts of Holland; and Three Members of such joint Committee shall constitute a Quorum, and be competent to act; and it shall be lawful for the said joint Committee from Time to Time to make, and afterwards to alter, such Regulations for their Proceedings, and for the Investment, Management, and Administration of the said joint Fund, and for the granting and Payment of Pensions and Gratuities thereout, as to them may seem just and reasonable; which Regulations, as also any Alteration thereof, when approved by the respective Quarter Sessions of the Peace of the said Three Parts or Divisions, shall be binding and conclusive upon all Parties. If the Court of Quarter Sessions for any One or more of the said Divisions at any Time neglect or refuse to appoint Magistrates to act upon the said joint Committee, the Magistrates appointed by the Court or Courts of Quarter Sessions of the other or others of the said Divisions shall be fully competent to act as such Committee. 8. If at any Time hereafter the Police Force for the County of Lincoln ceases to be under the Direction of One Chief Constable for the Three Divisions of that County, the Common Superannuation Fund shall be divided amongst the Three Divisions of the County in proportion Consequences of Police Force Lincoln ceasing in County of to be under One Chief Constable. As to Super proportion to the Number of Police serving in each Division, but notwithstanding such Apportionment any Pension that may have been granted out of the said Fund shall continue to be paid to the Persons to whom the same may have been granted, and shall be apportioned and charged upon the Superannuation Fund of such of the said Divisions as the said joint Committee may by Writing signed by the Chairman of the said Committee direct, provided that such Appointment is confirmed by the Justices of the Peace of the said Three Divisions respectively in Quarter Sessions assembled. Any such Apportionment as aforesaid, when confirmed and approved in manner aforesaid, shall be filed amongst the Records of the Quarter Sessions of the said Three Divisions respectively. 9. Whereas the Watchmen acting under an Act of Parliament passed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled An Act for the better regulating, paving, improving, and managing the Town of Brighthelmston in the County of Sussex, and the Poor thereof, contributed from their weekly Wages to form a Fund in Brighton under the Nature of a Police Superannuation Fund: And whereas at the Time of the Incorpo annuation of Constables formerly Watchmen of 6 G. 4. ration by Charter of the said Town, under the Title of the Borough of Brighton, the Watchmen then in Office were appointed Constables of the Police Force of the said Borough: And whereas by the Twenty-third Section of "The Police Act, 1859," the said Superannuation Fund was transferred to the Treasurer of the Borough to be held as Part of the Police Superannuation Fund of the said Borough, but no Provision was made in the Case of such of the said Watchmen as had become Constables for reckoning their Services as Watchmen in determining the Amount of Superannuation Allowance to be granted to them as Constables: Be it enacted, That where a Constable of the said Borough of Brighton has also been a Watchman acting under the said Act of the Sixth Year of King George the Fourth, the Period of Service as a Watchman, during which he was subject to Deductions from his Pay towards the said Superannuation Fund so transferred as aforesaid to the Treasurer of the said Borough, shall, in determining what Superannuation Allowance may be granted to him, be added to the Period of Service during which he may have served as a Constable in the said Police Force. 6 & 7 Vict. c. 18. Short Title. Clerk of Peace to deliver Precept to Overseers of CA P. XXXVI. An Act to amend the Law relating to the Registration of County Voters, and to the Powers and Duties of Revising Barristers in certain Cases. WE [2d June 1865.] HEREAS it is expedient to amend an Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the Sixth and Seventh Years of the Reign of Her Majesty, intituled An Act to ' amend the Law for the Registration of Persons entitled to vote, and to define certain Rights of Voting, and to regulate certain Proceedings in the Election of Members to serve in Parliament 'for England and Wales, so far as relates to the Registration of County Voters, and to the Powers and Duties of Revising Barristers: 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. This Act may be cited as "The County Voters Registration Act, 1865," and shall be construed with and as Part of the said recited Act, herein-after termed "the Principal Act." 2. The Clerk of the Peace shall, on or before the Tenth Day of June in every Year, make and cause to be delivered to the Overseers of the Poor of every Parish and Township within his County his Precept according to the Form No. 1. in Schedule (A.) to this Act, instead of |