19. All compensation money payable by the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury Compensation under the provisions of section 12 of the 24 & 25 Vict. c. 47, to the said Trinity House in respect of of Newcastle-upon-Tyne for differential dues for pilotage payable in respect of the said dues for the district, shall, after the commencement of this Order, be paid to and received by the District to be Commissioners. differential paid to the Commissioners. 20. If the services of any persons at the commencement of this Order permanently Compensation employed by the Trinity House of Newcastle-upon-Tyne on duties connected with the to Officers no pilotage within the Tyne Pilotage district are not continued by the Commissioners, the ployed by ComJonger emCommissioners shall grant compensation to such persons out of the monies to come into missioners. their hands by virtue of this Order, such compensation not to be granted except under such circumstances and to such an amount as might be granted under the Act or Acts for the time being in force with respect to compensation for abolition of office in the public Civil Service. 21. The first meeting of the Commissioners shall be held at such place as the Board of First meeting Trade shall appoint, and all subsequent meetings at such time and place as the Com- of Commismissioners shall from time to time appoint. sioners. general Acts, 22. Nothing in this Order shall exempt the Commissioners or the Pilotage district afore- Saving for said from the provisions of any general Act of Parliament, now in force or hereafter to effect of be passed, relating to Pilotage or Pilotage dues, or to merchant shipping, or to ports, harbours, or docks, or to dues on shipping, or on goods carried therein, or from any future revision and alteration, under the authority of Parliament, of the Pilotage dues authorized by this Order, or of the limits of the district defined by this Order. CA P. XLV. An Act to provide for the Collection by means of Stamps of Fees payable in the Superior Courts of Law at Westminster, and in the Offices belonging [19th June 1865. thereto. BE E 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: 1865, all Fees payable in 1. From and after the Thirty-first Day of December One thousand eight hundred and From and sixty-five, or from and after such earlier Time as the Commissioners of Her Majesty's after Dec. 31, Treasury, with the Concurrence of the Lord Chief Justices of the Courts of Queen's Bench and Common Pleas and of the Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer, by Notice Superior published in the London Gazette, appoint, the following Fees shall be collected by Stamps; Courts to be namely, all Fees for the Time being payable in the several Courts and Offices, or to the Stamps. several Officers, or in respect of the several Matters, specified in the First Schedule to this Act, whether under the several Enactments therein specified, or otherwise, and all Fees whatever for the Time being payable under any of those Enactments. 2. All or any Stamps to be used under this Act shall be impressed or adhesive, as the Stamps to be Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury from Time to Time direct. impressed or adhesive. 3. The Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, with the Concurrence of the Lord General Rules Chief Justices and Lord Chief Baron, may from Time to Time make such Rules as seem to be made by Treasury. fit for regulating the Use of Stamps under this Act, and particularly for prescribing the Application thereof to Documents from Time to Time in use or required to be used for the Purposes of such Stamps, and for insuring the proper Cancellation of adhesive Stamps and keeping Accounts of such Stamps. 4. Any Document which ought to bear a Stamp under this Act shall not be of any Documents Validity unless and until it is properly stamped; but if any such Document is through not properly Mistake invalid. stamped to be Nothing to interfere with Powers of Treasury, &c. for Alteration of Fees, &c. Payment of Salaries, &c. out of Money received for Stamps. Accounts to be laid before Parliament. Repeal of Enactments in Second Schedule. Short Title. Mistake or Inadvertence received, filed, or used without being properly stamped, a Judge of One of the said Courts may, if he thinks fit, order that the same be stamped as in such Order may be directed, and on such Document being stamped accordingly the same and every Proceeding relative thereto shall be as valid as if such Document had been properly stamped in the first instance. 5. Nothing in this Act shall interfere with the Exercise by any of the Judges of the said Courts, or by the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, or by any other Authority, of any Power of altering or otherwise regulating the Amount of any Fees comprised in this Act, or of any Salaries or other Charges for the Time being by Law payable thereout or charged thereon, or of directing that any Fees comprised in this Act shall cease to be applicable to any Charges or Payments charged thereon or payable thereout, and shall be from Time to Time paid into the Receipt of the Exchequer, and be carried to and form Part of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom. 6. The Commissioners of Inland Revenue shall keep a separate Account of all Money received in respect of Stamps under this Act; and, subject to the Deduction out of the Money so received of any Expenses incurred by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue in the Execution of this Act, and to the Payment or Discharge thereout, in such Manner as the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury from Time to Time direct, of Salaries or other Charges for the Time being by Law charged on or payable out of any Fees comprised in this Act, the Money so received shall, under the Direction of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, be carried to and shall form Part of the said Consolidated Fund. 7. The Account so kept by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue for every Year ending the Thirty-first Day of March, together with an Account for every such Year, prepared under the Direction of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, showing the Salaries and other Charges now or formerly charged on or payable out of any Fees comprised in this Act, and for the Time being in pursuance of any Act paid out of the said Consolidated Fund, or out of Money provided by Parliament, and also showing all other Charges in respect of the said Courts and their several Offices for the Time being paid out of the said Consolidated Fund or out of Money provided by Parliament, by way of Salary, Compensation, or otherwise, shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament within One Month after the Termination of such Year of Account, if Parliament is then sitting, or if not, then within One Month after the next Meeting of Parliament; and the Second of such yearly Accounts and every subsequent Account shall show the Items for Two consecutive Years, and the Increase or Decrease of any of those Items in the Second of those Years as compared with the First. 8. From and after the Time appointed for the Commencement of the Collection of Fees by means of Stamps under this Act, the Acts described in the Second Schedule to this Act shall be repealed to the Extent in that Schedule specified. 9. This Act may be cited as The Common Law Courts (Fees) Act, 1865. 15 & 16 Vict. c. 73. s. 10. 18 & 19 Vict. c. 126. s. 20.) 6 & 7 Vict. c. 20. s. 15. (23 & 24 Vict. c. 54.) 17 & 18 Vict. c. 36. ss. 3, 4, 5. 3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 74. s. 89. 5 & 6 Will. 4. c. 82. s. 6. 13 & 14 Vict. c. 75. (17 & 18 Vict. c. 75. The FIRST SCHEDULE. 20 & 21 Vict. c. 57.-as to England. 25 & 26 Vict. c. 67. s. 36. 25 & 26 Vict. c. 96.) The Superior Courts, and their several Offices, Judges Chambers, and Clerks of Assize acting as Associates on Circuits. Crown Office, Queen's Bench. Registration of Bills of Sale, Queen's Bench. Registration of Certificates, &c. of Acknowledgments of Deeds of Married Women, &c., Common Pleas. 1 & 2 Vict. c. 110. s. 19. 2 & 3 Vict. c. 11. ss. 2, 4, 7, 8, 9. 13 & 14 Vict. c. 75. 18 & 19 Vict. c. 15.- -as to Common Pleas. 23 & 24 Vict. c. 115. s. 2. (3 & 4 Vict. c. 82. 13 & 14 Vict. c. 35. s. 17. 16 & 17 Vict. c. 107. ss. 195-7.-as to England. 22 & 23 Vict. c. 35. s. 22. 23 & 24 Vict. c. 38. s. 4. 5 & 6 Vict. c. 86. s. 4. (22 & 23 Vict. c. 21. ss. 1-4.) Registration of Judgments, Crown Debts, &c., Queen's Remembrancer's Office. Session and Chapter. The SECOND SCHEDULE. Title. Extent of Repeal. 5 & 6 Vict. c. 86. - An Act for abolishing certain Offices on the Revenue Side of the Court of Exchequer in England, and for regulating the Office of Her Majesty's Remembrancer in that Court. 6 & 7 Vict. c. 20. - An Act for abolishing certain Offices on the Crown Side of the Court of Queen's Bench, and for regulating the Crown Office. 13 & 14 Vict. c. 75. An Act to regulate the Receipt and Amount of Fees receivable by certain Officers in the Court of Common Pleas. 15 & 16 Vict. c. 73. An Act to make Provision for a permanent Establishment of Officers to perform the Duties at Nisi Prius in the Superior Courts of Common Law, and for the Payment of such Officers and of the Judges Clerks by Salaries, and to abolish certain Offices in those Courts. Section Five. Section Twelve. Section One. Sections Fourteen and CA P. XLVI. An Act to suspend the making of Lists and the Ballots for the Militia of the [19th June 1865.] WHEREAS it is expedient to suspend for a further Period the Ballots for the Militia of the United Kingdom:' 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. All General and Subdivision Meetings relating to the Militia of the United Kingdom, and all Proceedings relating to procuring any Returns or preparing or making out Lists of such Militia, or any Part thereof, for the Purpose of a Ballot, or relating to balloting for any Militiamen or supplying any Vacancies in such Militia by Ballot, as are or may be directed or authorized by or under any Act of Parliament now in force, shall cease and remain suspended until the First Day of October One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six. 28 VICT. Ff 2. Provided Meetings relating to the United Kingdom and Ballots Militia of the for such Militia suspended. Proceedings may be had during such Suspension by So long as suspended, not necessary to transmit Ex tracts, &c. as required by Sect. 3. of 7 G. 4. c. 58. Not to extend to prevent the holding of certain Meet ings relating to the Militia. 2. Provided always, That it shall be lawful for Her Majesty by any Order in Council to direct that any Proceedings shall be had at any Time before the Expiration of such Period as aforesaid, either for the giving of Notices and making Returns and preparing Lists, and also for the proceeding to ballot and enrol Men for the filling up Vacancies in the Militia, as Her Majesty shall deem expedient; and upon the issuing of any such Order all such Proceedings shall be had for carrying into execution all the Provisions of the Acts in force in the United Kingdom relating to the giving Notices for and Returns for Lists, and for the balloting and enrolling of Men to supply any Vacancies in the Militia, and holding General and Subdivision Meetings for such Purpose at such Times respectively as shall be expressed in any such Order in Council, or by any Directions given in pursuance thereof to Lord Lieutenants, or Deputy Lieutenants acting for Lord Lieutenants, of the several Counties, Shires, Cities, and Places in the United Kingdom; and all the Provisions of the several Acts in force in the United Kingdom relating to the Militia shall, upon any such Order, and Direction given in pursuance thereof, become and be in full Force and be carried into execution at the Periods specified in such Order or Direction as aforesaid, with all such Penalties and Forfeitures for any Neglect thereof, as fully as if such Periods had been fixed in the Acts relating to such Militia. 3. So long as the making of Lists and the Ballots for the Militia of Great Britain are suspended it shall not be necessary for the Clerks of General Meetings of the several Counties therein to transmit to the Clerks of the Subdivision Meetings, or to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the War Department, the Extracts and Abstracts mentioned and referred to in Section Three of Seventh George the Fourth, Chapter Fifty-eight. 4. Provided also, That nothing herein contained shall extend to prevent the holding before the Expiration of such Period as aforesaid of such General or other Meetings relating to the Militia of the United Kingdom as may be called in Great Britain under the Authority of One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, or in Ireland under the Authority of the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, or of any Meeting which may be called for the Purpose of altering, enlarging, or providing any Place for the Reception of the Arms, Accoutrements, Clothing, or other Stores belonging to the Militia. Secretary of State for War to issue the CA P. XLVII. An Act to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing, and contingent and other WHEREAS it is necessary that Provision should be made for defraying the Charge of the Pay, Clothing, and contingent and other Expenses of the Regular Militia, including the Miners of Cornwall and Devon, when disembodied, in Great Britain and Ireland, and for making in certain Cases Allowances of Retired Pay to Subaltern Officers and Surgeons Mates and Assistant Surgeons of the Regular Militia, and of the Miners of Devon and Cornwall, also to Adjutants, Paymasters, Surgeons, and Quartermasters of the Regular Militia, who have been allowed to retire, and to Adjutants disabled after long Service: 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: 6 1. The Secretary of State for War for the Time being shall cause to be issued and paid the whole Sum required for the Regular Militia of Great Britain and Ireland (when disembodied) bodied) in the Manner and for the several Uses herein-after mentioned; (that is to say,) for Money required the Pay of the Permanent Staff of the said Regular Militia at the daily Rates following; for Pay, &c. (that is to say,) Infantry. £ s. d. Artillery. £ s. d. Militia, as herein stated. 0 10 0 0 Serjeant Major, where One is appointed in Corps consisting of Quartermaster Serjeant (in Corps whose Establishment exceeds and for the Serjeant performing the Duty of both Quarter- Serjeant Instructor of Musketry or Gunnery Paymaster Serjeant (in Corps whose Establishment exceeds 0 10 0 026 0 2 10 0 3 0 Serjeant, Orderly Room Clerk, Drum Major, or Bugle Major 0 1 10 0 2 22 and if under Sixteen Years of Age Provided always, that when any Non-commissioned Officer or Man on the Permanent Staff shall be absent on Furlough or Licence, he shall during such Absence receive Sixpence per Diem less than the above-mentioned Rates respectively: And also at Rates varying from Two Shillings to Sixpence per Annum for each Private Man for defraying the contingent Expenses of each Regiment, Battalion, or Corps, when enrolled: And the Secretary of State for War for the Time being shall give the necessary Instructions for the Provision of Clothing for each Non-commissioned Officer or Man on the Permanent Staff of the Militia of Great Britain and Ireland who shall be resident at Head Quarters, and the said Permanent Staff shall be entitled to be clothed once in Two Years. Members of the Permanent Staff to reside where the 2. Except when employed as herein-after provided, every Member of the Permanent Staff of the Regular Militia, when disembodied, shall reside in such Places as shall be sanctioned by the Secretary of State for War, and every such Member shall forfeit his Pay for any Period during which he shall be absent, except when employed as herein- Secretary of after provided, or when absent by Leave from the Colonel or Commandant of the Regi- State for War ment, Battalion, or Corps, which Leave shall not, except in case of certified Sickness, extend beyond Three Calendar Months in One Year, nor to a greater Proportion than One Third of the Non-commissioned Officers and Men at the same Time. shall appoint. 3. Every Member of the Permanent Staff, when not called out for Training or Exercise, And may be shall be liable to be employed within the County to which the Regiment, Battalion, or employed in Company of the said Militia Staff belongs, under the Officers appointed to pay and their Counties. superintend the Out-Pensioners of Chelsea Hospital, in such Manner as One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State may determine: Provided always, that the Senior Officer shall have the Command of the Force so employed. Arms and 4. The Quartermaster of each Regiment of Militia in which a Quartermaster is appointed Quartermaster, and receives daily Pay under the Provisions of the First Section of this Act, and when no &c. to have Quartermaster is appointed, then the Adjutant of each Regiment of Militia, shall have the Charge of the Charge and Care of the Arms, Accoutrements, Great Coats, Clothing, Necessaries, and Clothing. other Stores thereof, under the Superintendence of the Colonel or Commandant; and Adjutant to the Adjutant shall, out of the Allowance directed by this Act to be issued and paid for defraying the contingent Expenses of such Regiment, Battalion, or Corps, from Time to Time issue and pay such Sums of Money as may be necessary for the Repair of Arms, Expenses on an and other usual contingent Expenses, upon an Order in Writing signed by the Colonel Ordersigned by Ff2 |