С А Р. ХСІІ. 2 & 3 W. 4. c. 65. 5 & 6 W. 4. c. 78. Part of Sect. 2. An Act to shorten the Time for the Election of Members to serve in Parliament for the Ayr District of Burghs. WHE [5th July 1865.] HEREAS an Act was passed in the Second and Third Years of the Reign of King William the Fourth, intituled An Act to amend the Representation of the People in Scotland, whereby it is provided that the Day of Election of Members to serve in Parliament shall be not less than Ten nor more than Sixteen Days after the Day on which the • Writ is received by the Sheriff: And whereas by an Act passed in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of King William the Fourth, Chapter Seventy-eight, the Time for the Election of Members to serve in Parliament for Cities, Burghs, and Towns, or Districts of Cities, Burghs, and Towns, in Scotland was shortened to not less than Four nor more than Ten Days after the Day on which the Writ is received, except in the • Districts comprehending Kirkwall, Wick, Dornoch, Dingwall, Tain, Cromarty, Ayr, Irvine, Campbelltown, Inverary, and Oban, wherein it was by the Second Section of the said lastrecited Act provided that the Provisions of the said first-recited Act, in so far as they relate to the Announcement of the Day of Election, and the Interval to elapse between the Receipt of the Writ and the Proclamation thereof, should remain in full Force and Effect: And whereas it is expedient that, with respect to the Ayr District of Burghs, such Exception should no longer be continued:' 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. The Second Section of the said last-recited Act shall be and is hereby repealed so far of 5 & 6 W. 4. as relates to the Ayr District of Burghs, but not further or otherwise. repealed. Sheriff to endorse on Writ for Ayr District of Day on which he received it, and to announce Time for the Election. 2. The Sheriff to whom any Writ for the Election of a Member to serve for the District of Burghs comprehending Ayr, Irvine, Campbelltown, Inverary, and Oban shall be directed under the Provisions of the said first-recited Act shall endorse on the Back of the Writ the Day on which he received it, and shall within Two Days thereafter announce a Day for the Election, which Day shall be not less than Four nor more than Ten Days after the Day on which the Writ was received, and shall give due Intimation thereof as is provided in the said first-recited Act. CA P. XCIII. An Act to consolidate the Offices of Comptroller General of the Exchequer and WE 66 HEREAS by an Act passed in the Session of the Fourth and Fifth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty William the Fourth, Chapter Fifteen, intituled An Act to regulate the Office of the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer at Westminster, it was enacted that "the Constitution and Establishment of the Exchequer shall consist of the following Officers; (that is to say,) a Comptroller General, to be designated Comptroller "General of the Receipt and Issue of His Majesty's Exchequer, with an annual Salary "of Two thousand Pounds, an Assistant Comptroller, a Chief Clerk, and such Number "of Clerks and Assistants, with such Salaries as shall be established and regulated from "Time to Time by the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury :" And whereas it is expedient that when a Vacancy shall occur in the said Office of Comptroller General the Duties of the said Office shall be performed by the Chairman of the Commissioners for auditing the Public Accounts, and that he shall be appointed Comptroller General • accordingly:' accordingly:' 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: Commissioners 1. On the Occurrence of the next Vacancy in the said Office of Comptroller General, the Appointment Office of the said Comptroller shall be granted, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of of Chairman of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Chairman for the Time being of of Public the Commissioners for auditing the Public Accounts; and it shall be incumbent on him and Accounts to he is hereby authorized to perform all the Duties of the said Comptroller, in addition to his Office of CompDuties as such Chairman as aforesaid; and the said Letters Patent shall continue in force during good Behaviour, subject, however, to the Removal of such Comptroller from such of next VaOffice by Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, on the Address of the Two Houses of cancy. Parliament, subject also to the Abolition of the Office, or to its Regulation, either as to the Salary or the Duties thereof, at any future Time by the Authority of Parliament. The Office of Assistant Comptroller may be granted to such other of the Commissioners for auditing the Public Accounts as the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury shall from Time to Time appoint for executing the same, any Statute to the contrary notwithstanding. troller General on Occurrence 2. The Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury may, if and when they shall think fit, As to Chief abolish the Office of Chief Clerk of the Exchequer, upon making adequate Provision for the Clerk of the Performance of the statutable Duties thereof. 3. The Person appointed in pursuance of this Act to the said Offices of Comptroller General and Chairman of the Commissioners for auditing the Public Accounts shall, in respect of both such Offices, be entitled to an annual Salary of Two thousand Pounds and no more, such Salary to be paid out of the Consolidated Fund. Exchequer. Annual Salary of Comptroller Chairman of General and Audit Board. C A P. XCIV. An Act to amend the Carriers Act. [5th July 1865.] 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: 11 G. 4. & 1. In the Carriers Act (that is to say, the Act of the Session held in the Eleventh Year The Term of the Reign of King George the Fourth and the First Year of the Reign of King William "Lace" in the Fourth, Chapter Sixty-eight, "for the more effectual Protection of Mail Contractors, W. 4. c. 68. Stage Coach Proprietors, and other Common Carriers for Hire, against the Loss of or not to include Injury to Parcels or Packages delivered to them for Conveyance or Custody, the Value Machine-made "and Contents of which shall not be declared to them by the Owners thereof,") the Term "Lace" shall, with respect to any Parcel or Package delivered after the Commencement of this Act, be construed as not including Machine-made Lace. Lace. 2. This Act shall commence from and immediately after the Thirtieth Day of September CommenceOne thousand eight hundred and sixty-five. 3. This Act may be cited as The Carriers Act Amendment Act, 1865. ment of Act. Short Title. Duties on Cane Drawbacks on CA P. XCV. An Act to amend the Law relating to the Duties on Sugar, and the Drawbacks BE E it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Con- 1. That on and after the First of September One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, provided that the Ratifications of a Convention between Her Majesty, the King of the Belgians, the Emperor of the French, and the King of the Netherlands, for regulating the Drawbacks on Sugar, which was signed at Paris on the Eighth Day of November One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, shall then have been exchanged, In lieu of the Duties of Customs now charged on the under-mentioned Article, the following Duties of Customs shall be charged thereon, on Importation into Great Britain or Ireland; (that is to say,) Cane Juice, the Cwt. £ S. d. 8 2 2. That from and after the Day on which the Ratifications of a Convention between Her refined Sugar. Majesty, the King of the Belgians, the Emperor of the French, and the King of the Netherlands, for regulating the Drawbacks on Sugar, which was signed at Paris on the Eighth Day of November One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, shall be exchanged,In lieu of the Drawbacks of Twelve Shillings and Tenpence now allowed on certain Descriptions of refined Sugar, the following Drawbacks shall be paid and allowed on the under-mentioned Descriptions of refined Sugar on the Exportation thereof to Foreign Parts, or on Removal to the Isle of Man for Consumption there, or on Deposit in any approved Warehouse, upon such Terms and subject to such Regulations as the Commissioners of Customs may direct, for Delivery from such Warehouse as Ship's Stores only or for the Purpose of sweetening British Spirits in Bond; (that is to say,) Upon Sugar refined in Great Britain or Ireland, in Loaf complete and whole, or For every Cwt. £ s. d. - 0 12 4 Upon Sugar refined in Great Britain or Ireland by the centrifugal or any other Process, and not in any way inferior to the Export Standard No. 3. approved by the Lords of the Treasury: For every Cwt. £ s. d. - 0 12 4 Provided, that if refined Sugar, not being in any way inferior to No. 1. Standard Export Sample approved by the Lords of the Treasury, be not thoroughly dried in the Stove, but shall be found to contain Moisture not exceeding Five per Centum over and above what the same would contain if thoroughly dried in the Stove, then the above Drawback shall be allowed thereon, subject to a Deduction in respect of such Moisture of Five per Centum, in lieu of any other Drawback now allowed thereon. CA P. XCVI. An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Inland Revenue. [5th July 1865.] 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: 1. For and in lieu of the Scale of Stamp Duties chargeable under the Title " Conveyance" Scale of Stamp in the Schedule of the Act passed in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Years of Her Majesty's Duties on ConReign, Chapter Ninety-seven, the following Scale of Stamp Duties shall be chargeable; lieu of Scale in (that is to say,) Where the Purchase or Consideration Money expressed in or upon the principal or only Deed, Instrument, or Writing of Conveyance shall not exceed £5 And where the same shall exceed £5 and not exceed £10 £ s. d. Co 69006 0112267 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 7 6 0 10 0 0 12 6 0 15 0 0 17 1 0 6 0 1 2 6 125 150 veyances, in 13 & 14 Vict. c. 97. And where the Purchase or Consideration Money shall exceed £300, then for every £50, and also for any fractional Part of £50 - 0 5 0 praisements, in 2. And for and in lieu of the Scale of Stamp Duties chargeable under the Title Scale of Stamp Appraisement" in the Schedule to the Act passed in the Fifty-fifth Year of the Reign of Duties on ApKing George the Third, Chapter One hundred and eighty-four, the following Scale of Stamp lieu of Scale Duties shall be chargeable; (that is to say,) Where the Amount of the Appraisement or Valuation shall not exceed £5 3. And for and in lieu of the Scale of Stamp Duties chargeable under the Title " Award" Scale of Stamp in the Schedule to the Act passed in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Years of Her Duties on Majesty's Reign, Chapter One hundred and eleven, the following Scale of Stamp Duties lieu of Duties shall be chargeable; (that is to say,) For and upon every Award in England or Ireland, and Award or Decreet Arbitral in Scotland, where the Amount or Value of the Matter in dispute shall not exceed £5 Stamp Duty reduced on certain Li And where it shall exceed £1,000, and also in all other Cases not above provided for 1 15 0 4. And in lieu of the Stamp Duty of Two Pounds now chargeable by Law for or upon any Licence to be granted by any Archbishop, Bishop, Chancellor, or other Ordinary, or cences granted by any Ecclesiastical Court, in England or Ireland, or by any Presbytery or other Ecclesiby Ecclesiasti- astical Power in Scotland, for any of the following Purposes; (that is to say,) cal Authority. 1. To hold the Office of Lecturer, Reader, Chaplain, Church Clerk, Chapel Clerk, Parish Clerk, or Sexton; Agreements for letting small Tene ments chargeable with One Penny Stamp Duty. Duty on Certificates taken out by Conveyancers and Special Pleaders within the first Three Years of their Practice reduced. Stamp Duty on Charterparties reduced. 2. For licensing a Building for the Performance of Divine Service within an Ecclesiastical District formed under the Provisions of the New Parishes Act; 3. For licensing any Chapel for the Solemnization of Marriages therein pursuant to the Provisions of the Act Sixth and Seventh William the Fourth, Chapter Eighty-five; 4. For licensing or authorizing any Matter which regards a consecrated Building or Ground, or anything to be constructed, set up, taken down, or altered therein, or to be removed therefrom; There shall be charged and paid for or upon any such Licence as aforesaid the Stamp Duty of Ten Shillings: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall extend to charge with Duty any Licence expressly exempted from Stamp Duty by any Act of Parliament now in force. 5. Any Agreement or Memorandum for the letting of a Dwelling House or Tenement, or Part of a Dwelling House or Tenement, for any Period less than a Year, at a Rent payable weekly or monthly, and not exceeding the Rate of Three Shillings and Sixpence per Week, shall be chargeable with the Stamp Duty of One Penny only in lieu of any other Stamp Duty now chargeable on any such Agreement or Memorandum. 6. And whereas by an Act passed in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Years of Her • Majesty's Reign, Chapter Sixty-three, certain Stamp Duties specified in the Schedule to the same Act annexed are imposed upon a Certificate to be taken out yearly by every Person, being a Member of One of the Four Inns of Court in England, and by every • Person in Ireland, who, in the Character of Conveyancer, Special Pleader, Draftsman in Equity, or otherwise, shall, for or in expectation of any Fee, Gain, or Reward, draw or prepare any Conveyance of or Deed or Instrument relating to any Estate or Property, Real or Personal, or any other Deed or Contract whatever, or any Pleadings or Proceedings in any Court of Law or Equity:' Be it enacted, that any such Certificate to be taken out by any such Person as aforesaid within the Period of Three Years after he shall first begin to practise in manner aforesaid shall be charged with only One Half of the said Duties respectively. 7. In lieu of the Stamp Duty of Five Shillings now chargeable by Law on any Charterparty, or any Document chargeable with Stamp Duty as a Charterparty, there shall be charged and paid thereon the Stamp Duty of Sixpence, which may be denoted either by an impressed Stamp upon the Charterparty or Document or by an adhesive Stamp affixed thereon; provided, that if an adhesive Stamp be used the Person who shall last sign the Charterparty or Document, or whose Signature shall complete the same as a binding Contract, shall at the Time of his so signing the same cancel the said Stamp by writing thereon his Name or the Name of his Firm, together with the true Date of his so writing the |