"Counties of Kent and Surrey;" an Act of the Fifth Year of Her present Majesty, Chapter Forty-five, "to alter some of the Provisions of an Act passed in the Seventh Year "of the Reign of King George the Fourth, relating to the New Cross Turnpike Roads in "the Counties of Kent and Surrey;" an Act of the Sixth and Seventh Years of Her present Majesty, Chapter One hundred and eight, "for more effectually repairing certain "Roads in the Parishes of Bermondsey, Rotherhithe, and Saint Paul and Saint Nicholas Deptford, and for making several new Roads connected therewith, all in the Counties of "Surrey and Kent;" and an Act of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Years of Her present Majesty, Chapter Eighty-five, "for repairing the Road leading from a certain Point in the Kennington Road in the Parish of Saint Mary Lambeth in the County of Surrey to "Highgate in the County of Sussex, and thence to Witchcross in the same County, and "several other Roads therein mentioned." 66 66 124. of 3 G. 4. c. 126. to 2. The Sections relating to Encroachments on Turnpike Roads contained in the Act of Application of the Third Year of King George the Fourth, Chapter One hundred and twenty-six, and Sects. 118. and numbered respectively One hundred and eighteen and One hundred and twenty-four, shall continue in force in relation to any Road which, having been a Turnpike Road, may, at any Turnpike Time after the passing of this Act, become an ordinary Highway, in the same Manner as if Roads that such Road had continued to be a Turnpike Road; and in the Construction of the said ordinary Section the Highway Board shall be deemed to be the Trustees or Commissioners where Highways. the Road is within the Jurisdiction of a Highway Board, and in other Cases the Surveyor or other local Authority having the Care of the Road shall be deemed to be such Trustees or Commissioners. have become Commis 3. It shall be the Duty of the Trustees or Commissioners of a Turnpike Road that is Meetings of about to become or has become an ordinary Highway to hold such Meetings as may be Trustees or necessary for the complete winding-up of the Affairs of their Trust or Commission, and somers. any such Meeting shall be legal if held at any Time within Two Months after the Time limited for the Expiration of their Trust or Commission. 4. This Act may be cited for all Purposes as "The Annual Turnpike Acts Continuance Short Title. Act, 1865." SCHEDULE. An Act for more effectually repairing the Road from the Horseshoe Corner in Godman- 53 G 3. c. xli. chester in the County of Huntingdon to the South-east End of Castle Street in the Town of Cambridge in the County of Cambridge. An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of Two Acts of His present Majesty, for 54 G. 3. repairing the Road from the End of the Turnpike Road from Besselsleigh to Hungerford in c. lxxxv. the County of Berks, to Leckford, otherwise Sousley Water, in the County of Wilts. An Act for continuing and amending an Act of His present Majesty, for repairing 55 G. 3. c. xc. several Roads leading from Shenfield to Harwich and Rochford and other Places in the County of Essex, and for extending the said Act to the Road from Great Hallingbury to Hockerill in the County of Hertford. An Act to continue the Term and alter and enlarge the Powers of an Act of His present 59 G. 3. Majesty's Reign, for repairing the Road from the Guide Post in the Village of Adderbury c. cxxii. in the County of Oxford, through Kidlington, to the End of the Mileway in the City of Oxford. An Act for more effectually repairing, widening, amending, and improving the Roads 3 G. 4. c. iii. from Wigan to Preston in the County Palatine of Lancaster. An Act for more effectually repairing the Roads from Dyed Way to Somerton and from 4 G. 4. c. lxii. Gawbridge to Tintinhull Fords, and from a Stream of Water called Ford to Cartgate in Martock, and other Roads therein mentioned, in the County of Somerset. An Act for more effectually repairing and improving the Roads leading from White- 4 G. 4. c. cvi. chapel Church in the County of Middlesex unto Passingford Bridge, and through and to the End of the several Parishes or Places of Shenfield and Woodford in the County of Essex, and for other Purposes relating thereto. 3 P 2 An 4 G. 4. c. cviii. 5 G. 4. c. xi. 5 G. 4. c. xxv. 5 G. 4. c. lvi. 7 G. 4. c. cxxvi. 7 & 8 G. 4. c. lvi. 9 G. 4. c. li. 9 G. 4. c. lxxv. 11 G. 4. c. xxi. 11 G. 4. c. xxxii. 11 G. 4. c. lxxxii. 11 G. 4. c. lxxxiii. 11 G. 4. c. xcix. 1 W. 4. c. xlv. 1 & 2 W. 4. c. xix. 1 & 2 W. 4. c. xxii. 2 W. 4. c. lxxv. 2 W. 4. c. lxxvii. 3 W. 4. c. v. 3 W. 4. c. ix. 3 W. 4. c. xii. 3 W. 4. c. xvii. An Act for more effectually repairing the Road leading from Beaconsfield in the County of Buckingham to Stoken Church in the County of Oxford. An Act for amending and maintaining the Roads leading from the Town of Newent in the County of Gloucester and other Roads in the Counties of Gloucester and Hereford. An Act for improving and keeping in repair the Road from Span Smithy in the County of Chester to Talk in the County of Stafford. An Act for repairing the Lower Road from Greenwich to Woolwich in the County of Kent. An Act for more effectually repairing the Road from Whitecross in the Parish of Leven in Holderness in the East Riding of the County of York to the Town of Beverley in the said County. An Act for repairing the Road from the High Bridge in Spalding to Tydd Goat in the County of Lincoln, and other Roads in the same County. An Act for more effectually repairing the Road from Christopher's Bridge in the Borough of Thetford in the County of Suffolk to the North-east End of the Town of Newmarket in the County of Cambridge. An Act for repairing the Road from Scole Bridge to Bury Saint Edmunds in the County of Suffolk. An Act for more effectually repairing, amending, widening, and improving the Road from the West Cowgate near Newcastle-upon-Tyne to the Alemouth Turnpike Road in the County of Northumberland, and for making and maintaining other Roads communicating therewith. An Act for repairing, amending, and maintaining the Road from Congleton in the County of Chester to a Branch of the Leek Turnpike Road at Thatchmarsh Bottom in the Parish of Hartington in the County of Derby, and from the Lowe to the Havannah Mills in the said County of Chester. An Act for more effectually repairing and improving the Roads from Lewes, through Offham, to Witch Cross; from the Cliffe near Lewes, through Uckfield, to Witch Cross; and from the said Cliffe, through Ringmer, Heathfield, and Burwash, to Hurst Green; all in the County of Sussex. An Act for more effectually repairing and maintaining the Road between Hockliffe in the County of Bedford and Stony Stratford in the County of Buckingham. An Act for amending and improving the Road from Tonbridge to Ightham, and other Roads communicating therewith, in the County of Kent. An Act for repairing and maintaining the Road leading from the High Road between Bromley and Farnborough in the County of Kent to Beggar's Bush in the Turnpike Road leading from Tonbridge Wells to Maresfield in the County of Sussex. An Act for repairing the Road from the Bridge on the old River at Barton to Brandon Bridge in the County of Suffolk. An Act for more effectually repairing and improving the Road between the City of Durham and the Village of Shotley Bridge in the County of Durham. An Act for better maintaining certain Roads within the County of Salop called the Shawbury District of Roads. An Act for more effectually repairing and maintaining the Road from Lanfabon to Pontymoil, and other Roads and Bridges therein mentioned, in the Counties of Glamorgan and Monmouth. An Act for more effectually repairing and improving several Roads in the Counties of Cornwall and Devon, leading to the Borough of Saltash in the County of Cornwall, and for making a new Branch and Deviations of Roads to communicate therewith. An Act for repairing the Roads from near Monk Bridge, near York, to New Malton, and from thence to Scarborough, and from Spittle House to Scarborough, all in the County of York. An Act for more effectually repairing and improving the Roads from Wendover to the End of Oak Lane, and from the River Colne for Half a Mile towards Beaconsfield, in the County of Bucks. An Act for making and maintaining a Road from Bishop's Waltham to join the Botley and Winchester Road at or near Fisher's Pond in the Parish of Owslebury in the County of Southampton. An An Act for repairing the Road from Bicester in the County of Oxford to Aylesbury in 3 W. 4. c. xxiv. the County of Buckingham. An Act for more effectually repairing the Roads from Hodges to Beadles Hill and Cuck- 3 W. 4. c. xliv. field, and from Beadles Hill to Lindfield, all in the County of Sussex. An Act for more effectually repairing the Road from the Canal Bridge in Hurdsfield in 3 W. 4. c. lix. the County of Chester to the Turnpike Road at Randle Carr Lane Head in Fernilee in the County of Derby, leading to Chapel-in-le-Frith in the same County. An Act for repairing and improving the Roads through Huntley from Gloucester towards 3 W. 4. c. lxxv. Ross in the County of Hereford, and to and from Mitcheldean, and through Westburyupon-Severn to Newnham and Littledean, in the County of Gloucester. An Act to make and maintain a Turnpike Road from the Gateshead and Hexham Turn- 3 W. 4. pike Road at or near to Axwell Park Gate on the River Derwent in the Township of c. lxxix. Winlaton in the Parish of Ryton in the County of Durham to the Village of Shotley Bridge in the said County of Durham. An Act for repairing the Road from Offham to Ditchelling in the County of Sussex. An Act for more effectually repairing and improving the Road from Rochdale to Edenfield in the Parish of Bury, all in the County Palatine of Lancaster. An Act for more effectually repairing the Roads leading from Swindon to the Centre of Christian Malford Bridge, from Calne to Lyneham Green, and from the Direction Post in Long Leaze Lane near Lydiard Marsh to Cricklade in the County of Wilts. 3 W. 4 3 W. 4. c. lxxxiv. 3 W. 4. c. xcii. An Act for maintaining the Roads from the Town of Kingston-upon-Hull to the Town 3 W. 4. c. xciii. of Beverley in the East Riding of the County of York, and from Newland Bridge to the West End of the Town of Cottingham in the same Riding. An Act for improving the Shrewsbury District and the Wellington District of the Wat- 3 W. 4. c. xcix. ling Street Road in the County of Salop. An Act for making a Turnpike Road from Minsterley in the County of Salop to the 4 W. 4. c. xi. Turnpike Road leading from Bishop's Castle in the said County of Salop to Churchstoke in the County of Montgomery. An Act for more effectually repairing certain Roads from Kingsbridge to Dartmouth, 4 & 5 W. 4. and for making new Branches to and from the same, all in the County of Devon. c. lxxiii. An Act to continue, alter, and amend an Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His 4 & 5 W. 4. late Majesty King George the Fourth, for more effectually repairing and improving the c. lxxxix. Middlesex and Essex Turnpike Roads; to provide for the rebuilding of Bow Bridge in the Counties of Middlesex and Essex, the improving of the several other Bridges upon the said Roads; and for other Purposes relating thereto. An Act for more effectually repairing and improving the Road from Rochdale, through 13 & 14 Vict. Bamford and Birtle, to Bury, and several other Roads therein mentioned, all in the County c. lxxxvii. Palatine of Lancaster. An Act for more effectually repairing the Road from the Town of Beaconsfield to the 15 Vict. River Colne, all in the County of Buckingham. c. xcvii. 6 CA P. CVIII. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders under "The Local Government WHEREAS the Secretary of State for the Home Department, being One of Her Provisional Proviso as to South Wales Highway Act (23 & 24 Vict. c. lxviii.) as to District of Llanelly repealed. Isle of Wight Act (53 G. 3. Schedule to this Act annexed, and it is provided by the aforesaid Local Government Act that no such Orders shall be of any Validity whatever until they shall have been confirmed by Parliament, and it is expedient that the said Orders should be so confirmed:' 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. The Provisional Orders contained in the Schedule hereunto annexed shall, from and after the passing of this Act, be absolute, and be as binding and of like Force and Effect as if the Provisions of the same had been expressly enacted in this Act: Provided always, that nothing in this Act, or in the Order hereby confirmed, with relation to Ramsgate, shall be deemed or construed to extend to or affect Ramsgate Harbour or the Soil thereof, or any other Property transferred to and vested in the Board of Trade by the "Harbours and Passing Tolls, &c. Act, 1861;" and all Rights, Powers, and Privileges of the Board of Trade are hereby expressly reserved, save only that parochial and other local Rates shall still be payable on those Parts of the said Property within the District of Ramsgate in which they have heretofore been payable. 2. The Act passed in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty (23 & 24 Vict. Cap. 68), intituled "The South Wales Highway Act," shall be repealed so far as it relates to the District of Llanelly in the County of Carmarthen, within which District the Local Government Act, 1858, is now in force. And whereas Doubts have arisen as to the Effect of the Provisional Order repealing the said Act within the District of Aberavon in the County of Glamorgan:' It is hereby declared, That the said Act shall be deemed and taken to be repealed within the said District as if the Repeal thereof had been provided by express Enactment in the Act confirming the said Order. 3. The Act passed in the Fifty-third Year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An Act for amending the Roads and Highways in the Isle of Wight, shall be repealed so far as it relates to the District of Ventnor, within which the Local Government Act, 1858, is now in force. And whereas Doubts have arisen as to the Effect of the • Provisional Orders repealing the said Isle of White Highway Act within the Districts of East Cowes, Sandown, and Shanklin' It is hereby declared, That the said Act shall be deemed and taken to be repealed within the said Districts as if the Repeal thereof had been and Shanklin provided by express Enactment in the Acts confirming the said Orders. East Cowes, Sandown, The Oxford Local Board to be elected between the 9th and 24th of November annually. Ratepayers of District to elect One Member. Members of the University Declaration. Board shall 4. The yearly Election of the Members of the Local Board for the District of Oxford under Section Eighty-two of "The Local Government Act, 1858," shall take place on such Day between the Ninth and Twenty-fourth Days of November in every Year, not being Sunday, as the Local Board from Time to Time at their Ordinary Meeting in the Month of October in the respective Year determine; and the Members of the Local Board already and from Time to Time hereafter elected shall continue in Office until the Commencement of the Meeting of the Local Board next after the Day of the then next yearly Election of Members thereof, and thereupon the Members then elected shall come into Office: Provided that if and whenever the Local Board do not so fix any other Day for the yearly Election, then it shall take place on the Tenth Day of November, or, if that Day be Sunday, on the then next Day. 5. The Members of the Oxford Local Board to be elected by the Ratepayers of the Parishes within the District shall be elected One for every Parish by the Ratepayers of the respective Parish, and, except as is by this Act otherwise provided, shall be so elected by the Ratepayers in Vestry assembled. 6. It shall not be obligatory on any of the Fifteen Members of the Local Board from Time to Time elected by the University of Oxford to make any Declaration of Qualification for the Office of Member of the Local Board. 7. The Oxford Local Board shall yearly, at their First Meeting in November, appoint One of their Number to be Chairman for One Year at all Meetings at which he is present; and and in case the Chairman so appointed be absent from any Meeting at the Time appointed appoint Chairfor holding the same, the Members present shall appoint One of their Number to act man. as Chairman thereat; and in case the Chairman appointed for the Year die, resign, or become incapable of acting, another Member shall be appointed to be Chairman for the Period during which the Person so dying, resigning, or becoming incapable would have been entitled to remain in Office, and no longer; and the Chairman at any Meeting shall have a Second or Casting Vote in case of an Equality of Votes. 8. All Public Buildings of the University and City of Oxford, and any Lands, Tene- All Public Buildings ments, and Hereditaments within the Oxford District not now assessed or assessable to (except Rates for the Relief of the Poor, except all such as belong to or are held by the County, Churches) and except Churches and other public Places of Religious Worship, shall be assessable on a fair Valuation thereof by an equal Pound Rate to the General District Rates, to be from Time to Time made and levied by the Local Board. 9. If and when any Part of the Parish of Cowley is added to the Oxford District, then and thenceforth the Number of Members of the Local Board for the Oxford District shall be increased by One: (a.) The Cowley Member shall from Time to Time be elected by the Owners and Rate- (d.) The yearly Election of the Cowley Member shall take place in the Year One (e.) The Chairman of the Local Board shall be the Summoning Officer for the Purposes of every Election of the Cowley Member: (f.) In all other respects the Provisions of every Act of Parliament from Time to Time in force with respect to the Members of the Local Board, and their Election and Continuance in Office and Retirement from Office, shall, so far as the same are applicable, extend and apply to the Cowley Member. shall be assessable to the Gene ral District Rates. Provisions in case of the Addition to the District of a Part of Cowley Parish. 10. The Member of the Oxford Local Board now elected for the Parish of Saint The Parish of Thomas shall henceforth be elected for that Parish and for the adjoining Parish of Binsey, Binsey how to as if they were One Parish, and for the Purposes of the Election the Two Parishes shall be represented. be deemed to be One Parish: (a.) For the Election the Ratepayers of the Parish of Binsey shall form Part of the Vestry of the Parish of Saint Thomas: (b.) Notices of the Vestry Meetings of the Parish of Saint Thomas for the Election shall be given by the Summoning Officers of that Parish to the Ratepayers of the Parish of Binsey as if they were Ratepayers of the Parish of Saint Thomas. Addition to 11. If and when any Part of the Parish of North Hincksey is added to the Oxford District, Provisions in then the Member of the Local Board now elected for the adjoining Parish of Saint Aldate case of the shall thenceforth be elected for that Parish and for that Part of the Parish of North the Oxford DisHincksey as if they were One Parish; and for the Purposes of the Election the Parish trict of a Part of Saint Aldate and that Part of the Parish of North Hincksey shall be deemed to be of North HinckOne Parish; for the Election the Ratepayers of that Part of the Parish of North Hincksey shall form Part of the Vestry of the Parish of Saint Aldate. sey Parish. 12. For the Purposes of this Section, and with respect to each of the Parishes of Cowley Overseers of and Binsey and North Hincksey respectively, the Overseers of the respective Parish shall, Cowley and Binsey and when the Oxford Local Board by Notice in Writing to them so require, produce to such North HinckPersons |