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4 & 5 W. 4.

c. 15., and

48 G. 3. c. 1., Directions, as are directed and prescribed in an Act passed in the Forty-eighth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third, Chapter One, and in another Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the Fourth and Fifth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, Chapter Fifteen, and in another Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, Chapter Sixty-six.

5 & 6 Vict. c. 66.

The Clauses, &c. in recited Acts extended to this Act.

Interest on
Exchequer
Bills.

Bank of England may ad

on the Credit of this Act, notwithstanding 5 & 6

3. All and every the Clauses, Provisoes, Powers, Privileges, Advantages, Penalties, Forfeitures, and Disabilities contained in the said Acts shall be applied and extended to the Exchequer Bills to be made out in pursuance of this Act, as fully and effectually, to all Intents and Purposes, as if particularly repeated and re-enacted in this Act.

4. The Exchequer Bills to be made out in pursuance of this Act shall and may bear an Interest not exceeding the Rate of Threepence Halfpenny per Centum per Diem upon or in respect of the whole of the Monies respectively contained therein.

5. It shall and may be lawful for the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, vance 175,650l. and they are hereby empowered, to take, accept, and receive the Exchequer Bills authorized to be made out in pursuance of this Act, and to advance or lend to Her Majesty, at the Receipt of the Exchequer at Westminster, upon the Credit of the Sum granted by this Act, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding in the whole the Sum of One hundred and seventyfive thousand six hundred and fifty Pounds, anything in an Act passed in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of King William and Queen Mary, Chapter Twenty, or in any other Act or Acts, to the contrary notwithstanding.

W. & M. c. 20.

Bills prepared by virtue of

this Act to be delivered to the

Bank as Security for such Advances.

Monies raised

by Bills to be applied to the Services voted

by the Com

mons.

Exchequer Bills made chargeable

upon the growing Produce of

the Consolidated Fund.

6. It shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, to cause such Exchequer Bills as shall be prepared by virtue of this Act to be delivered from Time to Time to the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, in such Proportions as the Public Service may require, as Security for Advance or Advances which may be made to Her Majesty by the said Governor and Company of the Bank of England, under the Authority of this Act.

any

7. It shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to issue and apply, from Time to Time, all such Sums of Money as shall be raised by Exchequer Bills to be made out in pursuance of this Act, to such Services as shall then have been voted by the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in this present Session of Parliament.

8. The Principal Sum or Sums of Money to be contained in all such Exchequer Bills to be made forth by virtue of this Act, together with the Interest that may become due thereon, shall be and the same are hereby made chargeable and charged upon the growing Produce of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, at any Period not later than the next succeeding Quarter to that in which the said Exchequer Bills have been issued; and it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury for the Time being, and they are hereby authorized, from Time to Time, by Warrant under their Hands, to direct the Comptroller General of the Receipt of the Exchequer at Westminster, in such Manner as they shall think necessary, to grant a Credit on the Exchequer Funds in the Bank of England unto such Person or Persons as shall be named in the said Warrant, for any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding in the whole a Sum sufficient to discharge and pay off the Principal Sum or Sums of Money contained in such Exchequer Bills then outstanding, and which may have been made out and issued by virtue of this Act, together with all such Interest as may be due thereupon.

CA P. V.

An Act for the Incorporation of the Territories of British Kaffraria with the
Colony of the Cape of Good Hope.
[27th March 1865.]
WHEREAS it is expedient that the Territories of British Kaffraria (hereafter in
this Act called British Kaffraria) and the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope (here-
after in this Act called the Cape of Good Hope) be united for all Purposes of Government
and Legislation: '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. This Act may be cited as The British Kaffraria Act, 1865.

Short Title.

2. In this Act the Term "Governor" applied to the Cape of Good Hope and to British “Governor.” Kaffraria respectively includes any Officer for the Time being lawfully administering the Government thereof.

Kaffraria with

3. If before such Proclamation as next herein-after mentioned is made the Parliament of Incorporation the Cape of Good Hope makes Provision for the Incorporation of British Kaffraria with the of British Cape of Good Hope (which they are hereby empowered to do), and the Governor of the Cape of Good Cape of Good Hope as Governor of British Kaffraria assents to such Provision by an Hope by Local Instrument under his Hand and under the Seal of British Kaffraria, then from and after Legislatures. the Date of such Assent British Kaffraria shall become incorporated with the Cape of Good Hope on the Terms of such Provision, for all Purposes whatever, as if British Kaffraria had always formed Part of the Cape of Good Hope.

4. The Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, if he thinks fit, may at any Time before he Operation of has given such Assent declare, by Proclamation in the Government Gazette of the Colony, this Act. that the subsequent Provisions of this Act shall take effect, and those Provisions shall accordingly take effect from the Date of such Proclamation; but if such Proclamation is not made, then this Act shall operate as if the subsequent Provisions of this Act, or any of them, had not been inserted in this Act.

5. Four Members shall be added to the Number of the Members of the House of Assembly of the Cape of Good Hope (to which Members so added the Term "additional Members of the House of Assembly " when hereafter used in this Act refers).

Additional Members of Assembly of Cape of Good Hope. 6. British Kaffraria shall be divided into Two Parts, which shall be Electoral Divisions Electoral within the Meaning and for the Purposes of the Ordinance constituting a Parliament for the Divisions in Cape of Good Hope (hereafter in this Act called the Constitution Ordinance), in like Kaffraria. Manner and with the like Effect in all respects (subject to the other Provisions of this Act) as if those Electoral Divisions had been expressly constituted and named as such in that Ordinance.

British

7. Two of the additional Members of the House of Assembly shall be elected for each Distribution of Electoral Division of British Kaffraria, and the additional Members shall hold their Seats in Members and the House of Assembly for the same Period and subject to the same Conditions as if they had been elected under the Provisions of the Constitution Ordinance.

8. In relation to the First Election of additional Members of the House of Assembly the Governor of British Kaffraria shall have all such Powers and Authorities as the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope has in relation to the Election of Members of the House of Assembly under the Constitution Ordinance.

Tenure of
Seats.

Governor of Kaffraria to have Powers

British

of Governor of
Cape as to
Elections.

For Elections
Council, British
to Legislative
Kaffraria to be

9. With respect to the Election of Members of the Legislative Council of the Cape of Good Hope, the Two Electoral Divisions of British Kaffraria shall be comprised in and form Part of the Eastern Districts, within the Meaning and for the Purposes of the Constitution Ordinance, in like Manner and with the like Effect in all respects (subject to the other Provisions of this Act) as if those Electoral Divisions had been expressly constituted Part of in Eastern the Eastern Districts in that Ordinance.

Districts.

10. For

Governor of
British
Kaffraria to
make Ordi-

nances, &c. for
defining Elec-

toral Divisions.

Nothing to prevent Par

10. For the Purposes of the voting in British Kaffraria for Members of the Legislative Council, and of the electing of the additional Members of the House of Assembly, the Governor of British Kaffraria shall make such Ordinances and issue such Proclamations as seem to him necessary or proper for defining and naming the Two Electoral Divisions of British Kaffraria, and for regulating the Registration of Voters therein, and for appointing Returning Officers, and fixing the Times and Places of voting and Election, and generally for regulating the Conduct of such voting and electing; but no such Ordinance or Procla mation shall alter the Qualification of the Electors or Elected as declared by the Constitution Ordinance; and, subject to such Ordinances and Proclamations, the voting in British Kaffraria for Members of the Legislative Council, and the electing of the additional Members of the House of Assembly, shall be conducted in like Manner as if they were voted for and elected under the Provisions of the Constitution Ordinance.

11. Nothing in this Act shall prevent the Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope from liament of the altering in any respect the Constitution Ordinance, or from making such Provision as to them from Time to Time seems fit respecting any Matter regulated by any of the foregoing Provisions of this Act.

Cape from

altering Ordinances, &c. Proclamation

of Incorporation.

Continuance of
Powers of
Governor of
British
Kaffraria till

12. On the First Election of the additional Members of the House of Assembly being completed, the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope shall, by Proclamation in the Government Gazette of the Colony, declare their Names and the Fact of their Election, and from and after the Date of such Proclamation British Kaffraria shall become incorporated with the Cape of Good Hope on the Terms of this Act, for all Purposes whatever, as if British Kaffraria had always formed Part of the Cape of Good Hope.

13. Until the Incorporation of British Kaffraria with the Cape of Good Hope in consequence of such Proclamation (hereafter in this Act called the Incorporation) takes effect, all Powers and Authorities vested in or exercised by the Governor of British Kaffraria shall remain as if this Act had not been passed, and on the Incorporation those Powers and Incorporation. Authorities shall absolutely cease.

Continuance of

14. Until the Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope otherwise provides, all Laws and Laws of British Customs which at the Time of the Incorporation are in force in British Kaffraria shall continue in force there after the Incorporation.

Kaffraria after
Incorporation.

As to Transfer

of Jurisdiction and Authority of Supreme

Court of Cape of Good Hope,

&c. in Civil and Criminal Matters.

Continuance of

15. Until the Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope otherwise provides, the Jurisdiction and Authority of the Supreme Court of the Cape of Good Hope and of the Court of the Eastern Districts thereof shall from and after the Incorporation extend to British Kaffraria, as if British Kaffraria had always formed Part of the Cape of Good Hope, and were comprised in the Eastern Districts thereof; and nothing in this Act shall discontinue or otherwise interfere with any Suit or Proceeding, Civil or Criminal, pending at the Time of the Incorporation in the Supreme Court of British Kaffraria, save only that on the Incorporation all such Suits and Proceedings shall, by virtue of this Act, stand transferred to the Court of the Eastern Districts of the Cape of Good Hope, and the same may be carried on, tried, heard, and determined in and by that Court, and an Appeal shall lie therein from that Court, in like Manner as nearly as may be in all respects as if they had been instituted or taken in that Court after the Incorporation; nor shall anything in this Act discontinue or otherwise interfere with any Appeal from the Supreme Court of British Kaffraria pending at the Time of the Incorporation, and the same may be prosecuted, heard, and determined, and any Judgment, Decree, or Order therein may be made, executed, and enforced, in like Manner as nearly as may be in all respects as if this Act had not been passed, save only that in relation to any such Appeal, Judgment, Decree, or Order, the Court of the Eastern Districts of the Cape of Good Hope shall be substituted for the Supreme Court of British Kaffraria.

16. Until the Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope otherwise provides, all Ordinances Electoral Pro and Proclamations made and issued by the Governor of British Kaffraria in pursuance of this Act relative to the voting in British Kaffraria for Members of the Legislative Council, or to the electing of the additional Members of the House of Assembly, shall continue in force after the Incorporation.

visions after Incorporation.

17. Until

out of Revenue

17. Until the Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope otherwise provides, there shall, from Sum to be paid and after the Incorporation, be payable every Year to Her Majesty, out of the Revenue for defraying accruing within British Kaffraria after the Incorporation, the Sum of Eighteen thousand Expenses as in two hundred and twenty-five Pounds, for defraying the Expenses of the several Services Schedule. described in the Schedule to this Act; and that Sum shall be issued by the Treasurer of the Cape of Good Hope in discharge of such Warrant or Warrants as may be from Time to Time directed to him under the Hand and Seal of the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope.

British

18. Subject to the last foregoing Provision, all Revenue accruing within British Kaffraria As to Revenue after the Incorporation shall be taken to be Part of the Revenue of the Cape of Good Hope; and Debt of and all Money at that Time due on account of British Kaffraria shall thenceforth be deemed Kaffraria. to be due on account of the Cape of Good Hope.

SCHEDULE.

Salary of the Governor as High Commissioner

Other Civil Services, including Compensations for Loss of Office consequent on the Incorporation awarded with the Approval of One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State

£ 1,000

- 17,225

CA P. VI.

£18,225

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An Act for the Protection of Inventions and Designs exhibited at the Dublin
International Exhibition for the Year One thousand eight hundred and sixty-
five.
[27th March 1865.]

WHEREAS it is expedient that such Protection as is herein-after mentioned should
be afforded to Persons desirous of exhibiting new Inventions or new Designs at the

• International Exhibition to be held at Dublin in the present Year:' 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 for all Purposes as "The Protection of Inventions and Designs Short Title. Amendment Act, 1865."

Exhibition of

new Inventions not to prejudice

Rights to register the

same.

2. The Exhibition of any new Invention at the Dublin International Exhibition shall not, nor shall the Publication during the Period of the holding of such Exhibition of any Description of such Invention, nor shall the User of such Invention for the Purposes of the said Exhibition, prejudice the Right of any Person to register provisionally such Invention, or invalidate any Letters Patent that may be granted for such Invention. 3. The Exhibition at the Dublin International Exhibition of any new Design capable Exhibition of of being registered provisionally under the Designs Act, 1850, or of any Article to which new Designs not to prejudice such Design is applied, shall not, nor shall the Publication during the Period of the holding Rights to of such Exhibition of any Description of such Design, prejudice the Right of any Person register the to register, provisionally or otherwise, such Design, or invalidate any provisional or other same. Registration that may be granted for such Design.

25 & 26 Vict. c. 101.

Provisional
Order in

Schedule con-
firmed.

Short Title.

CA P. VII.

An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under "The General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Act, 1862," relating to the Burgh of Perth.

[7th April 1865.] WHEREAS the Secretary of State for the Home Department, being One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, has, under the Provisions of "The General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Act, 1862," duly made the Provisional Order which is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and it is provided by the said Act that no such Order shall be of any Validity unless the same has been confirmed by Parliament; and it is expedient that the said Order should be so confirmed:' 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 Provisional Order contained in the Schedule to this Act annexed shall, from and after the passing of this Act, be absolute, and be as binding and of the like Force and Effect as if the Provisions of the same had been expressly enacted in this Act.

2. This Act may be cited for all Purposes as "The General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Supplemental Act, 1865."

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SCHEDULE referred to in this Act.
PERTH.

GENERAL POLICE and IMPROVEMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT, 1862.-(25 & 26 Vict. Cap. 101.) Whereas by the General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Act, 1862, it is inter alia enacted, Section 79, that "whenever it appears desirable to the Magistrates and Council of any Royal or Parliamentary Burgh, where there is a Board of Commissioners of Police "separate from such Magistrates and Council, to unite the Municipal and Police "Government and Jurisdiction of any such Royal or Parliamentary Burgh in the Magistrates and Council thereof, to transfer to them all the Powers and Jurisdictions of "Police, Paving, Lighting, Watching and others, granted to the Commissioners of Police by any Local Acts, and to extend such Jurisdictions over the whole Limits of such Burgh," the Magistrates and Council "may present a Petition to One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, praying for such Provision, Repeal, and Alteration as "aforesaid, or for any of such Things, and such Petition shall be supported by such "Evidence as the said Secretary requires:"

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And whereas there is in said Burgh of Perth a Board of Commissioners of Police separate from the Magistrates and Town Council of the said Burgh, which Board of Commissioners is appointed under and in virtue of a Local Act now in force (2 Victoria, Cap. xliii.), intituled "An Act for more effectually paving the Streets of the City of Perth, for the "better Lighting, Watching, and Cleansing the said City and Suburbs thereof, for main"taining and regulating the Police of the same, and for other Purposes relating thereto," (14th June 1839):

And whereas a Petition under the Provisions of the said General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Act has been addressed to me, as One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretarics of State, by the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council of the Royal Burgh of Perth, under their Corporate Seal, praying that, after the Inquiry directed by the Statute, a Provisional Order may be issued uniting the Municipal and Police Government and Jurisdiction of the said Royal Burgh of Perth in the Magistrates and Council thereof, and transferring to them all the Powers and Jurisdictions of Police, Paving, Watching, Lighting and others, granted to the said Commissioners of Police by the foresaid Local Act, and to extend such Jurisdiction

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