ARMS (Ireland).

CAP. 47.—An Act to continue for one year, and until the end of the next session of parliament, and to amend, the 47 Geo. III. sess. 2. c. 54. and the 50 Geo. III. c. 109. for the preventing improper persons from having arms in Ireland.

[19th June, 1829.

By this act, the act of the 47 Geo. III. sess. 2. c. 54. intituled An Act for preventing improper persons having arms in Ireland, as the said act is amended by the act of the 50 Geo. III. c. 109. and by this act, shall be continued, and remain and continue in force, from the passing of this act, for one year, and until the end of the then next session of parliament, as the same are amended by this act. § 1.

And it shall be lawful for the lord lieutenant of Ireland, by any order to be signified by his chief secretary, or in the absence of such secretary, then by the under secretary, to remit or mitigate any penalty, forfeiture, or punishment which may have been or may be incurred by any person for any offence against the said acts or either of them, upon such terms and subject to such conditions as to such lord lieutenant shall seem fitting and expedient. § 2.

FUNDS BELONGING TO THE OFFICE OF CLERK OF THE PLEAS IN THE EXCHEQUER COURT, IRELAND.

CAP. 48.-An Act to authorize the sale and transfer of the stocks or funds standing in the books of the Bank of Ireland on account of the office of the Clerk of the Pleas in the Court of Exchequer in Ireland, and the payment and application of the produce of such stocks or funds to the consolidated fund of the United Kingdom. [19th June, 1829.

By this act it is enacted, That at any time after the passing of this act it shall be lawful for the lord high treasurer, or the commissioners of his majesty's treasury, or any three of them, to order and direct that the sum of 77,6947. 1s. 6d., standing in the stocks, funds, or annuities, to the credit of the account of the office of Clerk of the Pleas in the Court of Exchequer, at the Bank of Ireland, shall and may be sold and disposed of by the governor and company of the said Bank, or by the cashier of the said Bank, at such times and in such manner and under such regulations as the said lord high treasurer or commissioners of the treasury shall direct and appoint; and the said governor and company or cashier of the said Bank shall sell and dispose of the same accordingly; and the produce of the said stocks, funds, or aunuities which shall be so sold and disposed of, and also the amount of any sum or sums of money which shall be due for interest or dividends thereon, or which shall be standing in the books of the said Bank of Ireland to the credit of the said account, and which shall not have been invested

in any stocks, funds, or annuities, shall be paid into the receipt of the Exchequer in Dublin according to the course of the said Exchequer, and shall be there carried to the account of the consolidated fund of the United Kingdom, to be applied in such manner as any other moneys carried to the account of the said consolidated fund may by law be applied.

SUGAR.

CAP. 49.-An Act to continue until the 5th July, 1830, the provisions of an act to allow sugar to be delivered out of warehouse to be refined. [19th June, 1829. By this act the 9 Geo. IV. c. 93. intituled An Act to allow sugar to be delivered out of warehouse to be refined, is further continued until the 5th July, 1830.

COTTON MILLS.

CAP. 51.-An Act to amend the law relating to the employment of children in cotton mills and factories. [19th June, 1829.

This act recites the 6 Geo. IV. c. 63. intituled An Act to make further provisions for the regulation of cotton mills and factories, and for the better preservation of the health of young persons employed therein; and that the provisions of the said act have been defeated and set aside for want of form; it is therefore enacted, That it shall not be deemed necessary in any information, summons, or warrant issued in pursuance of the said recited act, to set forth the name or other designation of each and every the partners in any cotton mill or factory, but that it shall be lawful to insert in such information, summons, or warrant, the name of the ostensible proprietor or title of the firm by which the proprietor or proprietors of any such mill or factory are usually designated and known. §1.

And the service of such summons or warrant on any principal manager, conductor, or clerk of any cotton mill or factory, during the usual hours of working such cotton mill or factory, shall be good and lawful service. § 2.

No information filed, nor any summons or warrant served as directed by the said recited act or by this act, shall be quashed for informality or want of form. §3.

MASTERS AND SERVANTS IN THE SILK MANUFACTURE. CAP. 52.-An Act to extend the powers of the 4 Geo. IV. c. 34. for enlarging the powers of justices in determining complaints between masters and servants, to persons engaged in the manufacture of silk. [19th June, 1829.

By this act it is enacted, That all the provisions of the 4 Geo. IV. c. 34. intituled An Act to enlarge the power of justices in determining complaints between masters and servants, and between

masters, apprentices, artificers, and others, shall be extended to all persons engaged, whether as masters, servants, apprentices, or otherwise, in the several manufactures, trades, and occupations mentioned in the 17 Geo. III. c. 56. intituled An Act for amending and rendering more effectual the several laws now in being for the more effectual preventing of frauds and abuses by persons employed in the manufacture of hats, and in the woollen, linen, fustian, cotton, iron, leather, fur, hemp, flax, mohair, and silk manufactures, and also for making provisions to prevent frauds by journeymen dyers, in the same manner as if such persons had been specially mentioned therein.

ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS.

CAP. 53.-An Act to regulate the duties, salaries, and emoluments of the officers, clerks, and ministers of certain ecclesiastical courts in England. [19th June, 1829. Tables of Fees.-Whereas the commissioners appointed by several commissions, as well from his late majesty, as from his present majesty, to make a diligent examination of the duties, salaries, and emoluments of the several officers, clerks, and ministers of justice of all ecclesiastical (amongst other) courts in England, and to inquire what regulations might be fit to be established respecting such duties, salaries, and emoluments, have made two several reports, one dated the 16th May, 1823, as to the Court of Arches, Prerogative Court, and Court of Peculiars of the lord archbishop of Canterbury, and the other dated the 4th July, 1823, as to the Consistory Court and Commissary Court of the lord bishop of London ; and as it is expedient that the recommendation of the said commissioners should be carried into effect, and that provision should be made for the permanent regulation of the said duties, salaries, and emoluments; it is enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Official Principal of the Court of Arches, together with the Chancellor of the diocese of London and the Commissary of the diocese of Canterbury, or together with either of them, to take into consideration the said reports and recommendations, and to establish and ordain tables of fees to be thereafter taken by the several officers, clerks, and ministers of the said several courts respectively, such tables respectively to contain the fees recommended by the said commissioners in their said reports, and no other fees or emoluments whatsoever; which tables of fees, when so established and ordained, shall be entered or enrolled in the public books or records of the courts to which they respectively relate. § 1.

And the fees so established and ordained, shall, from and after the establishment and ordaining thereof, and the entry or enrolment of such tables, and after notice given to the officers, clerks, and ministers respectively whom they may concern, in such manner as the persons establishing the said tables shall direct, be the Jawful fees of such officers, clerks, and ministers respectively; and none other (except such as may be altered or ordained as herein

after provided) shall be demanded, received, or taken by them under any pretence whatever.

Alteration of Fees.-And it shall be lawful for the said persons for the time being by whom such tables of fees shall be established as aforesaid, from time to time to alter such tables of fees, and also to establish and ordain other reasonable new or additional fees, and to cause such altered, new, or additional fees to be entered or enrolled in the public books or records of the courts to which they respectively relate: provided always, that before such altered, new, or additional fees shall be entered or enrolled, the same shall be approved by the lord archbishop of Canterbury and the lord bishop of London respectively, as the same may relate to their respective courts, and, if approved by them, shall be submitted to the consideration of his majesty's privy council, who may disallow the same or any part thereof; and notice shall be given in the London Gazette of such submission to the privy council; and if, within the space of three calendar months of giving such notice, the same shall not be disallowed by the privy council, such altered, new, or additional fees, or such part thereof as shall not be disallowed, shall, from and after the expiration of the said three calendar mouths, be deemed and taken to be lawful fees, and shall be entered or enrolled as such in the public books or records of the courts to which they respectively relate. § 3.

Tables of Fees to be hung up.-The several tables of fees so ordained and established, together with any subsequent alterations that may from time to time be made therein, shall be respectively kept hung up in some conspicuous part of the office or place of business to which they relate; and extracts from such tables shall be hung up in some conspicuous part of the office or place of business of each officer, clerk, or minister of the said several courts respectively, containing such parts thereof as shall concern such officer, clerk, or minister. § 4.

Proctors. But nothing in this act shall extend to any charges or fees made or received by any proctor of the same courts, in respect of business done by such proctor in his character and profession of proctor only, and not as such officer, clerk, or minister as aforesaid. § 5.

Provision for the due Discharge of Duties by Officers, Clerks, &c. And whereas various important duties are required to be performed by the deputy registrars and clerks of seats in the office of the Prerogative Court, and by the other officers, clerks, and ministers employed in the Registry and in other offices of the several before-mentioned courts, the due performance of which it is expedient to regulate and enforce, and to provide for the due qualification of the persons appointed; it is therefore enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said persons for the time being respectively hereinbefore authorized to establish fees, forthwith to inquire into the performance of such duties, and from time to time to make such regulations respecting the same, and the performance thereof by the several officers, clerks, and ministers aforesaid, as

to them shall seem expedient; which regulations, having been approved and confirmed by the lord archbishop of Canterbury, when they relate to the Court of Arches, Prerogative Court, or Court of Peculiars, and having been approved and confirmed by the lord bishop of London, when they relate to the Consistory Court or Commissary Court, shall be entered or enrolled in the public books or records of the courts to which they shall relate respectively, and shall from the time of such entry or enrolment be in full force. § 6. Appointment of Officers.-No person shall be appointed to the office of deputy registrar, entering clerk, record keeper, clerk of the seats, or examiner, in any of the said courts, unless the appointment of such person shall be previously approved by the judges for the time being of the said several courts respectively, and confirmed by the archbishop of Canterbury or bishop of London, as such appointment may relate to the respective courts of such archbishop or bishop, such approbation and confirmation to be signified in writing, and to be registered. § 7.

Qualification of Clerks. And no person shall be hereafter appointed clerk of a seat in the office of the said Prerogative Court, unless he be a notary public, and have duly served a clerkship of seven years to a proctor practising as such in one of the said courts; and such clerk shall execute his duties in person, except when prevented by reasonable cause; and when so prevented, he shall procure the assistance of some other notary public, to be approved by the judge: but nothing herein contained shall extend or apply to any clerk of a seat in the office of the Prerogative Court, duly appointed before the passing of this act. § 8.

Additional Court-Days may be appointed. And it shall be lawful for the judges of the said Court of Arches, Prerogative Court, Court of Peculiars, Consistory Court, and Commissary Court respectively, from time to time to appoint new and additional court days for the transaction of business in their several courts respectively, and to make orders of court for expediting and regulating the proceedings in their several courts, and to cause the said orders to be entered or enrolled in the public books or records of the several courts; and all such orders for the expediting or regulating the proceedings in any causes, as far as the same are applicable to cases of appeal, shall be submitted to the consideration of the lord high chancellor, who may direct the same and any further order to be observed as rules of practice by the said High Court of Delegates in all causes to which such rules and orders respectively may relate or be applicable; and which orders, when approved by the lord chancellor, shall be entered as rules of practice in the register books of the said Court of Delegates, and be observed as such by the same court accordingly. §9.

Holidays. And no holidays shall be kept in the office of the said Prerogative Court, except such as are observed as holidays at his majesty's Head Office of Stamps in London. § 10.

Court of Peculiars, where to be held.-And whereas great inconvenience arises from the said Court of Peculiars being held in