Orders in

revoked.

same, if Parliament be then sitting, and if not, then within Six Weeks after the Commencement of the then next Session of Parliament.

XVII. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for Her Council may be Majesty by an Order in Council from Time to Time to revoke or alter any Order in Council previously made under the Authority of this Act, but nevertheless without Prejudice to any Rights acquired previously to such Revocation or Alteration.

Translations.

Authors of Works first published in

Foreign Coun

tries not en

titled to Copy right except

under this Act.

Interpretation
Clause.

Act may be repealed, &c.

XVIII. Provided always, and be it enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to prevent the printing, Publication, or Sale of any Translation of any Book the Author whereof and his Assigns may be entitled to the Benefit of this Act.

XIX. And be it enacted, That neither the Author of any Book, nor the Author or Composer of any Dramatic Piece or Musical Composition, nor the Inventor, Designer, or Engraver of any Print, nor the Maker of any Article of Sculpture, or of such other Work of Art as aforesaid, which shall after the passing of this Act be first published out of Her Majesty's Dominions, shall have any Copyright therein respectively, or any exclusive Right to the public Representation or Performance thereof, otherwise than such (if any) as he may become entitled to under this Act.

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XX. And be it enacted, That in the Construction of this Act the Word "Book" shall be construed to include "Volume," Pamphlet," "Sheet of Letter-press," "Sheet of Music," Map," "Chart," or "Plan;" and the Expression "Articles of Sculpture" shall mean all such Sculptures, Models, Copies, and Casts as are described in the said Sculpture Copyright Acts, and in respect of which the Privileges of Copyright are thereby conferred; and the Words "printing" and "re-printing" shall include engraving and any other Method of multiplying Copies; and the Expression "Her Majesty" shall include the Heirs and Successors of Her Majesty; and the Expressions "Order of Her Majesty in Council," "Order in Council," and "Order," shall respectively mean Order of Her Majesty acting by and with the Advice of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council; and the Expression "Officer of the Company of Stationers" shall mean the Officer appointed by the said Company of Stationers for the Purposes of the said Copyright Amendment Act; and in describing any Persons or Things any Word importing the Plural Number shall mean also One Person or Thing, and any Word importing the Singular Number shall include several Persons or Things, and any Word importing the Masculine shall include also the Feminine Gender; unless in any of such Cases there shall be something in the Subject or Context repugnant to such Construction.

XXI. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in this present Session of Parliament.

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CAP. XIII.

An Act to extend until the First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and forty-five, and to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, the Time within which Conveyances may be made on behalf of the Crown of, and Disputes settled with regard to, Encroachments in the Forest of Dean.

[10th May 1844.]

WHEREAS an Act was passed in the First and Second

Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled 'An Act to empower the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, 1& 2 Vict. c.42. Forests, and Land Revenues to confirm the Titles to and to grant "Leases of Encroachments in the Forest of Dean in the County of Gloucester, and under the Powers and subject to the Provisions of the said Act the Titles to many Encroachments in the said Forest have been confirmed by the said Commissioners ❝ on behalf of Her Majesty; but the Time limited for granting Conveyances of Encroachments having expired on the Twenty'seventh Day of July One thousand eight hundred and fortythree, and many Applications having been since received by 'the said Commissioners which cannot be complied with unless 'further Time be given for granting such Conveyances,' May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and 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, That, as regards the said Encroachments The Time for coloured Blue and Yellow in the said recited Act mentioned, the granting cerTime within which Conveyances thereof may be granted by the tain ConveyCommissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Reve- croachments nues, Works, and Buildings, upon the Terms in the said recited extended to Act mentioned, shall be and is hereby extended from the said 1st Jan. 1845. Twenty-seventh Day of July One thousand eight hundred and forty-three to the First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and forty-five, and from thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament.

ances of En

confirmed.

II. And be it enacted, That as regards Conveyances already Conveyances granted or purported to be granted by the said Commissioners already granted under the Powers of the said recited Act, such Conveyances shall be and are hereby severally ratified and confirmed.

which may

III. And be it enacted, That as regards any Disputes or Disputes now Questions now pending, or which during the Continuance of this pending or Act may arise, between Two or more Persons as to their Rights arise respecting or Claims to have a Lease or Conveyance of any of the before- Rights to mentioned Encroachments granted to them in pursuance of this Leases, &c. of or the said recited Act, it shall be lawful for the Commissioners to be settled by for the Verderors.

Encroachments

Powers of recited Act extended to this Act.

Act may be amended, &c.

for the Time being of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings to refer such Disputes or Questions to the Verderors of the said Forest; and the said Verderors are hereby authorized to inquire and determine, by such Means and in such Manner as they shall think fit, who in the Opinion of the said Verderors is or are best entitled to have a Lease or Conveyance of the Encroachment or Encroachments in dispute; and the Report in Writing of the said Verderors, or any Two of them, made to the said Commissioners, shall be final and conclusive as to the Rights of the disputing Parties.

IV. And be it enacted, That all the Powers and Provisions of the said recited Act, in so far as they are not inconsistent with or repugnant to the Provisions of this Act, shall be deemed and construed to extend to this Act, and as if the Powers and Provisions of the said recited Act were herein severally and at length repeated, and as if the Time within which Conveyances of Encroachments might be made by the said Commissioners under the Powers of the said recited Act had been thereby extended as provided and declared by this Act.

V. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in this present Session of Parliament.

CAP. XIV.

An Act for raising the Sum of Eighteen millions four hundred and seven thousand three hundred Pounds by Exchequer Bills for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty-four.

[10th May 1844.]

Most Gracious Sovereign,
VE, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the

Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, towards raising the necessary Supplies which we have cheerfully granted to Your Majesty in this Session of Parliament, have resolved to give and grant unto Your Majesty the Sum herein-after mentioned; and do therefore most humbly beseech Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and 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 Treasury may by the Authority of the same, That it shall be lawful for the

raise

18,407,300l. by Exchequer Bills, in like Manner as is prescribed by 48 G. 3. c. 1.

Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, at any Time or Times, to cause any Number of Exchequer Bills to be made out at the Receipt of the Exchequer at Westminster for any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding in the whole the Sum of Eighteen millions four hundred and seven thousand three hundred Pounds,

in

in like Manner as is prescribed in an Act passed in the Fortyeighth Year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An Act for regulating the issuing and paying off of Exchequer 48 G. 3. c. 1. Bills, 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, intituled An Act to regulate 4&5W.4.c.15. the Office of the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer at Westminster, and in another Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act for further regulating the Preparation 5&6 Vict. c. 66. and Issue of Exchequer Bills.

Acts extended

II. And be it enacted, That all and every the Clauses, Pro- The Clauses, visoes, Powers, Privileges, Advantages, Penalties, Forfeitures, &c. in recited and Disabilities contained in the said Acts shall be applied and to this Act. 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 the said several Clauses or Provisoes had been particularly repeated and re-enacted in the Body of this Act.

III. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said The Treasury Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to issue and apply to apply the Money raised. 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.

IV. And be it enacted, That the Principal Sum or Sums Bills, how to of Money to be contained in such Exchequer Bills shall be be charged and paid. charged upon and shall be paid out of any Supplies to be granted in the next Session of Parliament.

Bills.

V. And be it enacted, That the Exchequer Bills to be made Interest on out in pursuance of this Act shall bear Date on the Days on which the same shall be respectively issued, and shall bear an Interest not exceeding the Rate of Three-pence Halfpenny per Centum per Diem in respect of the whole of the Monies respectively contained therein, payable out of any Aids or Supplies in the Bank of England standing to the Credit of the Exchequer.

dar Months

VI. And be it enacted, That all the Exchequer Bills to be made Bills charged out by virtue of this Act, or so many of them as shall from Time on Supplies to to Time remain undischarged and uncancelled, shall, after Twelve be current in Payment of Calendar Months from their respective Dates, be taken and shall Public Revepass and be current to all the Receivers and Collectors in Great nue after Britain of the Customs, Excise, or any Revenue, Supply, Aid, Twelve Calenor Tax whatsoever already granted or payable, or which shall from their hereafter be granted or payable, to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Dates. Successors, and also at the Bank of England to the Account of Her Majesty's Exchequer, from the said Receivers or Collectors, or from any other Person or Persons, Bodies Politic or Corporate whatsoever, making any Payment there to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, upon any Account whatever.

VII. And be it declared and enacted, That it shall be lawful Bank of England may for the Governor and Company of the Bank of England to advance

advance 18,407,300l,

on the Credit

of Bills, notwithstanding 5&6 W. & M. c. 20.

advance or lend to Her Majesty, upon the Credit of the Exchequer Bills to be made out in pursuance of this Act, any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding in the whole the Sum of Eighteen millions four hundred and seven thousand three hundred Pounds; any thing in an Act passed in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of King William and Queen Mary intituled An Act for granting to Their Majesties several Rates and Duties upon Tonnage of Ships and Vessels, and upon Beer, Ale, and other Liquors; and for securing certain Recompences and Advantages in the said Act mentioned to such Persons as shall voluntarily advance the Sum of One million five hundred thousand Pounds towards carrying on the War against France, or in any subsequent Act, to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding.

CAP.