Law or any Part thereof, such Bye Law, or the Part thereof so disallowed, shall not come into operation: Provided also, that it shall be lawful for the Lords of the Treasury, if they shall think fit, at any Time within the said Period of Forty Days, to enlarge the Time within which such Bye Law shall not come into force, and no such Bye Law shall in that Case come into force until after the Expiration of such enlarged Time.

porations Acts

XXXV. And be it enacted, That the several Provisions, Extending Powers, and Enactments in the Act passed in the Session of Provisions of Parliament held in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of Municipal CorHis late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled An Act to to this Act in provide for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations in England certain respects. and Wales, and the Acts for the Amendment, Alteration, or Interpretation thereof, shall, so far as the same respectively relate to the several Matters and Things herein-after referred to, extend to such Matters and Things as are herein-after mentioned in connexion therewith; (that is to say,)

The Provisions for ordering the Borough Rate, and in
respect of Appeals therefrom, and for obtaining Returns
of rateable Property and Assessments, shall apply to the
respective Rates authorized to be made hereunder, and
to the Returns and Assessments requisite or proper for
the Purposes thereof, and the respective Provisions for
the Removal and Re-appointment of Officers, and in
relation to the Securities for the due Execution of their
respective Offices, and for the Delivery and Enforcement
of their Accounts, and as to their Receipts, Payments,
and Duties, and to the Remedies and Proceedings for
enforcing or consequent upon any Breach thereof, or in
reference to their Conduct and Behaviour in any respect
to the Officers, Clerks, and Servants to be appointed
hereunder, and to the like Securities, Remedies, Matters,
and Things with reference to such Officers, Clerks, and
Servants:

And the same Act and Acts, so far as relates to the Application
of Penalties; and

So far as relates to the Prosecution of Offences punishable
upon summary Convictions; and

So far as relates to the summoning of Witnesses, and the
Penalties for Disobedience of such Summons; and
So far as relates to the Payment of Penalties, the levying
thereof by Distress, and the Imprisonment of Offenders;
and

So far as relates to the Form of Conviction; and

So far as relates to Appeals against Convictions under that
Act; and

So far as relates to the Informality of Proceedings, and the
Removal of Proceedings into Her Majesty's Court of
Record at Westminster, and to the Recovery of Satisfac-
tion by Persons aggrieved by informal Proceedings; and
So far as relates to the Protection of Persons acting in the
Execution of that Act in relation to Actions and Pro-

Interpretation of Act.

ceedings against them for any thing done in pursuance of that Act,

Shall apply to the like Matters under this Act, and in every such Case as if such Parts of the same Act or Acts were reenacted herein with the requisite Variations.

XXXVI. And for the Interpretation of this Act, be it enacted, That in this Act the following Words and Expressions shall have the several Meanings hereby assigned to them, unless there be something in the Subject or Context repugnant to such Construction; (that is to say,)

Words importing the Singular Number shall include the
Plural Number, and Words importing the Plural Number
shall include the Singular Number:

Words importing the Masculine Gender only shall include
Females:

The Word "Month" shall mean a Calendar Month:
The Words "Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses" shall mean
the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough of
Manchester in the County of Lancaster:

The Word "Council" shall mean the Council of the Borough
of Manchester:

The Word "Borough" shall mean the Borough of Man-
chester as comprised in Her Majesty's Charter of Incor-
poration :

The Word "Justice" shall mean any one of Her Majesty's
Justices of the Peace acting in and for the said Borough
of Manchester or the said County of Lancaster:
The Word "Goods" shall mean all Goods, Commodities,
and Merchandize whatsoever which now or for the Time
being may by Law be warehoused or lodged according to
the Provisions of the said Warehousing Act:
The Word "Warehouses" shall include all Places of Secu-
rity or Premises appointed in pursuance of this Act for
the warehousing or lodging of Goods, and to the Build-
ings, Walls, Yards, and other Places appurtenant thereto
or connected therewith, including Yards for bonding
Timber, whether the same Warehouses be situate within
or near the Borough of Manchester:

The Word" Owners," used in connection with or with
reference to Goods, shall include reputed or ostensible
Owners, and all Persons in whose Names any Goods
shall have been warehoused under this Act, or shall for
the Time being stand in the Books kept by the Officers
of Customs having the Charge of the Warehouse in
which the same shall be lodged, or shall have been lodged
at the Time of the Payment of the Duties of Customs
thereon, and also all Persons who in respect of such
Goods shall be liable to the Payment of such Duties:
The Word "Lands" shall extend to Messuages, Lands,
Tenements, and Hereditaments of any Tenure:
The Term "Lords of the Treasury" shall mean also and
include the Lord High Treasurer, or the Lords Commis-

sioners of Her Majesty's Treasury for the Time being, as
the Case may be:

The Word "Commissioners" shall mean and include the
Commissioners of Her Majesty's Customs for the Time
being.

XXXVII. And be it enacted, That this Act shall be deemed Public Act, to be a Public Act, and shall be judicially taken notice of as

such.

XXXVIII. And be it enacted, That this Act may be Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in the present amended, &c.

Session of Parliament.

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SCHEDULES to which the foregoing Act refers.

SCHEDULE (A.)

Form of Conveyance.

of

in consideration

of the Sum of
to me [or, as the Case may
be,] into the Bank of England, in the Ñame and with the
Privity of the Accountant General of the Court of Chancery,
ex parte "The Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough
of Manchester," [or to A.B. of
and C.D. of
Two Trustees appointed to receive the same,]
pursuant to the Act after mentioned, paid by the Mayor, Alder-
men, and Burgesses of the Borough of Manchester, acting under
an Act passed in the
Year of the Reign of Her
Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled [here set forth the Title of this
Act], do hereby convey to the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses,
their Successors and Assigns, all [describe the Premises to be
conveyed, together with all Ways, Rights, and Appurtenances
thereunto belonging, and all such Estate, Right, Title, and
Interest in and to the same, and every Part thereof, as I am
or shall become seised or possessed of, or am by the said Act
capacitated or empowered to convey or surrender, to hold the
Premises to the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses, their Suc-
cessors and Assigns for ever, according to the true Intent and
Meaning of this Act. In witness whereof I have hereunto set
my Hand and Seal, the
Day of

in the Year of our Lord

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SCHEDULE (B.)

Form of Conveyance on Chief Rent.

of

in consideration of the Rent-charge to be paid to me, my Heirs and Assigns, as herein-after mentioned, by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough of Manchester, acting under an Act passed in

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the

the

Year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled [here set forth the Title of this Act], do hereby convey to the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses, their Successors and Assigns, all [describing the Premises to be conveyed], together with all Ways, Rights, and Appurtenances thereunto belonging, and all such Estate, Right, Title, and Interest in and to the same, and every Part thereof, as I am or shall become seised or possessed of, or am by the said Act capacitated or empowered to convey or surrender, to hold the said Premises to the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses, their Successors and Assigns for ever, according to the true Intent and Meaning of the said Act, they the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses, their Successors and Assigns, yielding and paying unto me, my Heirs and Assigns, one clear yearly Rent of by equal quarterly [or half-yearly, as agreed upon,] Portions henceforth on the [stating the Days], clear of all Taxes and Deductions. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal, this

in the Year of our Lord

Day of

SCHEDULE (C.)

Form of Mortgage upon the Security of Lands purchased. Know all Men by these Presents, That we, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough of Manchester, under the Authority of an Act passed [here set forth the Title of this Act], in consideration of the Sum of

of

by

paid into the Hands of the Treasurer of the said Borough, the Receipt whereof is certified by his signing the Receipt endorsed on these Presents, do by these Presents demise and assign to the said his Executors,

Administrators, and Assigns, all that [here describe the Premises], and all the Estate, Right, Title, and Interest of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough of Manchester in the same, to have and to hold the said [shortly specifying the Premises], hereby demised, and all Benefit and Advantage thereunto belonging, unto the said his Executors,

Administrators, and Assigns, until the Expiration of the Term of One thousand Years [or for a shorter Period, according to the Nature of the Property, or the Extent of any Term therein], or until the said Sum, with Interest thereon at the Rate of for every One hundred Pounds by the Year, shall have been paid or satisfied, which shall first happen. Given under our Common Seal, this

hundred and

Day of

in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight

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SCHEDULE (D.)

Form of Mortgage where the Loan is made on Security of

Rates.

Know all Men by these Presents, That we, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough of Manchester, under the Authority of the Act passed [here set forth the Title of this Act], in consideration of the Sum of

of

by paid into the Hands of the Treasurer of the said Borough, the Receipt whereof is certified by his signing the Receipt endorsed on these Presents, do by these Presents assign unto the said his Executors, Administrators, and

Assigns, all the Rates and Duties arising by virtue of the
said Act, and all the Estate, Right, Title, and Interest of the
said Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses therein, to hold unto
the said
his Executors, Administrators, and

Assigns, until the said Sum of

together with
for

all Interest for the same at the Rate of
every One hundred Pounds by the Year, shall be paid and
satisfied. Given under our Common Seal, this
Day of

eight hundred and

in the Year of our Lord One thousand

CAP. XXXII.

An Act to regulate the Issue of Bank Notes, and for
giving to the Governor and Company of the Bank
of England certain Privileges for a limited Period.
[19th July 1844.]

WHEREAS it is expedient to regulate the Issue of Bills
or Notes payable on Demand: And whereas an Act
was passed in the Fourth Year of the Reign of His late
Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled An Act for giving 3&4W.4. c. 98.
to the Corporation of the Governor and Company of the Bank

of England certain Privileges for a limited Period, under "certain Conditions; and it is expedient that the Privileges of 'exclusive Banking therein mentioned should be continued to the said Governor and Company of the Bank of England, ' with such Alterations as are herein contained, upon certain • Conditions:' 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 Bank to estabfrom and after the Thirty-first Day of August One thousand lish a separate eight hundred and forty-four the Issue of Promissory Notes of Department for the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, payable Notes. on Demand, shall be separated, and thenceforth kept wholly distinct

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the Issue of