of the said Assessment on similar Principles, having regard to the then last general Account of the Population taken by Authority of Parliament, and the more recent Materials for estimating Crime; and also to apportion and divide the whole Sums to be assessed upon each County, including the Burghs therein, in pursuance of the first-recited Act and this Act, according to the relative Population of such Burghs, and the Landward Part of such Counties respectively, as determined by such general Account of the Population, or by any Agreements made in pursuance of the first-recited Act or this Act. XXII. And be it enacted, That it shall be in the Power of Power to rethe Commissioners of Supply of each County, or of each County duce Estimate Prison Board, with the Approbation in the latter Case of the in Burghs. of Population General Board, to agree that the Estimate of the Population of any Burgh within such County shall, for the Purposes of Assessment under the first-recited Act and this Act, be diminished by deducting therefrom such Amount as to the said Commissioners of Supply or County Prison Board may seem expedient; and in case of any such Agreement being made by the Commissioners of Supply, the Amount so deducted from the Estimate of the Population of any Burgh shall be added, for the Purposes aforesaid, to the Estimate of the Population of the Landward Part of such County. ditional Assess XXIII. And be it enacted, That the Magistrates and Town Burghs may Councils of Burghs authorized to choose Members of County consent to adPrison Boards may consent to an additional Assessment for ment at other building, altering, and repairing Local Prisons, either at their Meetings than annual Meeting in April for the Purpose of choosing such Mem- in April. bers, or at any Meeting to be holden between the annual Meeting and the Thirtieth Day of November in any Year. additional Assessment con. XXIV. And be it enacted, That in case any additional General Board Assessment for building, altering, and repairing Local Prisons may apportion in any County shall be consented to by the Commissioners of Supply of such County on behalf of the Landward Part thereof, sented to by or by the Magistrates and Town Councils of Burghs situated Three Fourths. therein entitled to choose Members of the County Prison Board on behalf of their respective Burghs, and it shall appear that the Persons on whose Behalf such Consent has been given shall have contributed or been liable to contribute not less than Three Fourths of the Assessments imposed on such several Counties and Burghs situated therein under the first-recited Act and this Act in the preceding Year, it shall be in the Power of the said General Board, if they shall think fit, to apportion and divide such additional Assessment so consented to on behalf of the Persons contributing Three Fourths of the Assessments as aforesaid, in like Manner and as effectually, to all Intents and Purposes, as if the same had been duly consented to by the Commissioners of Supply of such County and the Magistrates and Town Councils of all the Burghs situated therein entitled to choose Members of the County Prison Boards. XXV. And be it enacted, That County Prison Boards may County Boards from Year to Year fix the Amount of Assessment upon the may determine [No. 20. Price 2d.] U several current Ex pences at other Meetings than in September. Prolongation of payment of sessments. 7 & 8 VICT. several Counties and Burghs situated therein, to defray the Expence of removing Prisoners from one Local Prison to another, the Expence of the Aliment of Prisoners in the County Prison, and generally the current Expences of such Prisons, at any Meeting to be held for that Purpose in the Month of April or of May annually, if they shall think proper so to do, instead of in the Month of September annually, as required by the firstrecited Act. XXVI. And be it enacted, That in every Case in which an additional Assessment for building, altering, or repairing Local additional As Prisons in any County shall have been consented to and assessed under the Provisions of the first-recited Act, it shall be competent for the Commissioners of Supply of such County and the Magistrates of the several Burghs therein entitled to choose Members of County Boards, with Consent of the said General Board, to alter the Distribution of such Assessment, so as to distribute the same over a greater Number of Years, but not exceeding those which may have to elapse before the Expiration of the first-recited Act as extended by this Act; and in every Case in which an additional Assessment for building, altering, or repairing Local Prisons shall be consented to under the Provisions of the first-recited Act and this Act, it shall be competent for the said General Board, with Concurrence of the Parties consenting to such Assessment, to distribute the same over any Number of Years that shall be agreed upon, not exceeding those which may have to elapse before the Expiration of the first-recited Act as extended by this Act. New Valuations to be made XXVII. And whereas by the first-recited Act Power was given to the Commissioners of Supply of any County to assess the Sums annually apportioned on the Landward Part of Commissioners such County, according to the real annual Value of the when deemed necessary by of Supply. 6 whole Lands and other Subjects there specified, or in any other Manner in use in such County, for any general Assessment therein for any public Purpose, and it was provided that any Valuation required to be made in order to such Assessment should from Time to Time, at Intervals of not less than Three Years, be made by and under the Direction and at the Expence of such Commissioners: And whereas such frequent Revaluations of whole Counties will be attended with much Expence, and may be unnecessary;' be it enacted, That in future it shall not be compulsory on the Commissioners of Supply to make fresh Valuations at Intervals of not less than Three Years, but that the Commissioners of Supply shall at Intervals of not less than Three Years take into consideration the Valuation then last made, and any Objections that may be stated thereto, and it shall be competent for the said Commissioners of Supply, at such Intervals and as often as they shall deem necessary, to cause a new Valuation to be made, either of the whole County, or of any Part or Parts thereof, or to cause the last Valuation to be corrected in any Particulars in which it shall be found to be erroneous or defective. XXVIII. And annual Assess XXVIII. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Property under Commissioners of Supply of any County to exempt from the 24. may be exannual Assessment to be levied from the Landward Part of such empted from County all and every Property the annual Value of which shall ment. not exceed Two Pounds Sterling, provided the Proprietor of such Property shall not be possessed of Property exceeding the annual Value of Two Pounds in the whole within the Landward Part of such County liable to be assessed for such annual Assessment. in Burghs. XXIX. And whereas Doubts are entertained as to the In- Interpretation ⚫terpretation of the Expression "Property" in Burghs, in the of "Property " • Construction of the first-recited Act;' be it declared and enacted, That in the Construction of the said Act " Property" in Burghs shall extend to and include Houses, Shops, Warehouses, Mills, Manufactories, Cellars, Canals, Railways, Gardens, Yards, and all Lands, Buildings, and Pertinents thereof. XXX. And be it enacted, That the first-recited Act as Further Conamended by this Act shall continue in force until the First Day tinuance of of January One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, and from 2&3 Vict. c. 42. thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament. not to exceed XXXI. Provided always, and be it enacted, That the Assess- Assessment for ment not exceeding Two thousand Pounds in any one Year, raising 20,000l. for the Purpose of raising the Sum of Twenty thousand Pounds 1,2001. in any mentioned in the said first-recited Act to be paid by the different One Year. Counties of Scotland and Burghs situated therein, shall not, from and after the Determination of the Assessment made for the current Year, exceed the Sum of One thousand two hundred Pounds in any succeeding Year during the Continuance of the said Act as extended by this Act. Time and to be XXXII. And be it enacted, That this Act shall commence This Act to be on the First Day of September One thousand eight hundred and in force for same forty-four, except in so far as herein otherwise directed, and shall continue in force for the Period during which the first- former Act. recited Act as amended by this Act shall be in force, and shall be taken to be Part thereof, and be construed in like Manner therewith, and shall be held to alter or repeal the same in so far as the same is at variance or inconsistent with the Provisions of this Act: Provided always, that all Assessments which shall have been made, or which according to the Provisions of the said recited Act should have been made, before the said First Day of September One thousand eight hundred and forty-four, shall be levied and applied in the Manner and for the Purposes by the said Act directed. XXXIII. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended Act may be or repealed by any Act to be passed during this Session of amended, &c. Parliament. General and Subdivision Meetings relating to the Militia suspended. Proceedings Suspension by CAP. XXXV. An Act to suspend until the Thirty-first Day of August the making of Lists and the Ballots and Enrolments for the Militia of the United Kingdom: 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, That all General and Subdivision Meetings relating to the Militia of the United Kingdom, and all Proceedings relating to the procuring any Returns or preparing or making out Lists of such Militia, or any Part thereof, or relating to the ballotting for or enrolling any Militia Men or Substitutes, or supplying any Vacancies in such Militia, shall cease and remain suspended until the Thirty-first Day of August in the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty-five. II. Provided always, and be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for Her Majesty by any Order in Council to direct that any Proceedings shall be had at any Time before the Expiration of such Period as aforesaid, either for the giving of Notices and making Returns and preparing Lists, and also for the proceeding to ballot and enrol Men for the filling up Vacancies in the Militia of the United Kingdom or any Part thereof, as Her Majesty shall deem expedient; and upon the issuing of any such Order all such Proceedings shall be had for carrying into execution all the Provisions of the Acts in force in England, Scotland, and and Ireland respectively relating to the giving Notices for and Returns for Lists, and for the ballotting and enrolling of Men to supply any Vacancies in the Militia, and holding General and Subdivision Meetings for such Purpose, at such Times respectively as shall be expressed in any such Order in Council, or by any Directions given in pursuance thereof to Lord Lieutenants or Deputy Lieutenants acting for Lord Lieutenants of the several Counties, Shires, Ridings, Cities, and Places in Great Britain, or to the Governors and Deupty Governors of Counties and Places in Ireland, or to the Warden and Special Deputy Wardens of the Stannaries; and all the Provisions of the several Acts in force in England, Scotland, and Ireland respectively relating to the Militia and Corps of Miners in Cornwall and Devon shall, upon any such Order, and Direction given in pursuance thereof, become and be in full Force and be carried into execution at the Period specified in such Order or Direction as aforesaid, with all such Penalties and Forfeitures for any Neglect thereof, as fully as if such Periods had been fixed in the Acts relating to such Militia and Miners. III. And be it enacted, That this Act shall be construed to extend to the Warden and Special Deputy Wardens of the Stannaries and Corps of Miners in Cornwall and Devon, as fully as if they were severally repeated in every Clause, Provision, Direction, and Authority therein contained. Act to extend to Wardens of Stannaries and to Corps of Miners. IV. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or Act may be repealed by any Act to be passed in this Session of Parliament. amended, &c. CAP. XXXVI. An Act to continue until the Thirty-first Day of July [19th July 1844.] WHEREAS certain Acts for making, amending, and repairing the Turnpike Roads in Ireland were, by an Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the Fourth and Fifth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, 'amended and continued for a Time therein limited: And whereas, under the Provisions of Two Acts passed respectively in the Sessions of Parliament holden in the Fifth and in the Fifth and Sixth Years of Her Majesty's Reign, the 'said Acts were further continued for a Time therein limited: And whereas, under the Provisions of an Act of the last • Session of Parliament, the said Acts are further continued, and will remain in force until the Thirty-first Day of July in the present Year, or, if Parliament be then sitting, until the End of the then Session of Parliament: And whereas it is expedient that the several Acts for making, amendU 3 'ing, |