Acts for making or repairing Turnpike Roads in Ireland further con. tinued. Local Turnpike ing, or repairing Turnpike Roads in Ireland should be further continued:' 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 any Act for making, amending, or repairing any Turnpike Road or Roads in Ireland (except as herein-after mentioned), which will expire on the said Thirty-first Day of July in the present Year, or at or before the End of the present or next ensuing Session of Parliament, shall be and the same is hereby continued, as amended by the said recited Act of the Fourth and Fifth Years of Her Majesty's Reign, until the Thirty-first Day of July One thousand eight hundred and forty-five, or, if Parliament be then sitting, until the End of the then Session of Parliament. II. Provided always, and be it enacted, That nothing herein contained shall apply or extend to continue an Act passed in c. 108., not continued by this the Third Year of the Reign of King George the Fourth, Act, except, &c. intituled An Act for more effectually repairing the Road leading from the City of Cork to the Town of Skibbereen in the County of Cork, and a Branch therefrom communicating with the Town of Kinsale in the said County, except so far as the said Act repeals any former Act. CAP. XXXVII. An Act to secure the Terms on which Grants are made by Her Majesty out of the Parliamentary Grant for the Education of the Poor; and to explain the Act of the Fifth Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, for the Conveyance of Sites for Schools. [19th July 1844.] WHEREAS during several Years last past divers Sums of Money have been granted by Parliament to Her Majesty, to be applied for the Purpose of promoting the Education of the Poor in Great Britain, and similar Grants may hereafter be made: And whereas Her Majesty hath appointed a Com'mittee of Her Council to receive Applications for Assistance from such Grants, and to report thereon, and to advise Her as to the Terms and Conditions upon which such Assistance shall be granted, and many such Reports have been made, and approved of by Her Majesty, and the Terms and Conditions having been assented to by the Applicants, Grants have been made out of the said Fund: And whereas in some Cases, by reason of the Deeds of Endowment of Schools in respect of which such Applications have been received having been executed before the Grant has been made, such Terms and • Conditions have not and cannot be made permanently binding on the Estate; but the Parties promoting the said Schools ⚫ have entered into personal Obligations or Assurances for the due Performance of such Terms and Conditions, though deriv Conditions upon which Schools secured upon the Site. ing no beneficial Interest from the charitable Institution which they have established; and it is desirable to provide permanent Security to Her Majesty and Her Successors for the due Ful'filment of the Terms and Conditions, and to relieve the Parties 'from the personal Liabilities so entered into for the Purpose aforesaid: 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 where The Terms and any Grant hath been made or shall hereafter be made out of any Sums of Money heretofore granted or hereafter to be granted Parliamentary by Parliament for the Purposes of Education in Great Britain, Aid has been under the Advice of any Committee of the Council on Education given towards the building of for the Time being, upon Terms and Conditions to provide for the Inspection of the School by an Inspector appointed or to be appointed by Her Majesty and Her Successors, which shall not be inserted in the Conveyance of the Site of the School, or in the Deed declaring the Trusts thereof, and such Grant shall be made in aid of the Purchase of the Site, or of the Erection, Enlargement, or Repair of the School, or of the Residence of the Master or Mistress thereof, or of the furnishing of the School, such Terms and Conditions shall be binding and obligatory upon the Trustees or Managers of the said School or other the Premises for the Time being, in like Manner and to the like Effect as though they had been inserted in the Conveyance of the Site of the said School, or in the Declaration of the Trusts thereof; and henceforth all personal Obligations entered into for the Purpose of securing the Fulfilment of such Terms and Conditions shall, so far as they relate thereto, but no further, be null and void: Provided nevertheless, that such Terms and Conditions shall have been or shall be set forth in some Document in Writing, signed by the Trustees of the said School or the major Part of them, or by the Party or Parties conveying the Site, in the Case where there shall have been a voluntary Gift thereof. II. And whereas there are many Endowments for the Purpose of Education of the Poor in Great Britain of ancient Date, the Schools whereon have become dilapidated, and, the Funds of such Endowment being insufficient for the Restoration thereof, Application is made by the Trustees, or by the Persons acting in the Discharge of the Trusts thereof, for 'Aid out of the said Parliamentary Grant, but the same hath • been declined, because such Applicants could not impose upon their lawful Successors in the said Trust the Conditions which < the said Committee would have advised Her Majesty to require 'to secure the due Inspection of such Schools, and it is ex'pedient to enable them to do so;' be it therefore enacted, That where the major Part of the Trustees of any endowed School for the Education of the Poor duly appointed under the Terms of the Deed of Endowment, or when such Deed cannot be found or cannot be acted upon, of the Persons who shall be in the Possession of the Endowment, and shall be acting in the Execution of the Trusts or the reputed Trusts thereof, shall, and in Cases U 4 The Terms upon which Aid shall be granted to Trustees of ancient endowed Schools. Death of Donor within Twelve Calendar Months not to avoid Grant. 9 G. 2. c. 36. Site may be granted to the Minister and Churchwardens. Rector, Vicar, or Perpetual Curate may grant to the Minister and Churchwar 7 & 8 VICT. Cases where there shall be a Visitor of such School with the Consent of such Visitor in Writing, apply for Aid out of such Parliamentary Grant to enable them to rebuild, repair, or enlarge the School belonging to such Endowment, or the Residence of the Master or Mistress thereof, or to furnish such School, and shall in Writing assent to the said School being open to Inspection on behalf of Her Majesty and Her Successors, if the said Committee shall deem fit to advise that any such Grant shall be made, it shall immediately after the making of such Grant, and thenceforth from Time to Time, be lawful for any Inspector of Schools appointed by Her Majesty and Her Successors, in conformity with the Terms contained in the Writing testifying such Consent as aforesaid, to enter the said School at all reasonable Hours in the Day for the Purpose of inspecting and examining the State and Condition of the School and the Scholars thereat, and of making such Report thereon as he shall deem fit. III. And whereas by an Act passed in the Fifth Year of 'the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act to afford 5 further Facilities for the Conveyance and Endowment of Sites for Schools, it is enacted, that any Person, being seised in Fee Simple, Fee Tail, or for Life of and in any Manor, or Lands of Freehold, Copyhold, or Customary Tenure, may grant, convey, or enfranchise, and subject to the Provisions therein mentioned, any Quantity not exceeding One Acre of Land as a Site for a • School or otherwise, as therein likewise specified; and it is de'sirable to prevent any such Grant, being of so limited an Interest, from being defeated by the Death of the Grantor;' be it enacted, That where any Deed shall have been or shall be executed under the Powers and for the Purposes contained in the said Act, without any valuable Consideration, the same shall be and continue valid, if otherwise lawful, although the Donor or Grantor shall die within Twelve Calendar Months from the Execution thereof. 6 IV. And whereas it was provided by the said Act that Grants of Land or Buildings, or any Interest therein, for the Purposes of the Education of poor Persons, might be made to the Minister of any Parish, being a Corporation, and the Churchwardens or Chapelwardens and Overseers of the Poor and their Successors, and it is sometimes found inexpedient or impracticable to introduce the Overseers as Parties to the legal • Estate;' be it therefore enacted, That such Grants may be made to the Minister and Churchwardens of any Parish, such Minister being the Rector, Vicar, or Perpetual Curate thereof, whether endowed or not, to hold to them and their Successors, subject to the Provisions contained in the Deed of Conveyance thereof for the Management, Direction, and Inspection of the School and Premises. V. And be it enacted, That if the Rector, Vicar, or Perpetual Curate of any Parish shall be desirous of making a Grant of any Land for the Purposes and under the Powers of the said Act, being Part of the Glebe or other Possessions of his Benefice, and shall, with the Consent of the Patron of the said Benefice, and of dens, or to the the Bishop of the Diocese within which the same shall be situated, Minister, grant the same to the Minister and Church or Chapel Wardens, Churchwaror to the Minister, Church or Chapel Wardens, and Overseers of dens, and Overthe Poor of the said Parish, such Grant shall be valid, and shall seers of his thenceforth ensure for the Purposes of the Trust set forth therein, if otherwise lawful, notwithstanding such Minister is the Party making the Grant. Parish. VI. And be it enacted, That this Act may be altered by any Act may be other Act in this Session of Parliament. 6 CAP. XXXVIII. An Act to amend an Act of the last Session, to consolidate and amend the Laws for the Regulation of Charitable Loan Societies in Ireland. [19th July 1844.] WHEREAS an Act was passed in the last Session of Par altered this Session. Recovery of Amounts due to on Notes or Securities. Loan Societies liament, intituled An Act to consolidate and amend the 6 & 7 Vict. c.91. 'Laws for the Regulation of Charitable Loan Societies in Ireland: And whereas the Provisions of the said recited Act ' relative to the Recovery of Loans in a summary Manner before 'a Justice or Justices of the Peace do not extend to Loans 'secured by Notes or Securities taken by Loan Societies, in conformity with the Laws applicable thereto, previous to the Rules of such Societies being certified under the said recited Act; and it is expedient that the said Provisions of the said recited Act should be extended to all such Notes and Securities:' 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 it shall and may be lawful for the Treasurer, Secretary, or Clerk of any Loan Society in Ireland, whose Rules have been duly certified under the said recited Act, to recover in a summary Way, before One or more of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace in Ireland, in the Manner prescribed by the said recited Act, the Amount due upon any Note or Security made or entered into prior to the Date of the Certificate of the Secretary of the Loan Fund Board entitling such Society to the Benefit of the said recited Act, and in conformity with the Laws applicable to such Note or Security at the Time of making the same, although such Note or Security be not in the Form or on the Paper provided by the Loan Fund Board; and all and every the Remedies and Provisions in the said recited Act contained for or relating to the Recovery and enforcing Payment of Notes and Securities made under the Authority of the said Act, and of Fines and Costs incurred in relation to the same, shall extend to and be applied to the Recovery and enforcing Payment of all and every such Notes and Securities so made and entered into in conformity to the Laws in force, and applicable thereto as aforesaid, prior to the Date of such Certificate, and of all Fines and Costs incurred or to be incurred in relation thereto. II. And Application of the Enactments, &c. of the recited Act to the Irish Reproductive Loan Fund Institution. 6 II. And whereas by the said recited Act it was provided, that nothing therein contained should extend or be construed or 'taken to authorize any Interference on the Part of the said "Loan Fund Board, or the Secretary or Officers thereof, in the Affairs of the London Charitable Association, commonly called "The Irish Reproductive Loan Fund Institution," or of any Trustees or Agents thereof, or of any Institution or Society in • Ireland which was or should be established in connection with the said Irish Reproductive Loan Fund Institution; and various • Provisions were in the said Act contained in reference to the said "Irish Reproductive Loan Fund Institution: And whereas subse'quently to the passing of the said Act the said Institution has 'been incorporated by Her Majesty's Letters Patent, under the Name of "The Irish Reproductive Loan Fund Institution," ' and it may be doubted whether the Provisions in the said Act 'contained apply to the said incorporated Society;' be it enacted, That all and singular the Enactments, Provisions, Stipulations, and Exemptions in the said recited Act contained in reference to the said Charitable Association, and the Secretary, Trustees, Agents, or Officers thereof, and the Institutions or Societies of Persons instituted or associated together in Ireland by or in connection therewith, and the Monies, Implements, Goods, and Effects of the said Association, shall extend and be applicable to the said Corporation of the Irish Reproductive Loan Fund Institution, and the Secretary, Trustees, Agents, and Officers thereof, and the Institutions or Societies of Persons which now are or hereafter may be instituted or associated together in Ireland by or in connection therewith, and the Monies, Implements, Goods, and Effects of the said Corporation, and that as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purposes as if the same were here fully and at length repeated, and the Name of the said incorporated Society were substituted for the Name of the said Charitable Association: Provided always, that in lieu of the Lists, Descriptions, Specifications, Notices, and Certificates required by the said Act to be under the Hand and Seal of the Chairman, and countersigned by the Secretary or Manager of the said Charitable Association, it shall be sufficient that such Lists, Descriptions, Specifications, Notices, and Certificates shall be sealed with the Corporate Seal of the said incorporated Society; and all such Lists, Descriptions, Specifications, Notices, and Certificates, so sealed with such Corporate Seal, shall have the same Force and Effect in all respects as is by the said Act given to Lists, Descriptions, Specifications, Notices, and Certificates under the Hand and Seal of the Chairman, and countersigned by the Secretary or Manager of the said Charitable Association; and such Certificate, so sealed with the said Corporate Seal, shall be Evidence, before all Judges and Justices, and in all Courts, of the Facts therein certified, without further Proof thereof, and it shall not be necessary to prove the sealing of such Certificates: Provided also, that in all Cases where Lists, Descriptions, or Specifications shall have been sent by the said Irish Reproductive Loan Fund Institution, under the Provisions of |