and his

‹ Title and Interest to and in the same, and every Part thereof; to have and to hold unto the said

'Heirs for ever.'

And every such Conveyance shall be valid and effectual in Law, to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever.

IX. And be it further enacted, That a Copy of His Majesty's Charter to be Charter of Incorporation, being duly verified on Oath before One verified and of the Masters in Ordinary of the High Court of Chancery at registered. Westminster, shall be transmitted to the Governor or LieutenantGovernor of the said Province of Upper Canada and the said Province of Lower Canada, and registered in the Office of Chief Secretary of each of the said Provinces; and such Registry or Evidence. Copy thereof, shall within the said Provinces respectively be and be deemed and taken to be good and sufficient Evidence of the Contents of such Charter of Incorporation, to all Intents and Purposes.

X. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall be deemed Public Act. and taken to be a Public Act, and shall extend to and be in force in the said Provinces of Upper Canada and Lower Canada, and shall be judicially taken Notice of as such by all Judges, Justices and others, in the United Kingdom aforesaid, and in the said Province, without being specially pleaded.

CA P. LXXVI.

An Act to extend to the Island of Mauritius the Duties and
Regulations which relate to the British Islands in the West
Indies.
[27th June 1825.]
THEREAS it is expedient that all Duties and Regulations.
relating to Importation and Exportation into and from His
Majesty's Islands in the West Indies should be extended to the
Island of Mauritius;' Be it therefore enacted by the King's most
Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the
Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Par-
liament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from
and after the passing of this Act all Goods, Wares and Merchan-
dize, the Growth, Produce or Manufacture of the Island of Mau-
ritius, and all Goods, Wares and Merchandize which shall have
been imported into the said Island of Mauritius, and which shall
be imported into any Part of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, or into any Possessions of His Majesty,
His Heirs or Successors, shall be liable, upon such Importation
into the United Kingdom, or into any such Possessions respect-
ively, to the Payment of the same Duties, and shall be subject
to the same Regulations, as the like Goods, Wares and Mer-
chandize, being of the Growth, Produce or Manufacture of His
Majesty's Islands in the West Indies, and imported into the said
United Kingdom, or into any such Possessions respectively, would
on such Importation be liable to the Payment of, or would be
subject unto; and that upon the Exportation of any Goods, Wares
or Merchandize from the United Kingdom to the Island of Mau-
ritius, such Goods, Wares or Merchandize shall be liable to the
same Duties, and shall be entitled to the like Drawbacks respec-

tively,

Vessels subject to same Regu

lations as those trading with West Indies:

East India or

Foreign Coffee, &c. imported into the Mauritius forfeited.

I G.4. c.1.

§ 2.

upon the

upon

tively, as would or ought by Law to be charged or allowed
like Goods exported from the United Kingdom to any of His Ma-
jesty's Islands in the West Indies; and that all Goods, Wares and
Merchandize which shall be imported into or exported from the
said Island of Mauritius, from or to any Place whatever, other
than the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, shall,
such Importation or Exportation respectively, be liable to the Pay-
ment of the same Duties, and shall be subject to the same Regu-
lations, so far as any such Regulations can or may be applied, as
the like Goods, Wares and Merchandize would be liable to the
Payment of, or would be subject to, upon Importation or Export-
ation into or from any of His Majesty's Islands in the West Indies ;
and that all Ships and Vessels whatever, which shall arrive at or
depart from the said Island of Mauritius, shall be liable to the
Payment of the same Duties, and shall be subject to the same Re-
gulations, as such Ships or Vessels would be liable to the Payment
of, or would be subject to, if arriving at or departing from any of
His Majesty's Islands in the West Indies; any Thing in any Act
or Acts in force before the passing of this Act to the contrary in
any wise notwithstanding: Provided always, that no Coffee, Cocoa
Nuts, Sugar, Melasses or Rum, being the Production of the Ter-
ritories of the East India Company, or of any Foreign Country,
shall be imported into the said Island of Mauritius; and that if
any of the said Articles shall be so imported, the same shall be
forfeited.

'

CA P. LXXVII.

An Act to authorize the Application of Part of the Land
Revenue of the Crown for the Repair and Improvement of
Buckingham House.
[27th June 1825.]
HEREAS it is desirable that the Royal Palace commonly
WH
called Buckingham House, and the Buildings, Offices and
Grounds appertaining thereto, should be repaired and improved
' in such a Manner as to render the same a suitable Residence for
His Majesty: And Whereas by an Act passed in the First Year
of the Reign of His present Majesty King George the Fourth,
intituled An Act for the Support of His Majesty's Household,
and of the Honour and Dignity of the Crown of the United King-
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, it is (amongst other Things)
enacted, that the Produce of all the Hereditary Rates, Duties,
Payments and Revenues, in that Part of the United Kingdom
called England, therein mentioned, which during the Life of His
late Majesty were by the Acts therein recited, or any or either of
them, carried to and made Part, first of the Aggregate Fund, and
after the therein recited Act of the Twenty seventh Year of the
Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, of the Consoli-
dated Fund of Great Britain, and all the Hereditary Revenues
in that Part of the United Kingdom which were, by the therein
• recited Act of the Parliament of Ireland of the Thirty third
Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third,
carried to and made Part of the Consolidated Fund of Ireland,
and which Hereditary Rates, Duties, Payments and Revenues
' in England and Ireland respectively, at the Time of the Demise
· of

:

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of His late Majesty, made Part of the Consolidated Fund of the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and all Arrears thereof which had accrued since the Demise of His late Majesty, ' which should not have been applied and distributed in the Payment of any Charges thereupon respectively, should, during the Life of His present Majesty, be carried to and made Part of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and · Ireland, and from and after the Demise of His present Majesty should be payable and paid to the King's Majesty, His Heirs and 'Successors: And Whereas it is expedient that a certain Portion of the Produce arising to His Majesty by the Rents of Messuages, Lands and other Hereditaments in England and Wales, within the Ordering and Survey of His Majesty's Exchequer, and by the Fines on Leases of the same or any of them, now forming Part of the Hereditary Revenues belonging to His Majesty in right of His Crown, should be made applicable, by and with the Consent and Approbation of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Purpose of defraying the Costs, Charges and Expences of repairing and improving Buckingham House, and the Buildings, Offices and Grounds appertaining and 'belonging thereto, for the Purposes aforesaid:' May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the King'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 be lawful for the said Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, or any Three of them, from time to time, to direct and authorize the Commissioners of His Majesty's Woods, Forests and Land Revenues to pay and apply, out of the Produce of the Hereditary Land Revenues of the Crown, such Sum or Sums of Money as they shall think necessary and expedient towards the Payment and Discharge of the Costs, Charges and Expences of such Repairs, Alterations and Improvements.

Repairs, &c.
of Buckingham
House paid
for out of
Hereditary
Land Revenues.

&c.

II. And be it further enacted, That the Payment of such Sum Such Payments or Sums of Money hereinbefore authorized to be made shall be to have Preceprior to and take Precedence of the Payment or Application of dence of others, any Sum or Sums of Money arising from the said Land Revenues, for the Purposes of the Consolidated Fund; but that the said Land Revenues shall nevertheless remain subject and liable to the Costs and Charges attending the Management thereof, and the Payment or Discharge of any Sum or Sums of Money which may be now already charged thereon, or to the Payment whereof the same now are or may hereafter become liable, under or by virtue of any Act or Acts of Parliament relating to the said Land Revenues; any Act or Acts of Parliament relating to or concerning the said Revenues to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding.

CAP.

Acts relating to Quarantine repealed.

† Sic.

Exceptions.

What Vessels shall be liable

to Quarantine, and Regulations thercon.

'

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CAP. LXXVIII.

An Act to repeal the several Laws relating to the Perform-
ance of Quarantine, and to make other Provisions in lieu
thereof.
[27th June 1825.]

W

HEREAS it is expedient to repeal the several Laws relating to the Performance of Quarantine, and to make other • Provisions in lieu thereof:' Be it therefore enacted by the King'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 from and after the First Day of June One thousand eight hundred and twenty five, all and every Act, and all Parts of Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland respectively, and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, relating to the Performance of Quarantine, or relating to the charging any Duty or Duties upon Vessels which may be liable to, or have performed Quarantine, shall be and the same is + hereby repealed; save and except such Acts, and such Parts of Acts, as relate to the Payment and Recovery of any Duties imposed by the said Acts, or any Parts of Acts, which shall be due and unpaid on the said First Day of June by any Person or Persons under any or either of the said Acts; and also save and except as to any Fine, Penalty, Forfeiture or Punishment, or Fines, Penalties, Forfeitures or Punishments, to which any such Person or Persons may be liable by reason of the same; and also save and except as to any Action, Suit, Prosecu tion or other Proceeding brought or commenced, or which shall hereafter be brought or commenced, for or on account of any such Offence or Offences so done or committed as aforesaid.

II. And be it enacted, That from and after the First Day of June One thousand eight hundred and twenty five, all Vessels, as well His Majesty's Ships of War as others, coming from or having touched at any Place from whence His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, by and with the Advice of His or Their Privy Council, shall have adjudged and declared it probable that the Plague or other infectious Disease or Distemper highly dangerous to the Health of His Majesty's Subjects may be brought, and all Vessels and Boats receiving any Person, Goods, Wares and Merchandize, Packets, Packages, Baggage, Wearing Apparel, Books, Letters or any other Article whatsoever, from or out of any Vessel so coming from or having touched at such infected Place as aforesaid, whether such Persons, Goods, Wares and Merchandize, Packets, Packages, Baggage, Wearing Apparel, Books, Letters or other Articles, shall have come or been brought in such Vessels, or such Person shall have gone, or Articles have been put on board the same, either before or after the Arrival of such Vessels at any Port or Place in the United Kingdom, or the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark or Man, and whether such Vessels were or were not bound to any Port or Place in the United Kingdom, or the Islands aforesaid, and all Persons, Goods, Wares and Merchandize, Packets, Packages, Baggage, Wearing Apparel, Books, Letters or any other Article whatsoever on board of any Vessels so coming from or having touched at

such

such infected Place as aforesaid, or on board of any such Receiving Vessels or Boats as aforesaid, shall be and be considered to be liable to Quarantine within the Meaning of this Act, and of any Order or Orders which shall be made by His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, by and with the Advice of His or Their Privy Council, concerning Quarantine and the Prevention of Infection, from the Time of the Departure of such Vessels from such infected Place as aforesaid, or from the Time when such Persons, Goods, Wares, Merchandize, Packets, Packages, Baggage, Wearing Apparel, Books, Letters or other Articles shall have been received on board respectively; and all such Vessels and Boats as aforesaid, and all Persons (as well Pilots as others), Goods, Wares and Merchandize, and all other Articles as aforesaid, whether coming or brought in such Vessels or Boats from such infected Place as aforesaid, or going or being put on board the same, either before or after the Arrival of such Vessels or Boats at any Port or Place in the United Kingdom, or the Islands aforesaid, and all Persons, Goods, Wares and Merchandize, and other Articles as aforesaid, on board such Receiving Vessel or Boat as aforesaid, shall, upon their Arrival at any such Port or Place, be obliged to perform Quarantine in such Place or Places, for such Time, and in such Manner as shall from time to time be directed by His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, by His or Their Order or Orders in Council, notified by Proclamation, or published in the London Gazette; and that until such Vessels and Boats, Persons, Goods, Wares and Merchandize, and other Articles as aforesaid, shall have respectively performed, and shall be duly discharged from Quarantine, no such Person, Goods, Wares or Merchandize, or other Articles as aforesaid, or any of them, shall, either before or after the Arrival of such Vessels or Boats at any Port or Place in the United Kingdom, or the Islands aforesaid, come or be brought on shore, or go and be put on board any other Vessel or Boat, in order to come or be brought on shore in any such Port or Place, although such Vessels so coming from such infected Place as aforesaid may not be bound to any Port or Place in the United Kingdom, or the Islands aforesaid, unless in such Manner and in such Cases, and by such Licence as shall be directed or permitted by such Order or Orders made by His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, in Council, as aforesaid; and all such Vessels and Boats, whether coming from such infected Place as aforesaid, or being otherwise liable to Quarantine as aforesaid, and all Persons (as well Pilots as others), Goods, Wares and Merchandize, and other Articles as aforesaid, whether coming or brought in such Vessels or Boats, or going or being put on board the same, either before or after the Arrival of such Vessels or Boats at any Port or Place in the United Kingdom, or the Islands aforesaid, and although such Vessels or Boats shall not be bound to any Port or Place in the United Kingdom, or the Islands aforesaid; and all Commanders, Masters or other Persons, having the Charge or Command of any such Vessels or Boats, whether coming from any infected Place, or being otherwise liable to Quarantine as aforesaid, shall be subject to all Provisions, Rules, Regulations and Restrictions contained in this Act, or in any Order or Orders which shall be made by His Majesty, His