prehended any Person so offending, and to convey him or her before a Justice of the Peace, who is hereby empowered to hear and determine such Cases in a summary Manner; and if the said Justice shall convict any Person of such Offence, he shall commit such Offender to the Common Gaol or House of Correction, there to be kept in Custody for any Period not exceeding Three Months, without Bail or Mainprize, unless such Offender shall immediately upon Conviction pay down such Sum of Money as shall be adjudged by the said Justice, not exceeding Ten Pounds nor less than Three Pounds: Provided nevertheless, that in every Case where it shall be proved that the spirituous or fermented Liquor was concealed duced below 10%, about the Person of the offending Party in Bladders or Skins, it shall not be lawful for any Justice to reduce such Penalty below the Sum of Ten Pounds; any Law, Custom, or Usage to the contrary notwithstanding. Penalty for certain Offences not to be re Repealing so much of 55 G. 3. c. 113. as restricts Sum given to Pri soners. 5&6 Vict. c. 35. Rates and Duties granted by recited Act further continued for Three Years. VII. And be it enacted, That so much of an Act passed in the Fifty-third Year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An Act for providing Relief for the poor Prisoners confined in the King's Bench, Fleet, and Marshalsea Prisons, as provides that the Sum to be given to any one Prisoner shall not exceed Sixpence per Diem, shall be and the same is hereby repealed. CA P. VIII. An Act to continue for Three Years the Duties on Profits Most Gracious Sovereign, WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Fifth and Sixth Years of Your Majesty's Reign, intituled An Act for granting to "Her Majesty Duties on Profits arising from Property, Professions, Trades, and Offices, until the Sixth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and forty-five, certain Rates and Duties arising 'from Property, Professions, Trades, and Offices were granted to Your Majesty for a Term therein limited and now expired; and by an Act passed in the Eighth Year of Your Majesty's Reign 'the same Rates and Duties were continued for a further limited Term, expiring with the Fifth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and forty-eight: We, 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 to defray Your Majesty's public Expenses, have freely and voluntarily resolved to continue the said Rates ' and Duties, and to grant the same to Your Majesty for the Period 'herein-after limited; and do 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 by the Authority of the same, That the several Rates and Duties by the said first-recited Act granted shall be and the same are hereby continued, and shall be charged, raised, levied, collected, and paid unto and for the Use of Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, from and after the Fifth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, for the Term of Three Three Years thence next ensuing, and until the Assessments made or which ought to be made for the last Year of the said Term, or for any preceding Year, shall be completed, collected, levied, and paid. in force. II. And be it enacted, That the said first-recited Act, and all The several and every other Act and Acts in force upon or immediately before Acts continued the Fifth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and fortyeight, in relation to the Duties granted by the said first-recited Act, shall severally be continued and remain in full Force and Effect in relation to the Duties hereby continued and granted as aforesaid; and all and every the Powers, Authorities, Rules, Regulations, Directions, Penalties, Forfeitures, Clauses, Matters, and Things contained in the said Acts or any of them, and in force as aforesaid, shall (so far as the same shall be consistent with and shall not be superseded by the express Provisions of this Act) severally and respectively be duly observed, practised, applied, and put in execution in relation to the said Duties hereby continued and granted, as well during the Term herein limited as after the Expiration thereof respectively, for assessing, levying, recovering, paying, deducting, and accounting for the said Duties and all Arrears thereof, and for re-assessing the same in default of Payment, and for the suing for, adjudging, and recovering any Penalty which shall have been or may be incurred in relation to the said Duties, as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purposes as if the same Powers, Authorities, Rules, Regulations, Directions, Penalties, Forfeitures, Clauses, Matters, and Things were particularly repeated and re-enacted in the Body of this Act with reference to the said Duties hereby continued and granted as aforesaid. III And whereas under and by virtue of the said recited Acts Assessments the Assessments made for the Year commencing from and after under Schedules the Fifth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and forty- for the Year (A.) and (B.) 'five of the Duties chargeable under the respective Schedules (A.) 1848 to be in and (B.) of the said first-recited Act were continued in force force for Three for Three successive Years, and it is expedient that the Assess. Years. 'ments of the Duties chargeable under the same Schedules by 'virtue of this Act should in like Manner be in force for the Term ' herein-after mentioned: Be it enacted, That the Assessments to be made for the Year commencing from the Fifth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and forty-eight of the several Duties chargeable under the said respective Schedules (A.) and (B.), by virtue of this Act, shall respectively be and remain in force for Three successive Years, under and subject to the same Rules, Regulations, and Conditions as are specified in the said first-recited Act with reference to the Assessments made under the same Schedules for the Period of Three Years in the said first-recited Act mentioned: Provided always, that the respective Commissioners acting in the Execution of the said Acts shall cause fresh Duplicates of the said Assessments to be made out for the Second and Third Years respectively of the said Term for which the said Duties are continued by this Act, and such Duplicates to be delivered, together with Warrants under their Hands and Seals, to the Collectors to be appointed for collecting and levying the said Duties for the said Second and Third Years respectively, any D 3 thing Power to compound for Duties under Schedule (D.) continued. Act may be amended, &c. 5&6 Vict. c. 82. thing in the said first-recited Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding. IV. And whereas Contracts for Compositions for the Duties 'chargeable under Schedule (D.) of the said first-recited Act have been entered into, pursuant to the Powers given by the said ' recited Act in that Behalf, for a Term expiring with the Fifth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, and it is expedient to renew and continue the Powers of the Commissioners to enter into new Contracts for such Compositions for the • Term limited by this Act:' Be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Commissioners for Special Purposes in the said first-recited Act mentioned to contract and agree for a Composition for the Duties chargeable under the said last-mentioned Schedule by virtue of this Act with any Person who may be desirous of compounding for the same for the Period of Three Years, to commence from the Fifth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and fortyeight, under and subject to the Rules, Regulations, and Conditions specified in the said first-recited Act with reference to the Compositions thereby authorized to be made for the Duties chargeable under the same Schedule for the Term in the said first-recited Act mentioned. 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. CA P. IX. An Act to continue for Three Years the Stamp Duties granted Most Gracious Sovereign, WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Fifth and Sixth Years of Your Majesty's Reign, intituled An Act to assimilate the Stamp Duties in Great Britain and Ireland, and to make Regulations for collecting and managing the same, until the Tenth Day of October One thousand eight hundred and forty'five, certain Rates and Duties denominated Stamp Duties were granted to Your Majesty for a Term therein limited, and now expired; and by an Act passed in the Eighth Year of Your Majesty's Reign, the same Rates and Duties were continued for a further limited Term, which will expire on the Tenth Day of October One thousand eight hundred and forty-eight: We, 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 to defray Your Majesty's public Expenses, have freely and voluntarily resolved to continue the said Rates and Duties, and to grant the same to Your Majesty for the Period herein-after mentioned; and do '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 Three Years. and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That all the several Sums of Money, and Duties conDuties, and Composition for Duties, granted by the said first- tinued for recited Act, and not repealed by any subsequent Act, and also all Duties now payable in lieu or instead of any of the said Duties which may have been so repealed, shall be and the same are hereby continued, and shall be charged, raised, levied, collected, and paidunto and for the Use of Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, for the Term of Three Years, to commence on and to be computed from the Tenth Day of October One thousand eight hundred and forty-eight. continued in II. And be it enacted, That the said first-recited Act, and all Recited Acts and every other Act and Acts now in force in relation to the and other Acts Duties granted by the same Act, shall severally be continued and force. remain in full Force in all respects in relation to the Duties hereby continued and granted, and all and every the Powers and Authorities, Rules, Regulations, Directions, Penalties, Forfeitures, Clauses, Matters, and Things contained in the said Acts or any of them, and in force as aforesaid, shall severally and respectively be duly observed, practised, applied, and put in execution in relation to the said Duties hereby continued and granted, as well during the Term herein limited as after the Expiration thereof, for the charging, raising, levying, paying, accounting for, and securing of the said Duties and all Arrears thereof, and for the preventing, detecting, and punishing of all Frauds, Forgeries, and other Offences relating thereto, as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purposes as if the same Powers, Authorities, Rules, Regulations, Directions, Penalties, Forfeitures, Clauses, Matters, and Things were particularly repeated and re-enacted in the Body of this Act with reference to the said Duties hereby granted. may be III. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or Act repealed by any Act to be passed in this present Session of amended, &c. Parliament. САР. Х. An Act for empowering certain Officers of the High Court of WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act 5&6 Vict. c.103. 'for abolishing certain Offices in the High Court of Chancery in England, the Clerk of Enrolments in Chancery and the Clerks of Records and Writs were empowered to administer Oaths and 'take Affirmations and Attestations of Honour: And whereas it is expedient that the Clerk of Enrolments in Chancery and Clerks of Records and Writs should be empowered to take such 'Declarations as herein-after mentioned: And whereas by an 'Act passed in the Tenth and Eleventh Years of the Reign of 'Her present Majesty, intituled An Act for the Discontinuance of 10 & 11 Vict. 'the Attendance of the Masters in Ordinary of the High Court c. 97. of Chancery in the Public Office, and for transferring the Busi 'ness of such Public Office to the Affidavit Office in Chancery, it amongst other things enacted, that certain Duties theretofore " was D 4 'done 'done and performed by the Masters in Ordinary in the Public Office should thereafter be done and performed by the Clerk of Affidavits and the Assistant Clerks of Affidavits in manner directed by the said Act, and William Thodey Smith was thereby appointed the Second Assistant Clerk of Affidavits under the said Act: And whereas it is expedient that the Clerk of Affidavits and Assistant Clerks of Affidavits respectively should be em'powered to administer such Oaths and take such Declarations and Affirmations, and Attestations upon Honour, as herein-after ' mentioned: 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 Clerk of Enrol assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this Act it shall be lawful for every Clerk of Enrolments in Chancery and Clerk of Records and Writs to take any Declaration required for the Purpose of enrolling any Deed or other Document in Chancery. ments and Clerks of Records and Writs may take Declarations. Clerk of Affi- Assistant Clerks Persons swear. before such Officers to be subject to Penalties for Perjury. II. And be it enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act it shall be lawful for every Clerk of Affidavits, Assistant Clerk and Second Assistant Clerk of Affidavits of the High Court of Chancery, to administer all such Oaths, and take all such Declarations, Affirmations, and Attestations upon Honour, as can now be administered or taken, or at any Time hereafter may by any Act of Parliament be directed to be administered or taken, by or before a Master in Ordinary of the said Court. III. And be it enacted, That all Persons swearing, declaring, ing or declaring affirming, or attesting before any Clerk of Enrolments in Chancery, or Clerk of Records and Writs, or Clerk of Affidavits, or Assistant Clerk or Second Assistant Clerk of Affidavits, under this Act, shall be liable to all such Penalties, Punishments, and Consequences for any wilful and corrupt false swearing, declaring, affirming, or attesting contained therein, as if the Matter sworn, declared, affirmed, or attested had been sworn, declared, affirmed, or attested before the High Court of Chancery or any of the Masters in Ordinary thereof. Filling up Assistant Clerk Interpretation IV. And be it enacted, That as often as the Second Assistant Clerk of Affidavits or any of his Successors shall die or resign, or be removed from his Office, the Lord Chancellor shall have Power to appoint a Second Assistant Clerk of Affidavits in the Room of such one who shall so die, resign, or be removed. V. And be it enacted, That in construing this Act the Expresof "Lord Chan- sion "the Lord Chancellor" shall mean and include the Lord cellor." Chancellor, Lord Keeper, and First Commissioner for the Custody of the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the Time being. Act may be amended, &c. VI. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed during the present Session of Parliament. CAP. |