Deeds may be inrolled after the proper Period, upon good Cause being shown. Inrolment of Deeds shall have the same Force as under former Act. Keeper of the Records to render Accounts to Commissioners of the Treasury. Act may be altered this Session. 4 G. 4. c. 60. same shall appear to have been made, granted, given, or executed having been duly complied with; and such Memorandum shall be receivable in Evidence without Proof of the Handwriting of the Signature thereto. XXVII. And be it further enacted, That in all Cases where the Inrolment of any Deed or other Instrument, or Minute or Docket, before the Keeper of the Records and Inrolments, or the Entry of any Deed or other Instrument in the Office of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings, shall be omitted or delayed beyond the Period provided for the Inrolment and Entry thereof respectively, it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings, for any reasonable Cause to them shown for the Omission or Delay, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, to permit the making of any such Inrolment or Entry nunc pro tunc, and the same respectively when made under such Authority shall be as valid and effectual as if made within the Period limited for that Purpose. XXVIII. And be it further enacted, That the Inrolment of any Deed or Instrument pursuant to the Provisions of this Act shall have the like Force and Effect as the Inrolment thereof pursuant to the Provisions of the said Act of the Tenth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty would have had in case this Act had not been passed. XXIX. And be it further enacted, That the Keeper of the Records and Inrolments shall from Time to Time, as often as thereunto required, render and give to the Lord High Treasurer or to the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury for the Time being an Account of all Monies which shall from Time to Time be received for Fees in the said Office of Records and Inrolments, and of all Disbursements made for Payment of the Salaries and otherwise, on account of the carrying on the Business of the said Office; and the Monies so received, and which shall not be disbursed as aforesaid, shall from Time to Time be carried to and become Part of the Revenues arising from the Possessions and Land Revenues of the Crown. XXX. And be it further enacted, That this Act or any Part thereof may be altered, varied, or repealed by any Act or Acts to be passed in this present Session of Parliament. CA P. II. An Act to provide for the taking in and Payment of outstanding Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled An Act for granting to His Majesty a Sum of Money to be raised by Lotteries, it was amongst other Things enacted, that the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury should have full Power and Authority to continue and appoint certain Commissioners of Lottery for the Period of Three Years after the • Discontinuance of Lotteries, who should be thereby enabled and authorized to take in the fortunate Tickets of any and every Lottery authorized by the said recited Act or any former • Act Powers for < Act for granting to His Majesty a Sum of Money to be raised by Lotteries, and to deliver out Certificates for the same, to be numbered and made out in the Manner in the said Act mentioned, and to be signed by the major Part of the said Com<missioners so retained or appointed, and their Secretary for the Time being: And whereas the Time limited by the said recited Act for retaining and appointing the said Commissioners for the Purpose aforesaid has expired, and there yet remain divers of such Tickets as aforesaid outstanding, and it is expedient to authorize and empower the Commissioners of Stamps to take in such Tickets, and to sign and deliver out such Certificates as aforesaid for the same;' 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 passing of this Act it shall be Commissioners lawful for the Commissioners of Stamps, or any Three of them, of Stamps to and they are hereby empowered, at any Time hereafter, to take in the fortunate Tickets of any and every Lottery authorized by the said recited Act or by any former Act for granting to His Majesty a Sum of Money to be raised by Lotteries, and also to deliver out Certificates for the same, to be numbered and made out in the Manner in the said recited Act mentioned, and to be signed by the said Commissioners of Stamps or any Three of them, and also to do and perform all such other Acts, Matters, and Things, with relation to the taking in of such fortunate Tickets, and the delivering out of such Certificates for the same, as the said Commissioners of Lottery, and their Secretary for the Time being, were required or empowered to do and perform under or by virtue of the said recited Act, within the Time thereby limited as aforesaid; and all such Certificates so to be made out and signed by the said Commissioners of Stamps, or any Three of them, and also all such Acts, Matters, and Things so to be done and performed by them as aforesaid, shall respectively be of the like Validity, Force, and Effect as if the same had respectively been made out and signed or done and performed by the said Commissioners of Lottery, and their Secretary for the Time being, within the Time limited by the said recited Act as aforesaid. merly vested in Lottery Commissioners. II. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended, altered, Act may be or repealed by any Act or Acts to be passed in this Session of altered this Parliament. Session. CA P. III. An Act to authorize the Application of Part of the Land Revenue of the Crown for the Completion of the Repair and Improvement of Buckingham Palace. [13th February 1832.] W WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Tenth Year of the ⚫ tuled An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the 10 G. 4. c.50. 'of of the Crown in Ireland; and for extending certain Provisions relating to the same to the Isles of Man and Alderney, it was ' enacted, that from and after the passing of that Act all Honors, Hundreds, Castles, Lordships, Manors, Forests, Chases, Woods, Parks, Messuages, Lands, Tithes, Fisheries, Franchises, Ser'vices, Rents, and other Land Revenues, Possessions, Tenements, and Hereditaments whatsoever, (Advowsons of Churches and • Vicarages only excepted,) which then did belong to His Majesty, or thereafter should belong to His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, within the Ordering and Survey of the Court of Exchequer in England or Wales, in Ireland, in the Isle of Man and its Dependencies, and the Isle of Alderney, whether in Possession, Remainder, or Reversion, which said Honors, Hundreds, Castles, Lordships, Manors, Forests, Chases, Woods, Parks, Messuages, Lands, Tithes, Fisheries, Franchises, Services, Rents, and other Land Revenues, Possessions, Tenements, and Here'ditaments were therein-after, for the sake of Distinction, called "The Possessions and Land Revenues of the Crown to which this Act relates," should be under the Management of the then present Commissioners of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, and • Land Revenues, and of their Successors to be from Time to Time appointed by His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, by His or Their Letters Patent, and the said Commissioners and their Successors should continue to be called "The Commis'sioners of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues;" and by the said Act certain Powers and Authorities were given to the said Commissioners for the Application of all Sums to be received by them, under the Authority of the said Act, from any Sales, Exchanges, or Leases to be made by the said Com'missioners of any Part of the Royal Forests, and from any Sales of any other Parts of the Possessions and Land Revenues of the Crown, or for Equality of Exchange on any Exchange of any of the said Possessions and Land Revenues; and by the said Act Power and Authority is given and granted to the said • Commissioners to apply so much of the Monies to arise from the annual Income of all the said Possessions and Land Revenues of the Crown to which the said Act related, including Fines on Leases or otherwise for or in respect of the said Pos'sessions and Land Revenues (except from Sales or Exchanges), as the Lord High Treasurer or the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury for the Time being should from Time to Time think proper, towards the Payment and Discharge of the • Costs, Charges, and Expences of the Repairs, Alterations, and • Improvements of Buckingham Palace, and the Buildings, Offices, and Grounds appertaining and belonging thereto, provided that the Sum to be so applied under the said Act to such Repairs, Alterations, and Improvements should not exceed the Sum of One hundred and fifty thousand Pounds, over and above the Sum of Three hundred and forty-six thousand Pounds which had been then already applied thereto previous to the passing of that Act; and, subject to the Application aforesaid, and certain other Applications mentioned in the said Act, the said ⚫ annual Income was thereby directed to be carried to and made Part of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 'Britain 'Britain and Ireland: And whereas the said Sum of One hun'dred and fifty thousand Pounds mentioned in the said recited Act hath been applied, under the Direction of the Commis'sioners of His Majesty's Treasury, towards the Payment and Discharge of the Costs, Charges, and Expences of the Repairs, Alterations, and Improvements of Buckingham Palace, and the Buildings, Offices, and Grounds appertaining and belonging thereto; but such Repairs, Alterations, and Improvements are not yet completed and finished, and it will be necessary to lay out and expend the further Sum of Seventy-eight thousand 'seven hundred and fifty Pounds in the completing of such Re'pairs, Alterations, and Improvements as aforesaid: And whereas it is expedient that 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 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 completing and finishing the Repairs, Alterations, and Improvements of Buckingham Palace, and the Buildings, Offices; and Grounds appertaining and belonging thereto 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 it shall be lawful for the said 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 any Sum or Sums of Money, Part of the Land Revenues of the Crown under their Care and Management, whether arising from Sales of Portions of the said Land Revenues of the Crown, or from the Rents of the Crown Lands, or otherwise, as they shall think necessary and expedient, towards the Payment and Discharge of the Costs, Charges, and Expences of completing and finishing the Repairs, Alterations, and Improvements of Buckingham Palace, and the Buildings, Offices, and Grounds appertaining and belonging thereto, provided that the Sum to be so applied under this Act shall not exceed the Sum of Seventy-five thousand Pounds for the Completion of such Repairs, Alterations, and Improvements, and the Sum of Three thousand seven hundred and fifty Pounds for the Charges of the Architect attendant upon such Works. II. And be it further enacted, That the Payment of such Sum or Sums of Money herein-before authorized to be made shall be prior to and take Precedence of the Payment or Application of any Sum or Sums of Money arising from the said Land Revenues for the Purposes of the Consolidated Fund; but 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 any Act or Acts relating to the said Land Revenues; any Act or Acts relating to or concerning the said Revenues to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding. of САР. Commissioners of the Treasury may authorize the Application of Part of the Land Revenues of the Crown towards the Repairs and Improvements of Buckingham Palace. Such Application to have Precedence of all others. 50 G. 3. c. 59. Part of recited Act repealed. Persons in the Public Service embezzling any Money or valuable Securities with which they are entrusted, to be deemed guilty of Felony, &c. What to be the Words "Valuable 6 6 CA P. IV. An Act for more effectually preventing Embezzlements by WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Fiftieth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for more effectually preventing the Embezzlement of Money or Securities for Money, belonging to the Public, by any Collector, Receiver, or other Person entrusted with the Receipt, 'Care, or Management thereof, it is enacted, that if any Person or Persons to whom any Money or Securities for Money shall 'be issued for Public Services shall embezzle such Money, or in any Manner fraudulently apply the same to his own Use or Benefit, or for any Purpose whatever except for Public Services, every such Person so offending, and being thereof duly con'victed according to Law in any Part of the United Kingdom, shall be adjudged guilty of a Misdemeanor, and shall be sentenced to be transported beyond the Sea, or to receive such other Punishment as may by Law be inflicted on Persons guilty ' of Misdemeanors, and as the Court before which such Offenders may be tried and convicted shall adjudge: And whereas it is expedient that further Provision should be made with regard to Embezzlements by Persons employed in the Public Service of His Majesty' 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 so much of the said Act as is herein-before recited shall be and the same is hereby repealed, except as to any Offences against the same committed before the passing of this Act, which Offences shall be dealt with and punished as if this Act had not been passed; and that from and after the passing of this Act, if any Person employed in the Public Service of His Majesty, and entrusted by virtue of such Employment with the Receipt, Custody, Management, or Control of any Chattel, Money, or valuable Security, shall embezzle the same or any Part thereof, or in any Manner fraudulently apply or dispose of the same or any Part thereof to his own Use or Benefit, or for any Purpose whatsoever except for the Public Service, every such Offender shall be deemed to have stolen the same, and shall in England and Ireland be deemed guilty of Felony, and in Scotland of a high Crime and Offence, and on being thereof convicted in due Form of Law shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the Seas for any Term not exceeding Fourteen Years nor less than Seven Years, or to be imprisoned with or without hard Labour, as to the Court shall seem meet, for any Term not exceeding Three Years. II. And be it enacted, That every Tally, Order, or other Secuincluded under rity whatsoever entitling or evidencing the Title of any Person or Body Corporate to any Share or Interest in any Public Stock or Fund, whether of the United Kingdom, or of Great Britain, or of Ireland, or of any Foreign State, or to any Share or Interest in any Fund of any Body Corporate, Company, or Society, or to Securities." any |