from, the person or persons so refusing or not permitting such copy or extract to be made shall forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding five pounds, to be recovered in a summary way before any justice of the peace having jurisdiction in the parish or place.

Justices acting in Petty Sessions to hold four Special Sessions in the year to hear Appeals.--Seven days' notice to be given of objections.— Proviso.

6. And be it enacted, that the justices acting in and for every petty sessions division shall, four times at least in every year, hold a special sessions for hearing appeals against the rates of the several parishes within their respective divisions, and shall cause public notice of the time and place when and where such special sessions will be holden, to be affixed to or near to the door of the parish church of the said parishes, twenty-eight days at the least before the holding of the same; and such special sessions shall and may be adjourned from time to time by the justices there present, as they may think fit; and at such special or adjourned sessions the justices there present shall hear and determine all objections to any such rate on the ground of inequality, unfairness, or incorrectness in the valuation of any hereditaments included therein, which decision shall be binding and conclusive on the parties, unless the person or persons impugning such decision shall, within fourteen days after the same shall have been made, cause notice to be given in writing of his, her, or their intention of appealing against such decision, and of the matter or cause of such appeal, to the person or persons in whose favour such decision shall have been made, and within five days after giving such notice shall enter into a recognizance before some justice of the peace, with sufficient securities, conditioned to try such appeal at the then next general sessions or quarter sessions of the peace which shall first happen, and to abide the order of and pay such costs as shall be awarded by the justices at such quarter sessions, or any adjournment thereof; and such justices, upon hearing and finally determining such matter of appeal, shall and may, according to their discretion, award such costs to the party or parties appealing or appealed against as they shall think proper, and their determination in or concerning the premises shall be conclusive and binding on all parties, to all intents and purposes whatsoever provided always, that no such objection shall be inquired into by the said justices in special session unless notice of such objection in writing under the hand of the complainant shall have been given, seven days at least before the day appointed for such special session, to the collector, overseers, or other persons by whom such rate was made: provided also, that the said justices in special session shall not be authorized to inquire into the liability of any hereditaments to be rated, but only into the true value thereof and into the fairness of the amount at which the same shall have been rated.

Justices may act with all the powers of Justices in Quarter Sessions.

7. And be it enacted, that the justices present at any such special or adjourned session shall for the aforesaid purpose have all the powers of amending or quashing any such rate so objected to of any parish or other district within their division, and likewise of awarding costs to be paid by or to any of the parties, and of recovering such costs, which any court of quarter sessions of the peace has upon appeals from any such rate, except as herein excepted: provided always, that no order of the said justices shall be removed by certiorari or otherwise into any of his Majesty's courts of record at Westminster provided also, that nothing in this act contained shall be construed to deprive any person or persons of the right to appeal against any rate to any court of general or quarter sessions: provided also, that no order of the said justices in special session shall be of any force pending any appeal touching the same subject matter to the court of general or quarter sessions of the peace having jurisdiction to try such appeal, or in opposition to the order of such court upon such appeal.

any

8. And be it enacted, that this act shall extend only to England and Wales. 9. And be it further enacted, that this act may be repealed or amended by any act which shall be passed in this session.

SCHEDULE to which this Act refers.
Form of Rate.

An ASSESSMENT for the RELIEF of the POOR of the Parish of Merton in the county of Surrey, and for other purposes chargeable thereon according to law, made this Thirtieth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, after the rate of Sixpence in the pound."

do declare the several particulars specified

in the respective columns of the above rate to be true and correct, so far as we have been able
to ascertain them, to which end we have used our best endeavours.

Thomas Jones, Overseer.
John Thomas, Churchwarden, &c. &c.

AN ACT FOR SUSPENDING FOR ONE YEAR APPOINTMENTS TO
CERTAIN DIGNITIES AND OFFICES IN CATHEDRAL AND COLLE-
GIATE CHURCHES, AND TO SINECURE RECTORIES.

ANNO SEXTO ET SEPTIMO GULIELMI IV. REGIS.-CAP. LXVII.

[13th August, 1836.]

WHEREAS his Majesty was pleased, on the fourth day of February and on the
sixth day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, to
issue two several commissions to certain persons therein respectively named,
directing them to consider the state of the established church in England and
Wales with reference to ecclesiastical duties and revenues: and whereas the
said commissioners have, in pursuance of such directions, made four several
reports to his Majesty, bearing date respectively the seventeenth day of March
one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, and the fourth day of March, the
twentieth day of May, and the twenty-fourth day of June one thousand eight
hundred and thirty-six, and have in the last of such reports, amongst other
things, recommended that the chapter of each cathedral church in England,
except at Oxford, of the collegiate church of Westminster, and of his Majesty's
royal chapel at Windsor, consist hereafter of a dean and four canons only;
that the chapter of Christ Church in Oxford consist hereafter of a dean and
six canons only; that the chapters of Saint Asaph and Bangor respectively

consist hereafter of a dean and two canons only; that the chapter of Saint David's consist hereafter of a precentor and two canons only, and that the chapter of Llandaff consist hereafter of an archdeacon and two canons only; and that no new appointment be made to any of the prebends, dignities, or offices, not being residentiary, in the several cathedral and collegiate churches, except as therein specified, nor to the deanery of Wolverhampton; and that all ecclesiastical rectories without cure of souls, except such as are in the patronage of any college in either of the Universities, or of any private patron, be suppressed: and whereas the said commissioners have also recommended various other measures, some of which are connected with and dependent upon the foregoing recommendations; and it is expedient that the reports of the said commissioners in these respects should be further considered in the next session of parliament: 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 all future appointments to any ecclesiastical dignity, place, or office referred to in the above-mentioned recommendations, be made subject to such measures and regulations as may hereafter be enacted respecting the same, except as hereinafter excepted; no appointment, presentation, or collation be made to any canonry, prebend, or dignity in any cathedral church in England or Wales, or in his Majesty's royal chapel of Windsor, or in the collegiate churches of Westminster and Ripon, or to any benefice without cure of souls in England or Wales, which is now vacant or which shall hereafter become vacant during the continuance of this act : provided always, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to apply to any archdeaconry, nor to any deanery, except the deanery of Wolverhampton, nor to the dignity of precentor in the cathedral church of Saint David, nor to any of the canonries in the cathedral churches of York, Saint Paul's in London, Carlisle, Chichester, and Lincoln, nor to either of the two canonries of Christ Church, which are respectively annexed to the Regius Professorships of divinity and Hebrew in the University of Oxford, nor to the prebend in the cathedral church of Worcester, which is annexed to the lady Margaret's professorship of divinity in the same University, nor to the two prebends in the collegiate church of Westminster, which the said commissioners have in their said reports recommended to be annexed to the parishes of Saint Margaret and Saint John in the city of Westminster respectively, nor to the fourth prebend in the cathedral church of Durham, which is by an act passed in the second year of his present Majesty's reign to be annexed to the archdeaconry of Durham, nor to the prebends in the cathedral churches of Gloucester, Norwich, and Rochester, which are respectively annexed to the masterships of Pembroke College in Oxford and of Catherine Hall in Cambridge, the provostship of Oriel College in Oxford, and the archdeaconry of Rochester respectively, nor to any prebend now enjoyed by the bishops of Lincoln, Lichfield, Exeter, and Salisbury, in the chapters of their respective sees, nor to any benefice without cure of souls which is in the patronage of any college in either of the universities or of any private patron, nor to any canonry in the chapter of Christ Church in Oxford by the vacancy of which the canonries in the said chapter shall be reduced below the number of six, nor to any prebend or canonry in the chapter of any other cathedral or collegiate church in England, or of his Majesty's royal chapel of Windsor, or of the collegiate churches of Westminster or Ripon, by the vacancy of which the prebends or canonries in such chapters respectively shall be reduced below the number of four, nor to any canonry in the chapter of either of the cathedral churches of Wales by the vacancy of which the canonries in such chapter shall be reduced below the number of two.

2. And whereas an act was passed in the last session of parliament, intituled an act for protecting the revenues of vacant ecclesiastical dignities, prebends, canonries, and benefices without cure of souls, and for preventing the lapse thereof, during the pending inquiries respecting the state of the established

church in England and Wales; be it enacted, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prejudice or affect the said act, excepting such part thereof as provides that nothing therein contained shall prevent his Majesty, or any archbishop, bishop, or other patron of any dignity, prebend, canonry, or benefice without cure of souls which at the time of the passing of the said act might have or should thereafter become vacant, from appointing a successor thereto in case he should think proper to do so, but that such last-mentioned provision, except so far as it relates to any canonry, prebend, dignity, or benefice herein before excepted from the operation of this act, be and the same is hereby repealed.

3. And be it enacted, that all the provisions of the said act, except as herein excepted, shall remain in full force during the continuance of this act.

4. And be it enacted, that this act shall continue and be in force for one year from the passing thereof, and if parliament shall be then sitting, until the end of the session of parliament.

AN ACT TO FACILITATE THE CONVEYANCE OF SITES FOR

SCHOOL ROOMS.

ANNO SEXTO ET SEPTIMO GULIELMI IV. REGIS.-CAP. LXX.

[13th August, 1836.]

Lords of Manors may convey any Part of Commons or Wastes as Sites for Poor Schools.

WHEREAS it is expedient to promote the education of poor children in the principles of true religion and useful knowledge, and to afford additional facilities for the erection of school-rooms to be used for that purpose: 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 from and after the passing of this act it shall be lawful for the lord or lady of any manor, whether seised in fee simple, fee tail, or for life, or being a corporation aggregate or sole, or a feme covert (with the consent of her husband), or a minor (with the consent of his or her guardian or guardians), or an idiot or lunatic (by his or her committee or committees), to convey to the incumbent and churchwardens of any parish in which a school for the education of poor children is intended to be erected, or to the trustees of any such school in any parish or extraparochial place, so much of the common or waste grounds in any such parish or extra-parochial place as may be required for the site of such school, and of a house or houses for the master or mistress of such school; and the conveyance of such part of the common or waste grounds by the lord or lady of the manor wherein the same shall be situate shall be a good and sufficient conveyance for the purpose of vesting the fee simple and inheritance thereof in the parties to whom the same shall be conveyed, for the purpose hereinbefore specified, as fully and effectually as if every person having right of common upon such common or waste grounds had joined in and executed such con

veyance.

All Persons, including those incapacitated by law, may convey Land

for Poor Schools.

2. And be it further enacted, that it shall be lawful for all persons being seised in fee simple, fee tail, or for life, femes covert (with the consent of their husbands), minors (with the consent of their guardians), and idiots or lunatics (by their committees), to convey any portion of land of which they may respectively be seised, including copyhold land, if the lord or lady of the manor shall consent thereto, in the same manner, to the same persons, and for the same purpose as hereinbefore authorized with respect to common or waste ground.

Ecclesiastical Bodies, Corporate or Sole, may convey any Portion of their Lands as Sites for Poor Schools, &c.

3. And be it further enacted, that it shall be lawful for any spiritual or ecclesiastical body corporate, or spiritual person being a corporation sole, to convey any portion of land belonging to any such body corporate, or belonging to any such spiritual person in the capacity of a corporation sole in respect of any ecclesiastical preferment held by him, to the Incorporated National Society for promoting the education of the poor in the principles of the established church, or to the minister and churchwardens for the time being of the parish wherein such land shall be situate, or to any trustees to be named by the bishop of the diocese, for the purpose of erecting thereon a school-room or school-rooms to be used for the education of poor children in the principles of the Christian religion, according to the doctrines and discipline of the united church of England and Ireland, and also, where it may be required, for the purpose of erecting thereon a house or houses for the master and mistress of such schools: provided always, that in case of any spiritual person being a corporation sole, the consent of the bishop of the diocese shall be testified by his being a party to the conveyance of such land: and all conveyances made by virtue and according to the provisions of this act shall be valid and effectual in law to all intents and purposes for vesting the fee simple and inheritance of the land conveyed thereby in the parties to whom the same shall be conveyed for the purpose hereinbefore specified.

Provision for School Rooms built before passing of this Act.

4. And be it further enacted, that in any case where before the passing of this act a school-room, or house for a schoolmaster or mistress, shall have been built upon common or waste land of a manor, the lord or lady of which was not enabled by law to make a valid and effectual conveyance thereof, or on land belonging to any person or persons or corporation not enabled by law to make a valid and effectual conveyance thereof, such person or persons, or corporation, shall have, with respect to the site of such school-room and house, all the powers which are by this act given with respect to the conveyance of sites upon which school-rooms or houses are intended to be built, subject in every case to the provisions in this act contained as to the consent of the bishop of the diocese to the conveyance by a spiritual person being a corporation sole.

Conveyances may be made either for a valuable Consideration or as a free Gift.

5. And be it further enacted, that all conveyances by this act authorized to be made shall be by bargain and sale enrolled, and may be so made either for a valuable consideration or as a free gift; and that if any money shall be paid to a spiritual person, being a corporation sole, the same shall be applied and disposed of for the benefit of such spiritual person and his successors, in such manner as the bishop in whose diocese the land so conveyed shall be situated shall, by writing under his hand, to be registered in the registry of his diocese, direct and appoint.

Land to be conveyed not to exceed in Quantity Half an Acre.

6. Provided always, nevertheless, and be it further enacted, that it shall not be lawful for any person or persons, corporation or corporations, by virtue of this act, to convey any common or waste ground being part of a manor, or any other land or ground, for the site of any school and house or houses for the master or mistress thereof, which shall exceed in quantity one half of a statute acre; and that the quantity and value thereof to be conveyed in every case shall be ascertained immediately previous to such conveyance by a land surveyor, to be appointed, in case the said land or ground shall belong to any spiritual or ecclesiastical body or person, by the bishop of the diocese in which the land shall be situated, by an instrument under his hand; and that the said