be made to them by the said Board of Trustees for Manufactures.

(1.) Any person entitled for his own benefit, at law or in equity, for an estate in fee, to the possession or receipt of the rents and profits of any freehold or copyhold land, being the site of an ancient monument, whether such land is or not subject to incumbrances : (2.) Any person absolutely entitled in possession, at law or in equity, for his own benefit, to a beneficial lease of land, being the site of an ancient monument, of which not less than fortyfive years are unexpired, whether such land is or not subject to incumbrances; but no lease shall be deemed to be a beneficial lease, within the meaning of this Act, if the rent reserved thereon exceeds one-third part of the full annual value of the land demised by such lease: (3.) Any person entitled under any existing or future settlement, at law or in equity, for his own benefit, and for the term of his own life, or the life of any other person, to the possession or receipt of the rents and profits of land of any tenure, being the site of an ancient monument, whether subject or not to incumbrances in which the estate for the time being subject to the trusts of the settlement is an estate for lives or years renewable for ever, or is an estate renewable for a term of not less than sixty years, or is an estate for a term of years of which not less than sixty are unexpired, or is a greater estate than any of the foregoing estates:

(4.) Any body corporate, any corporation sole, any trustees for charities, and any commissioners or trustees for ecclesiastical, collegiate, or other public purposes, entitled at law or in equity, and whether subject or not to incumbrances, in the case of freehold or copyhold land, being the site of an ancient monument, in fee, and in the case of leasehold land, being the site of an ancient monument, to a lease for an unexpired term of not less than sixty years.

of such owner, shall be the owner within the meaning of this Act; subject to this proviso, that a married woman entitled for her separate use, and not restrained from anticipation shall for the purposes of this Act be treated as if she were not married. Every person deriving title to any ancient monument from, through, or under any owner who has constituted the Commissioners of Works the guardians of such monument shall be bound by the deed executed by such owner for that purpose; and where the owner of any land, being the site of an ancient monument, is a tenant for life or in tail, or heir of entail in possession in Scotland, having a power of sale over such land, either under the terms of a will or settlement, or under an Act of Parliament, any deed executed by such owner in respect of the land, being such site as aforesaid, of which he is so tenant for life or in tail, shall bind every succeeding owner of any estate or interest in the land.

X. Additions to Schedule by Order in Council.-Her Majesty may, from time to time, by Order in Council, declare that any monument of a like character to the monuments described in the Schedule hereto, shall be deemed to be an ancient monument to which this Act applies, and thereupon this Act shall apply to such monument in the same manner in all respects as if it had been described in the Schedule hereto.

An Order in Council under this section shall not come into force until it has lain for forty days before both Houses of Parliament during the Session of Parliament.

XI. Definitions-" Lands Clauses Consolidation Acts"-" Ancient Monuments to which Act applies."-The following expressions shall, except in so far as is inconsistent with the tenour of this Act, have the meaning hereinafter assigned to them; (that is to say,)

The word "settlement" includes any Act of Parliament, will, deed, or other assurance whereby particular estates or particular interests in land are created, with remainders or interests expectant thereon:

Dunse.

Lauder.

Sutherlandshire

Durness.

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Stoneykirk.

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lord Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

I. Power to Commissioners of Works to become guardians of monuments.— Where the Commissioners of Works are of opinion that the preservation of any monument is a matter of public interest by reason of the historic, traditional, or artistic interest attaching thereto, they may, at the request of the owner, consent to become the guardians thereof; and thereupon the Ancient Monuments Protection Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. cap. 73), shall apply to such monument as if the same were an ancient monument to which that Act applies as defined in that Act.

Provided that this Act shall not authorise the Commissioners of Works to consent to become the guardians of any structure which is occupied as a dwellingplace by any person other than a person employed as a caretaker thereof, and his family.

II. Power to county council to purchase and preserve monuments.-(1.) The council of any county, if they think fit, may purchase by agreement any monument situate in such county or in any adjacent county, and may, at the request of the owner, consent to become the guardians of any such monument, and may undertake or contribute towards the cost of preserving, maintaining, and managing any such monument, whether they have purchased the same or become the guardians thereof or not.

(2.) The powers conferred by the Ancient Monuments Protection Act, 1882, upon the owners of ancient monuments, and the incorporation by that Act of the Lands Clauses Acts for the purpose of a purchase by agreement, shall have effect in relation to a county council and to any monument as defined by this Act,

and section six of the Ancient Monuments Protection Act, 1882 (which relates to penalties for injury to ancient monuments), shall apply to any monument (as so defined) of which a county council are owners or guardians.

III. Power to receive voluntary contributions for maintenance of monuments. -The Commissioners of Works or any county council may receive voluntary contributions towards the cost of maintenance and preservation of any monument of which they may become the guardians or purchasers under the provisions of the Ancient Monuments Act, 1882, or this Act, and may enter into any agreement with the owner of such monument or with any other person as to such maintenance and preservation and the cost thereof.

IV. Transfer of monuments between county council and Commissioners of Works.-The Commissioners of Works and the council of any county may, in respect of any monument in the county or in any adjacent county of which they are the owners or guardians, but where they are guardians only then with the consent of the owners, enter into and carry into effect any agreements for the transfer from the Commissioners of Works to the council, or from the council to the Commissioners of Works, of such monument, or of any estate or interest therein, or of the guardianship thereof.

or any remains thereof.

(2.) This Act shall be construed as one with the Ancient Monuments Protection Act, 1882.

(3.) In the application of this Act to Scotland a reference to the council of any county shall be construed as a reference to any county council within the mean

VII. Extent of Act.-This Act shall not apply to Ireland.

VIII. Short title.-This Act may be cited as the Ancient Monument Protection Act, 1900, and may be cited with the Ancient Monuments Protection Acts, 1882 and 1892.

Whereas it is expedient more effectu- | ally to provide for the prevention and punishment of bribery and corruption of and by members, officers, or servants of corporations, councils, boards, commissions, and other public bodies:

I. Corruption in office a misdemeanor. (1.) Every person who shall by himself or by or in conjunction with any other person, corruptly solicit or receive, or agree to receive, for himself, or for any other person, any gift, loan, fee, reward, or advantage whatever as an inducement to, or reward for, or otherwise on account of any member, officer, or servant of a public body as in this Act defined, doing or forbearing to do anything in respect of any matter or transaction whatsoever, actual or proposed, in which the said public body is concerned, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(2.) Every person who shall by himself or by or in conjunction with any other person corruptly give, promise, or offer any gift, loan, fee, reward, or advantage whatsoever to any person, whether for the benefit of that person or of another person, as an inducement to or reward for or otherwise on account of any member, officer, or servant of any public body as in this Act defined, doing or forbearing to do anything in respect of any matter or transaction whatsoever,

actual or proposed, in which such public body as aforesaid is concerned, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

II. Penalty for offences.-Any person on conviction for offending as aforesaid shall, at the discretion of the court before which he is convicted,

(a) be liable to be imprisoned for any

period not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour, or to pay a fine not exceeding five hundred pounds, or to both such imprisonment and such fine; and

(b) in addition be liable to be ordered to pay to such body, and in such manner as the court directs, the amount or value of any gift, loan, fee, or reward received by him or any part thereof; and

(c) be liable to be adjudged incapable of being elected or appointed to any public office for seven years from the date of his conviction, and to forfeit any such office held by him at the time of his conviction; and

(d) in the event of a second conviction for a like offence he shall, in addition to the foregoing penalties, be liable to be adjudged to be for ever incap able of holding any public office, and to be incapable for seven years of being registered as an elector, or voting at an election either of mem

bers to serve in Parliament or of members of any public body, and the enactments for preventing the voting and registration of persons declared by reason of corrupt practices to be incapable of voting shall apply to a person adjudged in pursuance of this section to be incapable of voting; and

(e) if such person is an officer or servant in the employ of any public body upon such conviction he shall, at the discretion of the court, be liable to forfeit his right and claim to any compensation or pension to which he would otherwise have been entitled.

III. Savings.-(1.) Where an offence under this Act is also punishable under any other enactment, or at common law, such offence may be prosecuted and punished either under this Act, or under the other enactment, or at common law, but so that no person shall be punished twice for the same offence.

(2.) A person shall not be exempt from punishment under this Act by reason of the invalidity of the appointment or election of a person to a public office.

IV. Restriction on prosecution.-(1.) A prosecution for an offence under this Act shall not be instituted except by or with the consent of the Attorney General.

(2.) In this section the expression "Attorney General" means the Attorney or Solicitor General for England, and as respects Scotland means the Lord Advocate, and as respects Ireland means the Attorney or Solicitor General for Ireland.

V. Expenses of prosecution.-The expenses of the prosecution of an offence against this Act shall be defrayed in like manner as in the case of a felony.

VII. Interpretation.-In this Act-
The expression "public body" means

any council of a county or county of a city or town, any council of a municipal borough, also any board, commissioners, select vestry, or other body which has power to act under and for the purposes of any Act relating to local government, or the public health, or to poor law or otherwise to administer money raised by rates in pursuance of any public general Act, but does not include any public body as above defined existing elsewhere than in the United Kingdom:

The expression "public office" means any office or employment of a person

as a member, officer, or servant of such public body:

The expression 66 person" includes a body of persons, corporate or unincorporate:

The expression "advantage" includes any office or dignity, and any forbearance to demand any money or money's worth or valuable thing, and includes any aid, vote, consent, or influence, or pretended aid, vote, consent, or influence, and also includes any promise or procurement of or agreement or endeavour to procure, or the holding out of any expectation of any gift, loan, fee, reward, or advantage, as before defined.