59. After this Act shall have come into operation no action shall be maintainable in England for criminal conversation.

60. None of the fees payable under this Act, except as herein expressly provided, shall be received in money, but every such fee shall be collected and received by a stamp denoting the amount of the fee which would otherwise be payable; and the fees to be so collected by stamps shall be 66 Stamp Duties," and be under the management of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue.

61. The provisions contained in or referred to by an Act of the present Session of Parliament, "to amend the Laws relating to Probates and Letters of Administration in England," and applicable to the collection and payment and accounts of the fees to be received thereunder by means of stamps, and to such stamps, and the vellum, parchment, or paper on or to which the same shall be impressed or affixed, and in relation to documents which ought to have stamps impressed thereon or affixed thereto, and to the punishment of persons for such wrongful acts as therein mentioned in relation to stamps, or fees or sums of money which ought to be collected by means of stamps, shall be applicable to and for the purposes of this Act, as if such provisions as aforesaid had been contained or referred to in this Act with reference to the like matters, and the Court under this Act had been mentioned, instead of the Court of Probate, or the Judge thereof, as the case may be.

62. It shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, out of such monies as may be provided and appropriated by Parliament for the purpose, to cause to be paid all necessary expenses of the Court under this Act, and other expenses which may be incurred in carrying the provisions of this Act into effect, except as herein otherwise provided.

63. The same amount of stamp duty as is now payable on the admission of a proctor to any ecclesiastical court shall be payable by every person to be admitted as a proctor in the Court of Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, or in the Court of Probate, who shall not have been previously admitted as a proctor in the other of such courts, or in any ecclesiastical or Admiralty court, and have paid the stamp duty in respect thereof; and every person who shall practise as a proctor or as a solicitor or attorney in the said Court of Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, or the said Court of Probate, shall obtain an annual certificate to authorize him so to do, under the Stamp Duty Acts, in the same manner as proctors practising in the ecclesiastical or Admiralty courts, and solicitors and attornies practising in Her Majesty's courts at Westminster, are now required to do by the said Acts or any of them, and shall be subject and liable to the same penalties and disabilities in case of any neglect to

obtain such certificates as such proctors, attornies, and solicitors are now subject and liable to for any similar neglect, and as if the clauses and provisions of the said Acts in relation to such certificates had been inserted in this Act, and specially enacted in reference to proctors, solicitors, and attornies practising in the said Court of Divorce and Matrimonial Causes and Court of Probate, provided that one annual certificate only shall be required for any one person, although he may practise in more than one of the capacities aforesaid, or in several of the courts herein before mentioned.

64. Every person who at the time of the passing of this Act has been duly admitted and is practising as a proctor in any ecclesiastical court in England shall, at the expiration of two years from and after the commencement of this Act, be entitled to make a claim for compensation to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury; and the said Commissioners, by examination of evidence on oath (which they are hereby empowered to administer), or otherwise, as they shall think fit, shall inquire into and ascertain the loss, if any, of professional gains and profits in respect of suits relating to marriage and divorce sustained by such proctors respectively, upon a comparison in each case of the average clear gains of the three years immediately before the commencement of this Act, arising from such last-mentioned business, and the average of the same gains during the two years immediately succeeding the commencement of this Act; and the said Commissioners shall in each case, having regard to all the circumstances, award a reasonable compensation, by way of annuity, to the persons sustaining such loss, during their lives, but in no case shall such annuity exceed one half of the annual loss so ascertained as aforesaid; and such annuities shall be paid out of monies to be annually provided by Parliament for that purpose, and the persons receiving the same shall be subject to the provisions contained in the 19th section of the Act, 4 & 5 Will. 4. c. 24.

65. In case the Judge of the Court of Probate established by any Act passed during the present Session shall be appointed Judge Ordinary of the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, the salary of such Judge shall be the sum of 5,000%. per annum; but such Judge, if afterwards appointed Judge of the Admiralty Court, shall not be entitled to any increase of salary.

66. Any one of Her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State may order every Judge, registrar, or other officer of any ecclesiastical court in England or the Isle of Man, or any other person having the public custody of or controul over any letters patent, records, deeds, processes, acts, proceedings, books, documents, or other instrument relating to marriages, or to suits for divorce, nullity of marriage, restitution of conjugal rights, or to any other matters or causes matrimonial, except marriage

licences, to transmit the same, at such times and in such manner, to such places in London or Westminster, and under such regulations, as the said Secretary of State may appoint; and if any Judge, registrar, officer, or other person shall wilfully disobey such order he shall for the first offence forfeit the sum of 100l., to be recoverable by any registrar of the Court of Probate as a debt under this Act in any of the superior courts at Westminster, and for the second and subsequent offences the Judge Ordinary may commit the person so offending to prison for any period not exceeding three calendar months, provided that the warrant of committal be countersigned by one of Her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, and the said persons so offending shall forfeit all claim to compensation under this Act.

67. All rules and regulations concerning practice or procedure, or fixing or regulating fees, which may be made by the Court under this Act, shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament within one month after the making thereof, if Parliament be then sitting, or if Parliament be not then sitting, within one month after the commencement of the then next Session of Parliament.

68. The Judge Ordinary of the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes for the time being shall cause to be prepared in each year ending the 31st of December a return of all fees and monies levied in such year on account of the fee fund of the Court of Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, and of any other fund under the authority of this Act; also a return of the annual salaries of the said Judge Ordinary, and of all persons holding offices in the said Court, with all the incidental expenses of the said court, whether the salaries and incidental expenses aforesaid be defrayed out of fees or out of any other monies; also, a return of all superannuations, pensions, annuities, retiring allowances, and compensations made payable under this Act, in each year, stating the gross amount, and the amount in detail, of such charges: Provided always, that all such returns as aforesaid shall be presented to both Houses of Parliament on or before the 31st of March in each year, if Parliament is then sitting, and if Parliament is not sitting, then such returns shall be presented within one month of the first meeting of Parliament after the 31st of March in each year.

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XIV. An Act to amend the Joint Stock Companies
Act, 1856
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XV. An Act to amend the Act of the Sixth and
Seventh Years of King William the Fourth, Chapter
One hundred and sixteen, for consolidating and
amending the Laws relating to the Presentment of
Public Money by Grand Juries in Ireland

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XVI. An Act to discontinue the Toll on the Turnpike
Roads now existing in Ireland, and to provide for
the Maintenance of such Roads as public Roads,
and for the Discharge of the Debts due thereon, and
for other Purposes relating thereto

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XVII. An Act to amend the Act of the Eleventh and
Twelfth Years of Her Majesty, Chapter Seventy-
two, so far as relates to the Distribution of the Con-
stabulary Force in Ireland
29

XVIII. An Act to regulate Procedure in the Bill
Chamber in Scotland

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XIX. An Act to remove Doubts as to the Law of
80
Bankruptcy and Real Securities in Scotland
XX. An Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain
Lands in pursuance of a Special Report of the
Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales 32
XXI. An Act to suspend the making of Lists and the
Ballots for the Militia of the United Kingdom 32
XXII. An Act to apply the Public Health Act, 1848,
to the Parish of Aldershot, and to constitute a
Local Board of Health therein...
33
XXIII. An Act to authorize the Commissioners of
Public Works in Ireland to sell Mill Sites and

Water Power, notwithstanding Final Award, in
any Drainage or Navigation District

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33
XXIV. An Act to continue certain Turnpike Acts in
Great Britain
34
XXV. An Act to continue the Powers of the Commis-
sioners under an Act of the Seventeenth and
Eighteenth Years of Her Majesty concerning the
University of Oxford and the College of St. Mary
Winchester, and further to amend the said Act 35
XXVI. An Act to provide for the Registration of Long

Leases in Scotland, and Assignations thereof... 36
XXVII. An Act to amend the Acts relating to the
Caledonian and Crinan Canals, and to make further
Provision for the Accommodation of the Traffic
thereon

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42

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XXVIII. An Act to amend the Laws relating to the
Payment of the Land and Assessed Taxes and Pro-
perty and Income Tax in Scotland
XXIX. An Act to render valid certain Marriages in
Christ Church, West Hartlepool, in the Parish of
Stranton in the County of Durham
43
Xxx. An Act for enabling the Commissioners of the
Admiralty to purchase certain Lands in the Parish
of Chatham in the County of Kent, and to stop up,
divert, or alter certain Ways in the said Parish; and
for other Purposes relating thereto
XXXI. An Act to amend and explain the Inclosure
Acts
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XLIV. An Act to regulate the Institution of Suits at
the Instance of the Crown and the Public Depart-
ments in the Courts of Scotland
57
XLV. An Act to make further Provision for defining
the Boundaries of certain Denominations of Land
in Ireland for public Purposes...
58
XLVI. An Act to appoint additional Commissioners for
executing the Acts for granting a Land Tax and
other Rates and Taxes ...
59
XLVII. An Act to enable Ecclesiastical Persons in
Ireland to grant building Leases of Glebe Lands in
certain Cases
59
XLVIII. An Act to make better Provision for the Care
and Education of vagrant, destitute, and disorderly
Children, and for the Extension of Industrial
Schools

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XXXIV. An Act to explain an Act for the Settlement
of the Boundaries between the Provinces of Canada
and New Brunswick
47
XXXV. An Act to amend an Act passed in the Fif-
teenth and Sixteenth Years of the Reign of Her
present Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled 'An Act
to amend the Laws concerning the Burial of the
Dead in the Metropolis,' so far as relates to the City
of London and the Liberties thereof
XXXVI. An Act to supply an Omission in a Schedule
to the Act to amend the Acts relating to County
Courts

49
XXXVII. An Act to repeal the Twenty-seventh Section
of the Superannuation Act, 1834
50
XXXVIII. An Act to continue the General Board of
Health
50
XXXIX. An Act to regulate the Admission of Attornies
and Solicitors of Colonial Courts in Her Majesty's
Superior Courts of Law and Equity in England, in
certain Cases
50
XL. An Act to continue and amend an Act of the
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Years of Her Majesty's
Reign, Chapter Eighty-nine, and also the Laws for
the Suppression and Prevention of Illicit Distillation
in Ireland; and to constitute the Constabulary
Force Officers of Customs for certain Purposes 52

LI. An Act to guarantee a Loan for the Service of
New Zealand
72

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LII. An Act for discharging Claims of the New Zea-
land Company on the Proceeds of Sales of Waste
Lands in New Zealand ...
72
LIII. An Act to amend the Act for granting a Repre
sentative Constitution to the Colony of New
Zealand ...
72
LIV. An Act to make better Provision for the Punish-
ment of Frauds committed by Trustees, Bankers,
and other Persons intrusted with Property 73
LV. An Act to promote the Establishment and Exten-
75
sion of Reformatory Schools in England
LVI. An Act to regulate the Distribution of Business
in the Court of Session in Scotland
... 77
LVII. An Act to enable Married Women to dispose of
Reversionary Interests in Personal Estate 79
LVIII. An Act to amend the Act, Seventeenth and
Eighteenth of Victoria, for the Valuation of Lands
in Scotland

LX. An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws
relating to Bankruptcy and Insolvency in Ire-
land
LXI. An Act for granting certain Duties of Customs
and Excise
... 156
LXII. An Act for the Alteration and Amendment of
the Laws and Duties of Customs
157
LXIII. An Act to authorize the Advance of Money
out of the Consolidated Fund to the Magistrates
and Town Council of Dunbar, for the Purpose of
improving the Victoria Harbour of Dunbar... 157
LXIV. An Act for raising a Sum of Money for building
and improving Stations of the Metropolitan Police,

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157

and to amend the Acts concerning the Metropolitan
Police
LXV. An Act to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing,
and contingent and other Expenses of the Disem-
bodied Militia in Great Britain and Ireland; to
grant Allowances in certain Cases to Subaltern
Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quartermasters,
Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, and Surgeons' Mates
of the Militia; and to authorize the Employment of
the Non-commissioned Officers
160
LXVI. An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion of
Officers and Soldiers in the Service of the East India
Company, and for regulating in such Service the
Payment of Regimental Debts and the Distribution
of the Effects of Officers and Soldiers dying in the
Service
170
LXVII. An Act to extend the Time for enabling the
Commissioners of Her Majesty's Works to complete
Improvements in Pimlico and in the Neighbourhood
of Buckingham Palace...
190
LXVIII. An Act to enable the Lord Lieutenant to
appoint Revising Barristers for the Revision of Lists
and Registry of Voters for the City of Dublin 190
LXIX. An Act to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated
Fund and the Surplus of Ways and Means to the
Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred
and fifty-seven, and to appropriate the Supplies
granted in this Session of Parliament

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191

LXX. An Act to provide for the Extension of the
Boundaries of Burghs in Scotland, and to remove
Doubts as to the Right of certain Persons holding
Offices to be registered as voters for Municipal
Purposes
191
LXXI. An Act for the Regulation of the Care and
Treatment of Lunatics, and for the Provision,
Maintenance, and Regulation of Lunatic Asylums
in Scotland
193
LXXII. An Act to render more effectual the Police in
Counties and Burghs in Scotland
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LXXV. An Act to confirm an Order in Council con-
cerning the Exercise of Jurisdiction in Matters
arising within the Kingdom of Siam ... ... 237
LXXVI. An Act further to continue for a limited Time
the Exemption of certain Charities from the Opera-
tion of the Charitable Trusts Acts
237
LXXVII. An Act to amend the Law relating to Pro-
bates and Letters of Administration in Eng-
land
237
LXXVIII. An Act to amend the Act Seven and Eight
Victoria, Chapter One hundred and eleven, for
facilitating the winding up the Affairs of Joint-
Stock Companies unable to meet their pecuniary
Engagements, and also the 'Joint-Stock Companies
Winding-up Acts, 1848 and 1849'

LXXX. An Act to amend 'The Joint-Stock Companies
Act, 1856'
280
LXXXI. An Act to amend the Burial Acts
LXXXII. An Act to authorize the Embodying of the
Militia
286
LXXXIII. An Act for more effectually preventing the
Sale of Obscene Books, Pictures, Prints, and other
Articles ...
... 287
LXXXIV. An Act for confirming a Scheme of the
Charity Commissioners for the College of God's Gift
in Dulwich in the County of Surrey, with certain
Alterations
288
LXXXV. An Act to amend the Law relating to Divorce
and Matrimonial Causes in England...
288