( Account of the Paymaster General to the separate Account for the Military raised in the Names of the Commissioners for the Reduction Savings Banks. of the National Debt in the Books of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, and denominated the Fund for Military Savings Banks, and the Money so transferred shall be held by the said Commissioners, subject to the Provisions of the Act passed in the Ninth Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act to amend the Act to establish Military 8&9 Vict. c.27. Savings Banks... each Regiment. VII. And be it enacted, That the Secretary at War shall Separate Account to be open in the Books of his Office an Account with each Regi- kept by the ment possessing charitable Funds, and shall credit the said Secretary at Account with the Amount paid into the Bank of England, and War of charit with Interest thereon, not exceeding the Rate allowed by the able Fund of said Act of the Sixth Year of Her Majesty for other Monies deposited in the Fund for Military Savings Banks, and shall from Time to Time authorize such Issues as may be necessary to enable the Commanding Officer of the Regiment to make such customary Donations as may be deemed expedient to discharged Soldiers of long or good Service, or to the Widows, Wives, and Children of Soldiers. mom bus alimen 1 to a count to Secre VIII. And be it enacted, That the Commanding Officer of Commanding every Regiment, possessing or acquiring any such charitable Officer to acFund shall furnish to the Secretary at War, at such Times as tary at War as he shall require the same, a detailed Statement of the Manner to Disposal of in which he has appropriated any Part of the Money placed at his Disposal for charitable Regimental Purposes. 25401 bus [28th July 1849.] WHEREAS an Act was passed in the Fifty-second Year ་་ Funds. of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An 52 G.3.c.11. ་ [ Act to repeal an Act passed in the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Year of His present Majesty for establishing certain Regulations 5 in the Offices of the House of Commons, and to establish other and further Regulations in the sail Offices; and an Act was if passed in the Third Year of King William the Fourth, inti1 tuled An Act for the better Support of the Dignity of the 2&3 W.4. Speaker of the House of Commons, and for disabling the c. 105. - Speaker of the House of Commons for the Time being from holding any Office or Place of Profit, during Pleasure, under the Crown and an Act was passed in the Fifth Year of King William the Fourth, intituled An Act to regulate the 4&5 W.4. c. 70. Salaries of the Officers of the House of Commons, and to abolish the Sinecure Offices of Principal Committee, Clerks and Clerks of Ingrossments; and an Act was passed in, the Tenth Year of Her present, Majesty, intituled An Act to amend the 9&10 Vict. Monies arising from Fees of the House of Commons to be carried to the Consolidated Fund. Salaries of the present Clerk, Clerks Assis paid out of the Consolidated Fund. "Acts relating to the Offices of the House of Commons: And whereas under the Provisions of the said Acts the Fees and Sums payable in the several Offices and Departments of the House of Commons, and collected under the Provisions of such Acts, are paid into the Bank of England to the Account of the Commissioners for regulating the Offices of the House of Commons, and are made applicable to the Pay'ment of the Salaries] and Expenses of the said House: And whereas it is expedient that, except as herein-after mentioned, the said Salaries and Expenses should be provided for by ⚫ annual Votes, and that the Monies from Time to Time paid to the said Account should be carried to the Consolidated Fund:' 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 assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this Act all the Provisions of the said recited Acts concerning the Application of the Money paid to the said Account of the Commissioners for regulating the Offices of the House of Commons shall be repealed, and all the Money which shall stand to the Credit of the said Account at the Bank of England on the First Day of January, the First Day of April, the First Day of July, and the First Day of October, in every Year, shall from Time to Time on the said respective Days, or within Two Days afterwards, and at such other Times as the Speaker of the House of Commons shall direct, be transferred by the Governor and Company of the Bank of England to the Account of Her Majesty's Exchequer, and when so transferred shall be carried to and form Part of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. II. And whereas the Salaries of the Clerk of the House of Commons, the Clerks Assistant, the Serjeant at Arms, the tant, &c. to be Deputy Serjeant at Arms, and the Speaker's Secretary, have by the said recited Acts been made the first Charge upon the Money paid to the Account of the said Commissioners, and by this Act directed to be carried to the Consolidated Fund:' Be it enacted, That the Salaries of the Clerk of the House of Commons, the Clerk Assistant, the Second Clerk Assistant, the Serjeant at Arms, the Deputy Serjeant at Arms, and the Speaker's Secretary, shall be charged upon and shall be paid to the Persons now holding such respective Offices, while they continue to hold the same, out of the said Consolidated Fund, by equal quarterly Payments, on the Fifth Day of January, the Fifth Day of April, the Fifth Day of July, and the Tenth Day of October in every Year; and the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury of the said United Kingdom are hereby authorized and required, by any Warrant under their Hands, to direct the Payment of the said Salaries out of the said Consolidated Fund. Salaries to cease after Deter ination, &c. III. And be it enacted, That from and after the Time when the Persons now holding such respective Offices as aforesaid shall shall respectively cease to hold the same, the Provisions of the several Acts directing and fixing the Salaries of such Offices shall cease. Monies to be IV. And be it enacted, That, except as herein-before pro- Salaries, &c. to vided, all the Salaries and Superannuation and other Allow be paid out of ances and Expenses now payable out of the Money so paid provided by to the said Account of the Commissioners for regulating the Parliament. Offices of the House of Commons shall be paid out of such Monies as Parliament shall from Time to Time provide for those Purposes. Paymaster General. V. And be it enacted, That so much of the said last-recited Salaries, &c. to be paid by Act as directs the Commissioners for regulating the Offices of the House of Commons to appoint a Paymaster, and as regulates the said Office, shall, from and after the First Day of August One thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, be repealed; and the Salaries, Allowances, Superannuations, Charges, and Expenses of the House of Commons shall thenceforth be paid by the Paymaster General in such Manner and at such Times as the Speaker of the House of Commons, or the said Commissioners, shall direct, out of any Money which the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury shall direct to be issued for those Purposes. deemed suf VI. And be it enacted, That the Audit by the Speaker of Audit by the the House of Commons of the Accounts of the Receiver of the Speaker to be Fees and Sums payable in the several Offices and Departments ficient. of the House of Commons shall be deemed and taken to be in all respects good and effectual without any further Audit of the said Accounts, and shall be a sufficient Discharge and Acquittance to the said Receiver as to all Matters and Things contained in such Accounts, anything contained in any Act to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding. c. 77. as to VII. And be it enacted, That so much of the last-recited Provision of Act as provides for the Preparation of an annual Estimate of 9&10 Vict. the Money which will probably remain in the Hands of the Estimate of Commissioners after the Payments of the current Quarter Balance in ending on the First Day of April, and of the Fees expected to Hand of Combe received during the Session, and of any Sum which may be repealed. required to be provided by Parliament in addition to such Sum for the Payments set forth in the Estimate of Expenditure, shall be repealed. 6 CAP. LXXIII. An Act to limit the Enlistment in the Artillery and W HEREAS it is expedient to amend the Act 10 & 11 Victoria, Cap. 37., intituled An Act for limiting the Term of Service in the Army, and further to limit the entire Period for which Soldiers enlisted into the Artillery or other Ordnance Corps may be engaged:' Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Com mons, missioners mons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That during the last Six Months of the Term of limited Service for which a Soldier shall have first engaged to serve in the Artillery or other Ordnance Corps, or after the Completion of such Term, he may, if approved by his Commanding Officer or other competent Military Authority as a fit Person to continue in Her Majesty's Service as a Soldier, be re-engaged to serve for the further Term of Nine Years, upon making the Declaration prescribed in the Schedule (B.) annexed to the before-recited Act which Declaration is to be filled up with such Number of Years as shall be required to complete a total Service of Twenty-one Years in the Artillery or other Ordnance Corps, instead of Twenty-four Years as prescribed by the said Act. CAP. LXXIV. An Act for the further Relief of Trustees. [28th July 1849.] WHEREAS Difficulties have arisen in the Transfer of Securities vested in Trustees in certain Cases under the Provisions of an Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the Tenth and Eleventh Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act for better securing Trust Funds, and for the Relief of Trustees, and it is expedient to make further Provision for carrying into effect the Objects of the said recited Act:' 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 assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That if upon any Petition presented to the Lord Chancellor or Master of the Rolls in the Matter of the said Act it shall appear to the Judge of the Court of Chancery before whom such Petition shall be heard that any Monies, Annuities, Stocks, or Securities are vested in any Persons as Trustees, Executors, or Administrators, or otherwise, upon Trusts within the Meaning of the said recited Act, and that the major Part of such Persons are desirous of transferring, paying, or delivering the same to the Accountant General of the High Court of Chancery under the Provisions of the said recited Act, but that for any Reason the Concurrence of the other or others of them cannot be had, it shall be lawful for such Judge as aforesaid to order and direct such Transfer, Payment, or Delivery to be made by the major Part of such Persons without the Concurrence of the other or others of them; and where any such Monies or Government or Parliamentary Securities shall be deposited with any Banker, Broker, or other Depositary, it shall be lawful for such Judge as aforesaid to make such Order for the Payment or Delivery of such Monies, Government or Parliamentary Securities, to the major Part of such Trustees, Executors, Administrators, or other Persons as aforesaid, for the the Purpose of being paid or delivered to the said Accountant General as to the said Judge shall seem meet; and every Transfer of any Annuities, Stocks, or Securities, and every Payment of Money or Delivery of Securities, in pursuance of any such Order, shall be as valid and effectual as if the same had been made on the Authority or by the Act of all the Persons entitled to the Annuities, Stocks, or Securities so transferred, or the Monies or Securities so paid or delivered respectively, and shall fully protect and indemnify the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, the East India Company, and the South Sea Company, and all other Persons acting under or in pursuance of such Order. II. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or Act may be repealed in the present Session of Parliament. CAP. LXXV. An Act to defray until the First Day of August One amended, &c. WHEREAS it is necessary that Provision should be made for defraying the Charge of the Pay, Clothing, ' and contingent and other Expenses of the Regular Militia, and of the Miners of Cornwall and Devon, when disembodied, in Great Britain and Ireland, and for making in certain Cases Allowances of Reduced Pay to Subaltern Officers and Surgeons Mates and Assistant Surgeons of the Regular Militia, and of the Miners of Devon and Cornwall, while disembodied, and Allowances to Adjutants, Paymasters, Surgeons, Quartermasters, and Serjeant Majors of the Regular Militia who have been or may be reduced, and to Adjutants, Surgeons, and Quartermasters disabled after long Service:' 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 assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That Secretary at the Secretary at War for the Time being shall cause to be War to issue issued and paid the whole Sum required for the Regular required for Militia of Great Britain and Ireland (when disembodied), in Pay of Regular this Manner and for the several Uses herein-after mentioned; Militia. (that is to say,) for the Pay of the said Regular Militia at the Rates following; (that is to say,) [No. 29. Price 2d.] Ff For the Money |