[Specify the Amount, with the Rates per Cent., and the Acts under

which the same are chargeable.]

Additional £10 per Cent., under the 3 Vict. c. 17.

Vict. c.

We, the undersigned, Two of the Commissioners acting in the Execution of the Acts relating to the Duties of Assessed Taxes for the Division of aforesaid, have, by virtue and in pursuance of the said Act contracted and agreed with the above-named for the Renewal of the Composition heretofore entered into by him, in pursuance of the Statutes in that Behalf, for the Duties of Assessed Taxes above specified, and which Renewal we do hereby make for the Term of Five Years, to be computed from the 5th Day of April 1846; and for such Composition and Renewal the said his Executors or Administrators, shall well and truly pay or cause to be paid to the Collectors of the Duties of Assessed Taxes for the said Parish of or one of them, for the Use of Her Majesty, in each and every Year of the being the Amount of the Duties above stated, together with the several Per-centage Rates granted by the several Acts of Parliament in that Behalf; and such Payment shall be made by Two equal half yearly Instalments; viz., First Instalment on or before the 10th Day of October, Second Instalment on or before the 5th Day of April,

said Term, the Sum of

in each and every Year of the Term aforesaid.

Dated this

Day of

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21 & 22 G. 3. (I.)

1 & 2 G. 4. c. 72.

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An Act to regulate the Issue of Bank Notes in Ireland, an
to regulate the Repayment of certain Sums advanced b
the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland fo
the Public Service.
[21st July 1845.
WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Parliament of Irelan
in the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Years of the
'Reign of His Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Ac
for establishing a Bank by the Name of the Governors and
Company of the Bank of Ireland, it was amongst other thing
enacted, that from and after the passing of that Act it shoul
not be lawful for any Body Politic or Corporate erected or
be erected, other than the Corporation thereby intended to be
created and erected into a National Bank, or for any other
'Persons whatsoever united or to be united in Covenants a
Partnership exceeding the Number of Six Persons, to borrow,
owe, or take up any Sum or Sums of Money on their Bills or
Notes payable at demand, or at any less Time than Six Months
from the borrowing thereof, under a Penalty or Forfeiture by
such Persons, Bodies Politic or Corporate, of treble the Sum or
Sums so to be borrowed or taken up on such Bill or Bills, Note
or Notes, one Moiety thereof to be paid to the Informer, and the
other to the Use of His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, to
be recovered by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information in
any of His Majesty's Courts of Record at Dublin: And whereas,
in pursuance of the Powers in the said Act of Parliament
contained, a Charter of Incorporation was granted to certain
Persons, by the Name of the Governor and Company of the
'Bank of Ireland: And whereas by an Act passed in the First
' and Second Years of the Reign of His Majesty King George
the Fourth, intituled An Act to establish an Agreement with
"the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland for
advancing the Sum of Five hundred thousand Pounds Irish
Currency, and to empower the said Governor and Company to
enlarge the Capital Stock or Fund of the said Bank to Three
million Pounds, it was enacted, that it might be lawful for any
Number of Persons in Ireland united or to be united in Society
or Partnership, and residing and having their Establishments in
'Houses of Business at any Place not less than Fifty Miles distant
'from Dublin, to borrow, owe, or take up any Sum or Sums of
Money on their Bills or Notes payable on demand, and to make
and issue such Notes or Bills accordingly, payable on demand
' at any Place in Ireland exceeding the Distance of Fifty Miles
from Dublin, all the Individuals composing such Societies or
Partnerships being liable and responsible for the due Payment
of such Bills or Notes; but nothing therein contained was to
extend or be construed to extend to authorize any Persons
exceeding Six in Number, or any Bodies Politic or Corporate
residing or having their Establishment or House of Business
within the Distance of Fifty Miles from Dublin, to make or issue
any Bill or Bills of Exchange, or any Promissory Note or Notes
contrary to the Provisions of the said in part recited Act of the
Twenty-first and Twenty-second Years of the Reign of King

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George the Third: And whereas by another Act passed in the
Sixth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the

Fourth, intituled An Act for the better Regulation of Copartner- 6 G. 4. c. 42. ships of certain Bankers in Ireland, and by another Act passed

in the First Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled An Act to explain Two Acts of 11 G. 4. & His present Majesty, for establishing an Agreement with the 1 W. 4. c. 32. Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland for advancing the Sum of Five hundred thousand Pounds Irish Currency, and for the better Regulation of Copartnerships of certain Bankers in Ireland, such Copartnerships of Bankers established at Places beyond the Distance of Fifty Miles from Dublin were authorized to transact certain Matters of Business by Agents in Dublin or within the Distance of Fifty Miles thereof: And whereas the said Governor and Company at different Times advanced, for the Public Service, to His Majesty King George the Third, 'the several Sums of Six hundred thousand Pounds, Five hundred * thousand Pounds, and One million two hundred and fifty thousand Pounds, late Irish Currency, and in respect thereof the said Governor and Company were entitled to certain Annuities payable at the Receipt of the Exchequer in Dublin: And whereas by an Act passed in the Forty-eighth Year of the Reign of His said Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for further 48 G. 3. c. 103. extending the Provisions of several Acts for establishing the s. 10. Bank of Ireland, and for empowering the Governor and Company of the said Bank to advance the Sum of One million two hundred and fifty thousand Pounds Irish Currency towards the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight, it was amongst other things enacted, that at any Time after the 'First Day of January in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, upon Twelve Months Notice, to be published in the Dublin Gazette by Order of the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, the said Corporation of the Bank was to be dissolved; and upon Repayment by Parliament to the said Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, or their Successors, of the said several Sums of Six hundred thousand Pounds, Five hundred thousand Pounds, and One million two hundred and fifty thousand Pounds, and also of all Arrears of the several Annuities payable in respect of the said Three several Capital Sums, if any such Arrear should then be due, or at any Time previous to the said First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and thirtyseven, upon like Repayment by and with the Desire and Consent of the said Governor and Company, to be signified by them by their Petition in Writing sealed with their Common Seal, and addressed to the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the Time being, then and in such Case the said several Annuities should from and after the Expiration of Twelve Months after such Notice published, cease and determine, and the said Corporation should be dissolved: And whereas in pursuance of the said recited Act passed in the First and Second Years of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled An Act to establish an 1&2 G. 4. c. 72. Agreement with the Governor and Company of the Bank of • Ireland

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• Ireland for advancing the Sum of Five hundred thousand Poun Irish Currency, and to empower the said Governor and Ca pany to enlarge the Capital Stock or Fund of the said Bat to Three Millions, the said Governor and Company of the Ba ' of Ireland advanced, for the Public Service, to His Majes King George the Fourth, the Sum of Five hundred thousa Pounds late Irish Currency, at Interest, making, with the sa 'Three several Sums of Six hundred thousand Pounds, Five bu 'dred thousand Pounds, and One million two hundred and fif thousand Pounds, late Irish Currency, previously advanced, Sum of Two million eight hundred and fifty thousand Pounder equal to Two million six hundred and thirty thousand sev hundred and sixty-nine Pounds Four Shillings and Eight-pe Sterling Money of the United Kingdom of Great Britain Ireland: And whereas by an Act passed in the Third Fourth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intitul 3&4 Vict. c. 75. An Act to regulate the Repayment of certain Sums advance by the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland for 'Public Service, it was amongst other things enacted, that fro and after the passing of the said Act there should be paid an payable, but subject to the Condition of Redemption therein after contained, at the Receipt of Her Majesty's Exchequer i Dublin, to the Governor and Company of the said Bank 'Ireland, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom ' of Great Britain and Ireland, an Interest or Annuity of One hundred and Fifteen thousand three hundred and eighty-four Pounds Twelve Shillings and Four-pence, Money of the United Kingdom, being a Sum equal to the several Annuities and Interest theretofore payable in respect of the Principal Money 'due to the said Governor and Company as aforesaid, by Two equal half-yearly Payments, without any Defalcation or Abatement, on the Fifth Day of January and the Fifth Day of July in each Year, the first Payment of the said Interest or Annuity to be made on the Fifth Day of January in the Year One <thousand eight hundred and forty-one; and it was by the lastmentioned Act further provided, that the said last-mentioned Annuity should be redeemable at any Time after the First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and forty-one, on Six Months Notice to the said Governor and Company, and on Repayment to them of the said several Sums of Six hundred thousand Pounds, Five hundred thousand Pounds, One million two hundred and fifty thousand Pounds, and Five hundred thousand Pounds, late Irish Currency, together with all Arrears of the said Annuity of One hundred and fifteen thousand three hundred and eighty-four Pounds Twelve Shillings and Fourpence: And whereas the last-mentioned Annuity has, by Consent of the said Governor and Company, been reduced to an Annuity of Ninety-two thousand and seventy-six Pounds Eighteen Shillings and Five-pence of British Currency: And whereas it is expedient that the exclusive Privilege of Banking granted to the said Governor and Company by the said recited Act of the • Parliament of Ireland, or by any other Act or Acts of Parliament now in force, should cease, but that the said Governor and Company should continue a Corporation, with full Power and Autho

⚫rity

rity to carry on the Business of Bankers, subject to the Regulations herein-after contained; and the said Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland have agreed to continue the Management in Ireland of so much of the Public Debt of the United Kingdom as shall for the Time being require to be transacted in Ireland, and of all Loans and other Creations of Stock which shall at any Time be made in Ireland, and of any Public Annuities for Lives or for Years which may be payable in Ireland, free of all Charge and Expence whatever for such Management, or for their Trouble in the Payment of the Interest of the said Public Debt or Annuities from Time to Time during the Continuance of the said Corporation under the Provisions of this Act; and it hath been farther agreed that the said Governor and Company shall continue to receive the said Annuity of Ninety-two thousand and seventysix Pounds Eighteen Shillings and Five-pence, being an annual Interest at and after the Rate of Three and a Half per' Centum per Annum, for and in respect of the said Capital Sum of Two milion six hundred and thirty thousand seven hundred and sixty-nine Pounds Four Shillings and Eight-pence, and that the Repayment of the last-mentioned Sum shall be postponed till the Expiration of Six Months after Notice to be given by the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the said Governor and Company of their Intention to pay off the same, or by the said Governor and Company to the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury requiring Payment thereof, such Notice not to be given by either Party before the First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five: And whereas by an Act passed in the Seventh and Eighth Years of the Reign of Her Majesty, intituled An Act to regulate the Issue of Bank Notes, and for 7 & 8 Vict. c. 32. giving to the Governor and Company of the Bank of England s. 10.

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certain Privileges for a limited Period, it was enacted, that from

and after the passing of that Act no Person, other than a Banker who on the Sixth Day of May One thousand eight hundred and forty-four was lawfully issuing his own Bank Notes, should make or issue Bank Notes in any Part of the United Kingdom: And whereas it is expedient to regulate the Issue of Bank Notes by the said Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, and by such other Bankers as are now by Law authorized to issue Bank Notes in Ireland: 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 Restriction on from and after the Sixth Day of December One thousand eight Bankers by hundred and forty-five so much of the said recited Act of the Parliament of Ireland of the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Years of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third as prohibits any Body Politic or Corporate erected or to be erected, other than the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, or for any other Persons whatsoever united or to be united in Covenants or Partnership exceeding the Number of Six Persons, to borrow, owe, or take up any Sum or Sums of Money on their Bills or Notes payable at demand, or at any less Time than Six Months from the borrowing thereof, shall be and the same is hereby repealed; and

that

21 & 22 G. 3. (Ireland) re

pealed.