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PUBLIC GENERAL ACTS,

Passed in the Fourth Session of the Fifth Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.-56 GEO. III.—

A. D. 1816.

An act to revive and continue, until the 25th of March 1818, several laws relating to the duties on glass made in Great Britain.

An act to revive and further continue, until the 25th of March 1817, an act of the 7th of George 2d, for the free importation of cochineal and indigo.

An act for continuing to his Majesty certain duties on malt, sugar, tobacco, and snuff, in Great Britain; and on pensions, offices, and personal estates, in England; for the service of the year 1816.

An act for raising the sum of eleven millions, by exchequer bills, for the service of Great Britain, for the year

1816.

An act to extend the powers of an act of the 37th of his present Majesty, for enabling his Majesty more effectually to grant conditional pardons to persons under sentence of naval courtsmartial, and to regulate imprisonment under such sentences.

An act to continue, until the 6th of July 1816, an act of the 54th of his present Majesty, for explaining and amending several acts relating to spiritual persons holding of farms, and for enforcing the residence of such persons on their benefices in England.

An act to continue, until the 5th of April 1818, and amend an act of the

48th of his present Majesty, for empowering the governor and the company of the Bank of England, to advance the sum of three millions towards the supply for the service of the year

1818.

An act to continue, until the 5th of July 1817, an act of the 49th of his present Majesty, for regulating the trade and commerce to and from the Cape of Good Hope.

An act for charging certain duties on foreign packets or passage-vessels entering or departing any of the ports of Great Britain.

An act for punishing mutiny and desertion; and for the better payment of the army and their quarters.

An act for the regulating of his Majesty's royal marine force while on shore,

An act for exhibiting a bill in this present Parliament, for naturalizing his Serene Highness Leopold George Frederick Duke of Saxe, Margrave of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringuen, Prince of Cobourg of Saalfield.

An act for the naturalization of his Serene Highness Leopold George Frederick Duke of Saxe, Margrave of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringuen, Prince of Cobourg of Saalfield; and settling his precedence.

An act for empowering the governor and company of the Bank of Eng

land, to advance the sum of six millions, towards the supply for the service of the year 1816.

An act to carry into effect a convention of commerce, concluded between his Majesty and the United States of America.

An act for better regulating the offices of receivers of crown rents,

An act to continue, until the 5th of July 1821, certain additional duties of excise in Great Britain.

An act to suspend, until the 5th April 1820, the duty on lead exported from Great Britain.

An act to continue, until the 5th of July 1816, an act of the 47th of his present Majesty, for granting an additional bounty on double refined sugar exported.

An act to make further provision for the execution of the several acts relating to the revenues, matters and things, under the management of the commissioners of customs and port duties, and of the commissioners of inland excise and taxes in Ireland.

An act to revive and continue, until two years after the expiration of the restrictions upon payments in cash by the Bank of England, an act for sus pending the operation of an act of the 17th of his present Majesty, for restraining the negociation of promissory notes and bills of exchange under a limited sum, in England.

An act for the more effectually detaining in custody Napoleon Buonaparté.

An act for regulating the intercourse with the island of St. Helena, during the time Napoleon Buonaparté shall be detained there; and for indemnifying persons in the cases therein mentioned.

An act for better enabling his Majesty to make provision for the establishment of her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte Augusta, and his Serene Highness Leopold George Fre

derick, Duke of Saxe, Margrave of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringuen, Prince of Cobourg of Saalfield.

An act for charging certain duties on the importation of butter. An act for charging certain duties on the importation of cheese.

An act to amend several laws relative to the transportation of offenders; to continue in force until the 1st of May 1821.

An act to enable the commissioners of his Majesty's treasury to issue Exchequer bills, on the credit of such aids or supplies as have been or shall be granted by parliament for the service of Great Britain, for the year 1816.

An act to make perpetual certain temporary or war duties of customs, on the importation into Great Britain of goods, wares, and merchandize, and to repeal so much of several acts passed in the 47th, 49th, and 51st of the reign of his present Majesty, as charge any loans made for the service of the years 1807, 1809, and 1811, upon the war duties of customs or excise, and to charge such loans on the duties of customs made perpetual.

An act for indemnifying the commissioners of excise in Scotland, and all persons who may have acted under their authority, in relation to certain orders issued and things done relative to certain acts regarding the distilleries in Scotland.

An act for transferring all contracts or securities entered into with or given to the commissioners for transports, to the commissioners of the navy and victualling.

An act for fixing the rates of subsistence to be paid to inn-keepers and others on quartering soldiers.

An act to indemnify such persons in the united kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for offices and employments, and for extending the time limited for those purposes respectively, until the 25th of March 1817;

and to permit such persons in Great Britain as have omitted to make and file affidavits of the execution of inden tures of clerks to attornies and solicitors to make and file the same on or before the first day of Hilary Term 1817.

An act to charge an additional duty on corks, ready made, imported into Great Britain.

An act for the more speedy and ef fectual collection of the tonnage duty upon ships inwards; for empowering the Lords of the Treasury to regulate the hours of officers attendance in the port of London; and for permitting ships to commence and complete their loading of coals before the delivery of the fitters' certificates.

An act to repeal two acts passed in the reigns of Edward 4th and Richard 3d, which prohibit the importation of wrought goods and certain other arti cles.

An act to permit the importation of prunes the produce of Germany. An act to empower his Majesty to suspend the ballot or enrolment for the local militia.

An act to reduce the number of days of muster or exercise of yeomanry and volunteer cavalry.

An act for the further continuing, until the 5th of July 1818, an act of the 44th of his present Majesty to con. tinue the restrictions contained in the several acts of his present Majesty, on payments of cash by the Bank of England.

An act for raising the sum of 2,470,000l. Irish currency, by treasury bills, for the service of Ireland, for the year 1816.

An act for raising the sum of 1,700,000l. British currency, by treasury bills, for the service of Ireland, for the year 1816.

Anact for making certain allowances of the duties payable on malt and beer. An act to repeal the duties, allowan

ces, and drawbacks of Excise, on hard soap made in Great Britain, and imported from Ireland; and to grant other duties, allowances, and drawbacks in lieu thereof.

An act for defraying the charge of the pay and clothing of the local militia in Great Britain, to the 25th of March 1817.

An act for the better regulation of the civil list.

An act for raising the sum of 1,200,0001. Irish currency by treasury bills, for the service of Ireland, for the year 1816.

An act to continue, until three months after the ceasing of any restriction imposed on the bank of England from issuing cash in payment, the several acts for confirming and continuing the restrictions on payments in eash by the bank of Ireland.

An act to explain and amend an act, passed in the last session of parliament, for the more easy assessing, collecting, and levying of county rates.

An act to regulate the sale of farming stock taken in execution.

An act to amend an act passed in the present session of Parliament, entitled An Act to carry into Effect, a Convention of Commerce concluded between his Majesty and the United States of America.'

An act to amend and render more effectual an act passed in the last session of Parliament, for enabling spiritual persons to exchange their parsonage houses or glebe lands, and for other purposes therein mentioned.

An act to amend and render more effectual three several acts passed in the 48th, 49th, and 52d of his present Majesty, for enabling the commissioners for the reduction of the national debt to grant the annuities.

An act for raising the sum of 13,000,000l. by exchequer bills, for the service of Great Britain, for the year 1816.

An act to amend an act of the Parliament of Ireland, in the 40th of his present Majesty's reign, for granting the sum of 500,000l. for promoting inland navigation, and for other purposes therein mentioned; and to enlarge the powers vested in the directors of all works relating to inland navigation in Ireland.

An act to repeal the several stamp duties in Ireland, and also several acts for the collection and management of the said duties, and to grant new stamp duties in lieu thereof; and to make more effectual regulations for collecting and managing the said duties.

An act to grant certain rates, duties, and taxes in Ireland, in respect of fire hearths, windows, male servants, horses, carriages, and dogs, in lieu of for mer rates, duties, and taxes; and to provide for the more effectual collection of the said rates, duties, and taxes. An act to repeal an act made in the 51st of his present Majesty, for allow ing the manufacture and use of a liquor prepared from sugar for colour ing porter.

An act to reduce the duty of excise on salt made in Ireland, and certain countervailing duties and drawbacks in respect thereof.

An act to authorize the transferring stock upon which dividends shall remain unclaimed for the space of at least ten years at the Bank of England, and also all lottery prizes or benefits, and balances of sums issued for paying the principals of stocks or annuities, which shall not have been demanded for the same period, to the commissioners for the reduction of the national debt.

An act for granting to his Majesty a sum of money to be raised by lotteries.

An act for erecting a harbour for ships to the eastward of Dunleary, within the port of Dublin.

An act to regulate the general penitentiary for convicts, at Millbank, in the county of Middlesex.

An act to repeal several acts relating to the militia of Great Britain, and to amend other acts relating thereto.

An act to explain and amend the acts for granting duties on the profits arising from property, professions, trades, and offices, so far as extend to the due assessment and collection of the duties for past years; for confirming certain abatements already made of the said duties, and exempting collectors bonds from stamp duties.

An act for reducing the duties payable on horses, used for the purposes therein mentioned, for two years; and for repealing the acts granting allow ances in respect of children.

An act to enable such officers, marines, and soldiers, as have been in the land or sea service, or in the marines, or in the militia, or any corps of fencible men, since the 42d of his present Majesty's reign, to exercise trades.

An act to provide for a new silver coinage, and to regulate the currency of the gold and silver coin of this realm.

An act to continue, until the 25th of March 1818, two acts of the 54th of his present Majesty, for repealing the duties of customs on madder imported into Great Britain, and for granting other duties in lieu thereof.

An act to alter and amend several acts relating to the redemption of the national debt of Ireland, and to make further provision in respect thereof.

An act to amend an act of the 51st of his present Majesty's reign, for discharging certain arrears of quit, crown, and composition rents in Ireland.

An act to continue and amend so much of an act of the 43d of his present Majesty's reign, for authorizing the billetting and subjecting to milita

ry discipline certain yeomanry corps, and officers of cavalry or infantry, as relates to such corps in Ireland. An act for removing difficulties in the conviction of offenders stealing property from mines.

An act for the purchase of certain lands, tenements, and hereditaments at Sheerness and Chatham, in the county of Kent, for the use of the

navy.

An act to repeal the duties of customs upon the importation into the United Kingdom of rape seed and cole seed, and to grant other duties in lieu thereof.

An act for repealing the several bounties on the exportation of refined sugar, from any part of the united kingdom, and for allowing other bounties in lieu thereof, until the 5th day of July 1818.

An act to repeal certain duties granted by an act passed in the last session of Parliament, for repealing the provisions of former acts granting exclusive privileges of trade to the South Sea Company.

An act for the better regulating and securing the collection of the duties on paper in Ireland, and to prevent frauds therein.

An act for repealing the duties of customs on rape seed cakes, linseed cakes, bones of cattle and other animals, and of fish, except whale fins, imported into Great Britain; and for granting other duties in lieu thereof.

An act to enable the principal officers and commissioners of his Majesty's navy resident on foreign stations to grant certificates of stores or goods, which may be sold by such officers or commissioners at such foreign stations. An act to alter the period during which manufacturers of oil of vitriol are to deliver in their accounts.

An act to render valid the judicial acts of surrogates of vice-admiralty

courts abroad, during vacancies in offices of judges of such courts.

An act for regulating the carrying of passengers to and from the island of Newfoundland and coast of Labrador.

An act for the better accommodation of his Majesty's packets within the harbour of Holyhead, in the island of Anglesea; and for the better regulation of the shipping therein.

An act to make further regulations for securing the collection of the duties of customs and excise in Ireland, and for the importation into Ireland of American staves, and of old plate and books from Great Britain.

An act for establishing regulations respecting aliens arriving in or resident in this kingdom, in certain cases, for two years from the passing of this act, and until the end of the session of Parliament in which the said two years shall expire, if Parliament shall be then sitting.

An act to regulate proceedings of grand juries in Ireland, upon bills of indictment.

An act to amend the law of Ireland, respecting the recovery of tenements from absconding, overholding, and defaulting tenants; and for the protection of the tenant from undue distress.

An act to provide for the charge of certain additions to the public debt of Ireland, for the service of the year 1816.

An act to defray the charge of the pay, clothing, and contingent expences of the disembodied militia in Great Britain, and of the miners of Cornwall and Devon; and for granting allowances, in certain cases, to subaltern officers, adjutants, surgeons, mates, and serjeant-majors of militia, until the 25th of March 1817.

An act to regulate the trade of the colonies of Demerara, Berbice, and Essiquibo: to allow the importation

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