LAW REPORTS.

The Public General Statutes,

PASSED IN THE

FIFTY-NINTH AND SIXTIETH YEARS

OF THE REIGN OF HER MAJESTY

QUEEN VICTORIA,

1896:

WITH

A LIST OF THE LOCAL AND PRIVATE ACTS,

TABLES SHOWING THE EFFECT OF THE SESSION'S
LEGISLATION,

AND A COPIOUS INDEX.

T. DIGBY PIGOTT, Esa., C.B., PRINTER TO HER MAJESTY
OF ALL ACTS OF PARLIAMENT,

And Published for the Council of Law Reporting,

BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED,

DUKE STREET, STAMFORD STREET; AND 14, CHARING CROSS.
PUBLISHING OFFICE, 27, FLEET STREET, E. C.

57996

CONTENTS.

Table

Page

I. TABLE OF THE TITLES OF THE PUBLIC GENERAL

ACTS PASSED DURING THE SESSION

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II. TABLE OF THE TITLES OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF A

LOCAL CHARACTER PASSED DURING THE SESSION

WHICH ARE PLACED AMONGST THE LOCAL ACTS -

III. TABLE OF THE TITLES OF THE LOCAL AND PRIVATE

ACTS PASSED DURING THE SESSION

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IV. TABLE SHOWING THE EFFECT OF THE

457

YEAR'S

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TABLE I.

A

TABLE

OF

The TITLES of the PUBLIC GENERAL ACTS passed in the SECOND Session of the TWENTY-SIXTH Parliament of the United Kingdom of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND.

59 & 60 VICTORIA.-A.D. 1896.

1.

AN

N Act to continue temporarily certain Powers for the Removal of Difficulties at Elections under the Local Government Act, 1894. (Local Government (Elections).)

1

2. An Act to provide, during twelve months, for the Discipline and Regulation of the Army. (Army (Annual).)

1

3. An Act to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending on the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, and one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven. (Consolidated Fund (No. 1).)

4

4. An Act to prevent certain Disqualifications for Elections to Parish Councils of 1896. (Local Government (Elections) (No. 2).)

5 5. An Act to enable Women to be elected and act as Poor Law Guardians in Ireland. (Poor Law Guardians (Ireland) (Women).)

5

6. An Act to make provision for the Construction of Works in the United Kingdom and elsewhere for the purpose of the Royal Navy. (Naval Works.)

5

7. An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven. (Consolidated Fund (No. 2).)

8. An Act to enable Life Assurance Companies to pay money into Court in certain cases. (Life Assurance Companies (Payment into Court).)

9

9. An Act to amend certain Provisions of the Local Government Act, 1888, with respect to the Determination of Differences by the Local Government Board. (Local Government (Determination of Differences).)

10

10. An Act to amend the Law relating to the Appointment of Members of Dispensary Committees in Ireland. (Dispensary Committees (Ireland).)

10

11. An Act to remove certain Doubts with respect to the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, so far as it applies to Ireland. (Housing of the Working Classes (Ireland).) 11 12. An Act for the better reporting of Floating Derelicts. (Derelict Vessels (Report).)

11

13. An Act to extend the time for the Repayment of Loans granted by Queen Anne's Bounty to Incumbents of Benefices. (Incumbents of Benefices Loans Extension.)

12

14. An Act to facilitate the Citation of sundry Acts of Parlia-
ment. (Short Titles.)
13
15. An Act to amend the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894.
(Diseases of Animals.)
248
16. An Act to amend the Law with respect to the Rating of
Occupiers of Agricultural Land in England, and for other
purposes connected therewith. (Agricultural Rates.) 249
17. An Act to redescribe the Parliamentary Divisions of the City
of Glasgow. (Glasgow Parliamentary Divisions.) 254
18. An Act to amend the Fisheries Acts relating to Norfolk and
Suffolk. (Fisheries (Norfolk and Suffolk).)
257
19. An Act to make further Provision with respect to Epidemic,
Endemic, and Infectious Diseases, and to repeal the Acts
relating to Quarantine. (Public Health.)
20. An Act to amend the Public Health Act with respect to the
Powers of Port Sanitary Authorities. (Public Health (Ports).)

258

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21. An Act to amend the Procedure of the Liverpool Court of Passage. (Liverpool Court of Passage.) 261 22. An Act to exempt certain Chairmen of District Councils who have already taken the Oath from again taking the Oath before acting as Justices of the Peace. (Chairmen of District Councils.)

263

23. An Act for the Acquisition of a Site for Public Offices in Westminster, and for purposes connected therewith. (Public Offices (Westminster) Site.)

263

24. An Act for the Acquisition of Property for the Extension of the General Register House at Edinburgh. (Edinburgh General Register House.)

269

266 25. An Act to consolidate the Law relating to Friendly and other Societies. (Friendly Societies.) 26. An Act to consolidate the Enactments relating to Friendly Societies and Industrial Assurance Companies which receive Contributions and Premiums by means of Collectors. (Collecting Societies and Industrial Assurance Companies.) 309 27. An Act to amend the Law relating to Cabs in London. (London Cab.)

314

28. An Act to grant certain Duties of Customs and Inland Revenue, to alter other Duties, to amend the Law relating to Customs and Inland Revenue, and to make provision for the Financial Arrangements of the Year. (Finance.)

315

29. An Act to amend the Bishopric of Bristol Act, 1884. (Bishopric of Bristol Amendment.)

329

30. An Act to make better provision for the Prevention and Settlement of Trade Disputes. (Conciliation.) 330 31. An Act to amend the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890. (Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, Amendment (Scotland).)

332 32. An Act to facilitate the Construction of Small Piers and Harbours in the Counties of Orkney and Zetland. (Orkney and Zetland Small Piers and Harbours.)

333 33. An Act to amend the Laws with respect to the Royal Naval Volunteers. (Royal Naval Reserve Volunteer.) 335 34. An Act to facilitate the Construction of Railways and the Establishment of other means of Communication in Ireland, and for other purposes incidental thereto. (Railways (Ireland).)

336 35. An Act to provide for the appointment of Judicial Trustees and otherwise to amend the Law respecting the Administration of Trusts and the Liability of Trustees. (Judicial Trustees.)

340 36. An Act to amend the Law with respect to the Use of Locomotives on Highways. (Locomotives on Highways.) 343 37. An Act to amend the Law with respect to the Classification of Lands and Heritages for purposes of Rating in Scotland, for the Relief of the Occupiers of Agricultural Lands and Heritages, for the creation of a Fund for the Improvement of Congested Districts in the Highlands and Islands, and for Relief from the Payment of the Land Tax in Burghs in Scotland. (Agricultural Rates, Congested, Districts, and Burgh Land Tax Relief (Scotland).) 345 38. An Act to make provision for the Construction of a Railway in Africa, from Mombasa to the Victoria Nyanza, through the Protectorates of Zanzibar, British East Africa, and Uganda. (Uganda Railway.)

348

39. An Act to continue various Expiring Laws. (Expiring Laws Continuance.)

349

40. An Act to provide for raising further Money for the purpose of the Telegraph Acts, 1863 to 1892. (Telegraph (Money).)

353 41. An Act for paying to the Local Taxation (Ireland) Account a Share of the Estate Duty. (Local Taxation (Ireland) Estate Duty.)

354

42. An Act to grant Moneys for the purpose of certain Local Loans, and for other purposes relating to Local Loans. (Public Works Loans.)

354

43. An Act to amend the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1887. (Coal Mines Regulation.)

357

44. An Act to amend the Truck Acts. (Truck.)

360