Oath to be administered to Members of Court, such Punishment other than Death as the Degree of the III. And be it enacted, That upon all Trials of Offenders by any Court-martial, holden and appointed as aforesaid, all the Courts-martial. Officers present who are to constitute such Court shall, before they proceed to such Trial, take the Oath herein-after mentioned before the Court instead of the Oath appointed by the said Act, which Oath the Judge Advocate or his Deputy, or the Person appointed to officiate as such, is hereby authorized and required to administer in the Words following; (that is to say,) Oath to be administered to Judge Advo cate. When Act is to take effect. Act may be amended, &c. :I And so soon as the said Oath shall have been administered to the respective Members the President of the Court is hereby authorized and required to administer to the Judge Advocate or his Deputy, or the Person officiating as such, instead of the Oath appointed by the said Act, an Oath in the following Words: 'I do swear, That I will not upon any account at any Time whatsoever disclose or discover the Vote or Opinion of any particular Member of the Court-martial, ' unless thereunto required in due Course of Law. 6 So help me GOD.' IV. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from the First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and forty-eight. V. And be it enacted, That this Act may be altered, amended, or repealed by any Act to be passed in this Session of Parliament. CAP. LX. Recites 3 & 4 W. 4. c. 94. appointing Mas. ters, and giving Salaries, &c. to their Clerks. 6 An Act to abolish One of the Offices of Master in • under under the Great Seal of Great Britain; and it was by the 'said Act also enacted, that the Salaries to be paid to the Chief and Junior Clerks of each of the said Masters should 'be One thousand Pounds a Year and One hundred and fifty 'Pounds a Year respectively, and that it should be lawful for 'the said Junior Clerks to receive and take One Penny Halfpenny per Folio of Ninety Words for every Copy of every • Document or Writing made in the Office of the said Master: And whereas by an Act passed in the Fifth Year of Her 5 Vict. c. 5. abopresent Majesty Richard Richards Esquire, then One of the lishing Master Masters of the Court of Exchequer, was appointed as an and appointing of Exchequer, ' additional Master in Ordinary of the High Court of Chancery, Mr. Richards. son to supply such Vacancy: And whereas Andrew Henry Resignation of Lynch Esquire, late One of the said Masters in Ordinary, Mr. Lynch. did on the Twenty-fifth Day of March now last past duly resign his said Office, and the same thereby became and now is vacant: And whereas it is expedient that the Number of the said Masters in Ordinary of the High Court of Chancery should be reduced to the same Number as existed before the passing of the said last-mentioned 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 Autho rity of the same, That it shall be lawful for Her Majesty not One Mastership to fill up the Office so vacant by the Resignation of the said abolished. Andrew Henry Lynch, but that the same shall be and the same is hereby abolished. Chief and retained for II. And be it enacted, That for the Convenience of prosecuting the Causes and Matters referred to the said Andrew Henry Lynch, and now transferred to the other Masters in Period not exOrdinary, it shall be lawful for the Lord Chancellor, if he shall ceeding Twelve think fit, to retain George Barrett and Edward Wright, the Months. late Chief and Second Clerks of the said Andrew Henry Lynch, as Chief and Second Clerks respectively, with all the Duties, Rights, Privileges, and Emoluments thereto belonging, as if a Master in Ordinary had been duly appointed to succeed the said Andrew Henry Lynch, but nevertheless for a Time not exceeding Twelve Months from the passing of this Act: Provided always, that in the event of the Death, Resignation, or Removal of the said George Barrett and Edward Wright, or either of them, before the Expiration of the said Twelve Months, it shall be lawful for the Lord Chancellor, if he shall think fit, to appoint a Successor to them or either of them during the Time aforesaid. III. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Lord Compensation Chancellor, with the Consent of the Commissioners of Her Ma- to Chief and jesty's Treasury, to award such Compensation (if any), and in Second Clerks, Lost (974.7 such Manner and upon such Conditions, as he may think fit, M m 4 to Act may be amended, &c. 9&10 Vict.c.74. Recited Act and this Act to be construed as One. Interpretation of Expressions in recited Act and this Act. Acts of Com missioners of Public Baths, Informalities. to the said George Barrett and Edward Wright, or either of them, in consideration of the Loss they or he may have sustained by the Abolition of the said Office of Master in Ordinary. IV. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in this present Session of Parliament. 6 CAP. LXI. An Act to amend the Act for the Establishment of public Baths and Wash-houses. [2d July 1847.] W HEREAS an Act was passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled An Act to encourage the Establishment of public Baths and Wash-houses: And whereas it is expedient to afford additional Facilities for the Establishment of public Baths and Wash-houses and open Bathing Places;' be it 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 the recited Act, as amended by this Act, and this Act shall be construed and be carried into execution as One Act. II. And be it enacted and declared, That the following Words and Expressions in the recited Act shall have in the said Act and this Act the several Meanings hereby assigned to them, unless there be something in the Subject or Context repugnant to such Construction; (that is to say,) "Parish" shall mean not only every Place having separate Overseers of the Poor and separately maintaining its own Poor, but also every Place maintaining its own Poor and having a Vestry: "Rate-payers" shall mean all Persons for the Time being assessed to and paying Rates for the Relief of the Poor of the Parish: "Vestry" shall mean not only a Vestry as defined in the said Act, but also any Body of Persons, by whatever Name distinguished, acting by virtue of any Act of Parliament, Prescription, Custom, or otherwise as or instead of a Vestry or Select Vestry. III. And be it enacted, That when any Person shall have been appointed to the Office of Commissioners of Public Baths &c. to be valid, and Wash-houses for any Parish before the passing of this notwithstanding Act, the recited Act shall be deemed to have been duly adopted for such Parish notwithstanding that there may have been any Defect or Irregularity in or in any way concerning such Adoption; and all Acts and Proceedings of any Person in possession of the Office of such Commissioner, and acting in good Faith as such Commissioner, whether appointed before or after the passing of this Act, shall, notwithstanding his Disqualification or Want of Qualification for or any Defect or Irregularity in or in any way concerning his Appointment to such Office, be as as valid and effectual as if he were duly qualified or there had not been any such Defect or Irregularity. IV. And be it enacted, That the Lands Clauses Consolidation Incorporationof Act, 1845, shall be incorporated with the recited Act and this 8&9 Vict. c.18. Act: Provided always, that the Council and Commissioners Council, &c. not respectively shall not purchase or take any Lands otherwise than to take Lands, by Agreement. &c. V. And be it enacted, That the Number of Washing Tubs Proportion of or Troughs for the Labouring Classes in any Building or Build- Washing Acings under the Management of the same Council or Commis- for Labouring commodation sioners shall not be less than twice the Number of the Wash- Classes. for Use of VI. And be it enacted, That so much of the recited Act as So much of reenacts that the Council and Commissioners respectively may cited Act as remake such reasonable Charges for the Use of the Baths and gulates Charges Wash-houses and open Bathing Places as they think fit, not Baths, &c. reexceeding such Charges as are mentioned in the Schedule (B.) pealed. to that Act, shall be repealed. VII. And be it enacted, That the Council and the Commis- Power to make sioners respectively may from Time to Time make such rea- Charges for Use sonable Charges for the Use of the Baths and Wash-houses and of Baths, &c. not exceeding open Bathing Places provided under the recited Act and this those in the Act respectively as they think fit, not exceeding the Charges Schedule. mentioned in the Schedule annexed to this Act. VIII. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or Act may be repealed by any Act to be passed in this Session of Parliament. amended, &c. SCHEDULE to which this Act refers. Charges for the Baths and Wash-houses and open Bathing Places. 1. BATHS FOR THE LABOURING CLASSES. Every Bath to be supplied with clean Water for every Person bathing alone, or for several Children bathing together, and in either Case with One clean Towel for every Bather. For One Person above Eight Years old: Cold Bath, or cold Shower Bath, any Sum Warm Bath, or warm Shower Bath, or Cold Bath, or cold Shower Bath, any One Penny. Two-pence. Two-pence. Warm Bath, or warm Shower Bath, or 2. BATHS 2. BATHS OF ANY HIGHER CLASS. Such Charges as the Council and the Commissioners respec tively think fit, not exceeding in any Case Three Times the Charges above mentioned for the several Kinds of Baths for the Labouring Classes. 3. WASH-HOUSES FOR THE LABOURING CLASSES. Every Wash-house to be supplied with Conveniences for washing and drying Clothes and other Articles. For the Use by One Person of One Washing Tub or For One Hour only in any One Day, For Two Hours together, in any One Day, any Sum not exceeding One Penny. Three-pence. Any Time over the Hour or Two Hours respectively, if not exceeding Five Minutes, not to be reckoned. For Two Hours not together, or for more than Two Hours in any One Day, such Charges as the Council and the Commissioners respectively think fit. For the Use of the washing Conveniences alone, or of the drying Conveniences alone, such Charges as the Council and the Commissioners respectively think fit, but not exceeding in either Case the Charges for the Use for the same Time of both the washing and the drying Conveniences. 4. WASH-HOUSES OF ANY HIGHER CLASS. Such Charges as the Council and the Commissioners respectively think fit. 5. OPEN BATHING PLACES, where several Persons bathe in the same Water, for One Person One Halfpenny. CAP. LXII. An Act for the Establishment of Naval Prisons, and for the Prevention of Desertion from Her Majesty's Navy. [2d July 1847.] WE HEREAS by the Laws and Customs of Her Majesty's Navy Officers commanding Her Majesty's Ships and Vessels are empowered to order Corporal Punishment to be inflicted on Men in Her Majesty's Service for various Offences, for the Purpose of preserving and enforcing Discipline, with' out the Offenders being tried by Court-martial: And whereas it is expedient that Officers commanding Her Majesty's Ships and Vessels should have the Power of inflicting summary Punishment by Imprisonment; and it is also expedient that • the |