Dover Harbour Board may exercise the Powers, Rights, and Board may ap 52. The said Corporation and the said Dover Harbour Board Corporation may, on any such Transfer as aforesaid, enter into such Arrange- and Harbour ments as they may think fit, for the apportioning as between portion Debts themselves the Incidence of any Debt charged on the Rates as between and Dues so transferred, and for granting Indemnities to each themselves. other for the Purpose of carrying such Arrangements into effect. Creditors. 53. Any Creditor shall, in respect of any Advance made by Reservation him on the Security of the Rates and Dues hereby authorized of Rights of to be transferred to the said Dover Harbour Board, have the same Claim against the said Rates and Dues when transferred to the said Dover Harbour Board, and against the said Dover Harbour Board to the Extent of the Rates and Dues so transferred, as he would, if such Transfer had not been made, have had in respect of the same Debt against such Rates and Dues in the Hands of the said Corporation and against the said Corporation in respect thereof. Whitby and Bridlington Harbours. paid out of 54. The Principal and Interest of all Debts which have Debts on Harpreviously to the Fifteenth Day of March One thousand eight bours to be hundred and sixty-one been legally charged on the Tolls or Consolidated Revenues of the Harbours of Whitby or Bridlington, shall be Fund. chargeable upon the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom, and shall be paid in such Manner as the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury may direct; and the Debt payable to the Public Works Loan Commissioners charged upon the Tolls or Revenues of the Harbour of Bridlington shall cease from the First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two. 55. The Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury may allow Compensation out of Monies to be voted by Parliament such Compensation or to Servants of Whitby Superannuation Allowance as they may think fit to any Person Trustees. in the Employ of the Trustees of Whitby Harbour who by reason of the passing of this Act is deprived of any Salary or Emolument, so that no such Compensation or Superannuation Allowance exceeds the Proportion of Salary or Emoluments which might be granted under similar Circumstances to a Person in the Public Civil Service. Commissioners not to charge Passing Tolls with further 56. It shall not be lawful for the Trustees of Whitby Trustees and Harbour or the Commissioners of Bridlington Harbour to charge the Passing Tolls levied by them with any new Debts; nor shall it be lawful for them, until the First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, to undertake any new Works without the Consent of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury. 57. The Debts. Power to Trus Harbour to levy Rates. 57. The Trustees of Whitby Harbour may, for the Purpose tees of Whitby of maintaining and improving the Harbour, with the Consent of Her Majesty in Council, impose Rates on Vessels using the Harbour, and on Goods shipped or unshipped in the Harbour, not exceeding the Rates specified in Schedule A. annexed to "The Burgh Harbours (Scotland) Act, 1853," and may from Time to Time, with the like Consent, vary such Rates by reducing or raising the same, so that they do not exceed the Rates mentioned in the said Schedule; and any Rates so imposed may be either in lieu of or in addition to any other Rates leviable by the said Trustees. Power to Town of Whitby to transfer Dues to Harbour. 58. The Commissioners acting under the Act of the Seventh Commissioners Year of the Reign of King William the Fourth, intituled An Act for better paving, cleansing, lighting, watching, and improving the Town of Whitby in the North Riding of the County of York, may, if they shall think fit, at any Time hereafter, by Deed transfer to the said Trustees of Whitby Harbour, to be applied by them to the Purposes of the Harbour, all or any of the Powers, Rights, and Privileges which they may possess of levying Rates and Dues on Coal or other Articles imported, or of levying Rates and Dues on Ships or on Goods carried in Ships; and thereupon the said Trustees may exercise the Powers, Rights, and Privileges so transferred in as full a Manner as but for such Transfer the said Commissioners might have exercised the same. Reservation of Rights of Creditors. Trustees and Commissioners may apportion Debt as between themselves. Vessels using] Whitby Har bour to pay Toll for support of Tide Lights. 59. Any Creditor shall, in respect of any Advance made by him on the Security of the Rates and Dues hereby authorized to be transferred to the said Trustees of Whitby Harbour, have the same Claim against the said Rates and Dues when transferred, and against the said Trustees to the Extent of the Rates and Dues so transferred, as he would, if such Transfer had not been made, have had in respect of the same Debt against such Rates and Dues in the Hands of the said Commissioners, and against the said Commissioners in respect thereof. 60. The said Trustees and Commissioners may, on every such Transfer as last aforesaid, enter into such Arrangements as they may think fit for the apportioning as between themselves the Incidence of any Debt charged on the Rates and Dues so transferred, and for granting Indemnities to each other for the Purpose of carrying such Arrangements into effect. 61. On and after the First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, all Vessels exceeding Ten Tons entering or leaving the Harbour of Whitby shall pay to the Trustees of Whitby Harbour such Sum or Toll, not exceeding One Penny per Ton, as such Trustees may from Time to Time direct to be paid to them, for the Support, Maintenance, and Improvement of the existing or any future Tide Lights at the Entrance of the Harbour: Provided always, that any Vessel which shall have paid such Toll on entering the Harbour may again leave the Harbour without further Payment of Toll. 62. The missioners of 62. The Commissioners of Bridlington Harbour may, for the Power to ComPurpose of maintaining and improving the Harbour, with the Bridlington Consent of Her Majesty in Council, impose Rates on Vessels Harbour to using the Harbour, and on Goods shipped or unshipped in the levy Rates. Harbour, not exceeding the Rates specified in Schedule (A.) annexed to "The Burgh Harbours (Scotland) Act, 1853," and may, from Time to Time, with the like Consent, vary such Rates by reducing or raising the same, so that they do not exceed the Rates mentioned in the said Schedule; and any Rates so imposed may be either in lieu of or in addition to any other Rates leviable by the said Commissioners. Act. 63. For the Purpose of the Rates to be taken at the Har- Incorporation bours of Dover, Whitby, and Bridlington, so much of "The of Harbours, Docks, and Harbours, Docks, and Piers Clauses Act, 1847," as relates to Piers Clauses the Collection and Recovery of Rates, shall be deemed to be incorporated with this Act, and for the Purposes of such Incorporation this Act shall be deemed to be "the Special Act;" the Rates and Monies hereby made leviable on account of the said Harbours shall be deemed to be "the Rates authorized to be levied by the Special Act ;" and each of the Authorities hereby authorized to levy such Rates shall be deemed to be" the Undertakers." PART VIII.-MISCELLANEOUS. 22 & 23 Vict. 64. Whereas by the Act of the Ninth and Tenth Victoria, Nothing in ⚫ said Fishing Vessels were exempted from all other Claims, Taxes, &c. which, but for c. cccxlvi., would have been payable to Marine 9 & 10 Vict. Society. of Trade. 65. The Lords of the Committee of Privy Council ap- Title of Board pointed for the Consideration of Matters relating to Trade and Foreign Plantations may be described in all Acts of Parliament, Deeds, Contracts, and other Instruments, by the official Title of "the Board of Trade" without expressing their Names, and all Acts of Parliament, Contracts, Deeds, and other Instru[No. 26. Price 2d.] C c ments Vesting of Execution of Disposition of from Sale. Power of Board of Trade to purchase Lands. 24 & 25 VICT. ments wherein they are so described shall be as valid as if the said Lords or any of them had been named therein. 66. All Lands and Hereditaments heretofore purchased or taken by or in the Name or Names of any Person or Persons, for the Use of the Department of the Board of Trade, and all Lands and Hereditaments hereby transferred to and vested in the Board of Trade, and all Lands and Hereditaments that may hereafter be conveyed to the Board of Trade, or to any other Person or Persons for the Use of the Department of the Board of Trade, shall, upon and after the passing of this Act, vest in the Persons for the Time being constituting the Board of Trade, and upon their vacating their Offices shall be transferred to and vested in their Successors in Office, in a perpetual Succession, and shall be held by such Persons and their Successors in Office on trust for Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, for the Public Service. 67. Any Deed, Contract, or other Instrument to be executed by or on behalf of the Board of Trade shall be valid if under the Seal of the Board of Trade and signed by the President or Vice President thereof, or signed, if there be no President or Vice President, by any One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. 68. The Monies to arise by any Sale of Land made by the Board of Trade shall be paid to such Persons as the said Board appoint, and a Receipt signed by the President or Vice President of the said Board, or, if there be no such Officers, by any One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, shall be an effectual Discharge to the Purchaser. 69. The Board of Trade may purchase any Lands they may require for the Public Service; and for the Purposes of such Purchase the Clauses of "The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845," and of "The Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act, 1845," and of any Act amending the same, with the Exception of such Clauses of the said Acts as relate to the Purchase of Lands otherwise than by Agreement, and to Access to the Special Act, shall be incorporated with this Act. FIRST SCHEDULE. NAME of AUTHORITY. The Trinity House of Kingston-upon-Hull. The Trinity Corporation of Leith. The Guildry Incorporation of Perth. The Fraternity of the Masters and Seamen of Dundee. SECOND Duties leviable in respect of the several 56 G. 3. c. 62. Persons and Matters specified in the Schedule to the Act mentioned in the next Column. CAP. XLVIII. An Act to provide for the Costs of certain Proceedings to be taken under the Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment (Ireland) Act (1860).. [1st August 1861.] WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Years of Her Majesty, Chapter One an Act • hundred and fifty-four, intituled An Act to consolidate and 23 & 24 Vict. amend the Law of Landlord and Tenant in Ireland, the c. 154. |