by a local authority to the municipal corpora- Sect. 257. of the University of Cambridge; or (7.) Affect the rights or privileges granted by charter or Act of Parliament to the University of Durham. 258, Nothing in this Act shall prevent any jurisdic- Saving for jurisdiction tion or authority exercised in or over the precinct or close over cathedral of any cathedral from being continued concurrently with precincts. the jurisdiction and authority of the justices of the borough in which the precinct or close is situate. royal pre 259. Nothing in th's Act shall prejudicially affect Saving for Her Majesty's royal prerogative; and the enabling pro- rogative. visions of this Act shall be deemed to be in addition to, and not in derogation of, the powers exerciscable by Her Majesty by virtue of her royal prerogative. 260.-(1.) The repeal effected by this Act shall not Saving as to repealed enactments. affect (a.) Anything done or suffered before the commence- (b.) Any proceeding or thing pending or in course of (d.) Any disability or disqualification existing at the (e.) Any fine, forfeiture, punishment, or other consequence incurred or to be incurred in respect of any offence committed before the commence. Sect. 260. ment of this Act against any enactment repealed by this Act; or (f) The institution or the prosecution to its termination of any legal proceeding or other remedy for ascertaining, enforcing, or recovering any such jurisdiction, practice, right, privilege, duty, liability, compensation, disability, disqualification, fine, forfeiture, punishment, or consequence as aforesaid; or (9.) The terms on which any money has been borrowed before the commencement of this Act under any enactment repealed by this Act. (2.) The repeal effected by this Act shall not extend to Scotland or Ireland, and shall not, as regards the enactments described in Part II. of the First Schedule, operate in respect of any place other than a borough to which this Act applies, and shall not revive or restore any statute, law, usage, custom, royal or other charter, grant, letters patent, bye-law, jurisdiction, office, right, title, claim, privilege, liability, disqualification, exemption, restriction, practice, procedure, or other matter or thing abolished by the Municipal Corporations Act, 1835, or not in force or existing at the commencement of this Act, or otherwise affect the past operation of any enactment repealed by this Act. (3.) All elections, declarations, appointments, byelaws, rates, tables of fees, and regulations made, or pending, or in the course of being made, and all other things done, or pending, or in the course of being done, under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1835, or any other enactment repealed by this Act, before or at the commencement of this Act, shall for the purposes of this Act be of the like effect as if they had been made or done, or were pending, or in the course of being made or done under this Act, and shall, as far as may be requisite for the continuance, validity, and effect thereof, be deemed to have been made or done, or may be carried on and be made or done, as the case may require, under this Act. SCHEDULES. 5 & 6 Will. 4, 6 & 7 Will. 4, THE FIRST SCHEDULE. ENACTMENTS REPEALED. PART I. Enactments repealed generally. The Municipal Corporations Act, 1835. An Act for carrying into effect the reports of the Com- in part, namely, section twenty-six. 6 & 7 Will. 4, The Municipal Corporation (Boundaries) Act, 1836; c. 103. in part. 6 & 7 Will. 4, c. 104. except section six (Berwick). The Municipal Corporation (Borough Fund) Act, 1836. 6 & 7 Will. 4, The Municipal Corporation (Justices, &c.) Act, 1836. c. 105. 7 Will. 4, & The Municipal Corporation (General) Act, 1837. 1 Vict. c. 78. 7 Will. 4, & The Municipal Corporation (Watch Rate) Act, 1837. 1 Vict. c. 81. 1 & 2 Vict. c. 31. 1 & 2 Vict. c. 35. 2 & 3 Vict. c. 27. 2 & 3 Vict. c. 28. 3 & 4 Vict. c. 28. 4 & 5 Vict. c. 48. The Municipal Corporation (Benefices) Act, 1838. An Act to repeal the stamp duty now paid on admis- 1839. The Municipal Corporation (Watch Rate) Act, 1839. The Municipal Corporation (Watch Rate) Act, 1840. An Act to render certain municipal corporations rate- (a) So much of this Act as exempts the property of municipal corporations from being rated to the relief of the poor in the cases therein mentioned, was repealed by 39 & 40 Vict. c. 1, s. 30. 1st Sched. PART I. The Municipal Corporation Act, 1843. The Municipal Corporation (Rates) Act, 1845. An Act to confirm the incorporation of certain boroughs. An Act to provide a more convenient mode of levying and collecting county rates, county police rates, and district police rates, in parishes situated partly within and partly without the limits of boroughs which are not liable to such rates. An Act to relieve boroughs in certain cases from contribution to certain descriptions of county expenditure; in part, namely,— section one. 13 & 14 Vict. The Municipal Corporation (Incorporation) Act, 1850. The Municipal Corporation (Bridges) Act, 1850. The Municipal Corporation (Justices) Act, 1850; in part, namely,— section nine. An Act to continue two Acts passed in the twelfth and thirteenth years of the reign of Her Majesty, for charging the maintenance of certain poor persons in unions in England and Wales upon the common fund; and to make certain amendments in the laws for the relief of the poor; in part, namely, section ten. An Act to consolidate and amend the statutes relating to the assessment and collection of county rates in England and Wales; in part, namely, section thirty-eight. 16 & 17 Vict. The Municipal Corporation Act, 1853. 16 & 17 Vict. The Charitable Trusts Act, 1853; c. 137. 20 & 21 Vict. 21 & 22 Vict. c. 43. 22 Vict. c. 35. 22 & 23 Vict. c. 32. in part. in part, namely, section sixty-five. The Municipal Corporation Act, 1857. An Act to amend the municipal franchise in certain cases. The Municipal Corporation Act, 1859. An Act to amend the law concerning the police in sections five and six. 24 & 25 Vict. The Municipal Corporations Acts Amendment Act, c. 75. 1861. 31 & 32 Vict. The Borough Electors Act, 1868. c. 41. 32 & 33 Vict. The Municipal Corporation (Recorders) Act, 1869. c. 23. 32 & 33 Vict. The Municipal Corporation (Election) Act, 1869. c. 55. The Debtors Act, 1869; in part, namely, section twenty-one. The Municipal Corporations Act, 1859, Amendment The Ballot Act, 1872; in part, namely, sections twenty and twenty-one. The Corrupt Practices (Municipal Elections) Act, 1872. The Municipal Corporations Evidence Act, 1873. The Working Men's Dwellings Act, 1874. The Municipal Elections Act, 1875. The Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act, in part, namely,— section thirty. The Municipal Corporations (New Charters) Act, 1877. The Parliamentary and Municipal Registration Act, in part, namely, sections twenty, thirty-four, and forty-one. 1st Sched. PART 1. PART II. Enactments repealed only as to Boroughs within this Act. 3 Edw. 1, c. 6. The Statutes of Westminster, the first. Amerciaments in part. 3 Edw. 1, c. 31. in part. 15 Rich. 2, c. 5. in part. shall be reasonable; in part, namely, as far as it relates to a city, borough, or town. The Statutes of Westminster, the first. Excessive toll in market town. Murage; St. 7 Edw. I. de Religiosis. Converting land to a use; in part, namely, as far as it relates to mayors, bailiffs, and com- |