11 & 12 Vict. c. 32. County Cess (Ireland 11 & 12 Vict. c. 107. Sheep and Cattle diseased 14 & 15 Vict. c. 104. Episcopal and Capitular Estates Management 19 & 20 Vict. c. 36. Preservation of the Peace (Ireland). 24 & 25 Vict. c. 109. Salmon Fishery (England) Act. 25 & 26 Vict. c. 97. Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act. 26 & 27 Vict. c. 105. Promissory Notes. 26 & 27 Vict. c. 114. Salmon Fisheries (Ireland). 27 & 28 Vict. c. 20. Promissory Notes and Bills of Exchange (Ireland). 27 & 28 Vict. c. 92. 13 & 14 Vict. c. 31. 14 & 15 Vict. c. 68. As to Powers of Commissioners. As to Appointment of Commissioners, &c. As to Appointment of Commissioners, &c. Public Schools. 28 & 29 Vict. c. 46. Whole Act. Militia Ballot Sus pension. 24 & 25 Vict. c. 57.) 1st January 1866, and end of then next session. (28 & 29 Vict. c. 119.) 23d July, 1866, and end of then next session. 1st August 1867, and end of then next session. 1st January 1867, and end of then next session. 23d July 1867, and end of then next session. (28 & 29 Vict. c. 119.) 23d July 1866, and 23d July 1867, and end end of then next session. (28 & 29 Vict. c 105.) 1st August 1866, and end of then-next session.) (28 & 29 Vict. c. 119.) 1st August 1866, and end of then next session. (28 & 29 Vict. c. 119.) 1st January 1866, and end of then next session. (28 & 29 Vict. c. 119.) 1st July 1866, and end of then next session. (28 & 29 Vict. c. 118.) 1st October 1866. (28 & 29 Vict. c. 119.) 5th July 1867, and end of then next session. 1st January, 1867. (28 & 29 Vict. c. 119.) 28 July 1866, and end of then next session. (26 & 27 Vict. c. 105). 28th July 1866, and end of then next session. (28 & 29 Vict, c. 119.) 13th May 1866, and end of then next session. (27 & 28 Vict. c. 20.) 1st August, 1866. (28 & 29 Vict. c. 119.) 1st October 1866. (28 & 29 Vict. c. 46.) of then next session. 1st August, 1867, and end of then next session. 1st August 1867, and end of then next session. 1st January 1867, and end of then next session. 1st July 1867, and end of then next session. 1st October 1867, and end of then next session. 1st January 1868, and end of then next se■sion. 28th July 1867, and end of then next session. 28th July 1867, and end of then next session. 13th May 1867 and end of then next session. 1st August 1867, and end of then next session. 1st October 1867. fund to cease. 4. Power to Lord Lieutenant to superannuate head and other constables. Power to treasury, on recommendation of Lord Lieutenant to superannuate officers of force. Scale of superannuation. 5. Conditions of superannuation. 6. Pension liable to be forfeited for misconduct. 7. Saving the rights of the officers and men of the constabulary force in Ireland appointed before the passing of this Act. 8. Increase of deduction for reward fund. 9. Application of reward fund. 10. Additional pay of mounted men, and of those performing duty in Belfast. 11. Town inspector of Belfast to receive additional 1. The following terms in this Act have the meanings herein-after assigned to them; (that is to say,) "Lord Lieutenant " means the Lord Lieutenant or other chief governor or governors of Ireland: "Members of the constabulary force" means in spector general, deputy inspector general, assistant inspectors general, commandant of the depot, surgeon, and every county inspector, sub-inspector, barrack master of the depot, head constable, constable, acting constable, and sub-constable of constabulary in Ireland: "Head and other constables" means every head constable, constable, acting constable, and sub-constable of constabulary in Ireland: 2. It shall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant to fix and appoint such revised annual salaries as to him may from time to time seem proper, uot exceeding the several sums herein-after specified, to be paid in such manner and subject to such regulations and pro visions as he may direct, to the several persons herein-after mentioned; (that is to say,) 1. To each county inspector of the first class, an annual salary not exceeding three hundred pounds: 2. To each county inspector of the second class an annual salary not exceeding two hundred and seventy pounds: 3. To each sub-inspector of the first class, an annual salary not exceeding two hundred pounds: 4. To each sub-inspector of the second class an annual salary not exceeding one hundred and fifty pounds: 5. To each sub-inspector of the third class, an annual salary not exceeding one hundred and twenty-five pounds: 6. To each head constable major, an annual salary not exceeding eighty pounds four shillings: 7. To the head constable of the first class an annual salary not exceeding seventy pounds four shillings: 8. To twelve head constables of the first class, of long service or superior merit, but ineligible for further promotion, an addition to their respective salaries of ten pounds per annum each, making their total salaries respectively eighty pounds four shillings per annum each: 9. To each head constable of the second class, an annual salary not exceeding sixty one pounds two shillings: 10. To twelve head constables of the second class, 11. To each constable, an annual salary not ex- 15. To each sub-constable of six months and un- 17. To each sub-constable of twelve years and under twenty years service, an annual salary of forty-one pounds twelve shillings: 18. To each sub-constable of twenty years service and upwards, an annual salary of forty-two pounds eighteen shillings: Such increased salaries to take effect from and after the first day of April one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, and to be in addition to the good-service pay at present authorised, viz., to five county inspec tors, fifty pounds per annum each; to six sub-inspeċ tors of the first class, thirty pounds per annum each; and to twenty-three sub-inspectors, whether of the second or third class, twelve pounds per annum each; such increased salaries to be payable to such persons only as had not ceased to be members of the constabulary force before the first day of August one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six: Provided always, that from the date at which payments at the rates herein-before mentioned shall take effect, all long-service allowances received before the passing of this Act by any member of the constabulary force shall be discontinued, with the exception of the sub-inspectors of the second class transferred from the revenue police to the constabulary, or any other subinspectors of the second class at any time in receipt of thirty-six pounds per annum long.service pay, who shall be paid at the rate of their present salaries with their present long-service pay, until promoted to the rank of sub-inspector of the first class, when they shall be paid at the same rate as the other sub-inspectors of that class are authorized to be paid under this Act. 3. 'And whereas by an Act passed in the tenth and eleventh years of the reign of her present Majesty (chapter one hundred), regulations were made for the formation of a superannuation fuud for the constabulary force by a deduction of two pounds per centum per annum from the salary of each member of such force' be it enacted, that from and after the passing of this Act such deduction for such superannuation fund shall cease to be made. 4. And whereas it is expedient that the existing system of superannuation allowances to the constabulary force should be revised, so far as relates to members of the said force appointed after the passing of this Act:' be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant, under the conditions herein-after mentioned, to direct that any head or other constable so appointed may be superannuated, and receive a gratuity or yearly pension, not exceeding the proportion of his salary stated in the scale herein after mentioned; and it shall be lawful for the lords commissioners of her Majesty's treasury, or any three or more of them, upon the recommendation of the Lord Lieutenant to direct that any officer of the constabulary force, that is to say, any inspector-general deputy inspector general, assistant inspector general, commandant of the depot, surgeon, county inspector, barrack master of the depot, or sub-inspector appointed after the passing of this Act, may be superannuated, and may receive a gratuity or yearly pension, not exceeding the proportion of his salary stated in the scale herein-after mentioned; that is to say, 1. A gratuity of one month's pay for each year's service after five years and less than fifteen years: 2. On completion of fifteen years service an annual pension of fifteen fiftieths of the pay may be granted, and an increase of one fiftieth for each successive year up to thirty years service completed: 3. After thirty years service, or after the person to be superannuated has attained the age of sixty years, the pension to be equal to thirty fifti eths of the pay, or a larger proportion in cases of extraordinary merit or good conduct: 4. For injuries received at any time in the actual performance of duty a pension for life may be granted of an amount in proportion to the injury received, but not exceeding the full pay; the grounds of disability to be carefully investigated and fully set forth in the authority granting the pension. 5. No such pension, retiring allowance, or gratuity shall be granted in any case, except on the certificate of the surgeon of the force, or such other competent medical officer or offices as the Lord Lieutenant shall name for the purpose, that the party is, from mental or bodily incapacity, unable to perform his duty any longer, and the certificate of the inspector general (or in the case of the inspector general's superannuation, then on the certificate of the chief secretary to the Lord Lieutenant,) that he has served with diligence and fidelity; provided that any member of the force who shall have attained the age of sixty years or upwards may, upon his petition, be superannuated without such medical certificate. 6. Such pension or retiring allowance shall be granted only upon the condition that it becomes forfeited, and may be withdrawn by the Lord Lieutenant in any of the following cases: 1. On conviction of the grantee for any indictable offence: 2. On his knowingly associating with suspected persons, thieves, or other offenders: 3. On his refusing to give information and assistance to the police whenever in his power for the detection and apprehension of criminals, and for the suppression of any disturbance of the public peace: 4. If he enter into or continue to carry on any business, occupation, or employment which shall be, in the opinion of the Lord Lieutenant, disgraceful or injurious to the public, or in which he shall make use of the fact of his former employment in the police force in a manner which the Lord Lieutenant considers to be discreditable and improper: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall entitle any member of the constabulary force absolutely to any superannuation allowance, nor prevent him from being dismissed or discharged for misconduct or other sufficient cause without superannuation allowance. 7. And whereas it is expedient that the present members of the constabulary force should continue to be entitled to receive retiring allowances calculated upon the scale of superannuation and rates of pay existing before the passing of this Act:' be it therefore enacted that the provisions of an Act passed in the tenth and eleventh years of her present Majesty, chapter one hundred, intituled An Act to regulate the Superannuation Allowances of the Constabulary Force in Ireland and the Dublin Metropolitan Police, shall apply to the members of the constabulary force in Ireland appointed before the passing of this Act. as fully and effectually as if this Act had not been passed. 8. And whereas by an Act passed in the sixth year 11 of the reign of King William the Fourth, a fund was established called "The Police Reward Fund," to be raised in part by a deduction of ten shillings per cent. on the salary of each member of the force:' be it enacted, that from and after the passing of this Act the said deduction shall be increased to thirty shillings per cent. on such salaries, and a deduction not exceeding twenty shillings per cent. shall also be made on the pensions of all members of the force superannuated after the passing of this Act, who, on their retirement from active service, shall give notice to the receiver of their desire to keep up their subscription to the said reward fund for the benefit of their widows and children; all such deductions to be paid to the said police reward fund, and form part thereof. Provided always, that it shall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant, with the approval of the commissioners of her Majesty's treasury, from time to time to fix and determine the further rates of charge to be paid by every such county or part of district thereof, or county of a city or county of a town, or borough or town, on an average of the entire force of constables, acting constables, and sub-constables in Ireland, regard being had to the increased rates of pay sanctioned by this Act, and to the cost of clothing, medical attendance, barrack accommodation, and extra pay of such constables and other coustables when absent from quarters. And in all cases where, under the laws now in force, the whole of the costs and expenses of any constabulary force is chargeable to any county, or any part or district of a county, or any county of a city or county of town, or any borough or town, in Ireland, there shall be charged to each such county, or part or district of such county, or county of a city, county of a town, borough, or town, per annum, the full cost of such constabulary force, calculated in the manner last mentioned. 9. And whereas by the seventh section of an Act passed in the tenth and eleventh years of her present Majesty, chapter one hundred, the lords commissioners of her Majesty's treasury, or any three or more of them, are empowered to direct the application of any surplus of the reward fund to the payment of pensions, superannuations, and allowances to members of the constabulary force:' be it enacted, that any surplus now remaining of the said fund, or which may 13. From and after the passing of this Act, in all thereunto hereafter accrue, shall not be applied in the cases where members of the constabulary force shall manner aforesaid, anything in the said section to the be required to keep the peace in the neighbourhood contrary notwithstanding; and the said reward fund of railway works or other public works in Ireland, the shall be available for the reward of meritorious mem-costs and expenses of such members, calculated in the bers of the constabulary force, and also for the relief of the widows and children of the members of such force, under such regulations as the Lord Lieutenant may from time to time make. 10. And be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant (if he shall so think fit), to order and direct that one shilling per week shall be added to the pay of the mounted men of the constabulary force, and also to the pay of the head and other constables stationed at Belfast, with a view to meet the extra expense for lodging and living to which the men serving in that town are exposed as compared with the remainder of the force. 11. And be it enacted, that from and after the passing of this Act the town inspector of Belfast shall receive in lieu of long-service pay discontinued by this Act a sum of fifty pounds a year in addition to the salary which under the Constabulary (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1865, is to be paid by the borough of Belfust, making his total salary from both sources four hundred and fifty pounds per annum. 12. Section four of an Act passed in the eleventh and twelfth years of her present Majesty, chapter seventy-two, is hereby repealed; and from and after the passing of this Act, in all cases where one moiety of the costs and expenses of any constabulary force is chargeable to any county, or any part or district of a county, or any county of a city or county of a town, or borough of a town, in Ireland, there shall be charged to each such county, or part or district thereof, or county of a city or county of a town, or any such borough or town, per annum, For each sub-inspector one moiety of the sum of one manner herein-before mentioned, shall be charged upon the company or other parties carrying on such railway or other public works. 14. From and after the passing of this Act, in all cases where under the laws now in force, the quota of men fixed for any county, county of a city, county of a town, or borough by "The Constabulary (Ire land) Amendment Act, 1865," shall be increased by an extra force, whether as a permanent augmentation or as a temporary addition thereto, one moiety of the costs and expenses of such extra force, ascertained in the manner herein provided, shall be charged to and be payable by such county, county of a city, county of a town, or borough: provided always, that in case vacancies shall occur in the said force so augmented, there shall be deducted from the number of such extra force to be charged as aforesaid as many constables as shall bear the same proportion to the whole number of vacancies in the said augmented force that the extra force bears to the whole number of such augmented force. 15. It shall be lawful for the commissioners of her Majesty's treasury to make such arrangements for the regulation or abolition of the office of receiver of the constabulary, and for the transfer of the powers vested in him, and for the transfer and regulation of the duties assigned to him by virtue of an Act passed in the sixth year of the reign of King William the Fourth, chapter thirteen, and of subsequent Acts, as they shall from time to time consider expedient, any thing in the said Act or subsequent Acts to the contrary notwithstanding. CAP. CV. An Act to continue certain Turnpike Acts in Great CAP. CVI. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders under "The Local Government Acts, 1858," relating to the Districts of West Hartlepool, Tormoham, Harrogate, St. Leonard, Wednesfield, Aberdare, Bristol, Derby, Shrewsbury, Netherthong, Hove, New Windsor, Hanley, Burnley, and Accrington; and for other Purposes relative to certain Districts under the said Act. [10th August, 1866.] CAP. CVII. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders under "The Local Government Act, 1858," relating to the Districts of Ramsgate, Leominster, Stalybridge, Lincoln, Maidstone, Banbury, Tunbridge Wells, Bedford, and Southampton; and for other Purposes relative to Districts under the said Act. [10th August, 1866.] CAP. CVIII. An Act to amend the Law relating to Securities issued by Railway Companies. Sec. 1. Short title. [10th August, 1866.] " includes every com he term "railway company The term "debenture stock" includes mortgage The term "Act of Parliament" includes a certificate of the board of trade made under The Rail ways Construction Facilities Act, 1864, or The Railways Companies Powers Act, 1864, or any other Act of Parliament. 3. Every railway company shall, on or before the fifteenth day of January one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, register, and shall always thereafter keep registered, at the office of the registrar of joint stock companies in England, the name of their secretary, accountant, treasurer, or chief cashier for the time being authorized by them to sign instruments under this Act, or, if they think fit, the names of two or more such officers of the company so authorised (and the officer so registered for the time being, and any one of the officers so registered if more than one, is in this Act referred to as the company's registered officer). 4. Half years shall, for the purposes of this Act, 2. Interpretation of terms. 27 & 28 Vict. cc. be deemed to end on the thirtieth day of June and 120, 121. 3. Company to have registered officer. 4. Half years for purposes of Act. 5. Loan capital accounts to be made half-yearly. 6. Form of half-yearly account. 7. Account to be open to shareholders, &c. 8. Deposit of copy of account. 9. Deposit in Scotland and Ireland. 10. Prohibition against borrowing before the thirty-first day of December; and the first half year to which this Act applies shall be that ending on the thirty-first day of December one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six; but the board of trade, on the application of any railway company, may (by writing under the hand of one of their secretaries or assistant secretaries, which shall be registered by the railway company at the office of the said registrar) regis-appoint, with respect to that company, other days for the ending of half years (including the first). tration of Act giving the borrowing power. 11. Penalty on company failing to register, &c. 12. Power to inspect documents on payment of a fee. 13. Fees on registration of name of officer, &c. 14. Declaration by directors, &c. on mortgage deed, &c. 15. Penalty on company, &c., if declaration omitted. 5. Within fourteen days after the end of each half year every railway company shall make an account of their loan capital authorized to be raised and actually raised up to the end of that half year, specifying the particulars described in the First Schedule to this Act, Part I. (which account for each half year is in this Act referred to as the loan capital half-yearly account). 6. The board of trade may from time to time, by notice published in the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Gazettes, prescribe the form in which the loan capital half-yearly account is to be made. 7. The loan capital half yearly account of each company may be perused at all reasonable times, without payment, by any shareholder, stockholder, mortgagee, bond creditor or holder of debenture stock of the company, or any person interested in any mortgage, bond, or debenture stock of the company. 8. Within twenty-one days after the end of each half year every railway company shall deposit with the registrar of joint stock companies in England copy, certified and signed by the company's registered officer as a true copy, of their loan capital half-yearly account. |