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V. And whereas under and by virtue of another act passed in the last session of parliament, intituled an act to assimilate the stamp 5 & 6 Vict. duties in Great Britain and Ireland, and to make regulations for collect- c. 82. ing and managing the sume, until the tenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, bonds entered into by persons on obtaining marriage licences in Ireland are chargeable with a stamp duty of twenty shillings; .... and it is expedient to exempt from such duty respectively all such bonds; .... be it therefore enacted, that from and after the passing of this act the duty of The duties twenty shillings chargeable, under or by virtue of the said last men- bonds in tioned act, upon or for or in respect of any bond entered into by Ireland repealed. any person on obtaining a marriage licence in Ireland, shall cease and be no longer payable;..

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c. 82.

8 VICTORIA, CAP. 2.-An act to continue for three years the stamp duties granted by an act of the fifth and sixth years of her present majesty to assimilate the stamp duties in Great Britain and Ireland, and to make regulations for collecting and managing the same, until the tenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and fortyfive.-Most gracious sovereign, whereas by an act passed in the fifth and sixth years of your majesty's reign, intituled an act to 5 & 6 Vict. assimilate the stamp duties in Great Britain and Ireland, and to make regulations for collecting and managing the same, until the tenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, certain rates and duties denominated stamp duties were granted to your majesty for a term therein limited, which will expire on the tenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and forty-five: we your majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the commons of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in parliament assembled, towards raising the necessary supplies to defray your majesty's public expenses, have freely and voluntarily resolved to continue the said rates and duties, and to grant the same to your majesty for the period hereinafter mentioned; and do most humbly beseech your majesty that it may be enacted; and 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 all the several sums of money, Duties conand duties, and composition for duties, granted by the said recited three years. act, and not repealed by any subsequent act, and also all duties now payable in lieu or instead of any of the said duties which may have been so repealed, shall be and the same are hereby continued, and shall be charged, raised, levied, collected, and paid, unto and for the use of her majesty, her heirs and successors, for the term of three years, to commence on and to be computed from the tenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and forty-five.

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II. And be it enacted, that the said recited act, and all and every Acts continother act and acts now in force in relation to the duties granted by ued in force. the said recited act, shall severally be continued and remain in full force, and be of the like effect in all respects in relation to the duties hereby continued and granted, as if the said duties had been originally granted by the said recited act for a period which did not expire before the end of the term for which the same are continued and granted by this act; and all and every the powers and autho

Act may be amended,&c.

rities, rules, regulations, directions, penalties, forfeitures, clauses, matters, and things, contained in the said acts or any of them, and in force as aforesaid, shall severally and respectively be duly observed, practised, applied, and put in execution in relation to the said duties hereby continued and granted, as well during the term herein limited as after the expiration thereof, for the charging, raising, levying, paying, accounting for, and securing of the said duties, and all arrears thereof, and for the preventing, detecting, and punishing of all frauds, forgeries, and other offences relating thereto, as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes as if the same powers, authorities, rules, regulations, directions, penalties, forfeitures, clauses, matters, and things were particularly repeated and re-enacted in the body of this act with reference to the said duties hereby granted. III. And be it enacted, that this act may be amended or repealed by any act to be passed in this present session of parliament.

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STAR CHAMBER.

3 HENRY 7.-The king our sovereign lord Henry the seventh, by the grace of God king of England and of France, and lord of Ireland, at his parliament holden at Westminster the ninth day of November,fin the third year of his reign, to the worship of God and holy church, and for the common wealth of this his realm, by the advice of his lords spiritual and temporal, and the commons in the present parliament assembled, and by authority of the same parliament, hath ordained and established certain statutes and ordinances, in manner and form as hereafter ensueth.

3 HENRY 7, CAp. 1, SEC. 1.-The authority of the court of star chamber. First, the king our said sovereign lord remembereth, how 3 Inst. 164. by unlawful maintenances, giving of liveries, signs, and tokens, and retainders by indentures, promises, oaths, writings, or otherwise embraceries of his subjects, untrue demeanings of sheriffs in making of panels, and other untrue returns, by taking of money, by juries, by great riots, and unlawful assemblies, the policy and good rule of this realm is almost subdued, and for the not punishing of these inconveniences, and by occasion of the premises, little or nothing may be found by inquiry, whereby the laws of this land in execution may take little effect, to the increase of murders, robberies, perjuries, and unsureties of all men living, and losses of their lands and goods, to the great displeasure of Almighty God: therefore it is ordained, for reformation of the premises, by authority of the said parliament, that the chancellor and treasurer of England for the time being, and The authokeeper of the king's privy seal, or two of them, calling to them a court of star bishop, and a temporal lord of the king's most honorable council, chamber. and the two chief justices of the king's bench, and common place, 16Car.1,c.10. for the time being, or other two justices in their absence, upon bill or information put to the said chancellor for the king, or any other, against any person for any misbehaviour afore rehearsed, have authority to call before them by writ, or by privy seal, the said misdoers, and them, and other by their discretion, by whom the truth may be known, to examine, and such as they find therein defective, to punish them after their demerits, after the form and effect of statutes thereof made, in like manner and form as they should and ought to be punished, as if they were thereof convict after the due order of the law.

16 CHARLES 1, CAP. 10, SEC. 3.-An act for the regulating of the privy council, and for taking away the court commonly called the star chamber.

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III. Be it ordained and enacted by the authority of this present Court of star parliament, that the said court commonly called the star chamber, all its powers and all jurisdiction, power and authority belonging unto, or exercised dissolved. in the same court, or by any the judges, officers or ministers thereof, be from the first day of August in the year of our Lord God one thousand six hundred forty and one, clearly and absolutely dissolved, taken away and determined; and that from the said first day of August neither the lord chancellor, or keeper of the great seal of

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England, the lord treasurer of England, the keeper of the king's privy seal, or president of the council, nor any bishop, temporal lord, privy councillor or judge, or justice whatsoever, shall have any power or authority to hear, examine or determine any matter or thing whatsoever, in the said court commonly called the star chamber, or to make, pronounce or deliver any judgment, sentence, order or decree, or to do any judicial or ministerial act in the said court: and that all and every act and acts of parliament, and all and every article, clause and sentence in them, and every of them, by which any jurisdiction, power or authority is given, limited or appointed unto the said court commonly called the star chamber, or unto all or any the judges, officers or ministers thereof, or for any proceedings to be had or made in the said court, or for any matter or thing to be drawn into question, examined or determined there, shall for so much as concerneth the said court of star chamber, and the power and authority thereby given unto it, be from the said first day of August repealed, and absolutely revoked and made void.

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SUBSIDIES.

9 HENRY 3, CAP. 37.-A subsidy in respect of this charter, and the charter of the forest, granted to the king.-See Title-" CHURCH, HER RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES," vol. i. p. 514.

32 HENRY 8, CAP. 23.-A confirmation of a subsidy to be paid within two years, of four shillings in the pound granted to the king by the clergy of the province of Canterbury, and of such sums of money which after shall be granted to him by the clergy of the EXP. province of York.

8 ELIZABETH, CAP 17.-A confirmation of a subsidy of four Taxes. shillings in the pound granted to the queen by the clergy, to be paid in three years. EXP.

18 ELIZABETH, CAP. 22.-The confirmation of a subsidy of six Subsidy. shillings in the pound, granted to the queen by the clergy, to be paid in three years. EXP.

23 ELIZABETH, CAP. 14.-A confirmation of a subsidy of six Taxes. shillings and eightpence in the pound, granted to the queen by the clergy, to be paid in three years. EXP.

29 ELIZABETH, CAP. 7.—A subsidy of six shillings in the pound Subsidy. granted to the queen by the clergy, to be paid in three years. EXP.

31 ELIZABETH, CAP. 14.-A confirmation of two subsidies of Subsidies. six shillings in the pound, granted to the queen by the clergy, to be paid yearly by two shillings in the pound. EXP.

35 ELIZABETH, CAP. 12.-A confirmation of two subsidies of Subsidies. four shillings in the pound, to be paid in two years, granted to the queen by the clergy. EXP.

39 ELIZABETH, CAP. 26.-A confirmation of three subsidies of Subsidies. four shillings in the pound, granted to the queen by the clergy, to be paid at six several days. EXP.

43 ELIZABETH, CAP. 17.-A confirmation of four subsidies of Subsidies. four shillings in the pound, granted to the queen by the clergy. EXP.

3 JAMES 1, CAP. 25.—A confirmation of four subsidies of four shillings in the pound, granted to the king by the clergy. EXP. 18 JAMES 1, CAP. 1.-Three entire subsidies granted by the spirituality. EXP.

21 JAMES 1, CAP. 33.-Four entire subsidies granted by the spirituality. EXP.

1 CHARLES 1, CAP. 5.-Three entire subsidies granted by the spirituality. EXP.

3 CHARLES 1, CAP. 6.-Five subsidies granted by the spirituality. EXP.

15 CHARLES 2, CAP. 10.-An act for confirming of four subsidies granted by the clergy. EXP.

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