4 G. 4. c. 76. Marriages already solemnized in Saint Ann's Chapel, Wandsworth, declared to be valid. Ministers solemnizing such Marriages indemnified. Registers to be Act not to authorize future Marriages. Bishop of the said Diocese for the Publication of Banns and the Solemnization of Marriages in the said Chapel: And whereas 'divers Marriages have been solemnized in the said Chapel by the Officiating Minister for the Time being of the Parish Church of Wandsworth aforesaid, and by the Officiating Minister for the Time being of the said Chapel, and other Clergymen, under the erroneous Conception that according to the Terms of the Sen⚫tence of Consecration of the said Chapel, or otherwise, Marriages ' might be lawfully solemnized therein; and Entries of the several Marriages so solemnized as aforesaid have been from Time to ‹ Time made in the Register Book of the said Parish, in com'pliance with the Provisions of an Act of Parliament passed in the Fourth Year of the Reign of King George the Fourth, intituled An Act for amending the Laws respecting the Solemnization of Marriages in England, except that in each such Entry it hath been expressly stated that the Marriage was solemnized in the said Chapel: And whereas it is expedient to remove all Doubts arising from the Circumstances aforesaid touching the Validity of the Marriages so solemnized in the said Chapel as aforesaid: Be it therefore enacted by the King'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 Marriages solemnized in the said Chapel called Saint Ann's Chapel by the Officiating Minister for the Time being of the said Parish Church of Wandsworth, and by the Officiating Minister for the Time being of the said Chapel, or by any other Clergymen respectively being Ministers of the Church of England, shall be as good and valid in the Law to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever as if the same had been solemnized in the Parish Church of Wandsworth aforesaid. II. And be it further enacted, That the Minister or Ministers who solemnized such Marriages respectively as aforesaid shall not be liable to any Ecclesiastical Censures, or to any other Proceedings or Penalties whatsoever, by reason of his or their having so as aforesaid solemnized the same respectively. III. And be it further enacted, That the Registers of the Marriages so solemnized as aforesaid, or Copies of such Registers, shall be received in all Courts of Law and Equity as Evidence of such Marriages respectively, in the same Manner as the same would have been receivable in Evidence in case the said Marriages respectively had been solemnized in the Parish Church of Wandsworth aforesaid, and the Fact of the same Marriages having been solemnized in the said Parish Church had been stated in the Registers relating to such Marriages respectively. IV. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend to authorize the Publication of Banns or the Solemnization of Marriages in the said Chapel hereafter. CAP. CA P. XXV. W An Act for granting an additional Rate of Postage on Letters For every Single Letter the additional Sum of One Halfpenny : And all the Powers and Authorities given by Law for the Recovery Additional Rates of Postage on certain Letters. II. And be it further enacted, That the Sum and Sums of Money Application of arising from the additional Rates and Duties of Postage herein- such Rates. before granted shall be paid over from Time to Time to the Receiver General for the Time being of the Revenue of the Post Office of Great Britain, who shall pay the same into the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer, when he shall pay into such Receipt the other Rates and Duties of Postage by him received, (the necessary Charges for paying, collecting, and accounting for the said additional Rates and Duties, and the Monies to be paid to the Commissioners for the Issue of Exchequer Bills, as herein-after mentioned, being first deducted,) distinguishing the same in his Accounts, and paying such Sum and Sums of Money for and on account of the Milford Road Fund, and the said Sum and Sums of Money so paid shall be carried to the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. III. And whereas the Roads within the County of Pembroke Commissioners forming Part of the Communication by Post between Great of Exchequer • Britain Bills in aid of Public Works may advance Money for im proving certain Roads. How such • Britain and Ireland by way of Milford and Waterford, as well as Parts of the Road in the Counties adjoining the said County of 'Pembroke, are in an imperfect State, and it is expedient to improve the same, and to make new Lines of Road therein:' be it therefore enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Commissioners for the Issue of Exchequer Bills in aid of Public Works to advance from Time to Time, by way of Loan, to the Trustees for the Time being of the said Roads, upon their Application, such Amount of Exchequer Bills, and such on Terms and Conditions, as to the said Commissioners shall seem fit, to be advanced for the Purpose of improving the said Roads or making any new Lines of Road, as to the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury or any Three of them shall seem fit; and the Advances to be said Tolls now collected or hereafter to be collected on the said repaid. Roads or any such new Lines, subject only to such Charges as the same may now be liable to, shall be charged with the Repayment of all and every such Advances and Interest thereon; and if the said Tolls shall not be sufficient for that Purpose, then the said additional Postages shall be charged with the Repayment of such Advances and Interest, or so much thereof as the said Tolls shall be insufficient to pay; and the said Trustees for the Time being of the said Roads are hereby authorized to assign the said Tolls, subject as aforesaid, to the Secretary for the Time being of the said Commissioners for the Issue of Exchequer Bills, for securing the Payment of such Advances and Interests; and it shall be lawful for the said Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, or any Three or more of them, from Time to Time to direct the Receiver General for the Time being of the Revenue of the Post Office of Great Britain, out of the Produce of the said additional Rates of Postage in his Hands, to pay such Sums to the said Commissioners for the Issue of Exchequer Bills, or their Secretary for their Use, as may at any Time be necessary to make good any Deficiency in the said Tolls to satisfy the Payment of any such Advances and Interests, at the Times and in the Manner that shall be agreed upon for Payment of the same; and if there be not a sufficient Amount of the Produce of the said additional Rates of Postage in the Hands of the said Receiver General, then it shall be lawful for the said Lords Commissioners, or any Three or more of them, to direct Payment of so much as will make up such Deficiency out of any Money in the Hands of the Receiver General of the Post Office: Provided always, that the said Receiver General shall have paid into the Receipt of the Exchequer so much of the Produce of the said additional Postage as amounts to the Sum so directed to be paid. Act may be altered this Session. IV. And be it further enacted, That this Act may be altered, varied, or repealed by any Act or Acts to be passed in this present Session of Parliament. САР. An Act for granting to His Majesty, until the Fifth Day of • Most Gracious Sovereign, W 7E, 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 Expences, have freely and voluntarily resolved to give and grant unto Your Majesty the Duties herein-after mentioned;' and therefore do most humbly beseech Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the King'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 on and from and after the Fifth Day Duties. of July One thousand eight hundred and thirty-six and until the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, there shall be raised, levied, collected, and paid unto His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, the Duties of Customs following; (that is to say,) Sugar; videlicet, L S. d. 30 - 1 4 0 Brown or Muscovado or clayed Sugar, not the Growth of any other British Pos- Molasses, the Hundred Weight the Produce of and imported from any British Possession, the Hundred refined, the Hundred Weight Candy, Brown, the Hundred Weight White, the Hundred Weight 1 4 0 1 12 0 1 3 9 0 9 0 8 8 0 5 12 0 8 8 0 Which several Duties shall be raised, levied, collected, and paid in like Manner as if such Duties had been imposed by an Act passed in the Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of His present 3 & 4 W. 4. c.56. Majesty, intituled An Act for granting Duties of Customs. Bounties II. And be it further enacted, That the Bounties granted by granted by an Act passed in the Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of His 3&4 W. 4. c.58. present continued. Foreign Sugar not to be imported into certain British Possessions. Sugar not to be imported at a lower Rate of Duty. Certificate of What Persons may give Certi cates. present Majesty, intituled An Act to grant certain Bounties and Allowances of Customs, upon all Sugars therein mentioned exported from the United Kingdom, shall be and the same are hereby continued so long as the Duties on the Importation of Sugar imposed by this Act shall remain in force or be further continued by any Act hereafter to be passed. III. And be it further enacted, That from and after the First Day of December One thousand eight hundred and thirty-six it shall not be lawful to import into any Part of the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal, or of any Dependency thereof, being a British Possession, any Foreign Sugar, nor any Sugar the Growth of any British Possession into which Foreign Sugar can be legally imported, save and except into such Districts or Provinces of the said Presidency or of the Dependencies thereof as shall be appointed by the Governor General of India in Council. IV. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That no Sugar the Produce of any District or Province in respect of which any such Order or Orders shall be issued shall be imported into any Part of the United Kingdom at the lower Rate of Duty proposed by this Act. V. And be it further enacted, That before any Sugar shall be entered as being of the Produce of any of the Provinces composing the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal, or of any of the Dependencies thereof, being a British Possession, at the lower Rate of Duty fixed by this Act, the Master of the Ship importing the same shall deliver to the Collector or Comptroller of the Customs at the Port of Importation a Certificate under the Hand and Seal of the Collector of Sea Customs of the Port where such Sugar was taken on board within the Limits of the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal, or of any of the Dependencies thereof, being a British Possession, testifying that there had been produced to him by the Shipper of such Sugar a Certificate under the Hand and Seal of the Collector or Assistant Collector of the Land or Custom Revenue of the District within which such Sugar was produced that such Sugar was of the Produce of the District, and that the Importation into such District of Foreign Sugar, or Sugar the Growth of any British Possession into which Foreign Sugar can be legally imported, is prohibited; which Certificate so granted by the said Collector of Sea Customs shall state the Name of the Districts in which such Sugars were produced, their Quantity and Quality, the Number and Denomination of the Packages containing the same, and the Name of the Ship in which they are laden, and of the Master thereof; and that such Master shall also make a Declaration before the Collector or Comptroller that such Certificate was received by him at the Place where such Sugar was taken on board, and that the Sugar so imported is the same as is mentioned therein. VI. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Governor General of India in Council to appoint any Officer or Officers, other than the said Collector and Assistant Collector of Land Revenue and the Collector of Customs, to give such Certificates. "Separate Accounts to be kept in the Office of the Comptroller "General of the Exchequer of the Duties arising in Great Britain. "Monies arising in Ireland to be paid into the Exchequer "there. |