18 & 19 Vict. c. 1.

Act revived

CAP. LXXXV.

An Act to continue an Act to enable Her Majesty to
accept the Services of the Militia out of the United
Kingdom.
[2d August 1858.]
WHEREAS an Act was passed in the Session holden in

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the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Years of Her Majesty, "to enable Her Majesty to accept the Services of the Militia ""out of the United Kingdom for the vigorous Prosecution of "the War:" And whereas the Provision of the said Act, enabling Her Majesty to accept the Services and to employ ' out of the United Kingdom such Part as therein mentioned of the Militia raised in the United Kingdom, and the other • Provisions of the said Act, except Sections Fourteen, Fifteen, ⚫ and Sixteen, may be deemed to have expired; and it is ex· pedient that such Provisions should be revived and continued as herein-after mentioned:' Be it therefore 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, as follows:

I. All the Provisions of the said Act of the Eighteenth and and continued. Nineteenth Years of Her Majesty shall be revived and shall continue in force for the Term of Three Years after the passing of this Act; provided that this Act shall not affect or limit the Duration of Sections Fourteen and Fifteen, or of Section Sixteen, so far as the same has reference to the Two preceding Sections of the said Act.

20 & 21 Vict. c. 82.

CAP. LXXXVI.

An Act further to continue an Act to authorize the embodying of the Militia. [2d August 1858.] HEREAS by an Act of the last Session of Parliament, Chapter Eighty-two, it was enacted, that it should be • lawful for Her Majesty, and for the Lord Lieutenant or other • Chief

Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, respectively, at any Time after the passing of that Act, and before the Twenty• fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and fiftyeight, to cause all or any Part of the respective Militias in England, Scotland, and Ireland to be drawn out and embodied ' in like Manner as in the respective Cases in which such Militias were then by Law authorized to be drawn out and 'embodied: And whereas by an Act of the present Session of 21 & 22 Vict. • Parliament the first-mentioned Act has been continued until c. 4. the Twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, and it is expedient that the said first-mentioned Act should be further continued, as herein-after mentioned :' 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, as follows:

c. 82. continued

I. All the Powers and Provisions of the said Act shall Powers of be continued and shall have Effect as if the Twenty-fifth Day 20 & 21 Vict. of March One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one had been to 25th March mentioned therein instead of the Twenty-fifth Day of March 1861. One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.

CAP. LXXXVII.

An Act to continue and amend the Corrupt Practices
Prevention Act, 1854.
[2d August 1858.]
WHEREAS an Act was passed in the Session holden

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in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Years of Her 17 & 18 Vict. Majesty, Chapter One hundred and two, "to consolidate c. 102. "and amend the Laws relating to Bribery, Treating, and "undue Influence at Elections of Members of Parliament;" and by an Act of the Session holden in the Nineteenth and • Twentieth Years of Her Majesty, Chapter Eighty-four, the said first-mentioned Act was continued until the Tenth Day of August One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, and thenceforth to the End of the then next Session of Parliament: And whereas it is expedient that the said first• mentioned Act should be further continued and amended:" 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, as follows:

Voters.

I. It shall be lawful for any Candidate, or his Agent by AstoTravelling him appointed in Writing according to the Provisions of the Expenses of first-mentioned Act, to provide Conveyance for any Voter for the Purpose of polling at an Election and not otherwise, but it shall not be lawful to pay any Money or give any valuable Consideration to a Voter for or in respect of his Travelling Expenses for such Purpose; provided always, that a full, true, and particular Account of all Payments made for such Conveyance, signed by the Candidate or his Agents, shall be delivered to the Election [No. 28. Price 2d.] Auditor,

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Section 34 of
17 & 18 Vict.
c. 102.

amended as
to further
Remuneration
of Election
Auditors.

Definition of
Candidates.

Election

Auditor not to act as Election Agent.

Duration of
Act.

14 & 15 Vict. c. 57.

Auditor, with the Names and Addresses of the Persons to whom such Payments have been made; and the Amount of such Account shall be included in the general Account of the Expenses incurred at any Election to be made out and kept by such Election Auditor.

II. And whereas by Section Thirty-four of the said first' mentioned Act the Election Auditor is entitled to receive, by way of Remuneration for his Services, Ten Pounds from each Candidate as and by way of First Fee, and a further Commis'sion at the Rate of Two Pounds per Centum from each Can'didate upon every Payment made by him for or in respect of " any Bill, Charge, or Claim sent in to such Election Auditor as therein provided:' The said further Commission shall be payable only upon any Payment made by the Candidate as aforesaid over and above the Sum of Two hundred Pounds: Provided always, that the Election Auditor shall not be entitled to receive for such First Fee and further Commission more than the Sum of Twenty Pounds in the whole from each Candidate.

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III. So much of Section Thirty-eight of the said firstmentioned Act as defines the Words "Candidate at an Election" shall be repealed; and in the Construction of the said Act as amended by this Act the Words "Candidate at an Election," and the Words "Candidate at any Election," shall include all Persons elected to serve in Parliament at such Election, and all Persons nominated as Candidates at such Election, or who shall have declared themselves Candidates on or after the Day of the issuing of the Writ for such Election, or after the Dissolution or Vacancy in consequence of which such Writ shall have been issued: Provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to impose any Liability on any Person nominated without his Consent.

IV. It shall not be lawful for the Election Auditor of any Borough or County, or his Partner or Agent, to act as Election Agent, or as paid Agent in any Capacity, or Canvasser, for any Candidate for such Borough or County.

V. The said first-mentioned Act as amended by this Act shall continue in force until the Tenth Day of August One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, and thenceforth to the End of the then next Session of Parliament.

CAP. LXXXVIII.

An Act to amend an Act of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Years of Her present Majesty, to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Civil Bills and the Courts of Quarter Sessions in Ireland, and to transfer to the Assistant Barristers certain Jurisdiction as to Insolvent Debtors. [2d August 1858.] WHEREAS by the Provisions of an Act passed in the

Session of Parliament holden in the Fourteenth and • Fifteenth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, Chapter

Fifty-seven,

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Fifty-seven, it was enacted, that the Lord Lieutenant of
'Ireland might nominate and appoint to the Office of Assistant
'Barrister for each and every County and Riding in Ireland a
"practising Barrister-at-Law of Ten Years standing at the least,
' who shall have actually practised Ten Years in Her Majesty's
Superior Courts in Dublin, and shall not at the Time of his
Appointment to such Office have retired from such Practice;
' and that every Assistant Barrister so appointed should hold his
'Office during good Behaviour, but that it should be lawful for
Her Majesty to remove any such Assistant Barrister from his
Office upon the Address of both Houses of Parliament; and
that such Assistant Barristers should severally receive the
annual Salaries in the Schedule to the said Act mentioned,
according to the Classification of the County to which he was
<appointed; and that it should be lawful for Her Majesty to
grant to any Person who shall have executed the Office of
Assistant Barrister, and who shall have resigned the same, an
Annuity or yearly Sum not exceeding Four hundred Pounds,
• provided he shall have continued in Office Twenty Years, or
'be afflicted with some permanent Infirmity disabling him from
the due Execution of his Office: And whereas the said
Annuity or Pension is disproportionate to the Salaries and
'Services of the Assistant Barrister of First and Second Class
Counties, and by reason thereof no adequate Provision can be.
made for such of the Assistant Barristers as by reason of their
advanced Age and lengthened Services may have become
unable to discharge the Duties of their Office with the
necessary Diligence and Efficiency, whereby the due Admin-
istration of Justice in the County Courts in Ireland is greatly
'hindered:' Be it therefore 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, as
follows:

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sions of

I. It shall be lawful for Her Majesty and Her Successors, by Provision for any Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Ireland, to grant to Retiring Penany Person who shall have executed the Office of Assistant Assistant Barrister, within the Meaning of the said recited Act, for any Barristers. County or Riding of a County in Ireland, and who shall have resigned the same, or been removed from the same for Infirmity, in manner herein-after mentioned, an Annuity or yearly Sum not exceeding Two Thirds of the annual Salary or Salaries or Emoluments to which the Person so resigning shall have been entitled immediately before his Resignation, the said Annuity or yearly Sum to be paid out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: Provided always, that no such Annuity or yearly Sum of Money shall be granted to any Assistant Barrister unless he shall have continued in Office Twenty Years, or be afflicted with some permanent Infirmity disabling him from the due Execution of his Office, the same to be distinctly recited in such Grant.

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II. For