schedule to the said first-recited Act annexed, and thereupon to agree with the county roads board of the said county that all turnpike gates upon such first-mentioned roads shall clear the turnpike gates upon roads within the jurisdiction of the said county roads board which may be situate within the distance of two miles therefrom, and shall be cleared by such last-mentioned turnpike gates reciprocally, and in that case such distance shall be measured and computed according to the rules hereinbefore prescribed for the measurement of distances between turnpike gates for the purposes of this and the said first-recited Act. And after reciting that some diminution of tolls may by reason of this Act be occasioned to the trustees acting under the provisions of the last-recited Act, and it is reasonable that compensation should be made to them for the same;— It is Enacted, XII. That it shall be lawful for the county roads boards of the county of Radnor to agree with the said trustees for the payment to them and their successors of such annual sum, to be paid at such times and in such manner as shall be determined and specified by such agreement, and such agreement shall be valid and effectual in law; provided that such payment as aforesaid shall always be made out of the county roads fund of the said county, and shall form a charge upon such county roads fund next in order after the annuity payable to the Public Works Loan Commissioners, and prior to all other charges upon the same. And after reciting that it is expedient that the two several pieces of road hereinafter mentioned, and which were omitted in the description of the roads to be maintained and repaired under the powers and provisions of the two hereinbefore recited Acts, should form part of the several roads to be maintained and repaired under the authority of the county roads board of the county of Glamorgan, (that is to say,) the road which leads from the old turnpike toll-house near Greenhill in the parish of Swansea, and passing over the Aberdyverthy Bridge, joins the turnpike road from Swansea to Neath at or near the eastern end of the said bridge, and the road which leads from the turnpike road from Swansea to Gower at or near the eastern entrance to Saint Helen's, and joins the lower road from Swansea to the Mumbles, at or near a certain direction post on the said lower road;— It is Enacted, XIII. That from and after the passing of this Act the said two several pieces of road shall be managed, maintained, and repaired under the authority of the county roads board of the county of Glamorgan, and for the purposes of this Act and the said recited Acts shall be deemed and taken to form part of the county roads of the said county of Glamorgan. XIV. That an Act, 31 Geo. 3. c. 106, intituled 'An Act for amending, widening, and keeping in repair the Road leading from the Town of Haverfordwest, through the Town of Fishguard, to the Town of Newport in the County of Pembroke, and also from the Town of Fishguard to the City of St. David's in the said County of Pembroke,' and also another Act, 9 Geo. 4. c. cvi. intituled 'An Act for repairing the Roads from Tavernspite to the Towns of Pembroke and Tenby and to Hubberston Hakin, and from Loveston Mountain to Cavaston Bridge, and from the end of Toch Lane on the said Road from Tavernspike to Hubberston Hakin to the Road from Loveston Mountain to Cavaston Bridge, and from the Parish of Cranwear to Pembroke Dock and Hobb's Point, all in the County of Pembroke,' shall be and the same are respectively hereby repealed. xv. That this Act shall come into operation on the 1st of August, 1847. XVI. That the Act, 7 & 8 Vict. c. 91, intituled 'An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Turnpike Trusts in South Wales,' and another Act, 8 & 9 Vict. c. 61, intituled 'An Act to make certain further Provisions for the Consolidation of Turnpike Trusts in South Wales,' and the present Act, shall be construed as one Act. XVII. That this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in this session of Parliament. CAP. LXXIII.-IRELAND. AN ACT to authorize the Advance of Money out of the Consolidated Fund for Loans towards defraying the Expence of making certain Railways in Ireland. (22nd July 1847.) 1. This Act, after reciting the passing of 57 Geo. 3. c. 34, 57 Geo. 3. c. 124, 1 Geo. 4. c. 60, 1 & 2 Geo. 4. c. 111, 3 Geo. 4. c. 86, 4 Geo. 4. c. 63, 5 Geo. 4. c. 36, 5 Geo. 4. c. 77, 6 Geo. 4. c. 35, 7 Geo. 4. c. 30, 7 & 8 Geo. 4. c. 12, 7 & 8 Geo. 4. c. 47, 1 & 2 Will. 4. c. 24, 3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 32, 4 & 5 Will. 4. c. 72. 7 Will. 4. & 1 Vict. c. 51, 1 & 2 Vict. c. 88, 3 & 4 Vict. c. 10, 5 & 6 Vict. c. 9, 9 & 10 Vict. c. 80, gives power to Treasury to charge the Consolidated Fund, and direct the issue thereout of 620,0001. II. Powers, &c. of recited Acts to have the same force as if re-enacted in this Act. III. Act may be amended, &c. CAP. LXXIV.-IRELAND. AN ACT to provide for the Repayment of Sums due by the County of the City of Limerick for Advances of public Money for the Improvement of the Navigation of the River Shannon. (22nd July 1847.) This ACT contains the following clauses: 1. Borough or county of the city of Limerick, &c. now annexed to the county of Limerick shall be liable to the respective proportions as herein mentioned of the debt due to the Treasury in respect of the improvement of the river Shannon. II. The grand juries of the county of the city and of the county of Limerick shall, at the Spring Assizes of 1848, present their respective proportions of interest to be raised and paid forthwith; and their respective proportions of the principal, with further interest, to be raised and paid by twelve instalments. III. The precincts of Limerick not to be liable to the proportion payable by the county, but such precincts shall be credited with the amount already paid. IV. Act may be amended, &c. CAP. LXXV.-IRELAND. AN ACT for the further Improvement of the Fishery Piers and Harbours of Ireland. ABSTRACT OF THE ENACTMENTS. (22nd July 1847.) 1. Treasury may issue the sum of 40,000l. out of Consolidated Fund. 2. Appropriation of 40,000l. and of such further sums as shall be voted for the purposes of 9 & 10 Vict. c. 3. and of this Act. 3. Commissioners to give notice of existing public harbours which ought to be vested in them. 4. Certain public harbours vested in the Commissioners. 5. Commissioners to apportion the charge of repair of harbours, &c. in case of insufficiency of tolls. 6. If tolls, &c. are insufficient to repair harbour, &c. Commissioners may execute the same out of loans for public works. 7. First repairs of old harbours, &c. may be executed partly by grant out of 40,0001. 8. This Act and first-recited Act to be construed as one. 9. Act may be amended, &c. By this ACT, After reciting that by 9 & 10 Vict. c. 3. provision was made of funds, partly by way of grant and partly by way of loan, for the purposes therein specified; and it is expedient that further sums of money should be provided, to be applied in like manner; and the powers granted to the Commissioners constituted under that Act were, by another Act, 9 & 10 Vict. c. 86, transferred to and vested in the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland : It is Enacted, I. That the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland may cause to be issued from time to time to the said Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, as they may find necessary for the purposes, of the said Act, out of the growing produce of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, any further sum or sums of money not exceeding in the whole the sum of 40,0007. II. That the said Commissioners of Public Works, with the approval of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, may make advances by way of grant to an amount not exceeding in the whole the sum of 40,000l., and such further sum or sums of money as shall be from time to time voted by Parliament to be applied for the purposes of the first-recited Act and this Act, in the manner and on the conditions specified in the said Act concerning any grant of money made under the authority of the said Act; and every grant of money made under the authority of this Act shall be subject to all the provisions of the Act as fully as if the said Act had authorized the advance and appropriation to the purposes of the said Act of the said further sum of 40,000l., and of any such other sum or sums of money as shall be from time to time voted by Parliament as aforesaid; and loans may be made by the said Commissioners of Public Works in aid of any such grant in like manner and upon the like security as is provided with respect to any work to be executed under the provisions of the first-recited Act. III. That within twelve calendar months after the passing of this Act the said Commissioners, by one or more notices or instruments in writing under the hands of two or more of them shall declare and describe the several harbours, piers, quays, landing-places, and other works on the sea coast of Ireland which within forty-five years last passed have been made wholly or in part with public money advanced for the improvement of the fisheries, and which the Commissioners shall deem fit and still useful for the purposes of the sea fisheries, and which, in their opinion, ought to be vested in the said Commissioners; and a copy of every such notice or instrument shall be published within the said period of twelve calendar months in the Dublin Gazette, and in some one or more newspapers circulating in the neighbourhood of the harbour, pier, quay, landing-place, or other work to which such notice relates, and also, if the Commissioners think fit, shall be posted at some public place in the said neighbourhood, and by such notice all persons interested shall be required, on or before a day to be named therein, not sooner than two weeks from such publication, to send to the secretary of the said Commissioners in Dublin their objections, if any, in writing, to the said proceedings of the Commissioners. IV. That after the expiration of the time so limited for receiving objections with respect to any such harbour, pier, quay, landing-place, or other work the Commissioners shall consider all such objections, and shall inquire into the grounds of the same, in such manner as they think fit; and if thereupon they shall be of opinion, and shall finally determine, that any such public harbour, pier, quay, landing-place, or other work should be vested in them, they shall signify their determination by an order under the hands of two or more of them, which shall be published in the Dublin Gazette; and any such public harbour, pier, quay, landing-place, or other work respecting which such order shall have been made and published as aforesaid, with all ways, rights, members, and appurtenances thereto belonging, shall thereupon be vested in the said Commissioners and their successors, and shall be deemed to be so vested, and shall be maintained and repaired in like manner as if it had been constructed under the provisions of the said Act. v. That in and by the order made as aforesaid for vesting any such harbour, pier, quay, landing-place, or other work in the Commissioners they shall specify the county which, under the provisions hereinbefore contained, shall be liable to be charged with the costs and charges of the repair and maintenance thereof in case of the insufficiency of the tolls, rates, or rents accruing thence to the Commissioners to make good the same; and if any such harbour, pier, quay, or landing-place shall be in or adjacent to more than one county, the Commissioners in and by the same order shall fix the proportion in which each of such counties shall be liable to be charged towards making good such deficiency; and every such order shall be binding and conclusive on every such county, and on all persons whomsoever. VI. Provided and enacted, That if the tolls, rates, or rents accruing to the said Commissioners from any harbour, pier, quay, landing-place, or other work vested in them under the provisions of the first-recited Act or of this Act shall be insufficient to defray the charge of the maintenance and repair thereof, the Commissioners may from time to time execute such repairs out of any monies in their hands applicable for loans for public works, and shall in every such case draw up an award specifying the amount of the sums expended by them in and about such repairs, and all expenses incident thereto, over and above the amount of the said tolls, rates, and rents applicable thereunto, and deducting any sum which under the power hereinafter contained shall have been advanced by them by way of grant for the first repair of any harbour, pier, quay, landing-place, or other work vested in them under this Act, and shall charge such amount, with interest, upon the county or counties in or adjacent to which such pier, harbour, quay, landing-place, or other work is situated; and the Commissioners shall sign such award under the hands of two or more of them; and every such award shall be deemed a final award of the Commissioners, such as they are empowered by the first-recited Act to make, as soon as any work for the purposes of the said Act is completed, and shall be dealt with in like manner, and be of the like force and effect; and all proceedings in respect thereto shall be had as by the said Act is provided with respect to proceedings upon any such final award of the Commissioners. VII. Provided and enacted, That the Commissioners, with the approval of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, may, if they think fit, out of the said sum of 40,000l., or any further sum which shall be from time to time voted by parliament for the purpose of the first-recited Act and this Act, advance by way of grant any part of the expenses of the first repair of any harbour, pier, quay, landing-place, or other work vested in them under this Act, and previously to such first repair such proceedings shall be had and taken as by the said first-recited Act are required to be previously had or taken in the case of any new pier, quay, harbour, or other work the expense of which is partly to be paid by any county or district. VIII. That this Act and the first-recited Act as amended by this Act shall be construed together as one Act. CAP. LXXVI. AN ACT to empower the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods to purchase Lands for the Purpose of a Harbour of Refuge at or near Holyhead in the County of Anglesea. (22nd July 1847.) ABSTRACT OF THE ENACTMENTS. 1. Power to Commissioners of Woods, &c. to purchase the lands mentioned in the Schedule. 2. Maps, &c. after having been authenticated to be deposited in the offices of Woods, &c. and the Admiralty. 3. Powers of the 10 & 11 Vict. c. 24. extended to this Act and to the lands mentioned in the Schedule. 4. Lands to be offered to owner of lands from which they were originally taken or to adjoining owners. 6. Public Act. By this ACT, After reciting the passing of 50 Geo. 3. c. 93, 4 Geo. 4. c. 74, 3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 43, and that by 9 & 10 Vict. c. 116, the sum of 85,6811. was directed to be issued and applied for Holyhead harbour: and that by 10 & 11 Vict. c. 24, powers are therein contained for enabling the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings, to carry out and effect the purchase of the lands and hereditaments therein mentioned: And that, for the promotion of the service and interests of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and for further facilitating the intercourse between Her Majesty's subjects in Great Britain and Ireland, it is intended to construct a new and improved harbour at or near Holyhead in the county of Anglesea, and the lands and hereditaments mentioned in the Schedule hereunto annexed are required for the purposes of the said harbour and the works, matters, and things incident to or connected therewith; and for acquiring such lands it is expedient that such provision should be made as is hereinafter contained: It is Enacted, I. That it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings for the time being, on behalf of Her Majesty, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, by and out of any monies which have been or may hereafter be granted by Parliament for Holyhead harbour, to purchase the lands and hereditaments mentioned in the Schedule hereunto annexed, and such lands and hereditaments when purchased shall be conveyed and assured to Her Majesty, her heirs and successors, for the purposes of the said harbour. II. That the maps or plans already made describing the said lands, after the same shall have been authenticated in duplicate by the signatures of the Lords of the Admiralty for the time being, shall be deposited in the office of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings, and in the office of the Lords of the Admiralty respectively, and the maps and plans so authenticated and deposited shall remain in such offices respectively, to the end that all persons may at all reasonable times inspect the same at their will and pleasure, on payment of 1s. for every such inspection. And for the purpose of empowering the Commissioners for the time being of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings, on behalf of Her Majesty, to take and use for the purposes of the said intended new and improved harbour at or near Holyhead, and the works, matters, and things incident to or connected therewith, the land, houses, tenements, and hereditaments mentioned in the said Schedule hereunto annexed, and for empowering the said Commissioners, on behalf of Her Majesty, to stop up, divert, raise, lower, or alter all or any of the roads, ways, paths, passages, streams, and watercourses which now lead into, through, across, or over the said lands, tenements, or hereditaments, and for the compulsory purchase of all or of so much and such part or parts of the said lands, tenements, and hereditaments, as the said Commissioners may deem it necessary or expedient to purchase and acquire for the purposes aforesaid :— It is Enacted, III. That all the powers, clauses, provisions, matters, and things contained in the last herein before recited Act of this present session of Parliament, except such of them or such parts thereof as are by this Act repealed, altered, or otherwise provided for, and also except the special provisions in the said Act contained for the ascertaining and appropriating the price to be paid for the rights and interests of any person or persons in the common or commonable lands therein mentioned, shall extend and apply to the lands and hereditaments mentioned in the Schedule to this Act as fully and effectually as if the same several powers, provisions, matters, and things were repeated in this Act, and re-enacted with reference to the lands and hereditaments hereby authorized to be purchased, and to the several purposes and things before mentioned or referred to, and as if the expression "county of Anglesea" was substituted in the said lastly hereinbefore recited Act for the expression "county of Dorset," and as if the expression "new and improved harbour at or near Holyhead" was substituted for the expressions "harbour of refuge and breakwater intended to be constructed on or near the north-east side of the Isle of Portland ;" and all pains and penalties which may be incurred, imposed, or inflicted under or by virtue of the said last hereinbefore recited Act of this present session of Parliament for offences against the provisions therein specified, shall and may be incurred, enforced, and inflicted for similar offences against the provisions of this Act, and in all respects as if the same were repeated in this Act. IV. That before any superfluous lands to be purchased by or on behalf of Her Majesty under the authority of this Act shall be sold, such superfluous lands shall, unless situate within a town, or be lands built upon or used for building purposes, be first offered to the person then entitled to the lands (if any) from which the same were originally severed; or if such person refuse to purchase the same, or cannot, after diligent inquiry, be found, then the like offer shall be made to the person or to the several persons whose lands shall immediately adjoin the lands so proposed to be sold, such persons being capable of entering into a contract for the purchase of such lands; and where more than one such person shall be entitled to such right of pre-emption, such offer shall be made to such persons in succession, one after another, in such order as by or on behalf of Her Majesty shall be thought fit; and if any such persons be desirous of purchasing such lands, then, within six weeks after such offer of sale, they shall signify their desire in that behalf to the Commissioners for the time being of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings, or if they decline such offer, or if for six weeks they neglect to signify their desire to purchase such lands, the right of pre-emption of every such person so declining or neglecting in respect of the lands included in such offer shall cease; and a declaration in writing made before a Justice by some person not interested in the matter in question, stating that such offer was made, and was refused or not accepted within six weeks from the time of making the same, or that the person or all the persons entitled to the right of pre-emption were out of the country, or could not, after diligent inquiry, be found, or were not capable of entering into a contract for the purchase of such lands, shall in all courts be sufficient evidence of the facts therein stated; and if any person entitled to such pre-emption be desirous of purchasing any such lands, and such person and the said Commissioners do not agree as to the price thereof, then such price shall be ascertained by arbitration, and the costs of such arbitration shall be in the discretion of the arbitrators; and upon payment or tender to the said Commissioners, on behalf of Her Majesty, of the purchase-money so agreed upon or determined as aforesaid, they shall, on behalf of Her Majesty, convey such lands to the purchasers thereof, and such conveyance shall be effectual to vest the lands comprised therein in the purchaser of such lands for the estate which shall have been so purchased by him, and a receipt under the hands of the said Commissioners, or any two of them, shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser of any such lands for the purchase-money in such receipt expressed to be received. v. That this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in this present session of Parliament. VI. That this Act shall be deemed to be a public Act; and shall be judicially taken notice of as such by all Judges, Justices, and others. Here follows the SCHEDULE to which the foregoing Act refers. CAP. LXXVII. AN ACT to continue until the First Day of October One thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, and to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, the Exemption of Inhabitants of Parishes, Townships, and Villages from Liability to be rated as such in respect of Stock in Trade or other Property to the Relief of the Poor. (22nd July 1847.) CAP. LXXVIII. AN ACT to amend an Act for the Registration, Incorporation, and Regulation of Joint Stock Companies. (22nd July 1847.) ABSTRACT OF THE ENACTMENTS. 1. Any company, having obtained certificate of complete registration, being desirous of holding lands, may apply to the Board of Trade for a licence, who may, if they see fit, grant the same. 2. Accounts, of licenses, renewals, extensions, &c. to be annually laid before Parliament. 3. Licences granted before passing of this Act deemed valid and effectual for the purposes therein expressed. 4. So much of recited Act as requires the return to the office for registration of joint stock companies of a copy of every prospectus, &e. repealed. 5. Certain additional particulars required to be returned to the office for registration of joint stock companies. 6. If any alterations are made in particulars registered, they shall be returned to the registrar, under a penalty. 7. Penalty on promoters issuing, at any time before complete registration, any prospectus, &c. containing statement at variance with particulars returned under recited Act. 8. Penalties under this Act to be sued for as under recited Act. 9. Act may be amended, &c. By this ACT, After reciting that by 7 & 8 Vict. c. 110, it is amongst other things enacted, that on the complete registration of any company being certified in the manner prescribed in the said Act it shall be lawful for such company, amongst other things, to purchase and hold lands, tenements, and hereditaments in the name of such company, or of the trustees or trustee thereof, for the purpose of occupying the same as a place or places of business of the said company, and also (but nevertheless with a licence, general or special, for that purpose, to be granted by the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, first had and obtained), such other lands, tenements, and hereditaments as the nature of the business of the company may require: And that doubts have in certain cases arisen as to the meaning of the said provision, and it is expedient that such doubts should be removed, and that further provision should be made as to the granting of such licences as aforesaid by the said Committee of Privy Council :— It is Enacted, 1. That whenever any company, having obtained a certificate of complete registration under the said Act, is desirous of purchasing or holding, taking on lease, holding on mortgage, or in any other manner acquiring an interest such as bodies politic or corporate are by law incapacitated from acquiring in any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, other than such as it is under said Act entitled to purchase and hold, as a place or places of business, it shall be lawful for such company to make application to the Lords of the said Committee of Privy Council for Trade for a licence to purchase, take, or hold the same; and the Lords of the said Committee shall thereupon take such application into their consideration, and may, if they see fit, grant a licence to such |