not been made or passed; any thing in the same Act to the con trary in anywise notwithstanding. former Acts effectual for executing this III. And be it further enacted, That for the Execution of this Powers of Act, the Commissioners for the Execution of the said Acts, and the Lord High Treasurer or Commissioners of the Treasury, and all other Persons, shall have all such and the like Powers and Act. Authorities in all respects as are given to or vested in such Commissioners, Lord High Treasurer, Commissioners of the Treasury, and other Persons by the said Acts or any of them, except only so far as the same are altered by this Act. CAP. XLVIII. An Act to continue until the First Day of June One thousand CA P. XLIX. [23à June 1827.] An Act to exempt Persons who have procured Game Cer- THEREAS by an Act passed in the Fifty second Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for granting to His Majesty certain new and 52 G. 3. c. 93. additional Duties of Assessed Taxes, and for consolidating the 'same with the former Duties of Assessed Taxes, certain Duties therein specified are imposed upon Persons (not acting by virtue of a Deputation or Appointment) in Great Britain who shall use any Dog, Gun, Net, or other Engine, for the Purpose of taking or killing any Game whatever, or any Woodcock, Snipe, Quail, or Landrail, or any Conies, or shall take or kill by any Means 'whatever, or shall assist in any Manner in the taking or killing by any Means whatever, any Game, or any Woodcock, Snipe, Quail, or Landrail, or any Cony: And Whereas by another Act passed in the Fifty sixth Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty, intituled An Act to repeal the several Stamp Duties in 56 G. 3. c. 56. • Ireland, and also several Acts for the Collection and Management ' of the said Duties, and to grant new Stamp Duties in lieu thereof; and to make more effectual Regulations for collecting and managing the said Duties, certain Duties therein specified are imposed upon Certificates, to authorize Persons not being Gamekeepers to kill Game in Ireland: And Whereas it is expedient to exempt Persons who shall have paid any such Duty as aforesaid in "Great Britain from the Duties payable on any such Certificates as aforesaid in Ireland, and to exempt Persons who shall have 'paid any Duty on any such Certificates as aforesaid in Ireland, + Sic. Persons who have paid the Duty on Game Certificates in Great Britain exempt from the Duty thereon in Ireland; and Persons having paid the Duty imposed thereon in Ireland exempt from the Duty in Great Bri tain on paying the Difference only. Commissioners of Stamps in Ireland, receiving the Difference of Duty, to stamp Certificates with a upon + the Duty imposed on any such Person as aforesaid in 'Great Britain, upon their paying to the Commissioners of Stamps ' in Great Britain the Difference between the Duty paid by them on such Certificates in Ireland, and the Sum which would have 'been payable by them in Great Britain in case they had not previously paid any such Duty as aforesaid in Ireland;' 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 from and after the passing of this Act, whenever any Person shall have paid or shall pay the Duty imposed by the said recited Act of the Fifty second Year of the Reign of His late Majesty on Persons in Great Britain, other than Persons acting by virtue of a Deputation or Appointment, who shall use any Dog, Gun, Net, or other Engine for the Purpose of taking or killing any Game whatever, or any Woodcock, Snipe, Quail, or Landrail, or any Conies, or shall take or kill by any Means whatever, or shall assist in any Manner in the taking or killing by any Means whatever, any Game, or any Woodcock, Snipe, Quail, or Landrail, or any Cony, such Person shall be exempt from the Duty imposed by the said recited Act passed in the Fifty sixth Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty on Certificates to authorize Persons not being Gamekeepers to kill Game in Ireland, for and during the Period in respect whereof such Duty shall have been paid in Great Britain, and from all the Penalties contained or imposed in the said recited Act of the Fifty sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, or in and by any other Act or Acts for securing any of the said Duties so payable in Ireland as aforesaid; and that every Person who shall have paid any of the Duties imposed by the said recited Act of the Fifty sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty on Certificates to authorize Persons not being Gamekeepers to kill Game in Ireland, shall be exempt from the Duties imposed by the said recited Act of the Fifty second Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, on Persons in Great Britain who shall use any Dog, Gun, Net, or other Engine for the Purpose of taking or killing Game whatever, or any Woodcock, Snipe, Quail, or Landrail, or any Cony, and from all the Penalties contained in or imposed by the said recited Act of the Fifty second Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, or in or by any other Act or Acts for securing any of the said Duties payable in Great Britain as aforesaid, provided such Person shall first pay to the said Commissioners of Stamps in Great Britain the Difference between the Duty already paid by him in Ireland, and the Duty which would have been payable in respect of such Person for any of the Purposes aforesaid in Great Britain. any II. And be it further enacted, That in every Case in which any such Difference of Duty shall be offered to be paid to the Commissioners of Stamps in Ireland as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of Stamps, or their proper Officers, and they are hereby authorized and required to receive the Amount of such Difference of Duty, upon the Production to the Mark denoting said Commissioners, or their proper Officers, of the Certificate such Payment. upon which the original Duty shall have been paid, and to stamp such such Certificate with a Mark or Impression denoting the Payment of the additional Duty payable thereon in pursuance of this Act. Law. III. Provided always, and be it further enacted and declared, Nothing herein That neither the Payment of the Difference of Duty as aforesaid, to authorize the nor the stamping of the Certificate, nor any thing contained or killing of Game in any Manner done in pursuance of this Act, shall be construed to authorize prohibited by or enable any Person to kill Game, or use any Dog, Gun, Net, or other Engine for any of the Purposes mentioned in this Act, at any Time or Times, or in any Manner prohibited by any Law in force at or immediately before the passing of this Act, nor unless such Person shall be duly qualified so to do under and by virtue of the Laws in being; and all Penalties and Forfeitures, Actions and Suits, shall and may be prosecuted and maintained for such Offences as if this Act had not been made. CA P. L. An Act to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing, and con- W for defraying the Charge of the Pay, Clothing, and con HEREAS it is necessary that Provision should be made 'tingent and other Expences of the Regular Militia, and of the Miners of Cornwall and Devon (when disembodied) in Great 'Britain and Ireland; and also for making Allowances of Re'duced Pay in certain Cases to Subaltern Officers and Surgeons 'Mates of the Regular Militia and Miners of Devon and Cornwall ' in Great Britain, while disembodied; and also Allowances to Adjutants and Serjeant Majors of the Regular Militia, who 'have been or may be reduced; and to Adjutants, Surgeons, and 'Quartermasters, after long Service;' 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 the Secretary at War for the Time being may and shall, and he is hereby authorized, empowered, and required to cause to be issued and paid the whole Sum required for the Regular Militia of Great Britain and Ireland (when disembodied), in the Manner and for the several Uses hereinafter mentioned; (that is to say), for the Pay of the said Regular Militia at the Rates following; (that is to say), For each Adjutant, Eight Shillings per Diem: For each Paymaster, in Corps consisting of Three Companies and For each Paymaster, in Corps consisting of Two Companies, Five For each Paymaster, in Corps consisting of One Company, Four Shillings per Diem : For Rates of Pay when absent on Furlough. Clothing. For each Surgeon, Six Shillings per Diem: For each Serjeant Major, having been Serjeant Major of a Pro- For each Serjeant Major, where One is appointed in Corps con- For each Quartermaster Serjeant of the Militia of Ireland, One For each Serjeant, having been a Colour Serjeant in One of the For each Serjeant doing the duty of Quartermaster Serjeant while For each Serjeant, One Shilling and Sixpence per Diem : For each Corporal, One Shilling and Two Pence per Diem : For each Drummer or Fifer, One Shilling per Diem : Provided always, That when any Serjeant, Corporal, Drummer, Every Serjeant Major, having been Serjeant Major of a Pro- For every Serjeant Major, where One is appointed in Corps con- For every Quartermaster Serjeant of the Militia of Ireland, One For every Serjeant doing the Duty of Quartermaster Serjeant For every other Serjeant, the Sum of One Shilling per Diem : For every Drum Major, where One is appointed in Corps con- And for every Drummer or Fifer, the Sum of Sixpence per Diem, respectively, and no more : And also for the Clothing of the Regular Militia (when disembodied), in Cases in which full Clothing shall be provided by the 2 Colonel Colonel or Commandant, at the Rate of Five Pounds Twelve Shillings and One Penny for each Serjeant Major, Quartermaster Serjeant, and Serjeant doing the Duty of Quartermaster Serjeant while no Quartermaster is appointed; Three Pounds for each Serjeant; One Pound Seventeen Shillings and Four Pence for each Corporal; Two Pounds Eighteen Shillings and Seven Pence for each Drum Major; Two Pounds Eighteen Shillings and Seven Pence for each Drummer or Fifer; and One Pound Seventeen Shillings for each Private Man; and so in proportion in the Cases in which only Part of the Clothing shall be provided by the Colonel or Commandant, together with the actual Expence of Package and Carriage, and such Charges for altering and fitting the Clothing as shall have been notified by the Secretary at War; and that such Serjeant Majors, Quartermaster Serjeants, Drum Majors, Serjeants, Corporals, and Drummers or Fifers, who may be retained on constant Pay, and resident at Head Quarters, shall be clothed once in Two Years: And also at the Rate of Two Pence per Month for each Private Contingent Man and Drummer or Fifer, for defraying the contingent Ex- Fund. pences of each Regiment, Battalion, or Corps. II. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That any Paymaster of Disembodied Militia, being either on Naval or Military Half Pay, or being entitled to any Allowance as having served in any of His Majesty's Regular Forces, or Navy or Marines, shall and may and he is hereby empowered to receive and take the aforesaid Rates of Disembodied Pay, (videlicet) Six Shillings, Five Shillings, or Four Shillings per Diem, as the Case may be; and the receiving and taking such Rates of Disembodied Pay as aforesaid, shall not prevent such Paymaster on Half Pay, or being entitled to any such Allowance, from receiving his Half Pay, or such Allowance; and such Paymaster shall take the following Oath before some Justice of the Peace, who is hereby empowered to administer the same: 'I A. B. do swear, That I had not between the and the any Place or Employment of Profit, Civil or Military, under His Majesty, besides my Allowance of Half Pay as a reduced in His Majesty's Army or Navy, or Marines (as the Case may be), save and except 'my Disembodied Pay (of Six Shillings, Five Shillings, or Four Shillings, as the Case may be) as Paymaster of the Militia.' And the taking the said Oath shall be sufficient to entitle such Paymaster to receive his Half Pay or the said Allowance, without taking any other Oath; any Law, Usage, or Custom to the contrary notwithstanding. III. And be it further enacted, That every Adjutant, Paymaster, Surgeon, Quartermaster, and every Noncommissioned Officer, Drummer, and Fifer, on permanent Pay of Regular Militia, when disembodied, shall be constantly resident within the City, Town, or Place where the Arms of the Corps to which such Officers belong are kept, or within such reasonable Distance of the Depôt as shall be sanctioned by the Secretary at War: Pro7 & 8 GEO. IV. vided T Paymaster al lowed Disem bodied Pay. Oath. Residence of certain Officers to be where Arms of the Corps are kept. |