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For ascertaining
Tonnage of
Vessels when
laden.

Amount of Register Tonnage to be

carved on Main Beam.

Not to alter
Tonnage of
Vessels already
registered.

Commencement

of Act.

Act may be altered this Session.

Provisions of 9 G. 4. c. 92.

& 9 W. 4. c. 14. extended to Scotland.

VI. And be it further enacted, That for the Purpose of ascertaining the Tonnage of all such Ships, whether belonging to the United Kingdom or otherwise, as there shall be Occasion to measure while their Cargoes are on board, the following Rule shall be observed and is hereby established; (that is to say,) Measure, first, the Length on the Upper Deck between the Afterpart of the Stem and the Forepart of the Stern-post; secondly, the Inside Breadth on the Underside of the Upper Deck at the middle Point of the Length; and, thirdly, the Depth from the Underside of the Upper Deck down the Pump-well to the Skin; multiply these Three Dimensions together, and divide the Product by One hundred and thirty, and the Quotient will be the Amount of the Register Tonnage of such Ships.

VII. And be it further enacted, That the true Amount of the Register Tonnage of every Merchant Ship or Vessel belonging to the United Kingdom, to be ascertained according to the Rule by this Act established in respect of such Ships, shall be deeply carved or cut in Figures of at least Three Inches in Length on the Main Beam of every such Ship or Vessel, prior to her being registered. VIII. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That nothing herein contained shall extend to alter the present Measure of Tonof any Ship or Vessel which shall have been registered prior to nage the Commencement of this Act, unless in Cases where the Owners of any such Ships shall require to have their Tonnage established according to the Rule herein-before provided, or unless there shall be Occasion to have any such Ship admeasured again on account of any Alteration which shall have been made in the Form or Burthen of the same, in which Cases only such Ships shall be re-admeasured according to the said Rule, and their Tonnage registered accordingly.

IX. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall commence and take effect upon and from the First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and thirty-six.

X. And be it further enacted, That this Act may be altered, amended, or repealed by any Act or Acts to be passed in the present Session of Parliament.

CAP. LVII.

An Act to extend to Scotland certain Provisions of an Act of the Ninth Year of His late Majesty, to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Savings Banks; and to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Savings Banks in Scotland. [9th September 1835.] WE HEREAS it is expedient to repeal the Law relative to

Savings Banks in Scotland, and to make other Provisions respecting Savings Banks in Scotland;' 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 the Clauses and Provisions of a certain Act made and passed in the Ninth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, intituled An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Savings Banks, and also of a certain other Act made and passed in the Third Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An Act to enable Depositors in Savings Banks and others to purchase Go

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vernment Annuities through the Medium of Savings Banks; and to amend an Act of the Ninth Year of His late Majesty, to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Savings Banks, shall from and after the passing of this Act extend to Scotland.

except as to

II. And be it further enacted, That the Act passed in the Fifty- 59 G. 3. c. 62. ninth Year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An in part repealed, Act for the Protection of Banks for Savings in Scotland, shall, so Banks already far as the same is applicable to any Savings Bank hereafter to be established. formed and established in Scotland from and after the passing of this Act, be repealed: Provided nevertheless, that the Provisions of the said last-mentioned Act shall continue in force as to all Savings Banks established under it before the passing of this Act unless and until they shall conform to and be established under the Provisions of the said Acts of the Ninth Year of His late Majesty and the Third Year of His present Majesty.

the last-men

Rules.

III. And be it further enacted, That it shall be competent to the Existing Banks Trustees, Managers, or Directors, or other Persons legally intrusted may conform to with the Management of any Savings Bank already established in tioned Acts in Scotland under the Authority of the Act hereby repealed, or to the preparing and major Part of them assembled at any General Meeting to be con- depositing their vened according to the respective Rules and Regulations of such Savings Banks, to establish such Savings Banks under the said lastmentioned Acts by preparing, enrolling, and depositing the Rules and Regulations thereof, in conformity to Law and with the Provisions of the said last-mentioned Acts, and such Savings Bank shall thereafter be deemed and taken to be established under the Provisions in the said last-mentioned Acts to all Intents and Purposes.

IV. And be it enacted, That where the said recited Act or Acts provide for Payments made to any of the Relations of any deceased intestate Depositor according to the Statute of Distributions, the Provisions thereof shall be held to apply to Payments made to Persons appearing to be next of Kin according to the Law of Scotland; and that where the said recited Act or Acts refer to Probate of the Will of the deceased, or Letters of Administration of his or her Estate and Effects, and provide that they shall or shall not be received in the Cases therein provided, the said Provisions in the said recited Act or Acts shall be held to apply to Confirmation by the Law of Scotland, and the same shall be required or dispensed with as therein provided.

V. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall extend to all Savings Banks hereafter to be established in Scotland, and also to all Savings Banks already established in Scotland, as soon as they shall have been established under the Provisions thereof, and be deemed a Public Act, and be judicially taken notice of as such by all Judges, Justices, and other Persons whomsoever, without the same being specially shown or pleaded.

CAP. LVIII.

An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Hereditary
Land Revenues of the Crown in Scotland.

WE

[9th September 1835.]

Application of

the Law of

Scotland in peculiar Cases.

Act to extend to Scotland, and

to be deemed a

Public Act.

HEREAS an Act passed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled An "Act to extend the Provisions of an Act of the Fifty-ninth Year of 6 G. 4. c. 17. [No. 23. Price 2d.]

His

10 G. 4. c. 50.

2 W. 4. c. 1.

2 & 3 W. 4. c. 112.

3&4 W.4.c.69.

Powers to be vested in the Lord High Treasurer or the Commissioners of the Treasury.

All former Acts of Commissioners of the

valid.

5 & 6 W. IV. 'His late Majesty concerning the Disposition of certain Real and "Personal Property of His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors :

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And whereas an Act passed in the Tenth Year of the Reign of 'His late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled An Act to 'consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the Management and Im'provement of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, Parks, and Chases; of "the Land Revenue of the Crown within the Survey of the Exchequer in England; and of the Land Revenue of the Crown in Ireland; ' and for extending certain Provisions relating to the same to the 'Isles of Man and Alderney: And whereas an Act passed in the Second Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An • Act for uniting the Office of the Surveyor General of His Majesty's Works and Public Buildings with the Office of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues; and for • other Purposes relating to the Land Revenues: And whereas an Act passed in the Second and Third Years of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An Act to authorize the Hereditary Land • Revenues of the Crown in Scotland being placed under the Management of the Commissioners of the Land Revenues: And whereas an • Act passed in the Third and Fourth Year of His present Majesty, 'intituled An Act to extend and enlarge the Powers of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, • and Buildings in relation to the Management and Disposition of 'the Land Revenue of the Crown in Scotland: And whereas Doubts have arisen, in consequence of the said Acts, as to the Powers and Authorities of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury in relation to the Recovery, Management, Superintendence, and Disposition of the Interests of His Majesty, His Heirs and Suc6 cessors, in right of His Crown, as ultimus Hæres, and in Cases of Bastardy, in Scotland; and it is expedient that such Doubts 'should be removed:' Be it therefore declared and 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 Powers and Authorities for the ascertaining and recovering, and for the Management, Superintendence, and Care of all Rights and Interests of His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, in right of His Crown, in Scotland, as ultimus Hæres, or in Cases of Bastardy, or by reason of any Forfeiture whatsoever, shall be and are hereby declared to be vested in the Lord High Treasurer or the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, or any Three or more of them, for the Time being, in the same Manner and to the same Extent as such Powers and Authorities were vested in the Lord High Treasurer or the Commissioners of the Treasury for the Time being prior to the passing of any of the said recited Acts; any thing in the said Acts or either of them to the contrary notwithstanding.

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II. And be it further declared and enacted, That all Grants heretofore made, and all Acts, Matters, and Things done, by the ComTreasury to be missioners of His Majesty's Treasury, or any Three or more of them, in relation to any such Rights and Interests in Scotland, since the passing of the said recited Acts of the Second and Third Years and of the Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of His present Majesty, in exercise of the Powers and Authorities vested in them by Law or Usage prior to the passing of any of the said Acts, shall be and

are hereby declared to be good, valid, and effectual to all Intents and Purposes, any thing in the said recited Acts or either of them, or of any other Act or Acts of Parliament, to the contrary notwithstanding.

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for Churches,

III. And whereas the said last-recited Act does not enable His His Majesty Majesty to grant any Land or Building, Part of the Possessions may grant Sites • and Land Revenues of the Crown in Scotland, for the Purposes &c. out of specified in the said recited Act of the Tenth Year of the Reign of Land Revenues • His late Majesty King George the Fourth with respect to the Pos- in Scotland. ⚫ sessions and Land Revenues of the Crown to which that Act relates; and it is desirable that His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors,

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⚫ should be at liberty to grant any Lands or Hereditaments, Part of the Possessions and Land Revenues of the Crown in Scotland, for any of the Purposes herein mentioned, whenever He or They shall be graciously pleased so to do;' be it therefore enacted, That the King's Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, shall at any Time hereafter have full Power and Authority, out of the Possessions and Land Revenues of the Crown in Scotland, to give and grant to and vest in any Body Politic or Corporate, or any Person or Persons whomsoever, and their Heirs and Successors respectively, for such Estate or Interest therein as to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, shall seem meet, any Building proper to be used as or converted into, or any Ground proper for the Site of, any Church or Chapel, with or without a Cemetery or Burial Ground thereto, or any Ground proper for a Cemetery or Burial Ground to any Church or Chapel, and any House with its Appurtenances, and with or without a Garden thereto, proper for the Residence of the Spiritual Person who may serve such Church or Chapel, or any Ground proper for the Site or Sites of any such Residence, or of any Parochial or District School, with or without a Garden thereto, any thing in the said Act of the Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of His present Majesty, or any other Law or Statute, to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding; and such Body or Bodies Politic or Corporate, or Person or Persons, and their Heirs, Successors, Executors, or Administrators, shall have full Capacity and Ability to take, hold, and enjoy the same; and whenever it shall be the Pleasure of His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, to make a Grant for any of the Purposes aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the Lord High Treasurer, or the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury for the Time being, or any Three or more of them, to issue a Warrant under his or their Hand or Hands to any such Body or Bodies Politic or Corporate, or Person or Persons as aforesaid, which Warrant shall be exempt from any Stamp Duty whatsoever: Provided always, that Limitation of nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend Grants. to enable His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, to grant more than Five Statute Acres in any One Grant for any of the Purposes aforesaid, or to grant any Premises in any One Instance which shall exceed in Value the Sum of One thousand Pounds; and that all such Grants shall be carried into effect by Charters and other Instruments, according to the Law and Practice of Scotland, and not otherwise.

IV. And be it further enacted, That a Minute or Docket of every Minutes to be such Grant or Warrant shall be entered and preserved by the Com- preserved. missioners of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works,

and Buildings, in their Office.

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V. Pro

Commissioners

of Woods, in their Reports,

to certify all Grants made

V. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That the Commissioners of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings for the Time being shall, in every Report which shall be made by them to the King's most Excellent Majesty and to both under this Act. Houses of Parliament touching or concerning the Land Revenue of the Crown, from and after the passing of this Act, certify and report every Grant which shall have been made under and by virtue of the Provisions of this Act since the Time of the making their last preceding Report, and to whom and for what Purpose the same shall have been made, and what Land or Ground shall be comprised therein, and all other Particulars relating thereto.

The Act

3 G. 4. c. 71. and Part of the Act

3 W. 4. c. 19. repealed.

CAP. LIX.

An Act to consolidate and amend the several Laws relating to the cruel and improper Treatment of Animals, and the Mischiefs arising from the driving of Cattle, and to make other Provisions in regard thereto.

[9th September 1835.]

WHEREAS frequent Accidents arise from improperly dri

ving Cattle, and many and great Cruelties are practised by improperly driving and conveying Cattle to, at, and from public Markets and otherwise, as well as in slaughtering and keeping and detaining the same without Food and Nourishment, to the 6 great and needless Increase of the Sufferings of dumb Animals, and to the Demoralization of the People, and whereby the Lives and Property of His Majesty's Subjects are greatly endangered and injured: And whereas it is expedient to reduce into One Act, and to alter, amend, and enlarge the Powers and Provisions of ⚫ several Acts now in force relating to the cruel and improper Treatment of Cattle, and the Mischiefs arising from the driving thereof, and also to prevent as far as possible the cruel and improper Treatment of Cattle and other Animals, and to make divers Provisions in regard thereto :' 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 Act herein-after mentioned, (that is to say,) an Act passed in the Third Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled An Act to prevent the cruel and improper Treatment of Cattle, and so much of an Act passed in the Third Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An Act for the more effectual Administration of Justice in the Office of a Justice of the Peace in the several Police Offices established in the Metropolis, and for the more effectual Prevention of Depredations on the River Thames and its Vicinity for Three Years, as recites and enacts as follows, (that is to say,) "And whereas divers Places in and about the Metropolis are kept and used for the Purpose of fighting or baiting of Bears or other Animals, at which Places idle and disorderly Persons commonly assemble, to the Interruption of good Order and the Danger of the public Peace; be it therefore enacted, that any Person who shall, within Five Miles of Temple Bar, keep or use or shall act in the Management or conducting of any Premises or Place whatsoever

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