Rules or Regulations of such Savings Banks respectively, and to no other Periods.

Accounts to be

annually laid

before Parliament by Commissi missioners for

57 G.3. c. 105.

XXXII. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act, in lieu of the Accounts by the said recited Acts of the Fifty seventh Year of His late Majesty's Reign, for encouraging the Establishment of Banks for Savings in England and Ireland respectively, required to be annually laid before both Reduction of Houses of Parliament by the Commissioners for the Reduction National Debt of the National Debt, the following Accounts shall be prepared in lieu of Acby the said Commissioners, and shall be annually laid before counts under both Houses of Parliament, on or before the Twenty fifth Day $19. of March in every Year, if Parliament shall be sitting; and if 57 G.3. c.130. Parliament shall not be sitting, then within Fourteen Days after § 18. the Commencement of the then next Session of Parliament; that is to say, Accounts made up to the Twentieth Day of November then next preceding of the gross Amount of all Sums received and credited, and of all Sums paid from the Time of the passing of the said several Acts of the Fifty seventh Year of His late Majesty's Reign, for the encouraging the Establishment of Banks for Savings in England and Ireland respectively, up to such Twentieth Day of November, by the said Commissioners, on account of the Trustees of the several Savings Banks in England and Ireland, and also on account of any Friendly Societies in England respectively, and of the gross Amount of all Sums, Stocks, Funds and Annuities, standing in the Names of such Commissioners on the Twentieth Day of November, on account of any such Savings Banks or Friendly Societies respectively, and the Sums paid for the Purchase of such Stocks, Funds or Securities, and the gross Amount of Interest or Dividends received thereon by the said Commissioners, and the gross Amount of Interest paid by such Commissioners up to such Twentieth Day of November on all Debentures or Receipts issued to the Trustees of any such Savings Banks or Friendly Societies in England and Ireland respectively.

'

.

Treasury may issue Exchequer Bills on Application of

Commissioners

XXXIII. And Whereas it will be advantageous to enable the • Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt more readily to provide for the making of the several Payments required by the said several recited Acts or this Act to be made to the Trustees of Savings Banks or Friendly Societies from time to time;' Be it therefore enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act it shall and may be lawful for the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, or for the proper Officer or Officers of the said Commissioners, from time to time to make Application to the Lord High Treasurer or to the Com- for Reduction missioners of His Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of of National Great Britain and Ireland, stating and certifying what Sum of Debt, for PayMoney may be required for satisfying any Demands which ments to shall from time to time be made upon the said Commissioners for Savings Banks, the Reduction of the National Debt, by the Trustees of any Savings Bank or Friendly Society in England or Ireland; and thereupon it shall and may be lawful for the Lord High Treasurer or Commissioners of the said Treasury, or any Three of them, in case they shall think fit and proper so to do, by Warrant under their Hands to cause or direct any Number of Exchequer

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as by 48 G.3. c. 1.

Banks may

ers upon such Exchequer Bills.

Bills to be made out at the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer in Great Britain, for such Sum or Sums of Money as shall be from time to time stated and certified in any such Application of the said Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, or their Officer or Officers, under the Directions of the said Commissioners, or for any Part of any such Sum or Sums; and such Exchequer Bills shall be made out in the same or like Manner, Form and Order, and according to the same or like Rules and Directions as are prescribed and directed in and by an Act made in the Forty eighth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for regulating the issuing and paying of Exchequer Bills.

XXXIV. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be make Advances lawful for the Governor and Company of the Bank of England to Commission- and Bank of Ireland respectively, from time to time to advance to the said Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt such Sum or Sums of Money, on the Credit of any such Exchequer Bill or Bills, and at such Times as the said Commissioners shall from time to time require; any Law or Statute to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding.

How such Exchequer Bills paid off by Commissioners for Reduction of National Debt.

Regulations when such Bills are paid off by

Advances from the Sinking Fund.

XXXV. And be it further enacted, That the Principal Sum of every such Exchequer Bill upon which any Sum of Money shall have been so advanced by the Governor and Company of the Banks of England or of Ireland respectively, under the Provisions of this Act, shall, together with all Interest due thereon, be discharged from time to time by the said Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, in such Portions as the said Commissioners shall deem fit and expedient, with and out of any Monies invested from time to time by the Trustees of any Savings Banks or Friendly Societies in England or Ireland respectively, and carried to the Credit of the said Commissioners, on account of such Savings Banks or Friendly Societies, or with and out of the Monies or Funds commonly called The Sinking Fund, standing in the Names of the said Commissioners in the Books of the Governor and Company of the Banks of England or Ireland respectively, or by both or either of such Means of Repayment as the said Commissioners shall deem most proper and convenient; and that immediately upon any such Payment being made by the said Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, Exchequer Bills to the Amount of the Principal Sum so paid off and discharged shall be delivered up to the said Commissioners by the Governor and Company of the Bank of England or Bank of Ireland respectively; and the said Commissioners shall forthwith cause the said Exchequer Bills to be delivered to the Paymasters of Exchequer Bills to be cancelled.

XXXVI. Provided always, and be it enacted, That whenever the Principal Sum of any such Exchequer Bill or Bills shall have been discharged and paid off by any Sum or Sums of Money advanced from the Sinking Fund under the Provisions of this Act, the said Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt shall cause their Agent or proper Officer to transfer, from any Account standing in the Names of the said Commissioners. in the Books of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, or from any Accounts standing in their Names in the

Books

Books of the Bank of Ireland, under or by virtue of the said recited Acts or any of them, or of this Act, or of any Act or Acts relating to Friendly Societies, as the Case may be, into the Account standing in the Names of the said Commissioners in the Books of the Bank of England or Bank of Ireland respectively, under the Title of "The Account of the Commissioners appointed by Act of Parliament for applying certain Sums of Money annually to the Reduction of the National Debt," such an Amount of Stock as shall produce by Computation the Principal Sum and Interest of all such Exchequer Bills so paid off and discharged; and the said Computations shall be made by the proper Officer or Officers of the said Commissioners, according to the Price at which such Stock shall have been purchased by the said Commissioners on the Day of transferring the said Amount of Stook as aforesaid; and upon every such Transfer of Stock being made as hereinbefore directed, the Accountant General of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England or Bank of Ireland respectively, shall thereupon transmit to the Office of the said Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, a Certificate of every such Transfer, containing the Amount and Description of Stock so transferred.

XXXVII. Provided also, and be it enacted, That whenever the Sum to be drawn for by the Trustees of any Savings Bank in England or Ireland respectively, or by the Trustees of any Friendly Society in England, shall amount to the Sum of Five thousand Pounds or upwards, the Amount of such Draft shall not be payable or paid by the Officer of the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt until the Expiration of Twenty one Days next after the Day when the Draft for such Sum shall be produced to the said Officer.

XXXVIII. And be it further enacted, That from and after the said Twentieth Day of November One thousand eight hundred and twenty four, the Schedules annexed to the said recited Act of the Fifty seventh Year of His late Majesty's Reign, for the Establishment of Banks for Savings in Ireland, and the several Forms in the said Schedules contained, marked A. B. C. D. and E., and also the Schedule annexed to the said recited Act, made in the Fifty eighth Year of His said late Majesty's Reign, for amending the said Act of the Fifty seventh Year of His said late Majesty's Reign, for the Establishment of Banks for Savings in England, and the Forms in the said Schedules contained, marked A. B. C. D. E. F 1, F 2, and G., shall be and the same are hereby repealed, and shall be no longer used or applied in the Execution of the said recited Acts or this Act; and that from and after the said Twentieth Day of November One thousand eight hundred and twenty four, all Receipts, Orders, Certificates, Indorsements, Accounts, Returns or Instruments whatsoever, which shall be required for carrying into Execution this Act and the several Acts hereinbefore recited, or any of them, as amended by this Act, shall be made in such Form and Manner, and containing such Particulars, and under such Regulations as shall from time to time be directed or required, or approved of by the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, or their Officer or Officers.

XXXIX, And

No Draft for 5,000l. to be paid until after Twenty one Days after Production.

Schedules and Forms annexed to 57 G.3. c.105. and

58 G.3. c.48. repealed.

Receipts, &c. shall be in Forms directed or approved by Commissioners

for the Reduction of the National Debt.

of the Banks of England and

Indemnity to XXXIX. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall be Commissioners and the same is hereby declared to be a full and sufficient Indemnity and Discharge to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, and to the Governor and Company of the Bank of England and Bank of Ireland respectively, and their Officers, for all Things to be done or required or permitted to be done pursuant to the said recited Acts or this Act.

Ireland.

4 G.4. c.99.

W1

CA P. LXIII.

An Act to amend an Act of the last Session of Parliament, for providing for the establishing of Compositions for Tithes in Ireland. [17th June 1824.] HEREAS an Act was made in the last Session of Parliament, intituled An Act to provide for the establishing of Compositions for Tithes in Ireland, for a limited Time: And 'Whereas, in order to render the Operation of the said Act more 'extensively beneficial, certain Amendments are required to be 'made in the same:' 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 ParSo much of § 3. liament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from

of recited Act

as requires

Lists to be verified on

Oath, repealed.

Where Parishes are situate in more than one County or Barony, &c. the several County or Barony Collectors shall de

liver Lists of

Persons charg

ed to County Cess, and such

Lists shall be combined by the Churchwardens into one such List, as is required by 4 G.4. c.99. § 3.

and after the passing of this Act, so much of the said recited Act shall be repealed as requires or directs that any List of the Names and Residences of Persons charged with and having paid County Cess Charges or Grand Jury Rates, for or in respect of any Lands within any Parish, which shall be made by any High Constable or Collector for the Purposes of the said Act, shall be verified on the Oath of such High Constable or Collector in Manner in the said Act specified; and so much of the said recited Act is hereby repealed accordingly; and in the Subscription to any such List by any such High Constable or Collector, the Words "do certify" shall be inserted instead of the Words "do make Oath,” required by the Form of such List set forth in the Schedule (A.) annexed to the said recited Act.

II. And be it further enacted, That in Cases where it shall happen that any Parish, in respect of which any Application shall be made for carrying into Execution the said recited Act and this Act, shall be situate in more than one County or Barony, or partly in a County and partly in a County of a City, County of a Town or Town Corporate, every High Constable or other Collector of the County Cess Charges and Grand Jury Rates for the several Parts of such Parish shall, whenever thereto required, in such Manner as by the said recited Act is directed with respect to any High Constable or Collector mentioned in the said recited Act, and every such High Constable or other Collector for the several Parts of any such Parish is hereby authorized and required to prepare and deliver to the Churchwardens or Churchwarden of such Parish a List, containing the Names and Residences of all and every Persons and Person who shall have been charged with and shall have paid such County Cess. Charges or Grand Jury Rates, for and in respect of any Lands (not being Tithe free), to an Amount exceeding Twenty Shillings in the whole within the Year next preceding, within any

Part

Part of such Parish the County Cess Charges or Grand Jury Rates whereof such High Constable or Collector respectively is required to collect, together with the Amount of the several and respective Sums charged on and paid by every Person whose Name shall be contained in any such List; and the Churchwardens or Churchwarden of such Parish shall, by combining together such several Lists, make out a List in such Form and Manner as by the said Act is required to be made out and delivered by the High Constable or Collector of any Parish under the said recited Act, and as if the Names contained in all such several Lists had been contained in any one List made out and delivered by such High Constable or Collector under the said Act.

Where there are not Twenty five Persons

paying County Cess, exceeding 20s. per

Annum each, in any Parish,

Lists shall be made of the

Amount.

III. And be it further enacted, That if and whenever it shall happen that in the Whole of any Parish there shall not be Twenty five Persons who shall have been charged with and shall have paid any County Cess Charges or Grand Jury Rates, to an Amount exceeding Twenty Shillings, for and in respect of any Lands (not being Tithe free) within such Parish, within the Year next preceding the Time when any Application shall be made for carrying the said recited Act into Execution in such Parish, then and in every such Case it shall be lawful for the High Constable Twenty five or other Collector of any County Cess Charges or Grand Jury paying the Rates within any such Parish, in Cases where the Whole of such highest Parish shall be situate within the same County or Barony, and such High Constable or Collector is hereby required to prepare and deliver to the Churchwardens or Churchwarden of such Parish a List, containing the Names and Residences of such Twenty five Persons as shall have been charged with and shall have paid the highest Amount of such Rates within such Parish; and if any such Parish shall be situate in Two or more Counties or Baronies, or partly in a County and partly in a County of a City, County of a Town or Town Corporate, then and in such Case each of the several High Constables or Collectors within the several Parts of such Parish respectively shall prepare and deliver a List of such Twenty five Persons as shall have been charged with and paid the highest Amount of such Rates in such Parts of such Parish respectively, or if there shall not be Twenty five Persons charged with and paying such Rates in any such Part of any Parish, then a List of the Names of all Persons paying such Rates in such Parts of any Parish; and the Churchwarden or Churchwardens of such Parish shall from such several Lists extract the Names of the Twenty five Persons who shall have been charged with and shall have paid the highest Amount of Rates within the Whole of such Parish, and shall make out a List of such Twenty five Persons, in such Form and Manner as by · the said Act any List is required to be made out and delivered by the High Constable or Collector of any Parish under the said recited Act or this Act.

IV. And be it further enacted, That such Lists as are required or permitted by this Act shall be made out, and the Names therein shall be arranged in such Manner as by the said recited Act is directed with respect to the Names contained in any List required by the said recited Act, and the Titles of such Lists shall

be

Such Lists equivalent to Lists required by 4 G.4. c.99. § 3, 4. 7. and