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Bodies Corporate or Persons, their Officers or Surrogates, other than the said Archbishops and Bishops, which Bodies Corporate or Persons, their Officers or Surrogates, before the passing of the said Act, were or were deemed to be authorized by Law to grant such Licences; and divers Persons have been married by virtue or in consequence of Licences so granted, the Validity * of which Marriages is affected by the Enactment aforesaid: And Whereas it is expedient to remedy the same:' Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That Marriages all and every Marriages and Marriage solemnized by virtue or in solemnized by of a Licence granted after the passing of the said Act of the Third Year of His present Majesty, and before the passing of this Act, by or in the Name of a Body Corporate or granted after Person, his or their Officer or Surrogate, other than the Arch- cited Act, and passing of rebishops of Canterbury and York, according to the Rights vested before the passin them respectively, or the several other Bishops within their ing of this Act, respective Dioceses, which Body Corporate or Person, his or their declared valid, Officers and Surrogates, before the passing of the said Act, were or were deemed to be authorized by Law to grant such Licences, shall be as good and valid Marriages to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever, as the same would have been if the said Enactment restraining the Power and Authority of granting such Licences had not been made. consequence virtue of Licences duly II. And be it further enacted, That such Bodies Corporate and Persons grantPersons as aforesaid, their Officers and Surrogates, who have ing such Ligranted such Licences as aforesaid since the passing of the said cences not liable Act, and their Officers and others concerned therein, and such to Penalties Ministers as have acted under the Authority of the same, shall not be or be held to be liable to any Pains or Penalties, or Censures respectively, for or on account of the granting or acting under the same. CAP. VI. An Act for applying certain Monies therein mentioned for the three. [19th March 1823.] [3,000,000l. Remainder of the Grant for 1822, applied towards the Supply for 1823.] CAP. VII. An Act to regulate the Appointment and Swearing into Office of the Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland. WH [19th March 1823.] HEREAS an Act was passed in the Fifty sixth Year of tuled An Act to unite and consolidate into One Fund all the Pub- 56 G.3. c.98. lic Revenues of Great Britain and Ireland, and to provide for the Application thereof to the general Service of the United Kingdom; expedient that the Chancellor of the Exchequer of Great and for carrying into effect the Provisions of the said Act it is B 3 • Britain Chancellor of the Exchequer of G. B. to be also appointed to the same Office for Ireland. Oaths, &c. to qualify to be taken in Eng land; and Persons thereupon entitled to the Office. Certificate of taking such Oaths, &c. to be enrolled in the proper Offices in Ireland. Seat in Parlia Britain should be also appointed to be Chancellor of the Ex'chequer of 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, the Person who for the Time being shall hold the Office of Chancellor of the Exchequer of Great Britain shall always from time to time be appointed to be Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland; and that whenever at any Time after the passing of this Act the Person holding the Office of Chancellor of the Exchequer of Great Britain shall be so appointed to be Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland, or whenever the same Person shall at any Time be appointed or shall be Chancellor of the Exchequer of Great Britain and also Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland, then and in every such Case it shall and may be lawful to and for such Person so appointed to take all and every Oath and Oaths, and to subscribe all and every Declarations and Declaration required by Law or Usage to be taken and subscribed respectively by him, in order to qualify or enable him to hold and enjoy the said Office of Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland, before the same Court or Courts, or Person or Persons in England, before whom he shall or may or could or might take and subscribe the necessary Oaths and Declarations as Chancellor of the Exchequer of Great Britain; and every such Court and Person is and are hereby authorized, empowered and required to administer and receive such Oaths and Declarations respectively, and the same shall be good, valid and effectual in Law; and the Person so appointed to be Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland shall thereupon be entitled to hold, exercise and enjoy the said Office of Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland, as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purposes as if he had taken the said Oath or Oaths and subscribed the said Declaration or Declarations in Ireland, and in Manner required by any Law, Usage or Custom in force in Ireland immediately before the passing of this Act; any thing in any Act or Acts, or any Law, Usage or Custom in force in Ireland before the passing of this Act, to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding. II. Provided always, and be it enacted, That a Certificate or Certificates of the taking of such Oaths and the signing of such Declarations respectively by such Person on his being appointed to the Office of Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland, signed by the proper Officer or Officers and attested by a Notary in the usual Form, shall, within Six Calendar Months after such the taking and signing thereof respectively, be enrolled in the Rolls Office of the Court of Chancery of Ireland, and also in the proper Office of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland. III. And be it further enacted, That if any Person holding the ment not to be Office of Chancellor of the Exchequer of Great Britain shall at vacated by such any Time be appointed to be Chancellor of the Exchequer of Appointment. Ireland, then and whenever it shall so happen, the said Person so appointed shall not by such his Appointment to the said Office of Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland, or by his Acceptance thereof, thereof, vacate his Seat as a Member of the Commons House of Parliament, if he shall then be a Member thereof. CAP. VIII. An Act to continue until the Twenty fifth Day of July One W Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, THEREAS an Act was passed in the Fifty fourth Year of 'intituled An Act for rendering the Payment of Creditors more 54 G.3. c.137. equal and expeditious in Scotland; which Act was to continue for Seven Years from the Twenty fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and fourteen, and from thence to the End ' of the then next Session of Parliament, and which Act was con'tinued, by an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, to the Twenty fifth Day of January last, and from thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament: And Whereas < it is expedient that the said Act should be continued for a further Term;' 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 further conthe said Act of the Fifty fourth Year of the Reign of His late tinued. Majesty, for rendering the Payment of Creditors more equal and expeditious in Scotland, shall be and the same is hereby further continued until the Twenty-fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and twenty four, and from thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament. II. And be it further enacted, That this Act and the said recited Act may be altered, varied or repealed by any Act or Acts to be passed in the present Session of Parliament. CA P. IX. An Act to repeal the Rates, Duties and Taxes payable in W HEREAS by an Act made in the Fifty eighth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, inti Act may be altered, &c. this Session. 'tuled An Act to grant certain Rates, Duties and Taxes in Ire- 58 G.3. c.54. land, in respect of Fire Hearths and Windows, Male Servants, 'Horses, Carriages and Dogs, in lieu of former Rates, Duties and Taxes thereon; and to provide for the Payment thereof to the Collectors of Excise, and for the more effectual accounting for the same; it was amongst other Things enacted, that there should § 2. be levied, raised, collected, paid and satisfied to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, upon and in respect of the several • Male Servants or other Male Persons, Horses, Mares, Geldings, Carriages and Dogs, in the several Schedules marked C. D. E. B 4 F. G. 3 G.4. c. 54. c. 54. on Servants, Horses, Carriages and Dogs, in Ire. land, repealed. F. G. H. and I. respectively, to the said Act annexed, the 'several Amounts, Sums of Money, Rates, Duties and Taxes as they are respectively described and set forth in the said respective Schedules; and that the said several Schedules, and all and every the Rules, Regulations, Exceptions, Exemptions and 'Abatements therein respectively specified and contained, should be deemed and taken to be a Part of the said Act, to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever: And Whereas an Act was 'passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled An Act to repeal the Rates, Duties and Taxes payable in respect of Fire • Hearths and Windows in Ireland, and to exempt certain Persons from the Tax on Dogs; and it is expedient that the said Rates, Duties and Taxes in respect of Male Servants, Horses, Carriages and Dogs, should also be repealed in manner hereinafter ' mentioned:' 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 ParDuties granted liament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from by 58 G.3. the Fifth Day of January One thousand eight hundred and twenty three, the several Rates, Duties and Taxes in respect of Male Servants or other Male Persons, and in respect of Horses, Mares and Geldings, and in respect of Carriages, and in respect of Dogs, granted in and by the said hereinbefore recited Act of the Fifty eighth Year of His late Majesty's Reign, and by the said Schedules marked C. D. E. F. G. H. and I. to the said Act annexed; and all Regulations and Directions relating to the said Rates, Duties and Taxes in respect of Male Servants or other Male Persons, and in respect of Horses, Mares and Geldings, and in respect of Carriages, and in respect of Dogs, contained in or made by the said recited Act, and the said Schedules C. D. E. F. G. H. and I. to the said Act annexed, shall cease and determine, and shall be no longer paid or payable, and shall be and the same are hereby repealed; except so far as the said Act repeals any former Act or Acts; and except also so far as the said recited Act concerns or relates to the charging, recovering, levying, paying, allowing, repaying or accounting for any of the said Rates, Duties and Taxes hereby repealed, or any Arrears or Instalments thereof, due and incurred or payable for or in respect of any Term or Time previous to the said Fifth Day of January One thousand eight hundred and twenty three; and also except so far as may concern or relate to the prosecuting, suing for and recovering of any Fine, Penalty or Forfeiture for any Offence against the said Act, and which shall have been or shall be committed at any Time before or after the passing of this Act, in respect of or relating to any of the said Rates, Duties and Taxes hereby repealed, which shall have been or shall be due or incurred for or in respect of any Term or Time previous to the said Fifth Day of January One thousand eight hundred and twenty three; and all Suits or Proceedings for such Offences shall and may be proceeded on to Judgment and Execution, to all Intents and Purposes as if this Act had not been made, so far as relates to the said Rates, Duties and Taxes. Arrears, &c. excepted. So much of 58 G.3. c.54. II. And be it further enacted, That from the said Fifth Day of January One thousand eight hundred and twenty three, so much said Duties, repealed, viz. 59 G.3. c.118. much and such Parts of the said Act of the Fifty eighth Year of and of the folHis late Majesty's Reign, and of the several Acts hereafter lowing Acts as mentioned, as relates or relate to the Rates, Duties and Taxes relates to the payable in Ireland in respect of Male Servants or other Male Persons, and in respect of Horses, Mares and Geldings, and Carriages and Dogs, shall be repealed, that is to say, an Act made in the Fifty ninth Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act to give Relief in certain Cases of Assessment of Taxes in Great Britain, and to Persons compounding for their Assessed Taxes in Ireland, from an annual Assessment, for Three Years, from the Sixth Day of January One thousand eight hundred and twenty; and also an Act made in the Session of Parliament holden in the First and Second Years of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An Act to continue 1 & 2 G.4. several Acts for the Relief of Persons compounding for Assessed c.113. Taxes, from an annual Assessment, for a further Term, and to amend the Acts relating to Assessments and Compositions of Assessed Taxes; and also an Act made in the last Session of Parliament, intituled An Act to repeal the Rates, Duties and Taxes payable in 3G.4 c.54. respect of Fire Hearths and Windows in Ireland, and to exempt certain Persons from the Tax on Dogs; and also an Act made în the Fifty first Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for granting Exemptions in certain 51 G.3. c.72. Cases from the Payment of the Duties charged in respect of Servants, Carriages, Horses and Dogs kept in Great Britain and Ireland respectively; and also an Act made in the First Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An Act to extend the 1 G.4. c.73. Period allowed to Persons compounding for their Assessed Taxes, and to give further Relief in certain Cases therein mentioned; and also an Act made in the Fifty fourth Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty, intituled An Act to amend several Acts relating 54 G.3. c.120. to the Revenues, Matters and Things under the Management of the Commissioners of Customs and Port Duties, and of the Commissioners of Inland Excise and Taxes, in Ireland; and so much and such Parts only of the said recited Act of the Fifty eighth Year of His late Majesty's Reign, and of the several other recited Acts, as in any way relate to the said several Duties by this Act repealed, are hereby repealed accordingly, and from the said Fifth Day of January One thousand eight hundred and twenty three shall cease and determine; except so far as the said Acts or any except as to of them repeal any former Act or Acts; and except so far as the repeals and resaid recited Acts, or any or either of them, concern or relate covering Arto the charging, recovering, levying or paying, allowing, repaying rears; or accounting for any of the said Rates, Duties or Taxes in respect of Male Servants or other Male Persons, and in respect of Horses, Mares and Geldings, and Carriages and Dogs, or any of them, or any Composition or Assessment in respect of the said Duties or any of them, or any Arrears or Instalments thereof, due or incurred and payable for or in respect of any Time or Term previous to the said Fifth Day of January One thousand eight hundred and twenty three; and also except so far as may and as to Proseconcern or relate to the prosecuting, suing for and recovering of cutions for any Fine, Penalty or Forfeiture for any Offence against the said Penalties. Acts, or any or either of them, which shall have been or shall be com |