6 6 W An Act to amend an Act of the Thirty-ninth Year of King George the Third, for the more effectual Suppression of Societies established for seditious and treasonable Purposes, and for preventing treasonable and seditious Practices, and to put an End to certain Proceedings now pending under the said Act. [4th June 1839.] WHEREAS in an Act passed in the Thirty-ninth Year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An Act 39 G. 3. c. 79. for the more effectual Suppression of Societies established for seditious and treasonable Purposes, and for the better preventing treasonable and seditious Practices, certain Provisions are con'tained to restrain the printing or publishing of any Papers or Books whatsoever which should be meant or intended to be published or dispersed without the Name and Place of Abode of the Printer thereof being printed thereon in the Manner in the said 'Act specified: And whereas the said Provisions have given 'Occasion to many vexatious Proceedings at the Instance of ' common Informers, and it is expedient to discourage the same :' Be it therefore enacted by the Queen'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 so much of the said Act Repeal of as enacts that every Person who, after the Expiration of Forty 39 G. S. c. 79. Days after the passing of the said Act, shall print any Paper or Book whatsoever which shall be meant or intended to be published or dispersed, whether the same shall be sold or given away, shall print upon the Front of every such Paper, if the same shall be printed on One Side only, and upon the first and last Leaves of every Paper or Book which shall consist of more than One Leaf, in legible Characters, his or her Name, and the Name of the City, Town, Parish, or Place, and also the Name (if any) of the Square, Street, Lane, Court, or Place in which his or her Dwelling House or usual Place of Abode shall be, and that every Person who shall omit so to print his Name and Place of Abode on every such Paper or Book printed by him, and also every Person who shall publish or disperse, or assist in publishing or dispersing, either gratis or for Money, any printed Paper or Book which shall have been printed after the Expiration of Forty Days from the passing of the said Act, and on which the Name and Place of Abode of the Person printing the same shall not be printed as aforesaid, shall for every Copy of such Paper so published or dispersed by hin forfeit and pay the Sum of Twenty Pounds, shall be and the same is hereby repealed. s. 27. Penalty upon Printers for not printing their sidence on every Paper or Book; and on Persons Name and Re II. And be it enacted, That every Person who after the passing of this Act shall print any Paper or Book whatsoever, which shall be meant to be published or dispersed, and who shall not print upon the Front of every such Paper, if the same shall be printed on One Side only, or upon the first or last Leaf of every Paper or Book which shall consist of more than One Leaf, in legible Characters, his or her Name and usual Place of Abode or Business, publishing the and every Person who shall publish or disperse, or assist in pub- same. lishing Proviso. As to Books or Papers printed at the University Presses. No Actions for Attorney or So lishing or dispersing, any printed Paper or Book on which the Name and Place of Abode of the Person printing the same shall not be printed as aforesaid, shall for every Copy of such Paper so printed by him or her forfeit a Sum not more than Five Pounds: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to impose any Penalty upon any Person for printing any Paper excepted out of the Operation of the said Act, either in the said Act or by any Act made for the Amendment thereof. III. And be it enacted, That in the Case of Books or Papers printed at the University Press of Oxford, or the Pitt Press of Cambridge, the Printer, instead of printing his Name thereon, shall print the following Words: " Printed at the University Press, "Oxford," or "The Pitt Press, Cambridge," as the Case may be. IV. Provided always, and be it enacted, That it shall not be Penalties to be lawful for any Person or Persons whatsoever to commence, prosecommenced, excute, enter, or file, or cause or procure to be commenced, procept in the Name of the secuted, entered, or filed, any Action, Bill, Plaint, or Information in any of Her Majesty's Courts, or before any Justice or Justices of the Peace, against any Person or Persons, for the Recovery of any Fine, Penalty, or Forfeiture made or incurred, or which may hereafter be incurred under the Provisions of this Act, unless the same be commenced, prosecuted, entered, or filed in the Name of Her Majesty's Attorney General or Solicitor General in that Part of Great Britain called England, or Her Majesty's Advocate for Scotland (as the Case may be respectively); and if any Action, Bill, Plaint, or Information shall be commenced, prosecuted,_entered, or filed in the Name or Names of any other Person or Persons than is or are in that Behalf before mentioned, the same, and every Proceeding thereupon had, are hereby declared and the same shall be null and void to all Intents and Purposes. licitor General in England, or the Queen's Advocate in Scotland. Persons sued before the pass ing of this Act for Penalties in curred under the recited Act, may apply to the Court or to a Judge to stay Proceedings upon certain Conditions. V. And be it enacted, That immediately after the passing of this Act it shall be lawful for any Person against whom any original Writ, Suit, Action, Bill, Plaint, or Information shall have been sued out, commenced, or prosecuted, on or before the Day of the passing of this Act, for the Recovery of any pecuniary Penalty or Penalties incurred under the said recited Act, to apply to the Court in which such original Writ, Suit, Action, Bill, Plaint, or Information shall have been sued out, commenced, or prosecuted, if such Court shall be sitting, or if such Court shall not be sitting to any Judge of either of the Superior Courts at Westminster, or to any Justice of the Peace before whom any such Plaint or Information shall be pending, or any Conviction shall have been had or obtained, or to any other Justice of the Peace acting for the same County, Riding, Division, City, Borough, or Place, as the Justice of the Peace before whom such Plaint or Information shall be pending or such Conviction shall have been had or obtained, for an Order that such Writ, Suit, Action, Bill, Plaint, or Information shall be discontinued, or such Conviction be quashed, upon Payment of the Costs thereof out of Pocket incurred to the Time of such Application being made, such Costs to be taxed according to the Practice of such Court, or in case of any Proceeding before a Justice, to be taxed and ascertained by such Justice; and every such Court or Judge, or Justice of the Peace, as the Case may be, is hereby authorized and required, upon such Application, and Proof Proof that sufficient Notice has been given to the Plaintiff or Informer, or to his Attorney, of the Application, to make such Order as aforesaid; and upon the making such Order, and Payment or Tender of such Costs as aforesaid, such Writ, Suit, Action, Bill, Plaint, or Information shall be forthwith discontinued, or such Conviction shall be quashed, as the Case may be: Provided always, that in all Cases in which any such Writ, Suit, Action, Bill, Plaint, or Information shall have been sued out or commenced subsequently to the Sixteenth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, it shall be lawful for such Court, Judge, or Justice as aforesaid to make such Order for discontinuing the same, or quashing any Conviction had thereon, without Payment of any Costs, and in every such Case, on the making of such Order, such Writ, Suit, Action, Bill, Plaint, or Information shall be forthwith discontinued, or such Conviction shall be forthwith quashed, as the Case may be: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall be deemed or taken to enable any Person to recover back any Money paid before the passing of this Act, in pursuance of any Judgment or Conviction duly obtained under the Provisions of the said recited Act. VI. And be it enacted, That the said Act, and all Acts made for the Amendment thereof, except so far as herein repealed or altered, shall be construed as One Act together with this Act. VII. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in this present Session of Parliament. CA P. XIII. An Act for extending the Copyright of Designs for Calico WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Twenty-seventh Year Former Acts construed with this Act. Act may be amended. of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, 'intituled An Act for the Encouragement of the Arts of designing 27 G. 3. c. 38. ' and printing Linens, Calicoes, and Muslins by vesting the Pro 'perties thereof in the Designers, Printers, and Proprietors for a 6 limited Time; and by another Act made in the Thirty-fourth 34 G. 3. c. 23. Year of the same Reign, for amending and making perpetual the 'said Act, it was enacted, that every Person who should invent, design, and print, or cause to be invented, designed, and printed, and become the Proprietor of any new and original Pattern or 'Patterns for printing Linens, Cottons, Calicoes, or Muslins, 'should have the sole Right and Liberty of printing and re-printing the same for the Term of Three Months: And whereas it 'is expedient to extend the said Acts to Ireland: And whereas 'since the passing of the last-recited Act there have been invented other Fabrics of a similar Nature, to which the said Copyright doth not extend;' be it enacted by the Queen'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 this Act shall Commencement come into operation on the passing thereof. of Act. Acts extended to Ireland. II. And be it enacted, That the said recited Acts and this Act shall extend to Ireland, as well as to England and Scotland. Description of III. And be it enacted, That the Provisions of the said recited Fabrics to which Acts shall extend to the following woven Fabrics published after the recited Acts the passing of this Act; (that is to say,) shall extend. Recited Acts construed with this Act. Remedy for Offences committed. To Fabrics composed of Wool, Silk, or Hair: To mixed Fabrics, composed of any Two or more of the following Materials; (that is to say,) Linen, Cotton, Wool, Silk, or Hair. IV. And with regard to any Fabrics to which the recited Acts and this Act extend which shall be published after the passing of this Act, be it enacted, That the recited Acts and this Act shall be construed as One Act. V. And be it enacted, That if any Offence either against the recited Acts or against this Act be committed in Ireland, the Party aggrieved shall have the same Remedies in the Supreme Courts of Law in Dublin which in the like Case the same Party would have in England. CA P. XIV. An Act for removing Doubts as to the Appointment of a 6 WHEREAS by the Statutes and Customs of the Cathedral Church of Exeter, and of certain other Cathedral Churches, it is required that the Deans of such Churches respectively shall be appointed or elected out of the Number of the Prebendaries or Canons Residentiary thereof: And whereas the Deanery of the said Cathedral Church of Exeter is now vacant, but by reason ' of the Provisions of an Act passed in the Seventh Year of the 6&7W.4.c.67. Reign of His late Majesty, intituled An Act for suspending for 1 & 2 Vict. c. 108. A Prebend or Canonry may be filled up to qualify for a Deanery, notwithstanding the Cathedral Appointments Suspension One Year Appointments to certain Dignities and Offices in Ca'thedral and Collegiate Churches, and to Sinecure Rectories, which Act was and is continued by an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled An Act for suspending until the First Day of August One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, and to the End of the then Session of Parliament, the Appointment to certain Dignities and Offices in Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, and 'to Sinecure Rectories, Doubts are entertained whether any Col'lation to a Prebend or any Election to a Canonry can be made in the present Circumstances of the Chapter of the said Church: And whereas similar Doubts may arise upon the Vacancy of the Deanery of any of such other Churches as aforesaid;' be it enacted by the Queen'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 nothing in either of the said Acts contained shall during the Vacancy of the Deanery of any Cathedral Church prevent any Spiritual Person from being collated or elected or appointed to the Prebend or to the Canonry in such Church held by the last Dean thereof, for the Purpose of qualifying such Person to be appointed or elected Dean thereof, but that such 6 (a) [See Chap. 9. ante.] Person Person shall, upon such Collation, Election, or Appointment, be a Prebendary or Canon Residentiary of such Church to all Intents and Purposes, and entitled to all Rights, Privileges, and Emoluments to such Prebend or Canonry belonging or appertaining, subject nevertheless to such Measures and Regulations as may hereafter be enacted respecting the same. 6 CA P. XV. An Act to provide for the more effectual Execution of the 6 WE HEREAS the Execution of the Office of a Justice of the Peace within the Borough of Stoke-upon-Trent (com'prising the District called The Staffordshire Potteries), and the 'several Places adjoining thereto herein-after named; that is to say, the Townships, Liberties, or Places of Trentham, Hanford, ‹ and Blurton, in the Parish of Trentham; Normacott in the Parish ' of Stone; Clayton, Botteslow, Bucknall, and Bagnall, in the 'Parish of Stoke-upon-Trent; Abbey Hulton in the Parish of 'Burslem; the Parish of Norton-on-the-Moors; and Wolstanton, 'Chell, and Chatterley, in the Parish of Wolstanton, all in the County of Stafford, has become and is likely to continue difficult ' and burthensome, owing to the very great and increasing Extent ' of the Population and Manufactories within the Borough and 'Places aforesaid, and the Attendance of a sufficient Number of • Justices of the Peace for the said County cannot always be pro'cured for the prompt Administration of the said Office therein; ' and it would tend to afford better Protection to the Persons and • Properties of the Inhabitants, and be of Advantage to the Public, 'if Provision were made by Authority of Parliament for the Ap'pointment of a Justice of the Peace, with a Stipend or Salary, 'for the more effectual Execution of the Office of a Justice of the 'Peace within the said Borough of Stoke-upon-Trent and Places 'adjoining thereto, and for other Purposes connected therewith :' May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the Queen'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 it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, from Time to Time as Occasion may require, to appoint and from Time to Time to remove One fit and able Person, being a Barrister at Law of Six Years standing at the least, and being a Justice of the Peace for the County of Stafford, to execute the Office of a Justice of the Peace within the said Borough of Stoke-upon-Trent and the Places adjoining thereto herein-before mentioned; and it shall be lawful for any such Person so appointed to act as a Justice of the Peace within the said Borough and Places adjoining thereto aforesaid without having such Qualification and without taking such Oath of Qualification as are required by Law for qualifying any Person to act as a Justice of the Peace, any Law or Statute to the contrary notwithstanding; Her Majesty Peace for the |