Act of the First Year of Her present Majesty for exempting certain Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes from the Ope- 38. An Act to amend the Jurisdiction for the Trial of Election 39. An Act to amend an Act passed in the last Session of Parlia- ment, for abolishing Arrest on Mesne Process in Civil Actions except in certain Cases, for extending the Remedies of Credi- tors against the Property of Debtors, and for amending the Laws for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in England. 190 40. An Act for procuring Returns relative to the Highways and 42. An Act to improve Prisons and Prison Discipline in Scot- 43. An Act to suspend until the End of the next Session of Parlia- ment the making of Lists and the Ballots and Enrolments for the Militia of the United Kingdom. 44. An Act to prevent, until the End of the next Session of Parlia- ment, Ships clearing out from a British North American Port loading any Part of their Cargo of Timber upon Deck. 45. An Act to amend an Act of the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth relating to 46. An Act to authorize the Trustees of Turnpike Roads to reduce the Scale of Tolls payable for Overweight. 47. An Act for further improving the Police in and near the Metro- 48. An Act to amend Two Acts, of the Third and Fourth and Fourth and Fifth Years of His late Majesty King William the 49. An Act to make better Provision for the Assignment of Eccle- siastical Districts to Churches or Chapels augmented by the 50. An Act to extend and amend the Provisions of the Acts for the Extension and Promotion of Public Works in Ireland; and for the Recovery of Public Monies advanced for the Use of Counties, Parishes, and other Districts in Ireland on the Faith of Grand 51. An Act to regulate the Payment and Assignment in certain Cases of Pensions granted for Service in Her Majesty's Army, 53. An Act to amend an Act of the last Session of Parliament 54. An Act to amend the Law relating to the Custody of In- 55. An Act to suspend, until the First Day of August One thou- sand eight hundred and forty, certain Cathedral and other Eccle- siastical Preferments, and the Operation of the new Arrangement 57. An Act to continue, until Six Months after the Commence- ment of the next Session of Parliament, an Act of the last Session of Parliament, for authorizing Her Majesty to carry into imme- diate Execution by Orders in Council any Treaties for the Sup- 58. An Act to make further Provision for the Administration of Justice, and for improving the Practice and Proceedings, in the Courts of the Stannaries of Cornwall; and for the Prevention of Frauds by Workmen employed in Mines within the County 59. An Act for taking away the Exemption, except in certain Cases, of Officers of the Militia to serve as Sheriff. 60. An Act to explain and extend the Provisions of an Act passed in the First Year of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled An Act for consolidating and amending the Laws for facilitating the Payment of Debts out of Real Estate. 362 61. An Act for the Improvement of the Navigation of the River 63. An Act to remove Doubts as to the charging the Duty of 64. An Act to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing, and con- tingent and other Expences of the disembodied Militia in Great Britain and Ireland; and to grant Allowances in certain Cases to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Surgeons Mates, and Serjeant Majors of the Militia, until the First Day of July One thousand 65. An Act to amend the Mode of assessing the Rogue Money in Scotland, and to extend the Purposes of such Assessment. 66. An Act to reduce certain of the Duties now payable on Stage 67. An Act to amend an Act of the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of King William the Fourth, intituled An Act to amend 68. An Act to continue, until the Thirty-first Day of August One thousand eight hundred and forty, an Act of the First and Second Years of Her present Majesty, relating to legal Proceedings by certain Joint Stock Banking Companies against their own Members, and by such Members against the Companies. Page 419 69. An Act to authorize the Purchase or building of Lodgings for the Judges of Assize on their Circuits. Ibid. 70. An Act to amend an Act of the Ninth Year of King George the Fourth, to provide for the Administration of Justice in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, and for the more effectual Government thereof, and for other Purposes relating thereto; and to continue the same until the Thirty-first Day of December One thousand eight hundred and forty, and thenceforward to the End of the then next Session of Parliament. 420 71. An Act for regulating the Police Courts in the Metropolis. 421 72. An Act for enabling Justices of Assize and Nisi Prius, Oyer and Terminer, and Gaol Delivery, to hold Courts for Counties at large in adjoining Counties of Cities and Towns, and conversely. 73. An Act for the Suppression of the Slave Trade. 440 441 74. An Act to extend and render more effectual for Five Years an Act passed in the Fourth Year of His late Majesty George the Fourth, to amend an Act passed in the Fiftieth Year of His Majesty George the Third, for preventing the administering and taking unlawful Oaths in Ireland. 444 75. An Act for the better Regulation of the Constabulary Force in Ireland. 447 76. An Act to restrain the Alienation of Corporate Property in certain Towns in Ireland until the First Day of September One thousand eight hundred and forty. 457 77. An Act for the better Prevention and Punishment of Assaults in Ireland for Five Years. 459 78. An Act to make further Provisions relating to the Police in the District of Dublin Metropolis. 461 79. An Act for the better Prevention of the Sale of Spirits by unlicensed Persons in Ireland. 468 SO. An Act to empower the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings to raise a Sum of Money for making additional Thoroughfares in the Metropolis. 472 81. An Act to authorize for One Year, and from thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, the Application of a Portion of the Highway Rates to Turnpike Roads in certain Cases. 484 82. An Act for the better Administration of Justice in detached Parts of Counties. 485 83. An Act to continue the Poor Law Commission until the Fourteenth Day of August One thousand eight hundred and forty, and and thenceforth until the End of the then next Session of Parliament. Page 487 84. An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Assessment and Collection of Rates for the Relief of the Poor. Ibid. 85. An Act to enable Justices of the Peace in Petty Sessions to make Orders for the Support of Bastard Children. 489 86. An Act to amend an Act passed in the Session holden in the Sixth Year of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, for amending the Laws relating to Bankrupts in Ireland. 4.90 87. An Act for improving the Police in Manchester for Two Years, and from thence until the End of the then next Session of Parliament. 491 88. An Act for improving the Police in Birmingham for Two Years, and from thence until the End of the then next Session of Parliament. 495 89. An Act to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund, and the Surplus of Ways and Means, to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament. 500 90. An Act for raising the Sum of Twelve millions twenty-six thousand and fifty Pounds by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine. 506 91. An Act to continue, until the First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and forty-one, an Act of the last Session of Parliament relating to the Bank of Ireland. Ibid. 92. An Act to explain and amend an Act of the First and Second Years of Her present Majesty, so far as relates to Fines and Penalties levied under the Revenue Laws in Ireland. 507 93. An Act for the Establishment of County and District Constables by the Authority of Justices of the Peace. 508 94. An Act to exempt the Parliamentary Grant to the Heirs of John Duke of Marlborough from the Payment of the Duty of One Shilling and Sixpence in the Pound. 516 95. An Act for improving the Police in Bolton for Two Years, and from thence until the End of the then next Session of Par. liament. Ibid. 96. An Act to authorize Her Majesty, until Six Months after the Commencement of the next Session of Parliament, to carry into effect a Convention between Her Majesty and the King of the French relative to the Fisheries on the Coasts of the British Islands and of France. 97. An Act for funding Exchequer Bills. 521 522 LOCAL AND PERSONAL ACTS, DECLARED public, AND TO BE JUDICIALLY NOTICED. i. AN N Act to amend the several Acts relating to the Preston and Page 535 ii. An Act for effecting Improvements in the Streets and other Places within and contiguous to the Town of Manchester. Ibid. iii. An Act for incorporating "The Preston Gas Light Company, and for better lighting with Gas or otherwise the Parliamentary Borough of Preston, and the Townships and Places therein mentioned, in the County of Lancaster. Ibid. iv. An Act for repairing the Road from Epsom to Tooting, and other Roads communicating therewith, all in the County of Surrey. 536 v. An Act for enabling the General Cemetery Company to raise a further Sum of Money; and for amending the Act relating to the said Cemetery. Ibid. vi. An Act for the better lighting and supplying the Borough of Newark in the County of Nottingham, and the Neighbourhood thereof, with Gas. Ibid. vii. An Act for lighting with Gas the Town of Holmfirth and the Neighbourhood thereof, in the West Riding of the County of York. Ibid. viii. An Act for providing a Market Place, and for regulating the Markets and Fairs, in the Town and Borough of Bury in the County Palatine of Lancaster. Ibid. ix. An Act to amend an Act of the Seventh and Eighth of King George the Fourth, for building a new Gaol for the Town of Cambridge, and for making further Provision for Payment of Creditors under the said Act. Ibid. x. An Act for the more effectual Drainage of certain Lands called the Fen and Dales of Timberland and Timberland Thorpe, in the Parish of Timberland in the County of Lincoln. Ibid. xi. An Act to enable the Rhymney Iron Company to erect and endow a Church in the Parish of Bedwelty in the County of Monmouth. 537 xii. An Act for making a Turnpike Road from the Town of Redruth in the County of Cornwall to and through the Village of Hayle in the Parish of Phillack in the same County. Ibid. xiii. An Act for repairing the Road from Cotton End near the Town of Northampton to Newport Pagnel in the County of Buckingham. Ibid. xiv. An Act to extend, alter, and amend the Powers and Provisions of an Act passed in the Seventh Year of the Reign of |