This Act not to affect certain Powers relating to the small Branches of Hereditary Revenue. Saving of land. XII. And be it enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend in anywise to impair, affect, or prejudice any Rights or Powers of Control, Management, or Direction which have been or may be exercised by Authority of the Crown or other lawful Warrant relative to any Leases, Grants, or Assurances of any of the said small Branches of Her Majesty's Hereditary Revenues, or to any Suits or Proceedings for Recovery of the same, or to Compositions made or to be made on account of any of the small Branches, or to any Remission, Mitigation, or Pardon of any Penalties or Forfeitures incurred or to be incurred, or to Fines taken or to be taken, or to Rents, Boons, and Services reserved or to be reserved upon such Grants, Leases, and Assurances, or to the Mitigation or Remission of the same, or to any other lawful Act, Matter, or Thing which has been or may be done touching the said Branches, or to the granting of any Droits of Admiralty or any Droits of the Crown, or any Part or Proportion of any such Droits respectively, as a Reward or Remuneration to any Officer or Officers or other Person or Persons seizing or taking the same, or giving any Information relating thereto, or to the granting, disposing of, or leasing any Freehold or Copyhold Property, or the Produce or any Part of the Produce or Amount or Value of any Freehold or Copyhold, to which Her Majesty or any of Her Royal Predecessors have or hath or shall become entitled, either by Escheat for Want of Heirs, or by reason of any Forfeiture, or by reason that the same have been or shall be purchased by or for the Use of or in Trust for any Alien or Aliens in the Manner authorized by any Act touching or concerning the granting, disposing, or leasing of the same, or to the granting or distributing of any Personal Property devolved to the Crown by reason of the Want of next of Kin or personal Representative of any deceased Person; but that the same Rights and Powers shall continue to be used, exercised, and enjoyed in as full, free, ample, and effectual a Manner to all Intents and Purposes as if this Act had not been passed, and as the same have been or might have been enjoyed by His late Majesty King William the Fourth at the Time of His Decease, subject nevertheless to all such Restrictions and Regulations as were in force, by virtue of any Act in relation thereto, at the Time of the Decease of His said late Majesty, it being the true Intent and Meaning of this Act that the said Rights and Powers shall not in any Degree be abridged, restrained, affected, or prejudiced in any Manner whatsoever, but only that the Monies accruing to the Crown, after the full and free Exercise and Enjoyment of the said Rights and Powers, subject as aforesaid, shall during Her Majesty's Life be carried to and made Part of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom. XIII. Saving always, to all and every Person and Persons, Rights in Scot Bodies Politic and Corporate, their Heirs and Successors, Executors, Administrators, and Assigns, all such Grants, Gifts of Mortification, Rights, Titles, Estates, Customs, Interests, Claims, and Demands whatsoever of, in, to, or out of the Revenues, Heredita Hereditaments, and others belonging to His late Majesty King William the Fourth in Scotland, as they or any of them had or ought to have had at the passing of this Act, as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purposes as if this Act had never been passed; any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding. XIV. And be it enacted, That all Payments out of the Civil Payments of List Revenue shall be paid net and clear of all Taxes or Charges Civil List to be for or in respect of any Land Tax, or of the Duties of One Tax, &c. Shilling and Sixpence respectively, and clear of all Fees and other Deductions heretofore charged upon and deducted from such Payments. 10,000l. for Home Secret Service. XV. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Lord Sum of High Treasurer, or the Commissioners of the Treasury for the Time being, or any Three or more of them, to direct the Issue out of the said Consolidated Fund, to such Person or Persons as shall be named in any Warrant or Warrants under their Hands to receive the same, the Sum of Ten thousand Pounds in each and every Year, to be applied to the same Purposes and under the same Authority as the Sum of Ten thousand Pounds per Annum formerly charged upon the Fourth Class of the Civil List for Home Secret Service has heretofore been applied: Provided always, that the said Sum shall only be issued in equal quarterly Payments in each Quarter of a Year. 6 XVI. And whereas it is expedient to make further Provision Providing for for carrying into effect an Act passed in the Fifty-ninth Year Issue to Marquis Camden of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, under 59 G. 3. 'intituled An Act to authorize the Receipt and Appropriation of c. 43. ' certain Sums voluntarily contributed by the Most Noble John Jef'freys Marquis Camden in aid of the Public Service;' be it therefore enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act it shall be lawful for the Lord High Treasurer, or the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, or any Three of them, to direct the Payment to the said Marquis Camden, out of the Consolidated Fund, of such Amount or Sum of Money, quarterly and every Quarter, as shall be equal to the Amount of Fees due to the said Marquis Camden on the quarterly Issues which shall be made under the Authority of this Act. XVII. And be it enacted, That this Act shall continue in Continuance of force for Six Months after the Death of Her most Excellent Act. Majesty (whom God long preserve), unless the Heir or Successor of Her said Majesty shall sooner signify to both Houses of Parliament His or Her Royal Will and Pleasure to resume the Possession of the several Hereditary Rates, Duties, Payments, and Revenues hereby surrendered by Her Majesty. XVIII. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended, Act may be altered, or repealed by any Act to be passed in this present Session of Parliament. altered this Session. SCHE cial Services FOURTH CLASS: - Royal Bounty, Alms, and Spe Pensions to the Extent of £1,200 per Annum. SIXTH CLASS: - Unappropriated Monies 172,500 13,200 8,040 £385,000 CAP. III. 6&7 W.4. c. 82. An Act to carry into further Execution the Provisions of an Act for completing the full Payment of Compensation to Owners of Slaves upon the Abolition of Slavery. [23d December 1837.] WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Sixth and Seventh Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King William 'the Fourth, intituled An Act to carry into further Execution an Act for compensating Owners of Slaves upon the Abolition of Slavery, and for completing the full Payment of such Compensation, it was enacted, that for making Provision for the Pay'ment of Compensation awarded in the Colonies of the Cape of Good Hope, the Mauritius, and the Virgin Islands, or any • Portion thereof, either in Money or in Three Pounds Ten Shillings Reduced Annuities, there should be written in and placed to the Credit of the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt in the Books of the Bank of England, by the 'Accountant General of the Governor and Company of the said Bank, in a new and separate Account, under the Title of " The Slave Compensation Account," the Sum of Three millions four hundred and thirty-seven thousand two hundred and seventy Pounds Eleven Shillings and Ten-pence of Capital of Reduced Annuities, bearing Interest after the Rate of Three Pounds Ten Shillings per Centum per Annum; and it was 'further enacted, that upon Application for the Payment of any Sum which should thereafter be awarded to any Person or Persons, Owners of Slaves in the said Colonies of the Cape of Good Hope, or the Mauritius, or the Virgin Islands, for Compensation, the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt should, at the Option and under the Direction of any Three or more of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, pay the same in Money out of the West India ' Compensation Account,' or transfer or cause to be transferred 'from the said Account, intituled "The Slave Compensation Account," to the Person entitled to such Slave Compensation, in satisfaction thereof, a proportionate Amount of the said 'Reduced Three Pounds Ten Shillings per Centum per Annum Annuities, to be ascertained in the Manner therein provided; ' and it was also enacted, that the Amount of any Claims for 'Slave Compensation in the Colonies of the Cape of Good Hope ' and the Mauritius, and also in other Colonies which might 'become the Subject of counter Claim or Litigation before the 'Commissioners of Arbitration, or in the Courts of the said Colonies, or in any Court of Appeal, might be transferred ' in the said Reduced Three Pounds Ten Shillings per Centum * per Annum Annuities, into the Name of the Accountant Gene'ral of the Court of Chancery at the Bank of England: And whereas, in consequence of the Payment of certain Claims. relating to the Island of Mauritius having been made in 'Money previously to the passing of the said Act, the whole Amount of the Reduced Three Pounds Ten Shillings per Centum per Annum Annuities thereby created will not be re'quired for the Purpose therein provided for; and it is expe'dient that Power should be further given to discharge and 'satisfy all such Claims for Compensation as still remain unpaid by the Transfer of a proportionate Amount of the said Reduced Three Pounds Ten Shillings per Centum per Annum 'Annuities: 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 it shall and may be lawful for the said Commis- Empowering sioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, at the Option the Payment of Compensation and under the Direction of any Three or more of the Commis- remaining sioners of Her Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of unpaid to Great Britain and Ireland, upon Application being made to them Owners of for the Payment of any Sum which shall have been awarded or may hereafter be awarded to any Person or Persons, Owners of Slaves in any other Colonies as well as in the said Colonies of the Cape of Good Hope, the Mauritius, and the Virgin Islands, either to pay the same in Money out of the "West India Compensation Account," or to transfer or cause to be transferred to the Person or Persons entitled to such Slave Compensation a proportionate Amount of the said Reduced Three Pounds Ten Shillings per Centum per Annum Annuities, in satisfaction of the Sum awarded, in the Manner already provided for by the said Act in respect of Compensation to Owners of Slaves in the Colonies of the Cape of Good Hope, the Mauritius, or the Virgin Islands. Slaves. II. And be it enacted, That the Powers and Provisions con- Powers and tained in the said recited Act of the Sixth and Seventh Years Provisions of of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, of W. 4., as fær or in an Act of the Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of as applicable, His said late Majesty, intituled An Act for the Abolition of this Act. Slavery throughout the British Colonies, for promoting the Industry of the manumitted Slaves, and for compensating the Persons hitherto entitled to the Services of such Slaves, or in an Act of the Fifth to apply to and 16 Act may be altered, &c. this Session. Cap. 3, 4. Juries, Adjourned Quarter Sessions, summoning. 1 VICT. and Sixth Years of the Reign of His said late Majesty, intituled An Act to carry into further Execution the Provisions of an Act passed in the Third and Fourth Years of His present Majesty, for compensating Owners of Slaves upon the Abolition of Slavery, or in an Act of the Sixth Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty, intituled An Act for carrying into further Execution Two Acts of His present Majesty relating to the Compensation for Slaves upon the Abolition of Slavery, and for facilitating the Distribution and Payment of such Compensation, shall, so far as the same may be applicable, apply to this Act, in the same Manner as if they had been severally re-enacted herein. III. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended, altered, or repealed by any Act to be passed in the present Session of Parliament. CAP. IV. Juries may be summoned to attend Adjourned Quarter Sessions. An Act to remove Doubts as to summoning Juries summoning Juries for the Trial of Prisoners at Adjourned Quarter Sessions, and it is expedient to remove the same:' Be it therefore enacted and declared 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 is and shall be lawful for the Justices of the Peace for any County, Riding, Division, or Place within England and Wales, in Quarter Sessions assembled, and for the Recorder of any City or Borough at any Court of Quarter Sessions holden in and for the same, when to such Justices and Recorder respectively it shall seem meet, to direct the Clerk of the Peace to take the necessary Steps for causing Juries to be summoned to attend any Adjourned Court of Quarter Sessions for the Despatch of the Business of such Adjourned Quarter Sessions, in the same Manner as they may be now summoned to attend any General Quarter Sessions; and the Juries so summoned to attend any Adjourned Quarter Sessions shall have the same Duties and Powers as if they had been summoned to attend any General Quarter Sessions: Provided always, that nothing to affect 6 G. 4. herein contained shall be construed to affect or alter any Part of an Act passed in the Sixth Year of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled An Act for consolidating and amending the Laws relating to Jurors and Juries. This Act not c. 50. Act may be altered, &c. this Session. II. Provided always, and be it enacted, That this Act may be altered, amended, or repealed during the present Session. |