4. Sixty Shares of the Stock of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal Company. 5. Edinburgh Friendly Insurance Stock for original Policy, No. 1,262, belonging to Misses Ramsay, and acquired by the City. 6. The free Produce of the Seat Rents of the Thirteen City Churches, and of the Cellars underneath the same, after Deducton of all preferable Burdens, and of all other Expences of the Ecclesiastical Establishments of the City. 7. The Sum of Four hundred and eighty Pounds preferably secured over the Revenues of the Harbour and Docks of Leith, being Compensation for the Interest of Twelve thousand Pounds advanced by the Corporation of Edinburgh for the Improvement of the Harbour of Leith, on account of the Ministers of Edinburgh, and for which Four hundred and eighty Pounds was preferably secured by Act 7 Geo. 4. c. 105. on the Revenue of the Merk per Ton belonging to them. 8. The Sum of Two thousand seven hundred Pounds preferably secured over the Revenue of the Harbour and Docks of Leith, in lieu of all Claims by the Creditors of the City of Edinburgh on the Revenues of the Port and Harbour of Leith and Newhaven, and Docks and other Works, together with the Shore, Sands, and Beach belonging thereto, as described in this Act. 9. The following Properties, which are to be redeemable by the City, according to the Provisions of the Act, at the following Prices fixed as the Value of the same by Sir William Rae and Mr. Solicitor General Rutherfurd; viz. 1. Royal Exchange Buildings, in- of Land let to Watson's Hos- £ S. d. 3,800 0 0 7,732 3 14 1,896 15 0 717 15 9 5. Princes REVENUES and PROPERTIES to belong to the City of Edinburgh, and which are not conveyed in Security to the Creditors, in whole or in part, except to the Extent provided for in the Act; viz. 1. Common Good of the City and Liberties (exclusive of that of Leith, which is to belong to the Town Council of Leith for Municipal Purposes), consisting of the following Customs, &c.; viz. I. Customs of the Land, Cloth, and Flesh Market, with 2. The Fruit and Green Market Customs, including 4. The Meal and Corn Market Customs, with the Market 5. The Customs of the House of Muir and Hallow Fair, which include the Customs at the House of Muir in use to be exacted for all Horses, Nolt, Sheep, Lambs, and other Bestial, also now exacted in the Grass Market and at the Bughts at Tollcross, all as presently let to Boyd and Latta, at the yearly Rent of Four hundred and ten Pounds Sterling. 6. The Duties and Fees payable for weighing and lyage of all Sort of Merchandize, whether Foreign or Inland, weighed and received into the Weigh-house of Edinburgh, with the Weigh-house itself, Saleshop, Warehouse or Loft and Cellarage, all as presently let to John Drummond, at the yearly Rent of Two hundred and ninety-two Pounds Sterling. 7. The Poultry and Bread Market Customs, all as presently let to John Drummond, at the yearly [No. 26. Price 2d.] Dd Rent Rent of Two hundred and seventy-five Pounds 8. The Impost on Wines, Foreign Spirits, and Liquors The above Customs and Market Dues are con veyed in Security to the Creditors to the Extent of One thousand Pounds per Annum, and also to meet any Claim on account of the Streets in the event of the free Revenues before conveyed on Security being less than Eight thousand three hundred Pounds as provided for in the Act. The following Revenues are to belong to the City of Edinburgh, free from any Claim whatever on the Part of the Creditors; viz. 2. The One per Cent. Impost Assessment in lieu of the Impost on Wines formerly levied on Private Families, per Act 25 Geo. 3. c. 28. 3. The Fees payable on Entry of Burgesses and Guild Brethren. CAP. LVI. in post c109 3.25 rimended by 2434e1 1071116c31 An Act for the more effectual Relief of the destitute tual Relief of the destitute Poor in Ireland:' 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 assemPoor Law Com- bled, and by the Authority of the same, That the Poor Law Commissioners for the Time being shall be the Commissioners to carry this Act into execution. missioners to carry this Act Power to ex- II. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners, or any One of them, at any Time or Place, by Summons under the Seal of the Commissioners, or under the &c., upon Oath. Hand and Seal of any One of them, to require the Attendance of all such Persons as they or he may think fit to call before them or any of them upon any Matter connected with the Objects or Purposes or the Execution of the Provisions of this Act, and to make Inquiries, and require Returns, and to administer Oaths, and examine all such Persons upon Oath, and to require and enforce the Production upon Oath of Books, Contracts, Agreements, Accounts, Maps, Plans, Surveys, Valuations, and Writings, or Copies thereof respectively, in anywise relating to any such Matter, or, where the Commissioners or Commissioner shall think fit, in lieu of requiring such Oaths as aforesaid, to require any such Person to make and subscribe a Declaration of the Truth of the Matters respecting which he shall have been or shall be so examined: Provided always, that no Person shall be be required, in obedience to any such Summons, to go more than Twenty Statute Miles from the Place of his Abode: Provided also, that nothing herein contained shall extend to authorize or empower the Commissioners to act as a Court of Record, or to require the Production of the Title or any Papers or Writings relating to the Title of any Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, not being Property vested in the Commissioners by virtue of this Act. of Relief to the Poor to be under Control of the Commis sioners. III. And be it enacted, That from and after the passing of Administration this Act the Administration of Relief to the Poor throughout Ireland according to such Laws as shall be in force at the Time being shall be subject to the Direction and Control of the Commissioners, and for executing the Powers given to them by this Act the Commissioners are hereby authorized and required, from Time to Time as they shall see Occasion, to make and issue all such Orders for the Government of Workhouses, Houses of Industry, and Foundling Hospitals, and of the Poor therein, and for the Guidance and Control, Appointment and Removal of the Officers thereof, and for the Guidance and Control, according to the Intention of this Act, of all Guardians, Wardens, and other Officers, paid or unpaid, acting in the Management or Relief of the destitute Poor, and for the keeping, examining, auditing, and allowing or disallowing of Accounts, and for the making of Contracts in all Matters relating to such Management or Relief, or to any Expenditure for the Relief of the destitute Poor, and for carrying this Act into execution in all other respects as they shall think proper; and the Commis- Commissioners sioners may, at their Discretion, from Time to Time suspend, alter, or rescind alter, or rescind such Orders, or any of them: Provided always, Orders. that nothing in this Act contained shall be construed as enabling the Commissioners, or any of them, to interfere in any individual Case for the Purpose of ordering Relief. IV. And be it enacted, That no General Rule of the Commissioners shall operate or take effect until the Expiration of Forty Days after the same, or a Copy thereof, shall have been sent to One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, unless One of Her Majesty's Secretaries of State shall sooner allow the same; and if at any Time after such General Rule shall have been so sent Her Majesty, with the Advice of Her Privy Council, shall disallow the same or any Part thereof, such Disallowance shall be notified to the Commissioners by One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State; and such General Rule or the Part thereof so disallowed shall not come into operation, if such Disallowance be notified to the Commissioners at any Time during the said Period of Forty Days; but if such Disallowance be so notified at any Time after that Period, then from and after such Disallowance shall have been so notified such General Rule, so far as the same shall have been so disallowed, shall cease to operate, subject however and without Prejudice to all Acts and Transactions under or in virtue of previously to Notice of such Disallowance having the same Dd 2 been may suspend, General Rules to be submitted of State. to the Secretary General Rules Parliament. been given by the Commissioners in manner herein-after mentioned. V. And be it enacted, That all General Rules for the Time to be laid before being in force at the Commencement of every Session of Parliament, and which shall not previously have been submitted to Parliament, shall from Time to Time, within One Week after the Commencement of every such Session, be laid by One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State before both Houses of Parliament. Orders to be sent to Guardians, &c. in manner di missioners. VI. And be it enacted, That a written or printed Copy of every Order of the Commissioners shall be sent by the Commissioners, by the Post, or in such Manner as the Commissioners shall think fit, sealed or stamped with their Seal, addressed to the Guardians of the Union, or their Clerk, or the Officers acting in the Management or Relief of the destitute Poor, or other Officers required to carry such Order into effect, and to the Clerk to the Justices of the Petty Sessions held for the Division or Divisions in which such Union, or the Place where such Order is to take effect, shall be situate: Provided always, that no Failure or Neglect in sending Copies of any Order to any Clerk to the Justices as aforesaid shall in any way affect the Validity of such Order. Publicity to be VII. And be it enacted, That every Clerk of such Guardians given to Orders and the Clerks to the Justices aforesaid respectively shall and rected by Com- they are hereby required to preserve and give Publicity to such Orders in such Manner as the Commissioners shall direct, and also to allow every Rate-payer (or his Agent authorized in Writing) in every such Union to inspect the same at all reasonable Times, free of any Charge for such Inspection, and to furnish Copies of the same, being paid for such Copies at the Rate of Three-pence for every Folio of Seventy-two Words, and to allow Copies or Extracts thereof to be taken, on being paid for so doing at the Rate of Three Halfpence for every Folio of Seventy-two Words; and in case any such Clerk to the Guardians or Clerk to the Justices to whom such Orders or Copies thereof shall be sent as aforesaid shall neglect to preserve and give Publicity to the same in the Mode prescribed or directed by the Commissioners, or shall refuse such Inspection, or to furnish or allow such Copies thereof to be taken as aforesaid, every Person so offending shall for every such Offence be subject and liable to a Penalty not exceeding the Sum of Ten Pounds nor less than Forty Shillings. Penalty for neglecting to give Publicity, &c. Disallowance of Rule to be Manner. VIII. And be it enacted, That if any such General Rule notified in like shall, after the same shall have come into operation, be disallowed in manner herein-before mentioned, or any Order whatever shall be revoked by the Commissioners, then and in every such Case the Commissioners shall send by the Post, or in such Manner as they shall think fit, to every Union affected thereby, Notice of such Disallowance or Revocation, such Notice of Disallowance or Revocation to be addressed, preserved, and inspected, and Copies thereof furnished or allowed to |