X. An Act to make good certain Contracts which have been or may be entered into by certain Banking and other Copartnerships. page 45 XI. An Act to apply the Sum of Two Millions to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. 47 XII. An Act for raising the Sum of Eleven millions four hundred and thirteen thousand seven hundred and fifty Pounds by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. 47 XIII. An Act to enable the Grand Juries of the County and County of the City of Waterford to make Presentments, at the Spring Assizes for the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, for the House of Industry of the said Coun 49 ties. XIV. An Act to repeal so much of an Act of the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Years of King George the Third as authorizes Magistrates to commit to Gaols or Houses of Correction Persons who are apprehended under Circumstances that denote a Derangement of Mind and a Purpose of committing a Crime; and to make other Provisions for the safe Custody of such Persons. 51 XV. An Act for the further Relief of Quakers, Moravians, and Separatists. 53 XVI. An Act to indemnify such Persons in the United Kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, and for extending the Time limited for those Purposes respectively until the Twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine; and for the Relief of Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors in certain Cases. 54 61 XVII. An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for 108 XIX. An Act to amend the Act for the Abolition of Slavery in the British Colonies. 147 XX. An Act for the Consolidation of the Offices of First Fruits, Tenths, and Queen Anne's Bounty. 157 XXI. An Act to apply the Sum of Eight Millions out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. 171 XXII. An Act to enable the Commissioners for the Affairs of India to make Rules and Regulations for Haileybury College. 173 XXIII. An Act to amend the Law for providing fit Houses for the beneficed Clergy. 174 XXIV. An XXIV. An Act to repeal Part of an Act intituled An Act to provide for the Administration of the Government in case the Crown should descend to Her Royal Highness the Princess Alexandrina Victoria, Daughter of His late Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, being under the Age of Eighteen Years; and for the Care and Guardianship of Her Person. page 181 XXV. An Act to explain and amend an Act of the Seventh Year of His late Majesty, for extending the Period for the Repayment of Loans made under an Act passed in the Fourth and Fifth Year of His said late Majesty, for the Amendment and better Administration of the Laws relating to the Poor in England and Wales. 182 XXVI. An Act for raising the Sum of Thirteen Millions by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. 186 184 XXVII. An Act to make more effectual Provision for the Prevention of Offences by insane Persons in Ireland. XXVIII. An Act to repeal the several Acts now in force relating to Bread to be sold in Ireland, and to provide other Regulations for the making and Sale of Bread, and for preventing the Adulteration of Meal, Flour, and Bread, in that Part of the United Kingdom called Ireland. 188 XXIX. An Act to supply an Omission in an Act passed in the present Session of Parliament, intituled An Act to amend the Law for providing fit Houses for the beneficed Clergy. 203 XXX. An Act for continuing the Bishoprick of Sodor and Man. 204 XXXI. An Act for facilitating the Sale of Church Patronage belonging to Municipal Corporations in certain Cases. 204 XXXII. An Act to enable Her Majesty's Courts at Westminster to hold Sittings in Banc in Time of Vacation. 207 XXXIII. An Act for granting to Her Majesty, until the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, certain Duties on Sugar imported into the United Kingdom, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. 208 XXXIV. An Act to continue for Five Years, and from thence until the End of the then next Session of Parliament, an Act of the Second and Third Years of the Reign of His late Majesty, to restrain for Five Years, in certain Cases, Party Processions in Ireland. 211 XXXV. An Act to repeal the Stamp Duty now paid on Admission to the Freedom of Corporations in England. 212 XXXVI. An Act to make further Provisions and to amend the Acts relating to the Harbour of Kingstown and the Port and Harbour of Dublin. 213 XXXVII. An Act to empower the Foreman or any other Member of Grand Juries in Ireland to administer Oaths to Witnesses on Bills of Indictment. a 3 220 XXXVIII. An XXXVIII. An Act to amend an Act for punishing idle and disorderly Persons and Rogues and Vagabonds. XXXIX. An Act for carrying into effect a Convention of Acces- sion of the Hans Towns to Two Conventions with the King of the French, for suppressing the Slave Trade. XL. An Act to carry into effect an additional Article to a Treaty with Sweden relative to the Slave Trade. XLI. An Act for carrying into effect an additional Article to XLII. An Act to empower the Commissioners of Her Ma- jesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues to confirm the Titles to and to grant Leases of Encroachments in the Forest of Dean in the County of Gloucester. XLIII. An Act for regulating the opening and working of Mines and Quarries in the Forest of Dean and Hundred of Saint Briavels in the County of Gloucester. XLIV. An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws for col- lecting and securing the Duties of Excise on Glass. XLV. An Act to extend the Jurisdiction of the Judges of the Superior Courts of Common Law; to amend Chapter Fifty- six of the First Year of Her present Majesty's Reign for regulating the Admission of Attornies; and to provide for the taking of Special Bail in the Absence of the Judges. 315 XLVI. An Act to continue until the Thirty-first Day of December One thousand eight hundred and forty-one, and from thence to the End of the then next Session of Parlia- ment, an Act of the Tenth Year of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, for providing for the Government of His Majesty's Settlements in Western Australia on the XLVII. An Act for the better and more effectually carrying into effect the Treaties and Conventions made with Foreign Powers for suppressing the Slave Trade. XLIX. An Act to transfer the Management of certain Annuities on Lives from the Trustees of the Waterloo Subscription Fund to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, and to amend several Acts for enabling the said Commis- sioners to grant Life Annuities and Annuities for Terms of L. An Act to continue until the Thirty-first Day of December One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, and from thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, an Act of the Ninth Year of His Majesty King George the Fourth, for the Administration of Justice in New South Wales and Van LII. An Act to continue for Five Years, and from thence until the End of the then next Session of Parliament, an Act of the Fifth and Sixth Years of His late Majesty, for the Regu- LIII. An Act to amend an Act of the last Session of Parliament for providing more effectual Means to make Treasurers of Counties and Counties of Cities in Ireland account for Public Monies, and to secure the same. LIV. An Act for making further Investments from the Money of the Suitors of the Court of Chancery and the Court of Exchequer, and for providing for the Payment into Court of Fees received by certain Officers of the Lord Chancellor. LV. An Act to regulate and secure the Debt due by the City of Edinburgh to the Public; to confirm an Agreement between the said City and its Creditors; and to effect a Settlement of the Affairs of the said City and the Town of Leith. 339 LVI. An Act for the more effectual Relief of the destitute Poor LVII. An Act to appoint additional Commissioners for execut- LVIII. An Act to vest in the Commissioners of the Treasury the Powers heretofore exercised by Commissioners appointed for certain Purposes relating to the Redemption of the Land Tax; and to authorize the Court of Exchequer to determine LIX. An Act for securing to Authors, in certain Cases, the Benefit of International Copyright. LX. An Act to amend an Act of the Fourth and Fifth Years of His late Majesty, empowering His Majesty to erect South Australia into a British Province or Provinces. LXI. An Act to amend an Act for enabling Persons to make Deposits of Stock or Exchequer Bills in lieu of giving Secu- rity by Bond to the Postmaster General and Commissioners of Land Revenue, Customs, Excise, Stamps, and Taxes. 469 LXII. An Act to enable Masters of the Court of Chancery in Ireland, upon Application to that Court by Petition, to exe- cute Renewals of Leases for Lives containing Covenants for Renewal in the Names of Persons bound by such Covenants to execute the same, and being out of the Jurisdiction of the LXIII. An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Police of the District of the Dublin Metropolis. page 475 LXIV. An Act to facilitate the Merger of Tithes in Land. 477 LXV. An Act for relieving the Commissioners and others acting in the Execution of divers Local Improvement Acts from certain Penalties and Disabilities. 479 LXVI. An Act for maintaining a Lighthouse at Gibraltar, and respecting Lighthouses not within the United Kingdom. 480 LXVII. An Act for the better Government of Prisons in the West Indies. 482 LXVIII. An Act to continue until the First Day of June One thousand eight hundred and forty, and to the End of the then Session of Parliament, the Local Turnpike Acts for Great Britain which expire with this or the ensuing Session of Parliament. 485 LXIX. An Act to remove Doubts respecting Conveyances of Estates vested in Heirs and Devisees of Mortgagees. 485 LXX. An Act to extend the Powers of an Act of the Sixth and Seventh Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, in relation to granting Tacks and making Excambions by Heirs of Entail. 488 LXXI. An Act to amend and continue for One Year, and from thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, the several Acts relating to the Importation and keeping of Arms and Gunpowder in Ireland. 489 LXXII. An Act to continue for One Year, and from thence until the End of the then next Session of Parliament, the several Acts for regulating the Turnpike Roads in Ireland. 492 491 LXXIII. An Act to continue for Three Years, and from thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, Two Acts relating to the Care and Treatment of Insane Persons in England. 491 LXXIV. An Act to facilitate the Recovery of Possession of Tenements after due Determination of the Tenancy. LXXV. An Act to amend so much of an Act of the Twentyfifth Year of King George the Third, for the further and better Regulation of Buildings and Party Walls, and for the more effectually preventing Mischiefs by Fire, within the Cities of London and Westminster, as relates to Manufactories of Pitch, Tar, and Turpentine. 497 LXXVI. An Act to explain and amend certain Provisions in Acts of the Parliament of Ireland for the Protection of Fisheries in that Kingdom. 498 LXXVII. An Act for permitting Affirmation to be made instead of an Oath in certain Cases. 7 500 LXXVIII. An |