An Act to declare the meaning of Section WHEREAS by section eleven of the Freshwater Fisheries Act, 1878, a penalty is imposed for fishing for, buying, or selling, freshwater fish during the close season in that section mentioned, and the term " freshwater fish" is defined to include all kinds of fish (other than pollan, trout, and char) which live in fresh water, except those kinds which migrate to or from the open sea : And whereas doubts have arisen as to whether eels are included in the term freshwater fish in the said section mentioned, and it is expedient to remove such doubts : 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, as follows: 1. It is hereby declared that the term "freshwater fish" in section eleven of the Freshwater Fisheries Act, 1878, does not include eels: Provided that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorise angling for eels during the close season mentioned in such section. 2. This Act shall be construed as one with the Freshwater Fisheries Acts, 1878 and 1884, and together with those Acts may be cited as the Freshwater Fisheries Acts, 1878 to 1886, and this Act may be cited alone as the Freshwater Fisheries Act, 1886. CHAP. 3. Marriages Validity Act, 1886. ABSTRACT OF THE ENACTMENTS. 1. Banns, where one party resident in Scotland. An Act to remove Doubts as to the after solemnized, in any church in England, Validity of certain Marriages. (29th March 1886.) WHEREAS doubts have been entertained as to the validity of certain marriages solemnized in England, one of the parties to such marriages being resident in Scotland: 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, as follows: 1. No marriage solemnized, or to be hereafter publication of banns in such church, shall be, or be deemed to have been, invalid by reason only that one of the parties to such marriage was at the time of such publication resident in Scotland, and that banus may have been published or proclaimed in any church of the parish or place in which such party was resident, according to the law or custom prevailing in Scotland, and not in the manner required for the publication of banns in England. 2. This Act may be cited as the Marriages Validity Act, 1886. CHAP. 4. Consolidated Fund (No. 1) Act, 1886. ABSTRACT OF THE ENACTMENTS. 1. Issue of 583,4871. 28. 1d. out of the Consolidated Fund for the service of the years ending 31st March 1885 and 1886. Most Gracious Sovereign, WE, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, towards making good the supply which we have cheerfully granted to Your Majesty in this session of Parliament, have resolved to grant unto Your Majesty the sum herein-after mentioned; and do therefore most humbly beseech 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, as follows: 1. The Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury for the time being may issue out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and apply towards making good the supply granted to Her Majesty for the service of the years ending on the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five and one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, the sum of five hundred and eighty-three thousand four hundred and eighty-seven pounds two shillings and one penny. 2. The Commissioners of the Treasury may borrow from time to time, on the credit of the said sum, any sum or sums not exceeding in the whole the sum of five hundred and eightythree thousand four hundred and eighty-seven pounds two shillings and one penny, and shall repay the moneys so borrowed, with interest not exceeding five pounds per centum per annum, out of the growing produce of the Consolidated Fund at any period not later than the next succeeding quarter to that in which the said moneys were borrowed. Any sums so borrowed shall be placed to the credit of the account of Her Majesty's Exchequer, and shall form part of the said Consolidated Fund, and be available in any manner in which such fund is available. 3. This Act may be cited as the Consolidated Fund (No. 1) Act, 1886. СНАР. 5. Drill Grounds Act, 1886. ABSTRACT OF THE ENACTMENTS. 1. Short title. 2. Grant of land, or right over land, for drill or other military purposes. 6 STATUTES OF THE REALM. WHEREAS under Part Five of the Volunteer Act, 1863, a volunteer corps may, with the of Her Majesty's Principal assent of one Secretaries of State, acquire, and authorities acting on behalf of Her Majesty and of the Duke of Cornwall, corporations, commissioners, justices, and other public bodies and persons, are authorised to grant land and a licence to use land for the purposes of rifle or artillery practice, and for the erection of accommodation for the use of the corps when practising with rifles or artillery : And whereas under the Artillery and Rifle Ranges Act, 1885, a Secretary of State has power to make byelaws for regulating the use of land appropriated, by or with his assent, for artillery and rifle ranges, whether for volunteer corps or for other portions of Her Majesty's military forces: of And whereas it is expedient to extend the said provisions so as to allow of the grant of purpose land and licence to use land for the drill and other military purposes of volunteer corps, and of other portions of Her Majesty's military forces, and to extend to any such land the said power of making byelaws: 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, as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as the Drill Grounds Act, 1886. 2.-(1.) Any of such persons or bodies of persons, corporate or unincorporate, including Commissioners and others on behalf of Her Majesty, as are authorised by sections thirtythree, thirty-four, thirty-five, and thirty-six of the Volunteer Act, 1863, or any of those sections, to grant either land, or a licence to use land, for rifle or artillery practice, shall have the like power to grant, either to a volunteer corps or to a Secretary of State, on behalf of Her Majesty, and such volunteer corps or Secretary of State may take and hold, any land, or licence to use land, as the case may be, for military drill or any military purpose of such volunteer corps, or, as the case may be, of any other portion of Her Majesty's military forces: Provided that such grant shall be subject, as respects the duration thereof and the conditions precedent thereto and otherwise, to the provisions and limitations contained in the said sections of the Volunteer Act, 1863, save that any limit in the said sections of the amount of land shall not apply. (2.) Part Five of the Volunteer Act, 1863, shall apply in like manner as if it were herein re-enacted, and in terms made applicable to the purposes of this Act. (3.) Where any land, or a licence to use land, is granted in pursuance of this Act, or any land or the use of land has otherwise been acquired or appropriated for the purpose of drill or other military purposes of a volunteer corps, or any other portion of Her Majesty's military forces, such purposes shall be deemed to be military purposes within the meaning of the Artillery and Rifle Ranges Act, 1885, and that Act shall apply thereto, and byelaws under that Act may be made accordingly; (4.) Provided that a byelaw shall not be inconsistent with any condition made by any such grant, and if one of the conditions of any such licence to use land is that byelaws relating to the land shall be made with the consent of the grantor, or shall be made by the grantor subject to the approval of the Secretary of State, such condition shall be observed, and the grantor, acting with the approval of the Secretary of State, shall have the same power of making byelaws in relation to such land as is conferred by the said Act on the Secretary of State. 3. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, The expression "to grant land" means to grant, convey, or enfranchise land, or any limited right in or over land: The expression "licence to use land" includes a right to use land. CHAP. 6. Glebe Loan (Ireland) Acts Amendment Act, 1886. ABSTRACT OF THE ENACTMENTS. 1. Short title. 2. Extension of time for making loans. An Act to continue the Glebe Loans (Ireland) Acts. (29th March 1886.) WHEREAS by section two of the Glebe Loan (Ireland) Acts Amendment Act, 1883, it is provided that no loan under the provisions of the Glebe Loan (Ireland) Acts shall be made after the thirty-first day of August one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, and it is expedient that the said section should be amended, and that the time during which loans under the said Acts be made should may be extended for a further period: And whereas doubts have arisen as to whether the Glebe Loan (Ireland) Acts can, if Parliament should think fit, be continued from time to time by the Expiring Laws Continuance Act usually passed in each session of Parliament: 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, as follows: 1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Glebe Loan (Ireland) Acts Amendment Act, 1886. 2.-(1.) The second section of the Glebe Loan (Ireland) Acts Amendment Act, 1883, which limits to the thirty-first day of August one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six the period during which loans may be made under the Glebe Loan (Ireland) Acts, is hereby repealed, and loans may be made under the said Acts until the thirty-first day of December one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight. (2.) The Glebe Loan (Ireland) Act, 1870, and any unrepealed enactments amending or affecting it, may, so far as such Act or enactments are temporary in their duration, be continued from time to time, if Parliament thinks fit, after the said thirty-first day of December one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, by the Expiring Laws Continuance Act of that year, and of subsequent years from time to time. CHAP. 7. Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Act, 1886. ABSTRACT OF THE ENACTMENTS. 1. Issue of 12,713,3181. out of the Consolidated Fund for the service of the year ending 31st March 1887. dom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, towards making good the supply which we have cheerfully granted to Your Majesty in this session of Parliament, have resolved to grant unto Your Majesty the sum herein-after mentioned; and do therefore most humbly beseech Your Majesty that it Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with may be enacted; and be it enacted by the the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1. The Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury for the time being may issue out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and apply towards making good the supply granted to Her Majesty for the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, the sum of twelve million seven hundred and thirteen thousand three hundred and eighteen pounds. 2. The Commissioners of the Treasury may borrow from time to time, on the credit of the said sum, any sum or sums not exceeding in the whole the sum of twelve million seven hundred and thirteen thousand three hundred and eighteen pounds, and shall repay the moneys so borrowed, with interest not exceeding five pounds per centum per annum, out of the growing produce of the Consolidated Fund at any period not later than the next succeeding quarter to that in which the said moneys were borrowed. Any sums so borrowed shall be placed to the credit of the account of Her Majesty's Exchequer, and shall form part of the said Consolidated Fund, and be available in any manner in which such fund is available. 3. This Act may be cited as the Consolidated Fund (No 2) Act, 1886. CHAP. 8. Army (Annual) Act, 1886. ABSTRACT OF THE ENACTMENTS. 1. Short title. 2. Army Act (44 & 45 Vict. c. 58.) to be in force for specified times. 3. Prices in respect of billeting. Amendments of Army Act, 1881. 4. Amendment of s. 41 of 44 & 45 Vict. c. 58. as to offences punishable by ordinary law of England. 5. Amendment of s. 70 of 44 & 45 Vict. c. 58. as to power of Her Majesty to make rules of procedure. 6. Amendment of 8. 84 of 44 & 45 Vict. c. 58. as to re-engagement of soldiers. 7. Amendment of s. 179 (12) of 44 § 45 Vict. c. 58. and s. 7 of 47 & 48 Vict. c. 8. as to Royal Marines.. 8. Amendment of s. 182 of 44 & 45 Vict. c. 58. respecting special provisions as to warrant officers. 9. Amendment of ss. 179 and 186 of 44 & 45 Vict. c. 58. as to the reference to the Naval Discipline Act. SCHEDULE. in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and An Act to provide, during twelve months, for the Discipline and Regu- Ireland for the training of recruits for service lation of the Army. at home and abroad, but exclusive of the numbers actually serving within Her Majesty's Indian possessions: And whereas it is also judged necessary for the safety of the United Kingdom, and the defence of the possessions of this realm, that a body of Royal Marine forces should be employed in Her Majesty's fleet and naval service, under the direction of the Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom, or the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral aforesaid: And whereas the said marine forces may frequently be quartered or be on shore, or sent to do duty or be on board transport ships or vessels, merchant ships or vessels, or other ships or vessels, or they may be under other circumstances in which they will not be subject |