XIII. Mode of obtaining such bounty.

XIV. Where slaves taken shall not have been condemned or shall not have been delivered over, the Treasury may allow one moiety of the bounty.

xv. Parties claiming benefit under this Act may resort to the Court of Admiralty.

XVI. Regulations to which prize agents are liable extended to bounties, &c. under this Act.

XVII. Where judgment shall be given against the seizor, or the seizure shall be relinquished, the Treasury may direct payment of the costs and damages.

XVIII. Treasury may direct payment of any sum awarded to be due on account of unlawful seizures.-Liability of seizors not taken away.

XIX. No compensation to be made when any articles specified in the eighth article of the treaty are found on board.

CAP. XV.

AN ACT for carrying into effect the Treaty between Her Majesty and the Republic of Texas for the Suppression of the African Slave Trade.

(11th April 1843.)

This ACT, after reciting that on the 16th of November 1840 a treaty was concluded and signed at London, between Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Republic of Texas, for the suppression of the African slave trade, and setting forth the articles of the treaty, contains the following clauses:

1. Commanders of ships of war to exercise right of searching merchant vessels liable to suspicion and suspected of being engaged in the slave trade.

II. In case of officers of the Republic of Texas detaining British vessels, proceedings to be conducted in the name of Her Majesty.

III. Vessels detained in pursuance of the treaty to be held as engaged in the slave trade.

IV. Where a British vessel is seized by an officer of the Republic of Texas, proceeds may be apportioned according to the tenth article of the treaty.

v. A bounty of 51. for every slave found on board of vessels seized and condemned.

VI. Bounties not liable to payment of fees.

VII. Mode of obtaining such bounty.

VIII. Where slaves taken shall not have been condemned or shall not have been delivered over, the Treasury may allow one moiety of the bounty.

IX. Parties claiming benefit under this Act may resort to the Court of Admiralty.

x. Regulations to which prize agents are liable extended to bounties, &c. under this Act.

XI. Where illegal detention is made, the Lords of the Treasury may award compensation.

XII. Where judgment shall be given against the seizor, or the seizure shall be relinquished, the Treasury may direct payment of the seizor's costs.

CAP. XVI.

AN ACT for carrying into effect the Treaty between Her Majesty and the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay for the Abolition of the Slave Trade.

(11th April 1843.)

This ACT, after reciting that on the 13th of July 1839 a treaty was concluded and signed at Monte Video between Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay, for the abolition of the slave trade, and the articles of the treaty, contains the following clauses:

1. Commanders of ships of war to exercise right of searching merchant vessels liable to suspicion and suspected of being engaged in the slave trade.

II. Ships suspected of having been fitted out for the purposes of traffic in slaves liable to search.

III. Her Majesty may appoint judges and arbitrators to decide cases of detention.

IV. Her Majesty may appoint a secretary or registrar to the mixed court.

v. In case of the death or incapacity from illness of any British Judge of such courts, or of the British arbitrator.

VI. Judges and arbitrators to take an oath.-Form of oath.-Secretary or registrar to take oath.

VII. Judges and arbitrators may administer oaths.

VIII. Punishing persons giving false evidence.

IX. Pendency of suits before the Judges to be a bar to any proceedings instituted for the recovery of the vessels detained. x. Captors of vessels shall, after the same are condemned, be entitled to the portion of the proceeds belonging to Her Majesty.

x1. Bounty of 51. for every slave found on board of vessels seized and condemned.

XII. Bounties not liable to payment of fees.

XIII. Mode of obtaining such bounty.

XIV. Where slaves taken shall not have been condemned, or shall not have been delivered over, the Treasury may allow one moiety of the bounty.

xv. Parties claiming benefit under this Act may resort to the Court of Admiralty.

XVI. Regulations to which prize agents are liable extended to bounties, &c. under this Act.

XVII. Where judgment shall be given against the seizor, or the seizure shall be relinquished, the Treasury may direct payment of the costs and damages.

XVIII. Treasury may direct payment of any sum awarded to be due on account of unlawful seizures.-Liability of seizors not taken away.

XIX. No compensation to be made when any articles specified in the eighth article of the treaty are found on board.

CAP. XVII.

AN ACT for raising the Sum of Nine millions and fifty thousand Pounds by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty-three.

By this ACT, the Commons grant, and it is enacted, that—

(9th May 1843.)

1. The Treasury may raise 9,050,000l. by Exchequer bills in like manner as is prescribed by 48 Geo. 3. c. 1; 4 & 5 Will. 4. c. 15; 5 & 6 Vict. c. 66.

II. The clauses, &c. in recited Act extended to this Act.

III. The Treasury to apply the money raised.

Iv. Bills to be payable out of supplies of the next session.

v. Interest on Exchequer bills.

VI. Bills to be current at the Exchequer after twelve calendar months from their dates.

VII. Bank of England may advance 9,050,000l. on the credit of this Act, notwithstanding 5 & 6 Will. & M. c. 20.

CAP. XVIII.

AN ACT to amend the Law for the Registration of Persons entitled to vote, and to define certain Rights of voting, and to regulate certain Proceedings in the Election of Members to serve in Parliament for England and Wales.

ABSTRACT OF THE ENACTMENTS.

(31st May 1843.)

COUNTIES.

1. Certain provisions of recited Act repealed.

2. Commencement of Act.

3. Clerk of the peace to have forms of precepts, &c. printed.—Clerk of the peace to issue his precepts, with forms of notices, &c.

to overseers.

4. Overseers to give notice annually, requiring voters to send in their claims.

5. Overseers to prepare lists of claimants.- Overseers empowered to object to any name ;—to add the word "dead" against any name; to publish copies of list of claimants, and of the part of the register of voters relating to their own parish; to keep copies of same for inspection and sale.

COUNTIES.

6. The list of claimants in any parish, and the part of the register relating to that parish, to be deemed the list of voters of such parish.

7. Any person on the register may object to any other person named in the list as not entitled to be upon it.—Notice of objection be given to the overseers;—and also to the party objected to.

8. List of persons objected to to be published.

9. Lists, &c. to be delivered to the clerk of the peace.

CITIES AND BOROUGHS.

10. Town clerk to have forms of precepts, &c. printed.—To issue his precept to the overseers.

11. Overseers to give public notice as to the payment of rates and taxes by occupiers of premises of the yearly value of 10l.

12. Overseers have power of inspecting tax assessments, &c.-Assessors or collectors of taxes to deliver to overseers a list of persons in arrear of taxes payable at April last past.

13. Overseers to prepare and publish lists of persons (other than freemen) entitled to vote;-Copies of lists to be kept for inspection and sale.

14. Town clerks to prepare and publish the lists of freemen.

15. Persons omitted from the borough lists to give notice of their claims.—Lists of claimants to be made.

16. Registered electors and claimants may inspect rate books.

17. Persons named in the list may object to others as not being entitled to be in the list. Notice of objection to be given to the overseers, or to the town clerk; and also to the person objected to.

18. List of persons objected to to be made.-Such lists, and the lists of claimants, to be published.—Copies of lists and notices of objection to be kept for inspection.

19. Overseers to deliver copies of lists to the town clerk.

20. Freemen and liverymen of the city of London.

21. Freeholders in Horsham and Malmesbury entitled to vote for New Shoreham and Cricklade, where to be registered.

22. Provision as to places having no overseers.

COUNTIES, CITIES, AND BOROUGHS.

23. What shall be publication of notice.

24. Time for which publication shall be.

25. Penalty for hindering publication.

26. List not invalidated by imperfect publication.

27. If no list made out or published, former list to be in force.

28. Lord Chief Justice and Judges of Assize to appoint barristers for revising lists.

29. Judges to appoint additional barristers in case of need.

30. Barristers may hold separate courts.

31. Barrister to notify his appointment to clerk of the peace and town clerks, who are to transmit to him abstracts and lists. 32. Barristers to hold courts for revising lists for voters for counties within a certain period, and to give notice of the times and places of holding such courts to clerk of the peace, who is to give notice thereof by advertisement, and to the merseers. 33. Barristers to hold courts for revising the lists of voters for boroughs, and give notice thereof to the town clerk, who is to publish

the same.

34. Clerk of the peace to attend the first court, and overseers to attend the courts for their respective districts and parishes, and produce lists of voters, and answer questions.

35. Town clerks, overseers, and in London secondaries and clerks of companies, to attend the courts, to produce lists and answer questions, &c.-Power of barrister to require attendance of overseer of past year, and assessor and collector, &c. of taxes, who shall answer upon oath all questions put to them.

36. Voters residing out of the polling district to which the parish wherein their qualification is situate belongs may vote in another polling district, on making a claim before the revising barrister.

37. Barrister to have power to insert in the county lists the names of claimants omitted by the overseer, on proof of claim and qualification.

38. Power of barrister to insert names in lists of borough voters.

39. Any person on list of voters may object to claimants.

40. Corrections which may be made by barrister in the register.-No change to be made of the qualification stated in the lists.— Mode of proceeding in cases of objection.—Provision in certain cases of change of abode.

41. Power of revising barristers to adjourn their courts, administer oath, &c.—Persons swearing falsely guilty of perjury.~ Barrister in open court to decide upon validity of claims and objections.

42. Appeal from revising barrister's decision on points of law.-Revising barrister to prepare a statement of facts.-Appellant to make a declaration in writing.-Revising barrister to indorse on statement the names of parties, &c.;-and deliver a copy to either party requiring it.

43. Who shall be respondent on appeal.

44. Power to consolidate appeals.—Overseers or town clerk may be named as respondents.

45. Consolidated appeals to be conducted as any single appeal.—Agreement for contribution to costs of consolidated appeal may be made a rule of court.—If consolidated appeal not duly prosecuted or answered, the Court or a Judge may give conduct of it or of the answer to other persons.—If party interested shall refuse to be a party, &c.

46. Power to barrister to give costs in certain cases to parties claiming or objecting.

47. County lists to be transmitted to clerk of the peace, and to be by him copied into a book.—Clerk of the peace to sign and deliver a copy to the sheriff.

48. Borough lists to be delivered to the town clerks, and copied into a book.—Town clerks to sign and deliver same to returning officers.

49. Books to be the register of voters for one year.-Copies of registers to be printed for sale.

COUNTIES, CITIES, AND BOROUGHS.

50. Assessors and other officers neglecting to attend when summoned by revising barrister, liable to be fined. 51. Power to barristers to fine overseers for neglect of duty.

52. Fines, to whom payable, and to what purpose to be applied.

53. Clerk of the peace and town clerk to account for and pay over all monies received by them.

54. Expenses of clerks of the peace, how to be defrayed.

55. Expenses of town clerks and returning officers, how to be defrayed.

56. Meaning of the words “town clerk” in certain cases.

57. Expenses of overseers, how to be defrayed.

58. No payment necessary by persons making claim in counties;—nor by persons on register in cities and boroughs. 59. Remuneration of revising barristers.

60. Appeals to be heard by the Court of Common Pleas.

61. Barristers to have equal right of practising with serjeants.

62. Notice of appeal to be given by appellant.—Appeals to be entered in a book.

63. Court to give notice of the time and place of hearing appeals.

64. No appeal to be entertained unless notice given.

65. No appeal on questions of fact or the admissibility of evidence.-Court may remit case to revising barrister to be more fully stated.

66. Decisions of Court to be final.

67. Decisions of Court to be notified to the sheriff or returning officer, and register to be altered conformably.

68. Copies of decisions on appeals to be admissible in evidence.

69. Appeal pending not to affect the right of voting.—No decision after election to affect the result of such election.

70. Court of appeal may give costs.

71. Costs and fines to be recovered by distress and sale of the parties' goods.—No certiorari allowed.

72. 3 Geo. 3. c. 24. repealed.

73. Right of voting in counties by occupiers of not less than 501.-Successive occupation.-Joint occupiers may vote.

74. Provision as to trust and mortgage estates.

75. Right of voting in boroughs by occupiers of houses, &c. of the annual value of 101.—Not to vote unless rated to the poor-rate. -Inaccurate description in rate not to prevent persons being registered.

76. How distances to be measured.

77. Freeholders in New Shoreham, Cricklade, &c., need not be assessed to land tar.

78. When certain rights of voting in boroughs are retained.

79. Register to be conclusive evidence of the voter's retaining the same qualification.—Proviso.—In cities and boroughs, a continued residence required to the time of polling.

80. Clause as to putting questions at the poll repealed.

81. No inquiry at time of election, except as to identity of the voter, and whether he has already voted.-Oath to be taken, if required.

82. No other oath to be taken.-No scrutiny to be allowed.

83. Persons personating voters to be guilty of a misdemeanor.

84. Aiders and abettors to be punished as principals.

85. Agents may be appointed by candidates to detect personation at the time of polling.

86. Returning officer may order persons charged with personation to be taken into custody.-Vote not to be rejected if questions answered in the affirmative.

87. Persons charged with personation to be taken before two Justices.-Bail to be taken in certain cases.

88. If Justices are satisfied that the person charged has been guilty of personation, they are to commit him for trial.

89. If Justices are satisfied that the charge is unfounded, they are to order compensation.—If party falsely charged accepts compensation, no action to be brought.

90. Sheriffs and returning officers to provide constables.

91. Duty of returning officer where vote has been received, and another party tenders in respect of same qualification.

92. Liverymen of London to poll in the Guildhall.

93. For providing for the safe custody of poll-books.

94. Office copies of poll-books to be received in evidence in courts.

95. Clerk of the Crown to preserve poll-books, and deliver office copies, if required;

96. And to produce them before election committee, if required.

97. Parties wilfully contravening the Act liable to an action for debt.

98. Power to committees on election petitions to decide as to right of voting.

99. Where no returning officer in cities or boroughs, sheriff may act as returning officer.

100. Notice of objection may be sent by the post.

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town clerk:"_

101. Interpretation clause.-Meaning of the word "county:"-" city or borough:"—" clerk of the peace :". "barrister :"—" returning officer:"-" parish or township :". :"—" overseers" or "overseers of the poor."-Provision as to service of notices.-Justices, sessions, clerks of the peace, and treasurers of counties.-Misnomer not to vitiate.—“ Oath.” -Singular.-Plural.

102. Act may be amended this session.

By this ACT,

After reciting the passing of 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 45, intituled, 'An Act to amend the Representation of the People in England and Wales:' "And that it is expedient to explain and amend some parts of the said Act, and to make further and

other provisions relating to the registration of persons entitled to vote in the election of members to serve in parliament for England and Wales: And that it is recited in the said Act, that "it was expedient to form a register of all persons entitled to vote in the election of a knight or knights of the shire to serve in any future parliament;" and divers clauses and provisions were in and by the said Act enacted, for the purpose of forming a register of all persons entitled to vote in the election of a knight or knights of the shire to serve in any future parliament for any county, or for the riding, parts, or division of any county, and also for the purpose of forming a register of persons entitled to vote in the election of a member or members to serve in any future parliament for any city or borough, and for the defraying of the expenses to be incurred thereby, and for the appointment and payment of revising barristers :

It is Enacted,

1. That the said clauses and provisions of the said Act so enacted for the purpose of forming a register of all persons entitled to vote in the election of a knight or knights of the shire to serve in parliament for any county, or for the riding, parts, or division of any county, and for the purpose of forming a register of all persons entitled to vote in the election of a member or members to serve in parliament for any city or borough in England and Wales, and for the defraying of the expenses to be incurred thereby, and for the appointment and payment of revising barristers, shall be and the same are hereby repealed, except as to any register heretofore made.

II. That this Act shall come into force on the 1st of June next, and shall thenceforth be taken to be part of the said Act as fully as if it were incorporated therewith.

And after reciting, that for the purpose of forming a register of all persons entitled to vote in the election of a knight or knights of the shire to serve in parliament, it is expedient that lists should annually be made out in manner hereinafter mentioned:

It is Enacted,

III. That the clerk of the peace for every county shall cause a sufficient number of forms of precepts, notices, and lists to be printed, according to the respective forms numbered (1. 2. 3. 6.) in the schedule (A.) and of the table numbered (1.) in the schedule (D.) to this Act annexed, and shall also, on or before the 10th of June in every year, make and cause to be delivered to the overseers of the poor of every parish and township within his county his precept, according to the form numbered (1.) in the said schedule (A.), together with a sufficient number of the said printed forms of notices and lists, and of the copies of such part of the register of voters then in force for such county as shall relate to such parish or township respectively, and of the said table, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned.

IV. That the overseers of the poor of every parish and township shall, on or before the 20th of June in every year, publish a notice, according to the form numbered (2.) in the said schedule (A.), having first signed the same, requiring all persons entitled to vote in the election of a knight or knights of the shire to serve in parliament in respect of any property situate wholly or in part within such parish or township who shall not be upon the register of voters then in force, and also all persons so entitled as aforesaid, who being upon such register shall not retain the same qualification or continue in the same place of abode as described in such register, and who are desirous to have their names inserted in the register about to be made, to give or send to the said overseers, on or before the 20th of July then next ensuing, a notice in writing, by them signed, of their claim to vote as aforesaid; and every such person, and any person who being upon such register may be desirous to make a new claim, shall, on or before the said 20th of July, deliver or send to the said overseers a notice signed by him of his claim, according to the form of notice set forth in that behalf in the said form numbered (2.) or to the like effect.

v. That the overseers of the poor of every parish and township respectively shall on or before the last day of July in every year make out, according to the form numbered (3.) in the said schedule (A.), an alphabetical list of all persons who on or before the 20th of July then next preceding shall have claimed as aforesaid; and in every such list the christian name and surname of every claimant, with the place of his abode, the nature of his qualification, and the local or other description of the property, and the name of the occupying tenant thereof, shall be written as the same are stated in the claim; and the said overseers, if they shall have reasonable cause to believe that any person whose name shall appear in such list of claimants, or in the copy of the register relating to their parish or township, and received by them from the clerk of the peace, is not entitled to have his name upon the register then next to be made, shall add the word "objected" before the name of every such person on the margin of such list of claimants or the said copy of register; and the said overseers shall also add the word "dead" before the name of any person in the said copy of the register whom they shall have reasonable cause to believe to be dead; and the overseers shall cause a sufficient number of copies of such list of claimants, and of the said copy of the register, with all such marginal additions as aforesaid, to be written or printed, and shall on or before the 1st of August sign and publish the same; and the said overseers shall likewise keep a copy of such list of claimants, and of the said copy of the register, with the marginal additions respectively as aforesaid, signed by them, to be perused by any person, without payment of any fee, at any time between the hours of ten of the clock in the forenoon and four of the clock in the afternoon of any day except Sunday, during the first fourteen days after the same shall have been published, and shall deliver written or printed copies thereof, signed by them, to all persons applying for the same, on payment of a price for each copy, after the rate contained in the table numbered (1.) in the schedule (D.) to this Act annexed.

VI. That the list of claimants (if any) so to be made out by the overseers of every parish or township, together with the said copy of the register, with the marginal additions respectively as aforesaid, for the time being, relating to the same parish or township, shall be deemed to be the list of voters of such parish or township for the county within which such parish or township may be situate, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned.

VII. That in every year every person who shall be upon the register for the time being for any county may object to any other person upon any list of voters for such county, as not having been entitled, on the last day of July then next preceding, to have his name inserted in any list of voters for such county; and every person so objecting (save and except overseers