PRINTED BY GEORGE E. EYRE AND ANDREW SPOTTISWOODE, PRINTERS TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY : And published in Numbers, Price 2d. each, BY OWEN RICHARDS, LAW BOOKSELLER AND PUBLISHER, 194, Fleet Street. A TABLE OF The PUBLIC GENERAL STATUTES passed in the FOURTH Session of the FOURTEENTH Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 7 & 8 VICTORIA. L. A N Act to enlarge the Powers of an Act of the Fourth and Fifth Years of Her present Majesty, empowering the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods to raise Money for certain Improvements in the Metropolis, on the Security of the Land Revenues of the Crown within the County of Middlesex and City of London. page 3 6 II. An Act for the more speedy Trial of Offences committed on the High Seas. III. An Act to stay Proceedings for Three Calendar Months, and till the End of the present Session of Parliament, in certain Actions under the Provisions of several Statutes for the Prevention of excessive Gaming, and to prevent any Proceedings being taken under those Statutes during such limited Time. 8 IV. An Act for transferring Three Pounds Ten Shillings per Centum per Annum Annuities One thousand eight hundred and eighteen into Annuities of Three Pounds Five Shillings per Centum per Annum and New Three Pounds per Centum per Annum Annuities. 12 V. An Act for transferring certain Annuities of Three Pounds 28 VI. 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 forty-four. page 44 VII. An Act to indemnify Witnesses who may give Evidence during this Session before either House of Parliament touching Gaming Transactions. 46 VIII. An Act to facilitate the Recovery, by summary Process, of small Sums due to the Teachers of Schools in Ireland. 48 IX. An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters. 49 X. An Act to indemnify such Persons in the United Kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, and to extend the Time limited for those Purposes. respectively until the Twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and forty-five. 99 XI. An Act for the Regulation of Her Majesty's Royal Marine Forces while on shore. 103 XII. An Act to amend the Law relating to International Copyright. 148 XIII. An Act to extend until the First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and forty-five, and to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, the Time within which Conveyances may be made on behalf of the Crown of, and Disputes settled with regard to, Encroachments in the Forest of Dean. 157 XIV. An Act for raising the Sum of Eighteen millions four hundred and seven thousand three hundred Pounds by Exchequer Bills for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty-four. 158 XV. An Act to amend the Laws relating to Labour in Factories. 161 XVI. An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Customs. 199 XVII. An Act for giving additional Powers to the Commissioners for the Relief of certain of Her Majesty's Colonies and Plantations in the West Indies. 204 XVIII. An Act to remove Doubts as to the Power of appointing, convening, and confirming the Sentences of Courts-martial in the East Indies. 207 XIX. An Act for regulating the Bailiffs of Inferior Courts. 210 XX. An Act to amend an Act of the First and Second Years of Her present Majesty, for securing the Debt due by the City of Edinburgh to the Public. 212 XXI. An XXI. An Act to reduce the Stamp Duties on Policies of Sea Insurance and on certain other Instruments, and to repeal the Duties on certain Bonds, and the Law requiring Public Notaries in Ireland to deliver Accounts of Bills and Notes noted by them. page 214 XXII. An Act to amend the Laws now in force for preventing Frauds and Abuses in the marking of Gold and Silver Wares in England. 221 XXIII. An Act to continue for Five Years an Act of the Second and Third Years of Her present Majesty, for the better Prevention and Punishment of Assaults in Ireland. 233 XXIV. An Act for abolishing the Offences of forestalling, regrating, and engrossing, and for repealing certain Statutes passed in restraint of Trade. 233 XXV. An Act to repeal the Duty of Excise on Vinegar, and to make the Duties and Drawbacks now payable on Flint Glass the same as on Bottle Glass. 238 XXVI. An Act for authorizing Her Majesty to carry into immediate Execution, by Orders in Council, any Treaties for the Suppression of the Slave Trade. 245 XXVII. An Act to explain and amend an Act of the last Session of Parliament, intituled An Act for extending to Ireland the Provisions not already in force there of an Act of the Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of the late King William the Fourth, intituled An Act for the Limitation of Actions and Suits relating to Real Property, and for simplifying the Remedies for trying the Rights thereto; and to explain and amend the said Act. 247 XXVIII. An Act for granting to Her Majesty, until the Fiftly Day of July One thousand eight hundred and forty-five, certain Duties on Sugar imported into the United Kingdom, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty-four. 248 XXIX. An Act to extend an Act of the Ninth Year of King 255 XXX. An Act to alter and amend an Act of the Fifty-third 256, XXXI. An Act for the warehousing of Foreign Goods for a 3 259 XXXII. An a |