CAP. XCIV.

An Act to alter the Mode of providing for certain Expenses now charged upon certain Branches of the Public Revenues and upon the Consolidated Fund. [10th August, 1854.]

CAP. XCV.

An Act to make better Provision for the Administration of the Laws relating to the Public Health. [10th August, 1854.] Sect. 1. General Board of Health and Appointment of Officers determined.

2. Constitution of the General Board of Health.

4. Board to appoint Officers.

5. Treasury to fix Salaries of Officers and Allowances to Superintending Inspectors.

6. All Powers, &c. vested in Board may be exercised by the President or any two Members.

7. Transfer of Powers and Duties of Board of Health to such Board as constituted by this Act. 8. All pending Inquiries and Proceedings may be completed under this Act.

9. Treasury may grant a retiring Allowance to one of the Members of the Board determined by this Act. 10. Salaries, &c. to be paid out of Monies to be provided by Parliament.

Whereas by the act of the session holden in the 11 & 12 Vict. c. 63, for promoting the public health,' a board was constituted for superintending the execution of that act, to be called "The General Board of Health," and it was thereby provided that the said board should be continued only for five years next after the passing of that act, and thenceforth until the end of the then next session of Parliament; and by the said act the said board were authorised, with the approval of the Commissioners of the Treasury, to appoint a secretary and such clerks and servants and so many superintending inspectors as they might deem necessary for the purposes of the said act, every person so appointed to be removeable at the pleasure of the said board: and whereas under the Metropolitan Interments Act, 1850, [13 & 14 Vict. c. 52], an additional member of the said board was appointed, and by an act of the session holden in the 15 & 16 Vict. c. 85, her Majesty was authorised to continue the appointment of the said additional member during the continuance of the said board: and whereas by certain other acts certain powers and duties are vested in the General Board of Health: and whereas it is expedient that the General Board of Health should be reconstituted: be it enacted &c. as follows:

Sect. 1. On the passing of this act so much of the said act for promoting the public health as provides what persons shall constitute the General Board of Health, and limits the duration of such board, and so much of the same act as relates to appointments by such board, and so much of any other act as authorises the appointment of an additional member of such board, shall be repealed, and the General Board of Health, as constituted by the said act for promoting the public health, and all appointments of members thereof, and all appointments made by such board under the authority of the said act, shall, save as hereinafter otherwise provided, cease and determine.

2. It shall be lawful for her Majesty from time to time, by warrant under the royal sign-manual, to appoint a person to be, during her Majesty's pleasure, president of the General Board of Health under this act, and such president and her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State for the time being, and the president and vice-president for the time being of the Committee of Council appointed for the consideration of matters relating to trade and foreign plantations, shall constitute and be the General Board of Health, and during any vacancy in the said board the continuing members thereof may act as if no vacancy had occurred; provided that the said Board of Health shall be continued only for one year next after the day of the passing of this act, and thenceforth until the end of the then next session of Parliament, and no longer.

3. There shall be paid to the president of the General Board of Health under this act such salary, not exceeding 2000l. per annum, as shall be from time to time appointed by the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, but no salary shall be paid to any other member of the said board; and such president shall be capable of being elected and of sitting and voting as a member of the House of Commons.

6. All powers and duties by this act vested in the General Board of Health constituted under this act, or which may be hereafter vested in such board, may be exercised and performed by the president for the time being of such board alone, or by any two or more members thereof; and all documents or copies of documents purporting to proceed from such board, and to be signed by the president or any two or more of the members of such board, and to be sealed or stamped with the seal of the General Board of Health, shall be received as primâ facie evidence in all courts or places whatsoever.

7. All the powers and duties vested in the General Board of Health under the said act for promoting the public health, or any other act, shall on the passing of this act become transferred to and vested in the General Board of Health, as constituted under this act; and every superintending inspector appointed under this act shall have all the powers, duties, and liabilities vested in or imposed upon any superintending inspector under the said act for promoting the public health; and all provisions in any act of Parliament and in any order of the General Board of Health, and all instruments whatever in which the General Board of Health, or the secretary, or a superintending inspector, or any other officer of such board, is mentioned or referred to, shall, so far as may not be inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be construed as referring to the General Board of Health as constituted under this act, or to the secretary, or a superintending inspector, or such other officer of such board.

8. All inquiries and proceedings, matters and things, commenced by or under the authority of the board hereby determined, may be completed by and under the authority of the board constituted by this act.

9. It shall be lawful for the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury to grant to one of the members of the General Board of Health constituted by the said act for promoting the public health such compensation or superannuation or retiring allowance, not exceeding 10001. per annum, as the said commissioners may deem just and proper to be awarded.

10. All salaries payable under this act, and all incidental expenses of the said board constituted by this act, and all compensations and allowances granted under this act, shall be paid out of such monies as shall be provided by Parliament.

CAP. XCVI.

An Act for allowing Gold Wares to be manufactured at a lower
Standard than that now allowed by Law, and to amend the
Law relating to the assaying of Gold and Silver Wares.
[10th August, 1854.]

CAP. XCVII.

An Act to amend and extend the Acts for the Inclosure, Exchange, and Improvement of Land. [10th August, 1854.]

CAP. XCVIII.

An Act to regulate the Salaries of the Parochial Schoolmasters of Scotland. [10th August, 1854.]

CAP. XCIX.

An Act to provide for the Establishment of a National Gallery of Paintings, Sculpture, and the Fine Arts, for the Care of a Public Library, and the Erection of a Public Museum, in Dublin. [10th August, 1854.]

Whereas the enlargement in manner hereinafter mentioned of the powers of the Masters in Ordinary of the High Court of Chancery during their continuance in office, and the appointment of additional temporary clerks in their offices, would enable them to wind up the more expeditiously the causes, matters, and things from time to time depending before them: and whereas better provision is required for the examining and settling of the accounts of receivers and others in the said court: be it therefore enacted &c. as follows:

Sect. 1. Upon a suit in which any proceeding may from time to time be depending before a Master in Ordinary of the High Court of Chancery becoming abated by death, marriage, or otherwise, or becoming defective by reason of some change or transmission of interest or liability, it shall be lawful for the Master, notwithstanding that the suit has become abated or defective, to summon as he shall deem fit all or any of the parties to the suit or proceeding, or their or any of their solicitors, and to inquire and obtain from them or any of them such information as may to him seem necessary or proper respecting the abatement of the suit, or respecting the same having become defective, and the change or transmission of interest or liability, and respecting the person or persons by and against whom the suit and proceedings ought to be revived, or the decree or order carried on and prosecuted; for which purposes the Master shall be at liberty to proceed in the absence of any of the parties or solicitors neglecting or refusing to

attend his summons.

2. In case the Master shall, by the means aforesaid or otherwise, obtain sufficient information for his guidance in this behalf, he shall be at liberty to certify the abatement of the suit, or that the same has become defective, and the change or transmission of interest or liability.

3. The Master's certificate shall be filed by such person as the Master may direct, and then such order to the effect of the usual order to revive, or of the usual supplemental decree, as is mentioned in the section numbered 52 of the act "to amend

the Practice and Course of Proceeding in the High Court of Chancery," passed in the 15 & 16 Vict., shall be drawn up by the Registrar upon the Master's certificate, which shall be deemed equivalent to such allegation as is in the said section mentioned; and the course of proceeding upon and the effect of an order obtained under these present provisions shall be the same in all respects as if the order had been obtained upon such allegation as aforesaid.

4. In case the Master shall not be able to obtain sufficient information for his guidance in certifying as aforesaid, he shall be at liberty to certify the abatement of the suit, or that the same has become defective, and the change or transmission of interest or liability, and that by reason thereof he is unable to dispose of the proceeding depending before him in the suit; upon which certificate the Court shall make such order as it shall think proper on all or any of the parties for the further prosecution of the suit, or for the final disposal thereof, and for the payment of the costs thereof, including any of the costs which may have been incurred by reason of the conduct of the parties.

5. In the event of the parties or their solicitors refusing or neglecting, within a time to be fixed by the Master, to file or to bring before the Court any such certificate as aforesaid, or to serve any order when drawn up as aforesaid, then by direction of the Master the certificate may be filed or brought be

7. In any cause, matter, or thing which may from time to time be depending before or have been referred to a Master, he may arrive, or any other matter relating thereto, in order to shall be at liberty to certify specially any decision at which he obtain a decision or direction by or from the Court for his guidance in the further proceedings, or to enable any party to obtain the opinion of the Court with reference thereto.

8. It shall be lawful for the Lord Chancellor to appoint a fit person to act in the office of any Master as an additional temporary clerk, and in assistance to the Master's ordinary clerks, in such manner as the Master may direct; and every such temporary clerk may be removed by the Lord Chancellor as he may think fit, and shall receive, so long as he shall be so employed, such salary as the Lord Chancellor shall, with the approbation of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, order, but shall not be entitled to or receive any compensation upon or by reason of the Master being released from his duties, or removed by resignation, death, or otherwise.

9. The salaries given under this act shall grow due from day cellor, on the third day of each of the months of February, to day, but shall be payable, under an order of the Lord ChanMay, August, and November in every year, or on such other days as the Lord Chancellor shall from time to time direct, and shall be paid to the persons entitled thereto respectively, or their respective executors or administrators, out of the fund standing in the name of the Accountant-General of the Court of Chancery, to the account intituled "The Suitors Fee Fund Account," subject to the payment of such salaries and sums of money as are now payable thereout.

be construed to mean the Lord High Chancellor of Great Bri10. In this act the expression "the Lord Chancellor" shall tain for the time being, and to include or be applicable to the Lord Keeper or Lords Commissioners for the custody of the Great Seal of the United Kingdom for the time being.

САР. СІ.

An Act to continue and amend the Acts now in force relating to Friendly Societies. [10th August, 1854.]

Sect. 1. Act further continued.

2. Transcripts of Rules to be deposited with Registrars. Whereas the act passed in the 13 & 14 Vict. [c. 115], intituled "An Act to amend and consolidate the Law relating to Friendly Societies," was continued in force for a period therein limited by an act passed in the 15 & 16 Vict. c. 75: and whereas the said acts will expire at the end of the present session of Parliament, and it is expedient the same shall be further continued: be it enacted &c. as follows:

Sect. 1. The said act of the 13 & 14 Vict. c. 115, shall be further continued to the 1st October, 1855, and to the end of the then next session of Parliament.

2. All transcripts of the rules of friendly societies now filed with the rolls of the sessions of the peace in any county, r ding, or division of a county, shall be taken off the file, and ent to the registrars, who shall keep the same in such manner as shall be from time to time directed by one of her Majesty's rincipal Secretaries of State.

15. Power to returning officers to appoint election auditors. 16. Bills, &c. to be sent in within one month to candidate, or right to recover barred.

17. Bills, &c. received within one month to be sent in to election auditor.

18. No payments to be made except through election auditor.

19. Tender and payment into court by election auditor. 20. Copy of judgment and statement of payments made in satisfaction to be sent to auditor.

21. Consent of auditor necessary before settling action. 22. Candidate to pay personal expenses and expenses of advertising.

23. Refreshments to voters on the days of nomination or polling declared illegal.

24. No person to pay expenses of elections, except to candidate or election auditor.

25. Candidates and agents may make payments before day of election.

26. Account of election expenses to be made out by election auditor.

27. Election auditor to keep accounts in some convenient place, which shall be open to inspection.

28. Election auditor to publish abstract of such accounts. 29. Returning officer to appoint new election auditor in case of death, &c.

30. Monies, &c. to be handed over to new election auditor. 31. Appointment and notification of agents. 32. Nomination of absent candidate's expenses. 33. Payments before passing of act.

34. Election auditor, how paid.

35. In actions for penalties, parties, &c. to be competent witnesses.

36. Candidate declared guilty of bribery incapable of being elected during Parliament then in existence. 37. Short title.

38. Interpretation of terms.

39. Duration of act.

CAP. CIII.

An Act to make better Provision for the paving, lighting, draining, cleansing, supplying with Water, and Regulation of Towns in Ireland. [10th August, 1854.]

(To be continued).

London Gazettes.

FRIDAY, October 6.

BANKRUPTS. THOMAS GEORGE CURTIS, Oxford, Middlesex, licensed victualler, Oct. 12 at half-past 1, and Nov. 13 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Johnson; Sols. Bicknell & Bicknell, 79, Connaught-terrace, Edgeware-road.-Petition filed Oct. 3. JAMES THORNTON CARTWRIGHT, Apollo-buildings, East-street, Walworth, Surrey, timber merchant, Oct. 16 at 1, and Nov. 21 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Lee; Sol. Adams, 16, George-street, Mansion House, London.-Petition filed Sept. 25.

JOSEPH ASHER, Old Dalby, Leicestershire, miller, Oct. 17 and Nov. 14 at 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Nottingham: Off. Ass. Harris; Sol. Giles, Loughborough.-Petition dated Oct. 3.

JOHN CHANCELLOR, Phoenix-place, Dorrington-street, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, and Battersea, Surrey, funeral-carriage master, (and not maker, as advertised in the Gazette of Sept. 29), dealer and chapman, Oct. 12 at half-past 12, and Nov. 14 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Graham; Sols. Marden & Pritchard, Christchurchchambers, Newgate-street.-Petition filed Sept. 28. EMMA STEELE FOULGHAM, Burton Joyce, Nottinghamshire, braid and trimming manufacturer, Oct. 17 and Nov. 14 at 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Nottingham: Off. Ass. Harris; Sols. Bowley, Nottingham; Hodgson, Birmingham.-Petition dated Oct. 5.

JOHN HUCKNALL, Nottingham, grocer and provision dealer, Oct. 17 and Nov. 14 at 10, District Court of Bank. ruptcy, Nottingham: Off. Ass. Harris; Sols. Dunnett & Bladon, Uttoxeter; James, Birmingham.-Petition dated Sept. 26.

HENRY COBBIN WELSFORD, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, corn factor, dealer in manures, dealer and chapman, Oct. 18 and Nov. 14 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol: Off. Ass. Acraman; Sols. Thomas & Lewis, Tewkesbury; Abbot & Lucas, Bristol.-Petition filed Sept. 30. CHARLES WARWICK, Manchester, commission agent, (formerly carrying on trade as a merchant at Calcutta, in India), Oct. 20 and Nov. 9 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester: Off. Ass. Hernaman; Sols. Higson & Robinson, Manchester.-Petition filed Oct. 4. JOHN BARNES, Ulverstone, Lancashire, grocer, Oct. 17 (and not Oct. 11, as previously advertised) and Nov. 14 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester: Off. Ass. Fraser; Sols. Sale & Co., Manchester; Evans & Sons, Liverpool.-Petition filed Sept. 21.

MEETINGS.

John J. Newnam and James Leadbetter, Charlton, Kent, waterproofers, Oct. 17 at half-past 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-Wm. Ackland, Salisbury-street, Lissongrove, and Fred. M. Goodwin, High-street, Portland-town, Middlesex, linendrapers, Oct. 18 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac. sep. est. of Wm. Ackland.—Latimer Allen, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, builder, Oct. 18 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-D. M. Davidson and Cosmo W. Gordon, Mincing-lane, and Cousin's-lane, Upper Thames-street, London, colonial brokers, Oct. 18 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-Robert Brown and John Burnham, Potton, Bedfordshire, common brewers, Oct. 18 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.—Henry Taylor, Newbury, Berkshire, grocer, Oct. 26 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-Henry M'Grotty, Liverpool, merchant, Oct. 19 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, aud. ac.-J. N. Bateson, Rochdale, Lancashire, cotton spinner, Oct. 24 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, aud. ac.; Oct. 31 at 1, div.-J. H. Oates, Halifax, Yorkshire, painter, Oct. 19 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds, aud. ac.-J. Greenwood, Keighley, Yorkshire, woolstapler, Oct. 19 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds, aud. ac.-Francis Kay, Sheffield, Yorkshire, cut-nail manufacturer, Oct. 21 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Sheffield, aud. ac.-George Haslam, Higham, near Alfreton, Derbyshire, currier, Oct. 21 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Sheffield, aud. ac.-) -Edward Cahan and James Vicat the younger, Strand, Middlesex, tailors, Oct. 30 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div. joint and sep. ests.-A. Fielding, Greenwich, Kent, dealer in watches, Oct. 28 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-Joseph Nash and Thomas Neale, Reigate and Dorking, Surrey, bankers, Oct. 28 at half-past 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, fin. div.-Spencer Ashlin, Eastcheap, London, cornfactor, Oct. 28 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-James Evans and George Davey, Brittou Ferry Ironworks, Glamorganshire, ironmasters, Nov. 2 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol, div.— W. Green, Birkenhead, Cheshire, auctioneer, Oct. 30 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, div.-Richard Hadland, St. Helen's, Lancashire, glass manufacturer, Oct. 30 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, div.-John A. C. Reimann and John G. Geller, Liverpool, merchants, Oct. 27 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, div.-W. Edmond and T. Edmond, Liverpool, merchants, Nov. 3 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, div. sep. est. of Wm. Edmond.