Jurisdictions; but that they and every of them shall and may severally and respectively, from time to time, as there shall be occasion, set, ascertain and appoint within their several and respective Jurisdictions, the Assize and Weight of all Sorts of Bread to be sold or exposed to Sale, by any Baker or other Person whatsoever, within the Limits of their several Jurisdictions, and shall and may inquire into and punish any Breach thereof, fully and freely in all respects as they used to do, and as if this Act had never been made; any thing herein contained to the contrary thereof notwithstanding.

XXV. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall commence Commenceand take Effect from and immediately after One Calendar Month ment of Act. from the passing thereof.

XXVI. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall be deemed Public Act. and taken to be a Public Act, and shall be judicially taken Notice of as such, by all Judges, Justices and others, without being specially pleaded.

CA P. LI.

An Act to explain an Act made in the Fourteenth Year of
His late Majesty King George the Third, for explaining
an Act made in the Twelfth Year of Queen Anne, intituled
An Act to reduce the Rate of Interest, without any Prejudice
to Parliamentary Securities.
[15th June 1821.]

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HEREAS by an Act made in the Fourteenth Year of 14 G. 3. c.79. the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, §1. intituled An Act for explaining an Act made in the Twelfth Year of Queen Anne, intituled "An Act to reduce the Rate of Interest, without any Prejudice to Parliamentary Securities, it was amongst other Things enacted, that all Mortgages and • Securities which by any of His Majesty's Subjects already had 'been or which, after the passing of the said Act, should be made and executed, in Great Britain, of or concerning any Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, Slaves, Cattle or other Things, lying and being in the Kingdom of Ireland or in any of His Majesty's Colonies, Plantations or Dominions in the West Indies, or any Estate or Interest therein, to any of His Majesty's Subjects, for securing the Repayment of the Sums of Money thereon respectively and bona fide advanced and lent, with Interest for the same, and all Bonds, Covenants and Securities for Payment of the same Sums of Money and Interest respectively, and all Transfers or Assignments which had been, or which, after the passing of the said Act, should be made and executed in • Great Britain, of such Mortgages, Securities or Bonds, to any of His Majesty's Subjects, should be as good, valid and effectual, to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever, as such Mortgages, Securities, Bonds, Covenants, Transfers or Assignments would ‹ have been if the same had been made and executed in the Kingdom, Island, Plantation, Country or Place where the Lands, • Tenements, Hereditaments, Slaves, Cattle or other Things mentioned and comprised in any such Mortgage, Security, Transfer or Assignment as aforesaid, severally lie or are; and that none of His Majesty's Subjects in Great Britain should be subject or • liable

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liable to any of the Penalties or Forfeitures in the Act made in 12 Ann. stat. 2. the Twelfth Year of the Reign of Her late Majesty Queen Anne, by receiving or taking Interest for the Sum or Sums of · Money really and bona fide advanced or lent on any such Mortgage, Security, Bond, Covenant, Transfer or Assignment as aforesaid, at the Rate of Interest allowed and established by the Law of the Kingdom, Colony, Plantation, Country or Place wherein the mortgaged Premises respectively lie or are, so as the Interest to be received or taken on any such Mortgages, Bonds, Covenants or Securities, as should be made and exe'cuted after the passing of the said Act, should not exceed the • Rate of Six Pounds for One Hundred Pounds for a Year: And 'Whereas Doubts have been entertained, whether the Provisions' and Declarations of the said recited Act extend to the Bonds ' and Covenants of Third Parties, given as a collateral Security for the Payment in Great Britain, of the Interest for the Sums of Money advanced or lent as therein mentioned;' For obviating such Doubts, be it declared and enacted by The King'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, That all Mortgages and Securities which by any of His Majesty's Subjects already have been, or after the passing of this Act shall be made and executed in Great Britain, of or concerning any Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, Slaves, Cattle or other Things, lying and being in Ireland, or in any of the said Colonies, Plantations or Dominions respectively, or any Estate or Interest therein, to any of His Majesty's Subjects, for securing the Repayment of the Sums of Money thereon respectively really and bona fide advanced and lent, with Interest for the same, whether payable in Great Britain or in the Country, Island, Plantation or Place where the Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, Slaves, Cattle or other Things mentioned and comprized in any such Mortgage, Security, Transfer or Assignment as aforesaid, severally lie or are; and all Bonds and Covenants which have been, or which, after the passing of this Act, shall be made and executed in Great Britain, either by the Person borrowing such Sums of Money or by any other Person or Persons, either residing in Great Britain or elsewhere, by way of collateral Security for the Payment of such Interest, and all Transfers and Assignments which have been, or which, after the passing of this Act, shall be made and executed in Great Britain, of such Mortgages, Securities or Bonds to any of His Majesty's Subjects, shall be as good, valid, and effectual, to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever, as such Mortgages, Securities, Bonds, Covenants, Transfers or Assignments would have been if the same had been made and executed, and the Interest thereon had been made payable, and the Person or Persons entering into such Bonds or Covenants by way of collateral Security, had resided in the Country, Island, Plantation or Place where the Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, Slaves, Cattle or other Things mentioned and comprised in any such Mortgage, Security, Transfer or Assignment as aforesaid, severally lie or are; and that none of His Majesty's Subjects in Great Britain shall be subject or liable to any of the Penalties or Forfeitures in the said Act made in the

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the Twelfth Year of the Reign of Her late Majesty Queen Anne, 12 Ann. stat. 2. by receiving or taking or having received or taken Interest for the c. 16. Sum or Sums of Money really and bona fide advanced or lent, or to be advanced or lent, on any such Mortgage, Security, Bond, Covenant, Transfer or Assignment as aforesaid, so as the Interest só to be received or taken do not exceed the Rate of Six Pounds for One hundred Pounds for a Year; the aforesaid Act made in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of Her late Majesty Queen Anne, or any other Law or Statute to the contrary notwithstanding.

CA P. LII.

An Act to improve the Land Revenues of the Crown, and of His Majesty's Duchy of Lancaster, and for making Provisions and Regulations for the better Management thereof. [15th June 1821.]

WHEREAS by virtue of an Act passed in the First Year of 1 Ann. stat. 1.

the Reign of Her late Majesty Queen Anne, intituled c.7. An Act for the better Support of Her Majesty's Household, and of the Honour and Dignity of the Crown; and of an Act passed

in the Thirty fourth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty 34 G. 3. c.75. King George the Third, intituled An Act for the better Management of the Land Revenue of the Crown, and for the Sale of Fee Farm and other unimproveable Rents; and of an Act passed in

the Forty eighth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, intituled 48 G. 3. c. 73. An Act to improve the Land Revenue of the Crown of England, and also of His Majesty's Duchy of Lancaster, the several Manors, Messuages, Lands, Tenements, Rents, Tithes, Woods, and other Hereditaments belonging to the Crown, and within the Survey of His Majesty's Exchequer, are now demiseable by Lease under the Great Seal of England, or the Exchequer Seal, for such Terms of Years or other Interests, and subject to such Restrictions, and in such Manner as are therein respectively ' mentioned And Whereas special Provisions are contained in

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an Act passed in the Fifty third Year of the Reign of His said 53 G. 3. c. 121. late Majesty, intituled An Act for making a more convenient Communication from Mary le bone Park and the Northern Parts of the Metropolis, in the Parish of Saint Mary le bone, to Charing Cross, within the Liberty of Westminster, and for making a more convenient Sewage for the same; and in an Act passed

in the Fifty seventh Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty, 57 G. 3. c.97. 'intituled An Act for ratifying Articles of Agreement entered into

by the Right Honourable Henry Hall Viscount Gage, and the Commissioners of His Majesty's Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, and for the better Management and Improvement of the Land Revenues of the Crown, for leasing the Houses, Buildings, Lands and Hereditaments therein specified: And Whereas cer'tain Leases for long Terms of Years, heretofore granted under the Great Seal, or Exchequer Seal, of Estates belonging to the • Crown, and within the Survey of His Majesty's Exchequer, have lately expired, and other similar Leases are about to expire, and the Estates so fallen in, or about to fall in, or certain • Parts thereof, might be advantageously relet for building, or

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other Purposes, in small Portions: And Whereas the usual 'Mode of granting and passing Leases of the Estates of the Crown 'within the Survey of His Majesty's Exchequer, under the Great 'Seal or the Exchequer Seal, is unavoidably attended with great Delay, Inconvenience and Expence; and it would encourage • Builders and other Persons to take Leases and make Improve'ments on various Parts of such Estates, and thereby promote the Interest of the Crown, if the Commissioners for the time being of His Majesty's Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, were en⚫abled to grant Leases thereof in the manner and under the Re'strictions hereinafter mentioned:' Be it therefore enacted by The King'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 Commissioners same, That it shall and may be lawful to and for the Commisof His Majes- sioners for the time being of His Majesty's Woods, Forests and ty's Woods, Land Revenues, by and with the Consent and Approbation in Forests and Writing of the Lord High Treasurer of the United Kingdom of Land ReveGreat Britain and Ireland, or of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for the time being, or any Three or more of them, to be signified by Warrant under the Hand of the said Lord High Treasurer, or under the Hands of any Three or more of such last mentioned Commissioners, from time to time after the passing this Act, and without any other Warrant or Authority, to demise or lease, or previous to any such Demise or Lease, to enter into any Contract or Agreement for the demising or leasing all and every or any of the Manors, Messuages, Lands, Tenements, Rents, Tithes, Woods, Mines, Minerals and other Hereditaments for the time being belonging to His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, and within the ordering or survey of His Majesty's Exchequer, to any Person or Persons whomsoever, for such Terms, Estates and Interests, at such Rent or Rents, to be reserved and made payable to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, and for such Fine or Fines, and under and subject to such Covenants, Clauses, Conditions and Restrictions, as the said Manors, Messuages, Lands, Tenements, Rents, Tithes, Mines, Minerals, Woods, and other Hereditaments, or any of them, may or might now be granted or demised under the Great Seal or Exchequer Seal, by virtue of the said recited Acts of the First Year of the Reign of Queen Anne, and of the Thirty fourth and Forty eighth Years of the Reign of King George the Third, or any other Act or Acts of Parliament, or any Law, Custom or Usage whatsoever, provided that the Lessee or Lessees in such Leases respectively to be named, do and shall duly execute a Counterpart or Counterparts of the Lease or Leases so to be made to him, her or them respectively; and all such Leases as shall be made pursuant to this Act shall be as good, valid and effectual, to all Intents and Purposes, as if the same had been passed through the Office of the Clerk of the Pipe in the Exchequer, and all other Offices, according to the usual Practice heretofore observed in passing Leases of the Possessions of the Crown under the Great Seal or Exchequer Seal, and had been accordingly granted under such Seals, or One of them.

1 Ann. c. 7. 34 G.3. c.75.

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II. Provided always, and it is hereby further enacted, That nothing herein contained shall prejudice, alter or affect the Powers given to the Commissioners for the time being of His Majesty's Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, by the said Acts of the Fifty third and Fifty seventh Years of His said late Majesty's Reign, of demising or leasing, or of contracting or agreeing to demise or lease, all or any of the Houses, Buildings and Hereditaments purchased, erected, built, altered, repaired and improved, or to be purchased, erected, built, altered, repaired and improved, under or by virtue of the said last mentioned Acts, or either of them; but nevertheless it is hereby expressly enacted, that subject and without prejudice to such last mentioned Powers, and to any Leases which have been or shall hereafter be granted pursuant thereto, all the said last mentioned Houses, Buildings, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, shall be subject and liable to the Powers of leasing hereby vested in the said Commissioners of His Majesty's Woods, Forests and Land Revenues; any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.

• III. And Whereas the Right Honourable William Cavendish 'Bentinck, commonly called Lord William Cavendish Bentinck, holds for the Term of his Life, by virtue of Letters Patent, bearing Date the Twenty fifth Day of October, in the Twenty 'fourth Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty, the Offices of Ingrosser of the Great Roll or of the Clerk of the Pipe in the Exchequer, and of Clerk of the Pipe of the same Exchequer, and of Maker, Writer and Ingrosser of all Leases, Indentures and Letters Patent of Demise, or Grant of the Possessions of the Crown made under the Seal of the Court of Exchequer, and of · Maker and Writer, and Ingrosser of all Paper Books, and Transcripts of Leases sealed under the Great Seal of Great Britain, ' and also certain other Offices mentioned in the said Letters Patent; and in Right of such Offices or some of them, the 'said Lord William Cavendish Bentinck is entitled to divers 'Wages, Fees, Allowances, Advantages and Emoluments: And < Whereas by the Operation of this Act the Fees and Emoluments of the said Offices will be considerably reduced, and it is reasonable that a Compensation should be made to the said Lord William Cavendish Bentinck for the Losses which will be sus'tained by him in consequence thereof;' Be it therefore further enacted, That a Compensation and Satisfaction shall be made to the said Lord William Cavendish Bentinck, for the Damages he will sustain by the Operation of this Act, in the Loss, Deprivation or Diminution of the Wages, Fees, Salaries, Allowances, Advantages or Emoluments, heretofore enjoyed by him by virtue of his aforesaid Offices, or any of them; the Quantum or Amount of which Compensation or Satisfaction shall be referred to and ascertained by such Person as the Commissioners of His Majesty's Woods, Forests and Land Revenues shall for that Purpose nominate and appoint on the Part of His Majesty, and by such indifferent Person as shall be nominated and appointed on the Part of the said Lord William Cavendish Bentinck; and in case the Referees so to be appointed as aforesaid shall not agree between themselves touching or concerning the Quantum or Amount of such Compensation or Satisfaction as aforesaid, then the Quantum

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