Prize Accounts on Oath. to the said United Company, shall make out and deliver or cause &c. or their to be made out and delivered to the Secretaries of the said Court Executors, &c. of Directors and of the said Governments respectively requiring for general the same, full, true and particular Accounts in Writing of all the Receipts, Payments, Dealings and Transactions of such Person and Persons; and if they shall be Executors, Administrators, Agents or Representatives, then full, true and particular Accounts. in Writing of their several Testators, Intestates and Principals, any way relating to any Booty, Prize Money or other Matter in respect of which such Money so to be paid over shall have arisen, with the Dates of all and every such Receipts, Payments, Dealings and Transactions, and true and correct Lists and Descriptions of all Grants, Deeds, Writings, Books of Account, Letters and Papers whatsoever, in the Custody or Power, or whichever shall have been in the Custody or Power of the Persons respectively required to make out and deliver the same, or of their respective Testators, Intestates or Principals, any way relating to any such Booty, Prize Money or other Matter; which Accounts and Lists shall be verified by Affidavit on Oath, to the best of the Knowledge, Information and Belief of the Person or Persons required to make out and deliver the same, such Oath to be taken before any Magistrate or other Person authorized by any Court of Law or Equity to administer Oaths, and which Oath such Magistrate or other Person is hereby required to administer accordingly; and all the Grants, Books, &c. to Deeds, Writings, Books of Account, Letters and Papers relating be produced. to the Matters aforesaid, and in the Custody or Power of the Person or Persons required to pay over any such Money as aforesaid, shall be produced and shewn at all reasonable Times at the Place or Places where such Grants, Deeds, Writings, Books of Account, Letters and Papers, shall be usually kept and deposited, or in some other reasonable and convenient Manner, to such Person and Persons as the said Court of Directors or the said Governments respectively shall direct or authorize to inspect the same; and Court of Di-: such Person and Persons shall have full Liberty to inspect, and rectors, &c. may. take and cause to be taken such Copies, Extracts and Abstracts inspect same. thereof, as he or they, or the said Court of Directors or the said Governments respectively, shall see fit: Provided always, that this Proviso for Act, or any thing herein contained, or the Production, Inspection Accounts which or Examination of the Accounts, Books and Papers before mentioned, shall not in any way be deemed or construed to extend to open any Account which shall have been conclusively closed and settled by the Order, Judgment, Sentence or Decree of any Court of competent Jurisdiction, or in any other Manner by which the Parties interested therein would have been concluded if this Act had not been passed, nor to prevent any Court of competent Jurisdiction to order any such Account to be opened, or to give Liberty for Surcharge or Falsification thereof, upon just Cause and Ground shewn for that Purpose. VI. And be it further enacted, That if any Person or Persons whosoever shall be convicted of making a false Oath touching any of the Matters directed or required by this Act to be testified on Oath, such Person or Persons so convicted as aforesaid shall be deemed guilty of Perjury, and shall be liable to the Pains and Penalties to which Persons guilty of Perjury are liable by any Law have been le gally closed. Perjury. Recovery of Monies directed to be paid over. With what Powers Courts invested in respect of Monies to be paid ever. in force in that Part of the United Kingdom called England; and if any Person shall corruptly procure or suborn any other Person or Persons to swear falsely in any such Oath, such Person, being duly convicted of such procuring and suborning, shall, for every such Offence, incur and suffer such Penalties, Forfeitures, Pains and Disabilities, as Persons convicted of Perjury are respectively liable unto by any Law in force in the said Part of the said United Kingdom called England. VII. And be it further enacted, That the said United Company shall have and be entitled to the same Rights, Powers, Remedies and Methods of Suit at Law or in Equity, or by any Admiralty Process, to be commenced and prosecuted in the Name of the said United Company in the several Courts of Justice in the United Kingdom and in the East Indies, and elsewhere soever, for Discovery and Recovery of the Monies hereby directed to be paid over to the said Company, as the original Owners thereof now have or are entitled to use or exercise; and all Courts of Law and Equity, and of Admiralty Jurisdiction, in the United Kingdom and in the East Indies, shall have and exercise the same Jurisdiction, Powers and Authorities, for compelling all and every Person and Persons to account for and pay over the Monies hereby directed to be paid over to the said United Company, as any Court of Law or Equity, or of Admiralty Jurisdiction, may now lawfully exercise with respect to any unclaimed Balances payable to the Treasurers of Greenwich Hospital and Chelsea Hospital respectively, by virtue of any Act or Acts of Parliament, or any Law, Usage or Custom whatsoever; and that it shall and may be lawful to and for the Court of Directors of the said United Company, and the several Governments of the Settlements abroad of the said United Company, to exercise the same or the like Powers and Authorities for the Recovery of the Monies hereby directed to be paid over to Greenwich and the said United Company, as may now be exercised by virtue of any Act or Acts of Parliament now in force relating to Prize Money by the Treasurers of Greenwich Hospital and Chelsea Hospital respectively, so far as such Powers and Authorities extend to the Recovery by them, and the Discovery of unclaimed Shares of Prize Money due and belonging to any Officers, Soldiers or Seamen in the Service of His Majesty, and shall be applicable to the Objects of this Act. Court of Directors, &c. to exercise similar Treasurers of Chelsea Hos pitals. Proviso for Interests of Persons paying VIII. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend to affect the Royal Hospital for Soldiers at Chelsea, nor the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich, nor to take away, repeal or diminish any Claim, Right or Interest which by virtue of any Law or Laws now in force have been given or are now existing, or may hereafter by virtue of the said Acts become vested in the said Royal Hospitals or in the Treasurers thereof, for the Recovery of any unclaimed and forfeited Shares of Prize Money for the Benefit of the said Institutions or for the Benefit of the Person or Persons entitled to any unclaimed and forfeited Shares of Prize Money, but the same shall continue and remain in the said Commissioners and in the said Treasurers as if this Act had not been made. IX. And be it further enacted, That all and every Person and Persons, who shall pay over to the said Company, or to any other Person Person or Persons, by their Order or for their Use, any Sum or Money, unclaimed Prize Monies remaining in the Hands of the East India Company. X. And be it further enacted, That all unclaimed Shares of Application of Booty, Prize Money, Head Money, Bounty Money and Salvage Money, and of Money arisen from or distributable in respect of any Capture or other warlike Service whatsoever, belonging to Officers and Soldiers in the Service of the said Company, and to Commanders, Officers, Sailors and other Persons serving on board such Ships as aforesaid, in the Service of the said United Company, and which now remain in the Hands of the said United Company, or in any of their Treasuries abroad, shall forthwith be carried over by Order of the Court of Directors of the said Company to the Credit of the said respective Funds, called "Lord Clive's Fund," and "Poplar Hospital;" to be applied to and for the Purposes and Objects of the said Funds respectively, in like manner as the Monies hereinbefore directed to be paid to them are to be applied; and in case at any time the Person or Persons originally entitled to the same, or their Representatives, shall establish their Claims thereto to the Satisfaction of the said Court of Directors, or of the Governor and Council of the Settlement where the same Money shall now remain, then the said Court of Directors shall cause the said Money to be refunded accordingly, and the same shall be brought back from the Fund to which it shall have been carried, as hereinbefore is mentioned. XI. And be it further enacted, That all Expences incurred or to be incurred in executing this Act, and the Sums paid in remunerating the Officers or Persons employed on Behalf of the said United Company, for their Care, Pains and Trouble in performing the Regulations and Directions thereof, shall, so far as the same relate to those Officers or Persons, be subject to the Discretion of the Court of Directors for managing the Affairs of the said Company, and shall be paid out of the Principal Monies to be recovered and discovered as aforesaid, on account of such Shares respectively: Provided nevertheless, that no Person employed by the said United Company in executing the Regulations of this Act shall act as an Agent for Prizes, or be concerned directly or indirectly in the Business thereof, under the Penalty of Five hun dred Pounds. · XII. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend to prevent any Person or Persons from resorting to any Remedy at Law or in Equity, against the said Company, for the Recovery of the Principal, without Interest, of any Money to which he, she or they may be entitled, and which shall have been paid to the said United Company, or which shall have been carried over by the said Company to the Credit of either of the Funds hereinbefore mentioned, under the Directions of this Act; provided such Person or Persons shall have preferred his or their Claim thereto to the said Court of Directors, if such Money shall have been paid over to the said Company in England, or shall have been carried over from their Funds at Home, or to the Governor in Council of P 4 the Expences of executing Act, &c. defrayed out covered. of Monies re Persons em ployed by Company acting as Agents. Penalty 5001. Proviso for trying Rights to Prize Money. Public Act. 96 G. 3. (I.) 38 G.S. (I.) 39 G. 3. (I.) the Presidency where the same shall have been paid or carried over, if paid over to the said Company, or carried over from their Funds in India, within Six Years after the same shall have been so paid or carried over; any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding. XIII. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall be deemed 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. LXII. An Act to regulate the Times for holding the General Sessions of the Peace, in the several Counties in Ireland. W [23d June 1821.] HEREAS the Recovery of Small Debts by Civil Bill, under and by virtue of an Act passed in the Parliament ' of Ireland in the Thirty sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, for the better and more con⚫venient Administration of Justice, and for the Recovery of Small 'Debts in a summary Way, at the Sessions of the Peace of the • several Counties at large within Ireland, except the County of Dublin; and also under Two Acts, passed in the Parliament of Ireland, in the Thirty eighth and Thirty ninth Years of the Reign of His said late Majesty, to amend the said recited Act of the Thirty sixth Year aforesaid, has been found very bene'ficial to the King's Subjects in Ireland: And Whereas the ordinary Business of the Sessions of the Peace, and of the Assistant Barristers, has, from various Causes, considerably increased, and by reason thereof it is found inconvenient to the Public, and to 'the Practitioners attending Courts of Quarter Sessions, that the • Quarter Sessions of the Peace should be holden at the Periods now required by Law;' For Remedy whereof, be it 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 from and after the First Day of August One thousand eight hundred and twenty one, the General Sessions of the Peace shall be holden in every County at large in Ireland (except the County of Dublin) Four Times in the Year, in each of the Two Divisions of every such County, at the Times following; that is to say, One General Session of the Peace, in some One Division of every such County, shall commence on some Day between the Periods herein Fifth and the Twelfth Day of January in each Year; and One other of such Sessions, in the other Division of every such County, shall commence on some Day within Fourteen Days from the First Day of such former Session; One other of such General Sessions of the Peace, in some one Division of every such County, shall commence on some Day in Easter Week, and One other of such Sessions, in the other Division of every such County, shall commence within Fourteen Days from the First Day of such Session last mentioned; One other of such General Sessions of the Peace, in some one Division of every such County, shall commence on some Day after the Fifth Day next ensuing the last Day of Trinity General Sessions to be held in Two Di visions of each mentioned. Term, Term, and before the Twelfth Day from the said last Day of the II. Provided always, and be it enacted, That nothing in this CA P. LXIII. An Act to amend an Act, made in the Twenty eighth Year W Time of holding Sessions made known, as at present. Sessions continued from Day to Day. HEREAS by an Act of Parliament passed in the Twenty 28 G. 3. c. 49. eighth Year of the Reign of King George the Third, § 4. 'intituled An Act to enable Justices of the Peace to act as such, ' in certain cases, out of the Limits of the Counties in which they actually are, it was enacted, that it should and might be lawful for any Justice or Justices of the Peace acting for any County at large, to act as such at any Place within any City, Town or • Precinct, being a County of itself, and situate within, surrounded by, or adjoining to any such County at large; and that all and every such Act and Acts, Matters and Things done by such Justice or Justices of the Peace for the said County at large, within such City, Town or other Precinct, should be as valid and ef'fectual in the Law as if the same had been done within the said County at large, to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever: And 'Whereas doubts have been entertained whether Justices of the Peace for Counties at large are thereby empowered to act for 'such Counties at large within any City, Town or other Precinct ⚫ having exclusive Jurisdiction, but not being a County of itself;' Be it therefore enacted and declared 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 it shall and may be lawful for any Justice or Justices of the Peace acting for any County at large, or for any Riding or Division of a County in which there are several and distinct Commissions of the Peace, to act as a Justice or Justices for such County at large, Riding or Division, in Sessions or otherwise, at any Place within any City, Town or other Precinct, having exclusive Jurisdiction, but not being Justices of the in Places hav- |