as an Act was passed in the Parliament of Ireland, in the Twenty 'first Year of the Reign of King George the Second, for amend⚫ing and rendering more effectual the said recited Act of the Parliament of Ireland, made in the Fourth Year of the Reign of King George the First: And Whereas an Act was passed in the Parliament of Ireland, in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His 7 G. 3. (I.) late Majesty King George the Third, to continue and amend and make more effectual the said Two hereinbefore recited Acts of the Parliament of Ireland, made in the Fourth Year of the Reign of King George the First, and in the Twenty first Year of the Reign of King George the Second, and also to enable the Com'missioners of the Barrack Board to sell the Estates or Lands ' whereon Barracks had been built, and the Materials of such Bar' racks: And Whereas an Act was passed in the Parliament of Ireland in the Thirty sixth Year of the Reign of His said late Ma- 36 G.3. (I.) jesty, for rendering more effectual the several Laws for the Government and Regulation of the Barracks and other public Works 'in Ireland: And Whereas an Act was passed in the Parliament Service of the part Ireland (except Copyholds) also vested in prin of Ireland, in the Thirty ninth Year of the Reign of His said late 39 G. 3. (I.). 'Majesty, to explain and amend the several Acts for the empowering the Commissioners of Barracks to provide Barracks and other Accommodations for His Majesty's Troops in Ireland: And 'Whereas an Act was passed in the Parliament of Ireland, in the Fortieth Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty, intituled An 40 G. s. (I.) •Act to enable the Barrack Master General to carry into Execution an Agreement lately made with the Trustees of the Ulster White 'Linen Hall near Newry, for the Sale of their Interest therein, and for vesting the same in His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors :' Be it enacted, That immediately from and after the passing of this Messuages, Act, all Manors, Messuages, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments Lands, &c. in Ireland, which have been at any Time heretofore vested in or held for the purchased or taken in the Name of His Majesty, or His Royal Barrack DePredecessors, or which have been at any Time heretofore purchased or taken by or in the Name of any Person or Persons in Trust for His Majesty or His Royal Predecessors, and His and Their Heirs and Successors, for the Use or Service of the Barrack Department in Ireland, under or by virtue of the said hereinbefore recited Acts, or any of them, and also all Messuages, Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments whatever, which are in any manner now vested in or held by or in Trust for or for the Use of His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, for the Service of the Barrack Department in Ireland, either in Fee or for Life or Lives, or for any any Term or Terms of Years, or for any other or less Interest; and all Erections and Buildings which now are or which shall or may be hereafter erected and built thereon, together with the Rights, Members, Easements and Appurtenances to the same respectively belonging, (other than and except such Messuages, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments as may be of Copyhold Tenure), shall be and become and shall remain and continue vested in the principal Officers of His Majesty's Ordnance in Great Britain for the time being, and their Successors, according to the respective Nature and Quality of the said Manors, Messuages, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, and the several Estates and Interests of and in the same Hereditaments respectively, in Trust for His Majesty, cipal Officers of Ordnance, in Trust for public Services, as the King or Lord Lieute nant in Council shall direct. No other or His Heirs and Successors, for the Service of the said Ordnance Department, or for such other public Service or Services as His said Majesty, His Heirs or Successors shall from time to time, by any Order in Council, be pleased to direct, or as may be from time to time directed by the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, by and with the Advice of the Privy Council there, by any Order or Orders to be made for that Purpose. III. Provided always, and be it enacted, That nothing herein greater Estate contained shall be construed to vest any greater or other Estate in any of the said Premises, or to vest the same upon other Terms or Conditions than those upon which the same were granted, conveyed, demised or given at the Time of the vesting thereof in the Person or Persons holding the same, in Trust for His Majesty, or to discharge any Conditions or Restrictions, in relation to any such Premises contained in any such Grant, Conveyance or Demise. in Premises than was before granted. Act to extend to Premises sold by the Comptroller of the Barrack Department. Powers of 1&2 G.4. c.69. extended to this Act. IV. Provided also, and be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend to any Messuages, Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments which have been sold, or are at the Time of the passing of this Act under Contract to be sold or put to Sale, whether by public Auction or otherwise, by the Comptroller of the Barrack Department in Great Britain, or any Commissioner of Barracks in Ireland, or in any manner to affect any such Contract or Sale, but the same shall respectively remain, and all Contracts and Sales relating thereto be completed by such Comptroller or Commissioners of Barracks, as if this Act had not passed, any thing in this Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding. V. And be it further enacted, That all the Powers, Authorities, Provisions, Regulations, Clauses, Matters and Things in the said recited Act of the last Session of Parliament contained, in relation to Messuages, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments vested by the said Act in the principal Officers of His Majesty's Ordnance, shall extend and be construed to extend to all Messuages, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, as well in Ireland as in Great Britain, vested in the said principal Officers by this Act, as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purposes, as if all such Powers, Authorities, Provisions, Regulations, Clauses, Matters and Things were respectively, severally, and separately repeated and reenacted in and made Part of this Act. CAP. CIX. An Act to repeal the Duties and Drawbacks on Barilla im- WHEREAS it is expedient that the Duties of Customs pay able upon the Importation into the United Kingdom of 'Great Britain and Ireland of Barilla, and the Drawbacks allowed thereon, should cease and determine; and that other Duties of 'Customs should be imposed and other Drawbacks allowed in lieu thereof: 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, From Jan. 5, 1823, the Duties payable on the Importation of Barilla and and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the Fifth Day of January One thousand eight hundred and twenty three, the several Duties of Customs payable under any Act or Acts in force immediately before the said Fifth Day of January One thousand eight hundred and twenty three, upon the Importation into the the Drawbacks United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland of Barilla, and the on Exportation several Drawbacks allowed on the Exportation of such Barilla, to cease, except shall cease and determine; save and except in all Cases relating to Arrears, &c. the recovering and allowing any Arrears thereof respectively, which may at the Time of passing this Act remain unpaid or not allowed; or relating to any Fines, Penalties or Forfeitures in respect thereof, which shall have been incurred at any Time before the said Fifth Day of January One thousand eight hundred and twenty three. II. And be it further enacted, That from and after the Fifth Day of January One thousand eight hundred and twenty three, in lieu and instead of the several Duties of Customs hereby made to cease and determine, there shall be raised, levied, collected and paid unto His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, upon Barilla imported into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the several Duties of Customs as the same are respectively inserted or described and set forth in Figures in the Table to this Act annexed marked (A.); and that on the Exportation of such Barilla there shall also be paid and allowed the several Drawbacks of the several Duties of Customs as the same are also respectively inserted or described and set forth in Figures in the said Table marked (A.) Instead of the Drawbacks re pealed, those specified in Table (A.) to be paid. Management in Commissioners of Customs in III. And be it further enacted, That the Duties and Drawbacks by this Act imposed and allowed, as shall arise in England, shall be under the Management of the Commissioners of the Customs England, Scotin England for the time being; and such thereof as shall arise in land and Scotland, shall be under the Management of the Commissioners Ireland. of the Customs in Scotland for the time being; and such thereof as shall arise in Ireland, shall be under the Management of the Commissioners of Customs and Port Duties in Ireland for the time being; and shall be raised, levied, collected, paid, recovered and allowed in such and the like manner, and by the same Means, Ways and Methods, as former Duties of Customs and Drawbacks of Duties of Customs upon Goods, Wares or Merchandize in general. TABLE § 5. САР. СХ. An Act to amend the Laws for the Prevention of Smuggling. [5th August 1822.] 57 G.3. c.87. WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Fifty seventh Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, 'intituled An Act to amend Two Acts passed in the Forty fifth Year of His present Majesty, and in the last Session of Parlia ment, for the making more effectual Provision for the Prevention of Smuggling, it is enacted, That it shall and may be lawful to and for any Justice or Justices of the Peace, before whom any 'Person so arrested as therein mentioned, being a Subject of His Majesty, and not being fit and able to serve His Majesty in His Naval Service, shall be carried, on the Confession of any such Person of any such Offence as therein mentioned, with which he may be charged in any Information or Complaint, to be then and there laid or exhibited by any Officer of Customs or Excise ' against 6 6 against him, or on Proof thereof on the Oath of One or more credible Witness or Witnesses, to convict such Person in such • Penalty respectively as therein mentioned; and every such Person so convicted as aforesaid shall, immediately on such Conviction, pay down into the Hands of such Officer the said Penalty in which he or she shall be so convicted; and if any such Person or Persons so convicted shall not forthwith pay down the said Penalty, the said Justice or Justices shall, and he and they is and are by the said Act respectively authorized and required, by • Warrant under his or their Hand and Seal, to commit the Person 'so convicted as aforesaid to any Gaol or Prison, or House of 'Correction, until such Penalty shall be paid; and that in all cases where any Person liable to be arrested under any of the Acts made for the Prevention of Smuggling, shall be fit and able to serve His Majesty in His Naval Service, and liable under the 'said Acts, or any of them, to be impressed into such Service, every such Person so arrested shall be taken before such Justice or Justices as aforesaid, and shall upon such Proof as by the 'said Act of the Forty fifth Year aforesaid therein mentioned, or any other Act, is required, be committed by such Justice or Jus'tices to Prison, to answer such Information and abide such Judg'ment as may be thereon given against him in that Behalf; and that it shall and may be lawful for the Gaoler or Keeper of any • Prison or House of Correction in which such Person shall be 'so imprisoned, or for any Officer of Customs or Excise, on the Order of the Commissioners of Customs or Excise respectively directing the Prosecution, to such Gaoler or Keeper and Officer ' respectively, to carry and convey, or cause to be carried or conveyed, any such Person on board of any of His Majesty's Ships of War, in order to his being impressed into His Majesty's Naval Service; and if such Person shall at any Time or Times after any such Commitment as aforesaid, and before the Expiration of Five Years from the Time of his Arrest, escape or desert from ⚫ or leave such Custody or Service, he shall, over and beside all • Punishment to which he shall be subject for such Desertion, be liable to be at any Time or Times afterwards again arrested and ' imprisoned, or delivered over as aforesaid: And Whereas it is 'expedient that so much of the said Act as is hereinbefore recited shall be repealed, and other Provisions made in lieu thereof:' 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 same, That so much of the said Act of the Fifty seventh Year aforesaid, as is hereinbefore recited, shall be and the same is hereby repealed; and that from and after the Repealed. passing of this Act, it shall and may be lawful in and throughout the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to and for any Justice or Justices of the Peace before whom any Person liable to be arrested, and arrested under any of the Acts made for the Prefor Prevention vention of Smuggling, shall be carried, on the Confession of such of Smuggling Person of the Offence or Offences for which he shall be so de- shall be brought, tained, and with which he shall be charged in any Information or shall, on ConComplaint then and there exhibited or made by any Officer of viction, order Customs or Excise, or any other Officer or Person employed for Punishment by 3 GEO. 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