145.

Irish Act, 40 G. 3.

grant Annuities to Persons in certain Offices in the said Courts of Westminster Hall, on their Resignation of their respective Offices; and of another Act passed in the Forty-eighth Year of the 48 G. 3. c. Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, An ́Act for enabling His Majesty to grant Annuities to the Judges of the Courts of Session, Justiciary, and Exchequer in Scotland, upon the Resignation of their Offices; and of another Act, passed in Ireland, in the Fortieth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, An Act to enable His Majesty to grant Annuities to the Lord High Chancellor, and to the Judges of the Court of King's Bench, Master of the Rolls, Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas and Exchequer, Judge or Commissary of the Court of Prerogative, the Judge of the Court of Admiralty, the Chairman of the Quarter Sessions of the County of Dublin, and Assistant Barristers of the several other Counties, on the Resignation of their respective Offi ces; and to amend an Act passed in the ThirtySixth Year of His present Majesty, intituled, 'An Act for encreasing the Salaries of the Chief ' and other Judges of the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, and of the Chief Baron and other Barons of the Court of Exchequer in 'this Kingdom; or to prevent or restrain the granting of any Pensions out of the Revenues of the British Territories in the East Indies, under the Provisions of any Act or Acts of Parliament now in force, to such Persons as may have held the Office of Chief Justice or other Judge in the Supreme Courts of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal and at Madras, and the Office of Recorder of Bombay.

X. Provided

granting of

3. c. 96.

X. Provided also, and be it further enacted, Not to reThat nothing in this Act contained shall in any strain the Manner affect or extend to prevent or restrain the Pensions granting of any Pensions under the Provisions of under 41 G. an Act passed in the Forty-first Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, An Act for the better Regulation of His Majesty's Prize Courts in the West Indies and America, and for giving a more speedy and effectual Execution to the Decrees of the Lords Commissioners of Appeals, and of another Act passed in the Forty-third Year of His present Majesty, intituled, An Act for 43 G. 3. c. the Encouragement of Seamen, and for the better 160. and more effectual manning His Majesty's Navy; for regulating the Payment of Prize Money, and for making Provision for the Salaries of the Judges of the Vice Admiralty Courts in the Island of Malta, and in the Bermudas, and Bahama Islands; and also of another Act passed in the Forty-fifth Year of His present Majesty, intituled, An Act for the Encouragement of Seamen, and for the better and more effectually manning 45 G. 3. e. of His Majesty's Navy.

72,

sent to any

3. c. 2.

XI. And be it enacted, That nothing in this Nor to emAct contained shall extend or be construed to ex- power the Regent to tend to empower the said Regent, in the Name give the and on the Behalf of His Majesty, to give the Royal AsRoyal Assent to any Bill or Bills in Parliament, Bill to refor repealing, changing, or in any respect varying peal 12 W. the Order and Course of Succession to the Crown of this Realm, as the same stands now established by an Act passed in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of King William the Third, intituled, An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown, and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject; or to any Act for repealing or altering

the

the Act made in the Thirteenth Year of the Reign 13 C.2.c.4. of King Charles the Second, intituled, An Act for the Uniformity of Public Prayers and Administration of Sacraments, and other Rights and Ceremonies, and for establishing the Form of making, ordaining, and consecrating Bishops, Priests, and Deacons in the Church of England; or the Act of the Fifth Year of the Reign of Queen Anne, made in Scotland, intituled, An Act for securing the Protestant Religion and Presbyterian Church Government.

or Act of 5 Ann.

If Regent shall not

or shall

XII. Provided also, and be it enacted, That if ́ reside in the His said Royal Highness George Augustus FreKingdom, derick Prince of Wales, shall not continue to be marry a Pa- resident in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or shall at any Time marry a Papist, then and in either of such Cases, all the Powers and Authorities vested in His said Royal Highness by this Act, shall cease and determine.

pist, his

Powers to

cease.

Care of His

Majesty's

Person, and

the Dire

tion and

Appoint

ment of a

Majesty's

to be vested

jesty.

XIII. And whereas it is expédient that the Care of His Majesty's Royal Person should be committed to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, together with the sole Direction of such Portion of His Majesty's Household as shall be deemed Part of His requisite snd suitable for the due attendance on Household, His Majesty's Sacred Person, and the Maintein Her Ma- nance of His Royal Dignity'; Be it therefore enacted, That the Care of His Majesty's Royal Person, and the disposing, ordering, and managing of all Matters and Things relating thereto, shall be, and the same are hereby vested in the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, during the Continuance of His Majesty's Indisposition; and that the sole Direction of His Majesty's Household, except the Lord Chamberlain of His Majesty's Household, the Captain of the Yeomen of His Majesty's Guard,

and

and the Captain of the Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners, shall be and is hereby vested in Her Majesty; and Her said Majesty shall have the full and sole Power and Authority, by any Instrument or Instruments in Writing signed and sealed by Her Majesty, to nominate and appoint, in case of any Vacancies arising by Resignation or Death, all the Officers and Persons belonging to His Majesty'sHousehold, in the respective Departments thereof, whose Appointment, Nomination, or Removal have heretofore been made by His Majesty; except the Lord Chamberlain of His Majesty's Household, and the Gentlemen and Grooms of His Majesty's Bedchamber, His Majesty's Equerries, the Captain of the Yeomen of His Majesty's Guard, and the Captain of the Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners; and the Nomination and Appointment, by Her Majesty, in Manner and Form aforesaid shall be valid and effectual to all Intents and Purposes as if the same had been made or done by His Majesty in the accustomed Manner;and the several Persons so appointed shall be entitled to the like Precedence, Privileges, Salaries, Wages, Profits, and all other Emoluments, as the several Persons now holding and enjoying the same Offices are respectively entitled to; Provided always, That the Power and Authority given by this Act to Her Majesty, to nominate and appoint such Persons of His Majesty's Household as are not hereinbefore excepted, shall continue in force until the said First Day of February, or the Expiration of such Six Weeks as aforesaid, and no longer: Provided also, That Her said Ma jesty shall not have any Power or Authority to remove any Officer in any Department of His Majesty's Household, by this Act made subject to

the

the Nomination or Appointment of Her Majesty, who shall have been nominated and appointed by His Majesty: Provided also, That until the Expiration of such Period as aforesaid, no Appointment shall be made to the Office of Lord Chamberlain of His Majesty's Household, now vacant, but that all the Duties of the said Office shall be performed by the Vice Chamberlain ; and that during such Period as aforesaid, no Person holding the Office of Gentleman or Groom of His Majesty's Bedchamber, or being One of His Majesty's Equerries, shall be subject to be removed; and no Vacancy which shall arise by Death or Resignation of any of the Grooms or Gentlemen of His Majesty's Bedchamber, or of His Majesty's Equerries, shall be supplied or filled up, or any Appointment or Nomination made to supply any such Vacancy. XIV. Provided always, and be it further enHousehold acted, That it shall not be lawful for any Officer to make any in His Majesty's Household who is by this Act ment but put under the Direction of Her Majesty, to make during His any Appointment to any Office to which such Pleasure. Officer may have the Power of Appointment for any longer Period than during His Majesty's

No Officer

of the

Appoint

Majesty's

.

Council appointed to

Pleasure.

XV. And whereas the Execution of the weighty assist Her and arduous Trusts by this Act committed to the Majesty. Queen's most Excellent Majesty, may require the Assistance of a Council, with whom Her Majesty may consult and advise; be it therefore enacted, That in order to assist and advise Her said most Excellent Majesty in the several Matters aforesaid, there shall be, during the Continuance of His Majesty's Illness, a Council consisting of Charles Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Edward Lord Archbishop of York, James Duke of Montrose, George

Earl