39 & 40 G. S. c. 67. 6 'made and constituted by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of 'Ireland, by the Name and Style of "His Majesty's Postmaster General of Ireland;" and that there should be a Secretary, a Treasurer or Receiver General, an Accountant General, and a Resident Surveyor of the said General Post Office, and also a Comptroller of the Sorting Office thereof, to be appointed, 'made, and constituted in like Manner by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Ireland; which said Master of the said Office, and his Deputy and Deputies by him thereunto sufficiently ' authorized, and his and their Servants and Agents, and no other 'Person or Persons whatsoever within that Kingdom, should from ⚫ time to time and at all Times have the receiving, taking up, ordering, dispatching, sending Post or with Speed, carrying, and delivering of all Letters and Packets whatsoever which should 'from time to time and at all Times be sent to and from all and every Parts and Places within that Kingdom, and to and from all and every the Parts and Places beyond the Seas where Posts were then settled or might thereafter be settled for that Purpose; except such Letters as are therein mentioned: And whereas by an Act made and passed in the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for the Union of Great Britain and Ireland, it was amongst other Things provided, that the said King'doms of Great Britain and Ireland should upon the First Day of January in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and one, and for ever after, be united into One Kingdom by the Name of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: And whereas it is expedient that there should be in future but 'One Postmaster General for the said United Kingdom and other His Majesty's Dominions;' 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 from and after the passing of this Act it shall be lawful for the King's Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, from time to time to appoint any One Person to be Postmaster General for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and other His Majesty's Dominions, in lieu of the said Two several Postmasters General of Great Britain and Ireland authorized to be appointed as aforesaid, by the Name and Style of "His Majesty's Postmaster General;" which said Postmaster General so to be appointed shall have and be entitled to all and every the same Powers, Authorities, Immunities, Rights, and Privileges as the said Two several Postmasters General would have been entitled to in right of their respective Offices in case they had been separately nominated and appointed thereto by Letters Patent under the Great Seals of Great Britain and Ireland respectively; and the said Postmaster General so to be appointed, and his Deputy and Deputies, and his master General, and their Servants and Agents, in Great Britain, Ireland, and other His Majesty's Dominions, and elsewhere, shall be entitled to demand, have, receive, and take, for the Postage and Conveyance of all such Letters and Packets which he or they shall convey, carry, or send Post, the like Rates and Sums of Money in all His Majesty to appoint One Postmaster General for the United Kingdom. Powers of the said Post his Deputies, &c. as to the Postage of " Letters. respects respects as the several Postmasters General of Great Britain and Ireland would immediately before the passing of this Act have, in right of their respective Offices, been authorized and entitled by Law to demand, have, receive, and take for the Postage and Conveyance of Letters and Packets conveyed, carried, and sent by the Post. Postmaster General, his Agents, to be Deputies and subject to the same Penalties II. And be it further enacted, That the Agent and Agents of the said Postmaster General for the Time being in Great Britain, Ireland, and elsewhere, shall have all the like Powers, Privileges, Rights, Immunities, Benefits, and Authorities, and the said Postmaster General for the Time being, bis Deputy and Deputies, Agent and Agents, shall be subject to all the like Regulations, as under ProDirections, Restrictions, Penalties, Punishments, and Liabilities, visions of in all respects, as he or they was or were or would have been by Law subject or liable to under or by virtue of the Acts in force concerning the Post Offices of Great Britain and Ireland immediately before the passing of this Act, in case such separate Postmasters General had been nominated and appointed. former Act. After Expira sent Patents, III. And be it further enacted, That when and as the several Patents granted under and by virtue of the said in part recited tion of the preAct of the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Years of the Reign all Officers to of His late Majesty King George the Third to the present Secre- be appointed tary, Accountant General, and Resident Surveyor of the General by the PostPost Office in Dublin, and the Comptroller of the Sorting Office master thereof, or any or either of such Patents, shall be revoked or otherwise determined, every future Secretary, Accountant General, and Resident Surveyor of the said General Post Office in Dublin, and every future Comptroller of the Sorting Office thereof, shall be appointed by and during the Pleasure of His Majesty's Postmaster General for the Time being. General. IV. And be it further enacted, That this Act may be amended, Act may be altered, or repealed by any Act or Acts to be passed in this pre. sent Session of Parliament. altered this Session. CAP. IX. An Act to apply the Sum of Five Millions, out of the Consolidated Fund, to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-one. [11th March 1831.] 66 "There shall be applied for the Service of the Year 1831, "5,000,000/. out of the Consolidated Fund, § 1. The Treasury may cause 5,000,000l. of Exchequer Bills to be made out ❝in manner prescribed by 48 G.3. c.1. § 2. The Clauses, &c. "in recited Act extended to this Act, § 3. Exchequer Bills to "bear an Interest not exceeding 3d. per Cent. per Diem, § 4.; "and to be placed as so much Cash in the Exchequer, § 5.; and may be applied by the Treasury, § 6. Exchequer Bills made chargeable upon the growing Produce of the Consolidated "Fund, 7. Bank of England may advance 5,000,000l. on the "Credit of this Act, notwithstanding 5 & 6 W. & M. c. 20. - § 8. 66 1 GUL. IV. C CAP. 1 & 2 G. 4. c. 33. 11 G. 4. c. 22. САР. Х. An Act for appropriating certain Sums to the Service of the "There shall be applied, for the Service of the Year 1831, “2,000,000l. now in the Exchequer, and 60,000l. to be paid by "the East India Company; also any Sums paid in respect of Exchequer Bills issued for Public Works; and any Balance "paid in by the Bank of England before the 5th April 1832, pur"suant to 56 G. 3. c.97.; provided that if at any time the "Balance shall be reduced to less than 100,000/., then so much "of the Monies advanced by the Bank as shall be equal to the "Sum by which the said Balance shall be less than the Sum of "100,000. shall be repaid. CA P. XI. An Act for raising the Sum of Twelve Millions by Exchequer CA P. XII. An Act for continuing to His Majesty for One Year certain [This Act is the same (except as to Dates) as 11 G. 4. c.6.] CA P. XIII. An Act to amend an Act passed in the Eleventh Year of the WHEREAS an Acand Second Years of the Reign of His HEREAS by an Act passed in the Session of Parliament 'late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled An Act to make more effectual Provision for the Establishment of Asylums for the Lunatic Poor, and for the Custody of Insane Persons charged with Offences, in Ireland, certain Provisions were made for the Erection and Establishment of Lunatic Asylums in and for Dis'tricts to be limited and appointed in manner and by the Authority in the said Act mentioned: And whereas by an Act passed in the Eleventh Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, intituled An Act for appropriating the Richmond Lunatic Asylum in Dublin to the Purposes of a District Lunatic Asylum, it was among other Things enacted, that a certain Building commonly known by the Name of the Richmond Lunatic Asylum, in the City of Dublin, theretofore established and used as an Asylum or Hospital for the Reception and Management of Lunatic Patients, should and ⚫ might 'might be and become, and the same has accordingly become, a Lunatic Asylum for the County of the City of Dublin, and for such other County or Counties as from time to time, under the • Provisions of the said first-recited Act of the First and Second Years of His late Majesty, constituted, together with the said City of Dublin, a District of a Lunatic Asylum; and it was by the said recited Act of the Eleventh Year of His late Majesty's Reign further enacted, that an Act passed in the Fifty-fifth Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty, intituled An Act to regu- 55 G.3. c.107. 'late the Appointment of Governors in the Richmond Lunatic Asy'lum in Dublin, whereby certain Provisions were made for the • Government of the said Asylum, and the Governors thereof incorporated, and the said Building, and the Ground and Soil thereto belonging, vested in such Governors, should be and the same was thereby repealed; and it was by the said recited Act of the Eleventh Year of His late Majesty further provided and enacted, that all Rules, Orders, Regulations, Rights, Powers, Authorities, Privileges, Liabilities, Provisoes, and Enactments contained in the said recited Act of the First and Second Years of His late Majesty should and might from time to time, as Oc'casion might require, be extended, applied, used, and enforced to and in respect of the District so to be constituted as afore'said, in like Manner, to all Intents and Purposes, as in the Case of any District Lunatic Asylum created and established by or subject to the Provisions of the said recited Act of the Session of the First and Second Years of His said late Majesty: And 'whereas the said Building known by the Name of the Richmond Lunatic Asylum is capable of affording Accommodation for a much larger Number of Lunatic Poor than the Number limited by the said last-recited Act as the Number which it is lawful under the Provisions of such Act to maintain and take care of within any One Lunatic Asylum: And whereas it is expedient to remove the Limitation whereby the Utility of the said Build<ing is curtailed, and the superior Extent of its Accommodations rendered unavailing;' 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 from and after the passing of this Act no Enactment or Provision contained in the said recited Act of the Session holden in the First and Second Years of His late Majesty, or in any other Act or Acts, whereby the Number of Lunatic Poor to be maintained and taken care of in a Lunatic Asylum is in any Manner limited or restricted, shall extend or in any Manner be construed to affect the said Richmond Lunatic Asylum, or the Reception and Accommnodation of Lunatic Poor therein; and that notwithstanding any Thing in the said last-recited Act or in any other Act or Acts to the contrary, it shall and may be lawful to receive, maintain, and take care of within the said Richmond Lunatic Asylum any Number of Lunatic Poor whatsoever, for the Reception and Accommodation of whom the said Asylum or Building shall or may afford Space and Capacity; and that the Care, Maintenance, Superintendance, and Expenditure which shall be or become requisite for or in respect of all such Lunatic Poor shall be defrayed, C 2 raised, The Richmond Lunatic Asylum may re ceive as many Patients as it can accommo date, the Care and Maintenance of whom vided for as heretofore. shall be pro Nothing herein to alter the Management of the Asylum in any other respect. Act may be amended, &c. this Session. Crimes punishable by Death. raised, and provided for in all respects as the Care, Maintenance, Superintendance, and Expenditure requisite for or in respect of such limited Number of Lunatic Poor as before the passing of this Act it was or may have been lawful to maintain and take care of in such Lunatic Asylum, might or ought to have been defrayed, raised, and provided for; and that all Rights, Duties, Obligations, and Liabilities belonging to or vested in, or attaching or imposed upon, any Person or Persons, Body or Bodies Corporate or otherwise, for or in respect of the Care and Maintenance of such limited Number of Lunatic Poor, shall extend to, and the same are hereby enacted and declared to be in like Manner lawful, valid, and effectual as respects the Care and Maintenance of the whole Number of Lunatic Poor received or to be received in the said Richmond Lunatic Asylum: Provided always, that nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend in anywise to alter or affect the Laws now in force for the Regulation and Maintenance of the said Richmond Lunatic Asylum, other than as respects the said Limitation of the Number of the Lunatic Poor taken care of and maintained therein. II. And be it enacted, That this Act, or any of the Provisions thereof, may be amended, altered, or repealed by any Act or Acts to be passed in this present Session of Parliament. CA P. XIV. An Act for the Regulation of His Majesty's Royal Marine WHEREAS it is judged necessary for the Safety of the United Kingdom, and the Defence of the Possessions of this Realm, that a Body of Royal Marine Forces should be employed in His Majesty's Fleet and Naval Service, under the Direction of the Lord High Admiral of the said United Kingdom, or the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High • Admiral aforesaid: And whereas the said Forces may frequently be quartered or be on Shore, or sent to do Duty on board Transport Ships or Merchant Ships or Vessels, or Ships or Vessels of 'His Majesty not being in Commission, or other Ships or Vessels, in which they will not be subject to the Laws relating to the 'Government of His Majesty's Forces by Sea: And whereas no • Man can be forejudged of Life or Limb, or subjected in Time of Peace to any Kind of Punishment within this Realm, by Martial Law, or in any other Manner than by the Judgment of his Peers, and according to the known and established Laws of this Realm; yet nevertheless, it being requisite for the retaining of such Forces in their Duty, that an exact Discipline be observed, and that Marines who shall mutiny or stir up Sedition, or shall desert His Majesty's Service, or be guilty of any other Crime in breach of good Order and Discipline, be brought to a more 'exemplary and speedy Punishment than the usual Forms of the Law will allow; 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 from and after the Twenty-fourth Day of March One thousand eight hundred |