In lieu of the Return Days in Easter and Michaelmas Terms, all Writs of Inquiry of Damages, &c. to be returnable on the first Wednesday in every Month, in addition to the first and last Days of each Assizes. When Writs for removing Suits from inferior Courts shall be returnable. < VIII. And whereas by an Act passed in the Twenty-second Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, 'made and passed, among other Purposes, for the more frequent Return of Writs in the Counties Palatine of Chester and Lancaster, Writs of Capias ad respondendum may be made returnable in the Court of Common Pleas of the said County Palatine of 'Lancaster on the First Wednesday in every Month: And whereas by another Act passed at a Sessions of Parliament holden in the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for the better regulating 'the Practice and for preventing Delays in the Proceedings of the 'Court of Common Pleas at Lancaster, Writs of Inquiry of Damages, and certain other Writs in the said Act in that Behalf ' mentioned, issued by and out of the same Court, may be made ' returnable on any of the Return Days in Easter and Michaelmas Terms respectively, according to the Course of His Majesty's Court of Common Pleas at Westminster, in addition to the first and last Days of each Assizes held for the said County; ⚫ and it is expedient to quicken the Proceedings in the said Court of the said County;' Be it therefore enacted, That in lieu of the Return Days in Easter and Michaelmas Terms, all Writs of Inquiry of Damages, and other Writs in the said last-mentioned Act in that Behalf mentioned, shall and may be made returnable in the said Court of the said County on the First Wednesday in every Month, in addition to the first and last Days of each Assizes held for the said County; and such Proceedings shall and may be had on the Return thereof as upon such Writs returnable according to the Law in force at and before the passing of this Act. IX. And whereas Persons suing in the inferior Courts of the 'said County Palatine of Lancaster are often vexatiously delayed in the Recovery of their just Demands by the Removal of their Suits into the said Court of Common Pleas, by reason that the • Writs whereby the same are removed can be made returnable only at the Assizes holden for the said County;' For Remedy thereof be it enacted, That all Writs of Pone loquelam, Recordari facias loquelam, Accedas ad curiam, and all other Writs now lawfully issued out of the Chancery of the said County Palatine of Lancaster for the Removal of Causes from the inferior Courts of the said County into the said Court of Common Pleas, which shall be issued after the Expiration of Fourteen clear Days next after the passing of this Act, shall be made returnable on the First Wednesday in the Month next after the issuing thereof, unless in the meantime the Assizes shall be holden for the said County, and if the Assizes shall be so holden in the meantime, then on the first or last Day of such Assizes, as the Case may be, next after the issuing thereof; and that all such Writs made returnable at any other Time than according to the Provision herein-before contained shall be utterly null and void to all Intents and Purposes. САР. CAP. VIII. An Act for enabling His Majesty to appoint a Postmaster W of Her late Majesty Queen Anne, intituled An Act for 9 Aune, c.10. THEREAS by an Act passed in the Ninth Year of the Reign establishing a General Post Office for all Her Majesty's Dominions, and for settling a Weekly Sum out of the Revenues thereof for the Service of the War, and other Her Majesty's Occasions, it was amongst other Things enacted, that from and after the First Day of June One thousand seven hundred and eleven there should be from thenceforth One General Letter Office and Post Office erected and established in some convenient Place within the City of London, from whence all Letters and • Packets whatsoever might be with Speed and Expedition sent into any Part of the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, or to North America, the West Indies, or to any other of Her Majesty's Dominions or Territories, or unto any other Kingdom or Country beyond the Seas; at which said Office all Returns and Answers might be likewise received; and that One Master of the said General Letter Office and Post Office should be from time to time appointed by the Queen's Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, to be made and constituted by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, by the Name and Style of "Her Majesty's Postmaster General;" 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, 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 or any Times be sent to and from all and every the Parts and Places of Great Britain and Ireland, 'North America, the West Indies, and other Her Majesty's Dominions, and also to and from all and every the Kingdoms and Countries beyond the Seas where he should settle or cause to be settled Posts or running Messengers for that Purpose; except such Letters as in the said Act are particularly mentioned: And whereas an Act was passed by the Parliament of the King'dom of Ireland in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Years ' of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, in tituled An Act for establishing a Post Office within this Kingdom, 23 & 24 G. 3. whereby it was amongst other Things enacted, that as soon as (I.) conveniently might be after the passing of that Act there should 'be One General Letter Office and Post Office established in some 'convenient Place within the City of Dublin, with Sub-Offices throughout that Kingdom, from whence all Letters and Packets whatsoever to or from Places within that Kingdom or beyond 'the Seas might be with Speed and Expedition sent, received, ' and dispatched; and that the Person or Persons from time to 'time to be appointed Master of the said Office should be so appointed by the King's Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, to be 'made 39 & 40 G. 3. c. 67. '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 dom. 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 Deputies and Agents, to be 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, his 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 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 sent Patents, of His late Majesty King George the Third to the present Secrebe 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 General. 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. or 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.] "There shall be applied for the Service of the Year 1831, 5,000,000l. 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 34d. 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 САР. 1 & 2 G. 4. c. 33. 11 G. 4. c. 22. CAP. X. 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 100,000l., 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 "100,000l. 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 by an Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the First and Second Years of the Reign of His 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 |