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The TITLES of all the STATUTES passed in the FIRST Session of the TWENTY-FIRST Parliament of the United Kingdom of GREat Britain and IRELAND.

37 & 38 VICTORIA.—A.D. 1874.

PUBLIC GENERAL ACTS.

1. AN Act to apply the sum of one million four hundred and

twenty-two thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven pounds fourteen shillings and sixpence out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending the thirtyfirst day of March one thousand eight hundred and seventythree and one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four. 1 2. An Act to apply the sum of seven million pounds out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.

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3. An Act to enable the Secretary of State in Council of India to raise Money in the United Kingdom for the Service of the Government of India.

3 4. An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better payment of the Army and their Quarters. 7 5. An Act for the Regulation of Her Majesty's Royal Marine Forces while on shore.

71 6. An Act to amend the Acts relating to Cattle Disease in Ireland. 130

7. An Act to amend the Law respecting the payment of the Assistant Judge of the Court of the Sessions of the Peace for the county of Middlesex, and his deputy, and the Chairman of the Second Court at such Sessions. 131

8. An Act to make provision for the taking of Harbour Dues in the Isle of Man.

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9. An Act to authorise an Advance out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom to the Public Works Loan Commissioners, for enabling them to make Loans to School Boards in pursuance of the Elementary Education Act, 1873. 137 10. An Act to apply the sum of thirteen million pounds out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.

140 11. An Act for altering the shooting season for Grouse and certain other Game Birds in Ireland.. 141

12. An Act to make provision for the transfer of the assets and liabilities of the Bengal and Madras Civil Service Annuity Funds, and the Annuity Branch of the Bombay Civil Fund, to the Secretary of State for India in Council.

141 13. An Act to extend to the present Bishop of Calcutta the Regulations made by Her Majesty as to the leave of absence of Indian Bishops.

144 14. An Act to render valid Marriages heretofore solemnized in the Chapel of Ease called "Saint Paul's Church at Pooley Bridge," in the parish of Barton in the county of Westmorland.

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15. An Act to amend the Act of sixteenth and seventeenth Victoria, chapter one hundred and nineteen, intituled “ An Act for the Suppression of Betting Houses." 145 16. An Act to grant certain Duties of Customs and Inland Revenue, to repeal and alter other Duties, and to amend the Laws relating to Customs and Inland Revenue.

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17. An Act to render valid Marriages heretofore solemnized in the Chapel of Ease called Saint John the Evangelist, at Bentley, in the parish of Shustock in the county of Warwick.

156 18. An Act to appoint additional Commissioners for executing the Acts for granting a Land Tax and other rates and taxes.

157 19. An Act to amend "The Stamp Act, 1870," in regard to the Stamp Duty payable by Advocates in Scotland on admission as Barristers in England or Ireland, and by Barristers in England or Ireland on admission as Advocates in Scotland. 158 20. An Act to provide for the Exemption of Churches and Chapels in Scotland from Local Rates and Assessment. 159 21. An Act for the discontinuance of the Four Courts Marshalsea (Dublin), and the removal of Prisoners therefrom. 160 22. An Act to relieve Revenue Officers from remaining Electoral Disabilities.

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23. An Act to amend the Acts regulating the Salaries of Resident Magistrates in Ireland and the Salaries of the Chief Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Police District of Dublin Metropolis.

163 24. An Act to empower the Public Works Loan Commissioners to advance a sum of money, by way of loan, for the improvement of the Harbour of Colombo in the colony of Ceylon. 167

25. An Act to remove the Restrictions contained in the British White Herring Fishery Acts in regard to the use of Fir Wood for Herring Barrels.

169 26. An Act to make provision respecting the Stamp Duty on Transfers of Stock of the Government of Canada. 170

27. An Act to regulate the Sentences imposed by Colonial Courts where jurisdiction to try is conferred by Imperial Acts. 171

28. An Act to further amend the Law relating to Juries in Ireland.

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29. An Act to amend the Law relating to the Militia. 30. An Act to transfer parts of the Holyhead Old Harbour Road from the Board of Trade to the Local Board of Health of the town of Holyhead; and for other purposes. 174 31. An Act to amend the Conjugal Rights (Scotland) Amendment Act, 1861. 176 32. An Act to amend "The Drainage and Improvement of Lands Act (Ireland), 1863." 178 33. An Act to extend the Powers of the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Act. 180

34. An Act to amend the Act of the fifty-fifth year of King George the Third, chapter one hundred and ninety-four, intituled "An Act for better regulating the Practice of Apothecaries in England and Wales."

181 35. An Act for further promoting the Revision of the Statute Law by repealing certain Enactments which have ceased to be in force or have become unnecessary. 36. An Act to render Personation, with intent to deprive any Person of Real Estate or other property, Felony. 37. An Act to alter and amend the Law as to Appointments under powers not exclusive.

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38. An Act to extend the Jurisdiction of Courts of the Colony of the Straits Settlements to certain Crimes and Offences committed out of the Colony. 226

39. An Act to provide for the exception of the Borough of Wenlock from the category of boroughs under the "Elementary Education Act, 1870."

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40. An Act to amend the powers of the Board of Trade with respect to inquiries, arbitrations, appointments, and other matters under special Acts, and to amend the Regulation of Railways Act, 1873, so far as regards the reference of differences to the Railway Commissioners in lieu of Arbi

trators.

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41. An Act to amend "The Colonial Attornies Relief Act."

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42. An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Building Societies.

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43. An Act to amend the Alkali Act, 1863.

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44. An Act to make better provision for improving the health of women, young persons, and children employed in manufactures, and the education of such children, and otherwise to amend the Factory Acts.

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45. An Act for altering the Boundaries between the Liberty of St. Alban and the rest of the County of Hertford; and for making better provision for the Transaction of County Business, and the Administration of Justice at Quarter Sessions in that County.

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46. An Act to consolidate and amend the Duties of Customs in the Isle of Man. 267 47. An Act to extend the Powers of Prison Authorities in relation to Industrial and Reformatory Schools, and for other purposes relating thereto.

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48. An Act to provide for the payment of Wages without Stoppages in the Hosiery Manufacture. 272 49. An Act to amend the Laws relating to the sale and consumption of Intoxicating Liquors. 274

50. An Act to amend the Married Women's Property Act (1870).

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51. An Act to amend the Law respecting the Proving and Sale of Chain Cables and Anchors.

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52. An Act to make regulations for preventing Collisions in the Sea Channels leading to the River Mersey. 289 53. An Act to amend the Law relating to the Payment of Revising Barristers.

290 54. An Act to amend the Law respecting the Liability and Valuation of certain Property for the purpose of Rates. 291 55. An Act for dissolving Magdalen Hall, in the University of Oxford, and for incorporating the Principal, Fellows, and Scholars of Hertford College; and for vesting in such College the lands and other property now held in trust for the benefit of Magdalen Hall.

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