POOR LAW AMENDMENT. CAP. CXVII.-An Act to amend the Law relating to the Relief of the Poor in Scotland. (29th July, 1856.) Two general superintendents to be appointed to execute all the powers conferred upon the Commissioners. Annual instalment of repayment of money borrowed need not exceed one-thirtieth of the sum borrowed. IRELAND. SECRETARY TO THE POOR LAW COMMISSIONERS. CAP. XIV.—An Act to abolish the office of Secretary to the Poor Law Commissioners in Ireland. (11th April, 1856.) DWELLINGS FOR LABOURING CLASSES. CAP. LXV.-An Act to encourage the Providing of improved Dwellings for the Labouring Classes in Ireland. (21st July, 1856.) A Tenement, within the act, to be any dwelling-house with not more than half an acre (if any) of land, as a garden or cultivated allotment, the tenure of which shall have been by the year, half-year, quarter, month, or week, and of which the rent shall not have exceeded the rate of twelve shillings by the month. The 15th section of "Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland) Act, 1851," to be applicable to the delivery of the possession of any tenement within this Act when wrongfully overheld, in the same manner as it now applies to delivery of the possession of any tenement within the said Act. Overholding tenant liable to full rent, and outgoing tenant to have compensation for crops. This Act not to deprive the landlord of other remedies at law or in equity. PUBLIC GENERAL STATUTES. 19° & 20° VICTORIA. SERIES H.-HEALTH, ENCLOSURES, &c. UNITED KINGDOM. SHEEP, &c., CONTAGIOUS DISEASES PREVENTION. CAP. CI.-An Act to continue certain Acts to prevent the spreading of Contagious or Infectious Disorders among Sheep, Cattle, and other Animals. (29th July, 1856.) GREAT BRITAIN. TURNPIKE ACTS CONTINUANCE. CAP. XLIX.-An Act to continue certain Turnpike Acts in Great Britain. (14th July, 1856.) ENGLAND AND WALES. DRAINAGE ADVANCES ACTS AMENDMENTS. CAP. IX.-An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Advance of Public Money to promote the improvement of Land. (14th March, 1856.) If commissioners think an advance expedient, they may issue a provisional certificate with the sanction of the Treasury. The Treasury may direct advances to be made. COMMON INCLOSURE. CAP. XI.-An Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands, in pursuance of a Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales. (11th April, 1856.) TURNPIKE TRUSTS ARRANGEMENT. CAP. XII.-An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made under an Act of the fifteenth year of her present Majesty to facilitate Arrangements for the Relief of Turnpike Trusts. (11th April, 1856.) DELAMERE FOREST. CAP. XIII.-An Act to make provision for the Management of certain Lands belonging to Her Majesty within the former limits of the late Forest of Delamere, in the County of Chester. (11th April, 1856.) PUBLIC HEALTH. CAP. XXVI.-An Act to confirm Provisional Orders of the General Board of Health applying the Public Health Act, 1848, to the districts of Waterloo with Seaforth, West Ham, Sowerby Bridge, and Moss-side; for Alteration of the Boundaries of the Districts of Rusholme and Bishop Auckland; and for other purposes. (23rd June, 1856.) WHICHWOOD FOREST. CAP. XXXII.-An Act to amend the Whichwood Disafforesting Act, 1853, (23rd June, 1856.) MAGDALEN HOSPITAL, BATH. CAP. XLV.-An Act for confirming a Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for Saint Mary Magdalen Hospital, near Bath. (14th July, 1856.) GENERAL BOARD OF HEALTH. CAP. LXXXV.-An Act to continue the General Board of Health. (29th July, 1856.) LUNATIC ASYLUM ACT AMENDMENT. CAP. LXXXVII.-An Act to amend the Lunatic Asylum Act, 1853. (29th July, 1856.) COMMON INCLOSURE. CAP. CVI.-An Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands, in pursuance of a Special Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales. (29th July, 1856.) SMOKE NUISANCE ABATEMENT. CAP. CVII.-An Act to amend the Smoke Nuisance Abatement (Metropolis) Act, 1853. The provision that the said Act shall not apply to any furnaces in glass works or pottery works repealed. STOKE POGES HOSPITAL. CAP. CXI.-An Act for confirming a Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for Stoke Poges Hospital, in the County of Bucks, with certain alterations. (29th July, 1856.) SCOTLAND. NUISANCES REMOVAL, &C. CAP. CIII.-An Act to make better provision for the Removal of Nuisances, Regulation of Lodging Houses, and the Health of Towns in Scotland. (29th July, 1856.) IRELAND. TRANSFER OF WORKS. CAP. XXXVII.-An Act to amend the Act for Transferring to Counties in Ireland certain Works, constructed wholly or in part with the Public Money. (30th June, 1856.) DRAINAGE. CAP. LXII.-An Act to provide for the Maintenance of Navigations made in connection with Drainage, and to make further provision in relation to Works of Drainage in Ireland. (21st July, 1856.) The navigation in the district of Lough Neagh to be divided into two navigations for the purposes of this Act. Navigations to vest in trustees for the use of counties. The Commissioner of Public Works to determine what are navigation works and what are drainage works. Navigation trustees enabled to purchase and hold lands, &c. A list of the rates or tolls which the trustees may appoint to be taken, to be affixed in conspicuous places. ENCUMBERED ESTATES. CAP. LXVII.—An Act to extend the Period for applying for a Sale under the Act for facilitating the Sale and Transfer of Encumbered Estates in Ireland, and to amend the said Act. (21st July, 1856.) TURNPIKE ACTS CONTINUANCE. CAP. LXXI.-An Act to continue certain Acts for regulating Turnpike Roads in Ireland. (29th July, 1856.) BURIAL GROUNDS. CAP. XCVIII.--An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Burial of the Dead in Ireland. (29th July, 1856.) LUNATIC ASYLUMS (SUPERANNUATIONS.) CAP. XCIX.-An Act to amend the Acts relating to Lunatic Asylums in Ireland, so far as relates to Superannuations. (29th July, 1856.) HOSPITALS (DUBLIN.) CAP. CX.-An Act for the better Regulation of the House of Industry Hospital and other Hospitals in Dublin, supported wholly or in part by Parlia mentary Grants. (29th July, 1856.) |