to pay Interest, &c. during Continuance of his Title. Works, &c. to be kept in repair by Tenant for Life, &c. Lord Chancellor, &c. to make Orders Proceedings. other Person having only a limited Interest in the Lands charged shall be bound to pay the Interest and Instalments which become from Time to Time due and payable during the Continuance his Title to the Land, and on the Termination of such Title by Death or otherwise the Inheritance shall remain chargeable with no more than Six Months Arrears of Interest then due, and One Half of the last Instalment then due, and the Interest and Instal ments thereafter to become due. XI. And be it enacted, That every Tenant for Life or other Person having a limited Interest shall be bound to keep in repair any Buildings erected or built, or Embankments or Works for Irrigation constructed or made, under the Provisions of this A and as if he were Tenant for Life subject to Impeachment f Waste. XII. And be it enacted, That for the simplifying the Proceeding under this Act, and the rendering the same inexpensive, it shall be lawful for the Lord High Chancellors of Great Britain and for facilitating Ireland respectively, or the Lords Commissioners or Keepers the Great Seal respectively, with the Assistance of the Master of the Rolls of England and Ireland respectively, from Time to Time to make such Orders and Provisions as they may think proper for the facilitating the Mode of Application to the Court, and of the Proceedings before the Master or otherwise. Assent of Occupier requisite for Improvement of Lands held by him. Appointment of Surveyors and other Officers. Chief Baron of Exchequer in Dublin to have the Powers hereby given to Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Alteration of XIII. Provided always, and be it enacted, That where any Portion of Land proposed to be drained or otherwise improved or built on as aforesaid shall be in the actual Occupation of any Person, the Consent in Writing of such Person shall be necessary in order to give Validity to the Application of the Proprietor in respect of the Land, any thing herein-before contained to the contrary notwithstanding. XIV. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Master either to require the Evidence of a Surveyor to be from Time t Time appointed by him to make such Reports as to the Matters to be referred to him, or, if he shall think fit, to take the Evidenc of the Surveyor appointed by any Party applying to the Court; and that it shall be lawful for the Lord High Chancellors of Great Britain and of Ireland respectively, and the Lords Commissioners or Lords Keepers respectively, from Time to Time to appoint any Persons respectively as the Persons to report to or give Evidence before the Master to whom the Matter shall be referred: Provided always, that it shall be lawful for any Persons hereby authorized to apply to the Court of Chancery in Ireland to apply to the Court of Exchequer in Dublin instead of the Lord Chan cellor, and the Lord Chief Baron of such Court shall in all respects have the same Powers as are hereby given to and vested in the Lord High Chancellor of Ireland or the Lord Commissioner Keeper of the Great Seal of Ireland, and the Matters directed to be done by a Master of the Court of Chancery may in all respects be done and executed by the Chief Remembrancer of the said Court of Exchequer. or XV. And be it enacted, That this Act may be altered, amended, or repealed by any Act to be passed in the present Session of Parliament. CAP CA P. LVII. in Act to extend the Indemnity of Members of Art Unions against certain Penalties. W [31st July 1845.] WHEREAS an Act was passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the Seventh and Eighth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act to indemnify Persons 7 & 8 Vict. connected with Art Unions, and others, against certain Penalties: c. 109. And whereas the Indemnity secured to Members of Art Unions against the Suits, Prosecutions, Liabilities, Pains, and Penalties therein mentioned refers only to things done by them before the Thirty-first Day of July in this Year; and it is expedient to extend the same:' Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most xcellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the ords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That all Indemnity of Persons, being Members of any such Art Union as is specified in Members of he said Act, shall be discharged and freed from all Suits and Art Unions Prosecutions, Liabilities, Pains, and Penalties, to which by Law hey might be liable, as being concerned in Lotteries, Little-goes, unlawful Games, for any thing which may be done by them r any of them, as Members of such Art Union, before the First Day of August in the Year One thousand eight hundred and fortysix, touching the Purchase of any Picture or other Work of Art, or the Sale or Distribution thereof, by Chance or Lot. continued. II. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or Alteration of repealed by any Act to be passed in this present Session of Act. Parliament. CA P. LVIII. An Act to suspend until the First Day of October One thou- CA P. LIX. An Act to continue to the First Day of October One thousand eight hundred and forty-six, and to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, an Act for authorizing the Application of Highway Rates to Turnpike Roads. [31st July 1845.] [4 & 5 Vict. c. 59. continued as in Title.] CA P. LX. An Act to continue to the First Day of October One thousand [3 & 4 Vict. c. 110. continued as in Title.] САР. CA P. LXI. 7 & 8 Vict. c. 91. Certain Roads to become County Roads. Provision for Roads partly situated in different Counties. Power to make new Branch Road in Brecknockshire authorized by 11 G. 4. & 1 W. 4. c. xxviii. to be made by certain Trustees aherein named. 6 An Act to make certain further Provisions for the Consoli dation of Turnpike Trusts in South Wales. [31st July 1845.] WHE WHEREAS an Act was passed in the last Session of Pr liament, intituled An Act to consolidate and amend t 'Laws relating to Turnpike Trusts in South Wales: And 'whereas in pursuance of the said Act certain Commissions have been appointed to execute the Powers and Authorities 'thereby conferred, and to carry the same into execution; but 'the Powers of the said Commissioners will cease and determina by virtue of the said Act on the Twenty-ninth Day of September 'next: And whereas it is necessary that Provision should be made for carrying certain Parts of the said Act into effect after such 'Commission shall have expired, and also that some further Enact 'ments should be made for more fully accomplishing the Objec ' of the said Act:' Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's mos 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, from and after the passing of this Act the Pieces of Road in the Schedule marked (A.) to this Act annexed shall become and shall respectively be managed and maintained as Part of the County Roads of the Counties in which they are respectively situate. That II. And whereas the several Pieces of Road mentioned in Schedule (B.) to this Act annexed have heretofore been repaired and maintained as Parts of certain Turnpike Trusts which ' extend respectively into Two or more Counties: And wherea it is expedient that such Pieces of Road should continue to be repaired and maintained under one uniform Management, 'heretofore;' be it therefore enacted, That the several Pieces of Road mentioned in the Schedule marked (B.) to this Act annexed shall be and shall respectively be managed and maintained, and for the Purposes of this Act and the above-recited Act be considered, as Part of the County Roads of the several Counties therein specified respectively. III. And whereas by an Act passed in the Eleventh Year of the Reign of King George the Fourth, intituled An Act for more effectually repairing and improving several Roads in the Counties of Brecon, Radnor, and Glamorgan, and for making and maintaining several new Branches of Road to communicate 'therewith, the Trustees for carrying the said Act into execution were empowered, amongst other things, to make and construct a certain Line or Branch of Road commencing at or near Tavern-y-Prydd on the Turnpike Road leading from Builth to 'Llandovery, and thence crossing the Rivers Dulas and Irron, 'to Pontrhydverre, and from thence to the Turnpike Road leading from the Confines of the County of Caermarthen to Llandovery, and which said new Line of Road would extend through the several Parishes of New Church, Llangammarch, and Llanwrtid, subject to the Provisions and Regulations of the said Act: And whereas the said Line of Road has not yet been made, but the same, if now constructed, would afford a complete Com 13 "munication munication between Builth and Llandovery, and would be otherwise beneficial to the said County of Brecknock;' be it therefore enacted, That, subject to the Provisions and Restricions contained in the said first-recited Act, all the Powers conferred upon the said last-mentioned Trustees by the said lastecited Act, so far as relates to the Construction of the said ast-mentioned Line of Road, shall be and the same are hereby ested in the County Roads Board of the said County of Breckock, provided that such last-mentioned Powers be exercised and he said Line of Road be constructed and made within Five Years rom the passing of this Act; and such Road, when completed, hall be managed and maintained as Part of the County Roads f the County of Brecon. sioners under IV. And whereas the afore-mentioned Commissioners have Awards and made certain Apportionments by the said recited Act directed Charges made to be made, and have also made various Awards and Reports by Commisto Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department, former Act and the Monies by the said Awards directed to be paid have confirmed. been paid or are in the Course of Payment;' and to avoid any Doubts as to whether in all respects the Forms and Directions y the said Act prescribed have been complied with, or as to vhether the Mode or Terms of making the said Apportionments, Awards, and Reports, or the Matters contained therein, or the Manner of the Execution thereof, are in exact conformity with the Provisions of the said Act, and to give full Force and Validity to the Charges made or to be made in pursuance of the said Act, be it enacted, That all Charges made or to be made by the said Commissioners, or by One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, as the Case may be, and purporting to be made in pursuance of the said recited Act, or of the said Act and this Act, shall after the making thereof be good and effectual in all respects whatsoever, and according to the true Intent and Meaning thereof, and notwithstanding that in certain Cases the said Commissioners may not in all respects have complied or may not hereafter comply with the precise Forms and Directions in the said Act contained, or may not have apportioned, or may not hereafter apportion, on different Counties, Parts of the Debts of any Turnpike Trust, in any Case in which the said Commissioners have given or shall hereafter give in any Report to such Secretary of State their Reasons for not having made or for not making such Apportionment, and such Reports have been or shall be approved by such Secretary of State. to facilitating Payments by Exchequer Loan Commissioners. V. And be it enacted, That the Public Works Loan Commis- Provision for sioners may pay any Monies by the said Awards or by any future Awards directed to be paid to any Parties who it shall be made appear to their Satisfaction are the Persons or Bodies beneficially entitled thereto, and notwithstanding any Error or Omission in the aforesaid Awards or Reports, or the Awards or Reports hereafter to be made, as to the Parties or the Names or Descriptions of the Parties entitled thereto; and further, that all Payments Former Payalready made, and which the said last-mentioned Commissioners ments conWould have been entitled to make, and which would have been firmed. effectual if this Act had passed previously to the making of such Payments, shall be and the same are hereby confirmed. VI. And Interest at VI. And be it enacted, That all Charges so made, or to be Three per Cent. made as aforesaid, shall be valid, notwithstanding Interest afte may be charged the Rate of Three Pounds per Centum per Annum has been or by Exchequer Loan Commis- may be charged by the said Public Works Loan Commissioners (1 sioners. Commissioners to appoint Trustees of Monies secured upon charitable and religious Trusts. Trustees to invest the Monies award ed to them for the Amount of Monies paid or to be paid by them, from the Dar of Payment thereof up to the Time of making up the Accounts as by the said Act is directed, and from which Period the severa Annuities charged or to be charged upon the said Counties respectively are to become payable, although the Rate of Interest charged or to be charged upon such Monies is not specified in the aforesaid Act. 6 VII. And whereas the Interest of and in divers Sums of Money charged or secured upon the Tolls of certain Turnpike 'Trusts has been heretofore conveyed to or vested in Trustees in trust to apply the Proceeds thereof to certain charitable and ' other Purposes of a public Nature: And whereas in some Cases the Trustees of Turnpike Roads have heretofore acted as the • Trustees of such Sums of Money so secured, and in some Case the Deeds by which such Trusts were constituted have been lost, or the Trustees originally appointed have died, and no new Appointment of Trustees has since been made, or the Person in whom the legal Interest in such Monies is now vested hav become incapacitated, or are desirous to be relieved from th 'Burden of such Trusts; and it is expedient that Provision should be made for the better securing of such Monies to the Uses and Purposes to which the same were intended and of Right ought to be applied;' be it therefore enacted, That, subject to the Provisions of any general Act which may hereafter be passed for the Regulation of Charitable Trusts in England and Wales it shall be lawful for the Commissioners acting in execution the said recited Act, in any Case in which they shall find that Monies have been secured upon the Tolls of any Turnpike Tra in South Wales upon any such charitable or public Trust as afore said, for the Execution of which Trust no Trustees, or no Person legally qualified or competent to act as Trustees, or no sufficient Number of such legal and competent Trustees, exist, by Order under their Hands and Seal to appoint or substitute such fit and proper Persons as they shall determine to be the Trustees, eithe alone or jointly with any former or existing Trustees, for the Purpose of receiving and applying such Monies as aforesaid to the several charitable or public Purposes to which the same were intended to be and have heretofore been applied, such Purposes in each Case to be specified in such Order of the said Commis sioners, and also by such Order to relieve and discharge any Persons now being Trustees of any such Trusts as aforesaid, and who shall be desirous to be so relieved and discharged from the same, and to appoint other fit and proper Persons in their Stead: and in every such Case the Order of the said Commissioners s made as aforesaid shall be a good and valid Appointment or Dis charge, as the Case may be, of such Trustees, without any other Deed or Instrument whatsoever. VIII. And be it enacted, That such Trustees so appointed as aforesaid, so soon as they shall have received such Monies as shall be awarded to them by the said Commissioners, shall forthwith invest |