Plain Spirits the Manufacture of the Islands afore said to be made from the same Materials as in the United Kingdom. The Declara tion and Certi ficate of Pro duce to certify the same. Spirits of the the Manufac All Channel Island Spirits may be entered to be ware housed for Exportation. Act to com mence from 8th have been im- in the Country into which such Spirits have been imported, and as if such Spirits had been distilled in the same. IV. And be it enacted, That no Spirits of the Produce or Manufacture of any of the said Islands, and imported into any Part of the United Kingdom, shall be deemed or taken to be plain British Spirits under this Act, unless the same are made and distilled from the same Materials as the like Spirits are directed to be made when distilled in the United Kingdom; (videlicet,) Malt, Corn, or Grain, or any Mixture thereof, or Sugar only, or Potatoes only, or Mangel-wurzel only; and the Declaration and Certificate of Produce required by the Laws of the Customs shall specify the particular Materials aforesaid from which such Spirits have been manufactured; and in case any Dispute arises thereupon, the Proof that such Spirits have been made and distilled from such Materials as aforesaid shall lie upor the Importer, Owner, or Claimer thereof; and if any such Declsration or Certificate as aforesaid is found to be false in any of the Particulars aforesaid, or in any Particular therein mentioned, and required to be inserted therein by the Laws of the Customs, ali the Spirits imported thereon, or to which such Declaration or Certificate relates, shall be forfeited, and may be seized by any Officer of Customs or Excise. V. And be it enacted, That no Spirits of the Nature or Quality of British Brandy or British Compounds, or any Spirits other than plain British Spirits as the same are respectively denomi nated and described in the Laws of Excise and by this Act, the Produce or Manufacture of any of the said Islands, shall be imported into any Part of the United Kingdom, on pain of the Forfeiture thereof, and of all Casks or other Packages, and of the Vessel or Boat, used in the Removal or Importation thereof, which may be seized by any Officer of Customs or Excise; and the Importer thereof, and every Person concerned therein, shall for every such Offence incur the Penalty of One hundred Pounds; and all such Penalties and Forfeitures may be sued for, recovered and applied as any other Penalties or Forfeitures under any the Laws of the Customs or Excise. of VI. And be it enacted, That any Spirits of the Produce or Manufacture of any of the Islands aforesaid may, if imported for Exportation only, be imported into the United Kingdom, to be entered and warehoused for Exportation only, under the Provi sions of any Law or Laws of the Customs in force for the Time being made for the warehousing of Goods without Payment of Duty upon the first Entry thereof. VII. And be it enacted, That this Act shall be deemed to have commenced and shall take effect from and after the Eighth Day of August One thousand eight hundred and forty-four, for and in respect of all Spirits of the Nature or Quality of British Brandy or British Compounds, or other Spirits than plain British Spirits as denominated and described in the Laws of Excise and by this that Date and Act, the Produce or Manufacture of any of the said Islands, which have been imported at any Time subsequent to the above Date. and are now in Bond or Customs Warehouse, in so far that no such Spirits shall be removed or admitted into Consumption in any Part of the United Kingdom on Payment of any countervail are now in Bond. ing Duty or otherwise, but the same may be exported from the United Kingdom or otherwise as the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury may in that respect direct. VIII. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or Alteration of repealed by any Act or Acts to be passed in this present Session Act. of Parliament. CA P. LXVI. An Act to enable Her Majesty to endow new Colleges for the Advancement of Learning in Ireland. [31st July 1845.] FOR the better Advancement of Learning among all Classes of Her Majesty's Subjects in Ireland, be it enacted by the Queen'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 in case Her Majesty shall be pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Ireland to found One or more new Colleges for the Advancement of Learning in Ireland, the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for the Time being shall be empowered, by Warrant under the Hands of any Three or more of them, to charge the Consolidated Fund of the said United Kingdom (after providing for all preceding Charges, and in preference to all future Charges), and to direct to be issued or paid thereout, such Sum of Money as shall be needed by the Trustees herein-after mentioned for purchasing or providing Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments for the Use of such College or Colleges, and for the necessary Buildings, with the Appurtenances thereof, and for establishing and furnishing the same, not exceeding the Sum of One hundred thousand Pounds in the whole. Grant of 100,000l. out of the Consolidated Fund for building new Colleges in Ireland. Trustees for II. And be it enacted, That the Commissioners of Public Commissioners Works in Ireland for the Time being shall be Trustees for the of Public Purpose of purchasing or providing, as herein-after mentioned, Works to be any Buildings, Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments that may be providing necessary for the said Colleges and the Sites thereof, and the Buildings and Premises to be occupied therewith respectively, and for erecting Lands necessary thereon suitable Buildings, and for repairing, enlarging, and for the Colleges. improving the same from Time to Time, and for upholding and furnishing the same from Time to Time, for the Use of the said Colleges respectively. III. And be it enacted, That for the Purposes of this Act the Commissioners said Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland for the Time of Public being, and their Successors, shall be a Corporation by the Name Works to be a or Style of "The Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland," and for the PurCorporation by that Name, for the Purposes of this Act, shall have perpetual poses of this Succession and a Common Seal, to be by them made, and from Act. Time to Time altered as they shall think fit, and shall and may sue and be sued, plead or be impleaded, in all Courts and before all Justices and others, and in that Capacity shall be deemed Promoters of the Undertaking authorized to be executed by this Act. IV. And be it enacted, That in order to enable the said Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland to purchase and provide the Buildings, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments which may be required for the said Colleges and the Sites thereof, it shall be lawful Power to Commissioners of Public Works to purchase or rent Buildings, Lands, &c. which may be required for said Colleges. Consolidation of Consolidation Act. lawful for the said Commissioners, with the Approval of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, to contract and agree with any Person or Persons, or Body or Bodies Corporate, for the Purchase or renting of any Buildings, Lands, Tenements, or Heredita ments required for such Colleges or the Sites thereof, and also for the Purchase of any subsisting Leases, Terms, Estates, or Interests therein or Charges thereon; and the Buildings, Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments so contracted and agreed for shall be conveyed, assigned, or demised to or in trust for Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, in such Manner and Form as the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury shall direct. V. And be it enacted, That the "Lands Clauses Consolidation Lands Clauses Act, 1845," shall be incorporated with this Act, except the Clauses with respect to the Purchase and taking of Lands otherwise than by Agreement: Provided always, that all things by the said Act required or authorized to be done by the Promoters of the Undertaking may be done by any Two of the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, subject to the Approval of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury in the Cases provided by this Act. Commissioners of Public Works to obtain Surveys, Plans, and Specifications, and submit same to the Treasury. Commissioners of Public Works to lay Accounts be. fore Parliament. VI. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of Public Works, if they shall be so directed by the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, to employ the County Surveyor, or any other competent Surveyor or Architect, to make a Survey or Estimate of any of the said proposed Works, and to prepare such Plan, Section, or Specification thereof as may be necessary, and send the same to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury for their Approval; and if the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury shall think fit to authorize the Work in any such Plan, Section, or Specification, or any Modification thereof which they may think proper, to be undertaken, they shall, by Warrant under their Hands, direct the said Commissioners of Public Works to execute such Work at and for an Amount not exceeding a Sum to be specified in such Warrant; and the said Commissioners of Public Works shall, upon Receipt of such Warrant, forthwith cause the Construction of the Work mentioned therein to be proceeded with. VII. And be it enacted, That the said Commissioners of Public Works shall cause detailed Accounts in Writing of their Proceedings under this Act, of the several Sums received by them as such Commissioners for the Purposes of this Act, and of the Sums expended by them for such Purposes, and the Mode of such Expenditure, and the several Works made or in progress under this Act, to be made up to the Thirty-first Day of December in each Year; and such Accounts shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament within Six Weeks thereafter, if Parliament be then sitting, or if not, then within Six Weeks after the first Meeting of Parliament subsequent to the Thirty-first Day of December; and the said Commissioners shall, as often as they shall be required so to do by the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, transmit to the said Commissioners of the Treasury like Accounts made up to such Period as the said Commissioners of the Treasury shall direct; and it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to give such Directions as they shall think proper, defining the Duties of the said Commis 7 sioners sioners of Public Works in the Execution of this Act; and the said Commissioners of Public Works shall observe all such Directions as aforesaid which shall from Time to Time be signified to them by the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury. and against the Commissioners VIII. And be it enacted, That the several Enactments contained Proceedings nan Act passed in the Second Year of the Reign of His late in Actions by Majesty, intituled An Act for the Extension and Promotion of Public Works in Ireland, which affect or relate to any Action or of Public Suit to be commenced against the Commissioners for the Execu- Works. tion of the last-recited Act, or their Secretary, or any Person or 1&2 W.4. c.33. Persons, for any thing done by virtue of or in pursuance of the last-recited Act, or any Proceedings in any such Action or Suit, or any Limitation of Time for the commencing thereof, or any Costs thereof, or any Evidence to be given therein, or any Notice of Action or Suit or Satisfaction or Tender thereof, or any Action or Suit to be commenced by the said Commissioners, or any Proreedings therein, or the said Commissioners suing or being sued In the Name of their Secretary, or any Abatement or Discontinuance of any such Action or Suit, or to the Court in which, or to the Terms or Conditions on which, any such Action or Suit shall be brought against the said Commissioners, collectively or indivilually, or their Secretary, shall be held to apply to and extend to any Action or Suit to be commenced against the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, or their Secretary, or any Person or Persons, for any thing done by virtue of or in pursuance of this Act, or to any Proceedings in any such Action or Suit, or to the Limitation of Time for the commencing thereof, or to any Costs thereof, or to any Notice of any such Action or Suit, or to any Evidence to be given therein, or to any Action or Suit to be commenced by the said Commissioners of Public Works in the Execution of this Act, or on account of or in pursuance of this Act, or to any Proceedings in any such Action or Suit, or to the said Commissioners suing or being sued in the Name of their Secretary or to any Abatement or Discontinuance of Suit, or to the Court in which or to the Terms for the Time being, any such Action or or Conditions on which any such Action or Suit shall be brought against the said Commissioners of Public Works, collectively or individually, or against their Secretary. IX. And be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any Restraint on College within the Provisions of this Act to alien, mortgage, Alienation of charge, or demise any Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments to Property. which it may become entitled, unless with the Approval of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, except by way of Lease for any Term not exceeding Thirty-one Years from the Time when such Lease shall be made, in and by which there shall be received and made payable, during the whole of the Term thereby granted, the best yearly Rent that can reasonably be gotten for the same, without any Fine or Foregift. of the new Colleges. X. Provided always, and be it enacted, That no College shall Her Majesty be entitled to the Benefit of this Act, or deemed to be within the to be Visitor Provisions thereof, unless it be declared and provided, in and by the Letters Patent constituting such College, that the Visitor or Visitors of the said College shall be such Person or Persons as it shall please Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, from Time to Statutes made for the Discipline of the Colleges to be laid before Parliament. Grant of 21,0007. Consolidated Fund for endowing new Colleges. to Time to appoint, by any Warrant or Warrants under the Sign Manual, to execute the Office of Visitor; and that all the Statutes, Rules, and Ordinances concerning the Government and Discipline of such Colleges shall be made or approved by Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors; and that the President, Vice President, and Professors shall hold their several Offices during the Pleasure of Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors; and that the sole Power of appointing the President and Vice President shall be vested in Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, and that the Power of appointing the Professors shall be vested in Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, until the End of the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, and afterwards as shall be otherwise provided by Parliament, or in default of any Provision to the contrary, in Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors. XI. And be it enacted, That all the Statutes, Rules, and Ordinances which shall be made or approved from Time to Time by Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, concerning the Government and Discipline of the said Colleges respectively, which shall be in force at the Beginning of every Session of Parliament, and which shall not have been before that Time laid before Parliament, shall from Time to Time, within Six Weeks after the Beginning of every such Session, be laid before both Houses of Parliament by One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. XII. And be it enacted, That the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury shall be empowered, by Warrant under the annually out of Hands of any Three or more of them, to charge the said Consolidated Fund of the said United Kingdom (after providing for all preceding Charges, but having Preference for all future Charges). and to direct to be issued or paid thereout by Four equal quarterly Payments, on the Fifth Day of January, the Fifth Day of April, the Fifth Day of July, and the Tenth Day of October in every Year, such Sums of Money as shall be needed for defraying the several Stipends which shall be by Her Majesty appointed to be paid to the President and Vice President and to such Professors in the several Faculties of Arts, Law, and Physic as shall be from Time to Time established by Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, and to the Bursar, Registrar, Librarian, and other Office Bearers and Servants in each of the said Colleges, and for defraying the Expences of such Prizes and Exhibitions as shall be by Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, awarded for the Encouragement and Reward of Students in each of the said Colleges, not exceeding in any One Year the Sum of Seven thousand Pounds for every such College, or the Sum of Twenty-one thousand Pounds in the whole, the first Instalment for each College to become due and payable on such of the said quarterly Days of Payment as shall first happen next after the Grant of the Letters Patent for the Establishment of such College. Fees may be taken in addi tion to Stipends, and for the Benefit of the College. XIII. And be it declared and enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Professors in each of the said Colleges, in addition to the Stipends with which they shall be so respectively endowed, to demand and receive from the Students in the said Colleges such reasonable Fees for Attendance on their Lectures, and for the Bursar of the College to collect from the said Students on behalf of the said College, such reasonable Fees for Matriculation and other |