Future Dissents may be paid out of Aids granted by Parliament. 57 G. 3. c. 64. § 1. or Acts now in force enabling the said Commissioners to grant Life Annuities. X. And Whereas the time has not yet expired within which certain Proprietors of Five per Cent. Annuities payable in England and Ireland respectively, are empowered to signify their Dissent to accept Four per Cent. Annuities in lieu thereof; it is therefore expedient that Provision should be made for paying off those Proprietors who may hereafter signify such Dissent;' Be it therefore enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, out of any of the Aids or Supplies which have been or which may hereafter be granted by Parliament, to issue to the Governor and Company of the Bank of England or Ireland respectively, such Sum or Sums of Money as may be necessary for paying off any such Proprietor or Proprietors who may so dissent, and also for paying the Proportion of the Dividend or Interest which may have accrued on the said Five per Cent. Annuities, up to the Day or Days which may be appointed by the said Commissioners of the Treasury for paying off such Proprietor, and which shall in no case be less than Ten Days from the Day of signifying such Dissent. Scotland therein. CA P. LXII. An Act for regulating the Fees chargeable in His Majesty's • Monies • Monies received by him: And Whereas the Interest which then 'existed in the said Office of Lord Register in Scotland terminated by the Death of the Right Honourable Archibald Colquhoun, which happened on the Eighth Day of December Óne thousand eight hundred and twenty, and the said Office of Lord Register is now held, and the Duties thereof are now discharged, by the Person who was then and still continues Keeper of the Signet for Scotland, in the manner directed by the said recited Act: And Whereas it is expedient that the Fees exigible in respect of the Office of the Lord Re'gister for Scotland, and in respect of the Duties discharged by the Person or Persons in the Office of the said Lord Register, which are directed to be continued to be paid and payable by the said recited Act, should be regulated:' 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 it shall and may be lawful for the Lord President of the Court of Session in Scotland, the Lord President Lord Register of Scotland, the Lord Advocate of Scotland, the of Court of Lord Justice Clerk, the Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exche- Session, &c. quer in Scotland, and the Lord Chief Commissioner of the Jury in Office may regulate Court, all for the time being or any Three or more of them, and of Lord Regis they are hereby authorized, as soon as conveniently may be after ter, and frame a the passing of this Act, to enquire into and ascertain, and to mo- Table of dify and regulate in such manner as to them shall appear just and Amount, and proper, the Fees that are or ought to be paid and payable for or in Report to respect of the Office of Lord Register for Scotland, or in respect of the Duties discharged by any Person or Persons in the Office of Lord Register, which are directed to be continued to be paid and payable by the said recited Act, and to frame a Table fixing and settling the Amount of each and every such Fee and all such Fees, and to make a Report thereof and thereupon to each House of Parliament. II. And be it enacted, That from and after the Expiration of Two Calendar Months after such Report shall be made to each House of Parliament, the Fees specified in such Table and no others, shall be and become the only Fees exigible for or in respect of the said Office of Lord Register, and in respect of the Duties discharged by any Person or Persons in the said Office of the said Lord Register, with reference to the several Matters and Things to which such Fees shall respectively appertain, as appearing from the said Table. III. And Whereas the Building called the General Register House, which has been erected for the Purpose of being a Repository of the Public Muniments and Records of Scotland, remains to be completed according to the Original Design and Plan thereof, and the Accommodation afforded by so much of the < Building as has been erected has become insufficient for the Purposes of such Repository; and it being necessary that additional Accommodation should be afforded, it is reasonable that the Balance of Fees remaining, after satisfying and paying the Salaries or Allowances granted or that may be granted for the due Discharge of the Business appertaining to the said Office of Lord Register, and also of the Office of the Keeper of the Signet, Parliament. Two Months after Report made, Fees specified in Table exigible. To whom Ba- paid instead of Application of Money received. Report of Amount of Receipts and Disbursements laid before Parliament. 38 G. 3. c.72. (L) amended by 39 G. 3. c.33. (I.) and by 46 G.S. c.123. Signet, when the same shall come to be, as the said Office of < Lord Register has been, regulated pursuant to the said recited Act, should be applied for this Purpose; Be it enacted, That the Balance of all such Fees that has already arisen, and the Balance of all such Fees that shall hereafter arise, which are directed by the said recited Act to be paid to the Receiver General of Scotland, shall be paid to the Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland, the Keeper of the Privy Seal, the Lord Justice General of Scotland, the Lord President of the Court of Session in Scotland, the Lord Register of Scotland, the Lord Advocate of Scotland, the Justice Clerk, the Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, and the Lord Chief Commissioner of the Jury Court, all for the time being, until Sums shall have been received by them, or any Three or more of them, to the Amount of Thirty thousand Pounds. IV. And be it enacted, That all Sums so received by virtue of this Act shall be laid out and applied by the aforesaid Persons herein named, or any Three or more of them, in completing and fitting up the Buildings intended for a General Repository of the Public Records of Scotland, according to the Original Plan or Design thereof, Part of which only has been finished, or according to such other Plan or Design as shall appear to the aforesaid Per sons above named, or any Three or more of them, best adapted in the present State of the Public Records of Scotland, for the Purposes of such Repository. V. And be it enacted, That once at least in Three Years from and after the passing of this Act, the aforesaid named Persons, or some Three or more of them, shall make a Report to each House of Parliament, stating the Sums from time to time received by them pursuant to this Act, the Application thereof, the Progress made in completing the said Building and any Matter arising out of the same which may appear proper to them to be reported to Parliament. CAP. LXIII. An Act to authorize the Sale of Quit Rents and other Rents, WHEREAS an Act was passed in the Parliament of Ireland, in the Thirty eighth Year of the Reign of His late Ma'jesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for the Sale of His Majesty's Quit Rents, Crown and other Rents, and of the Lands forfeited in the Years One thousand six hundred and forty one, and One thousand six hundred and eighty eight, and other Lands yet remaining undisposed of, in such Manner and under 'such Provisions as are therein mentioned: And Whereas another Act was passed in the Parliament of Ireland, in the Thirty ninth Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty, for amending the said recited Act passed in the said Thirty eighth Year: And Whereas Two Acts were passed in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in the Forty sixth and Forty seventh Years of the Reign of His said late Ma 13* jesty. 'jesty, for amending several Acts for the Sale of His Majesty's (U.K.) 'Quit Rents, Crown and other Rents, and certain Lands forfeited 47 G.3. sess. 1 . and undisposed of, in Ireland; and it is expedient that more ef'fectual Provision should be made for carrying into Execution the Purposes intended by the said recited Acts:' 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 Commencement of The said Acts this Act the said several recited Acts shall be and the same are repealed. hereby repealed. Crown Lands in Ireland. II. And be it further enacted, That from and after the Com- Treasury emmencement of this Act, it shall and may be lawful for the Lord powered to sell Quit Rents and High Treasurer, or the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or any Three or more of them, from time to time, under the Rules and Regulations in this Act contained, to contract for the Sale and Disposal, and to sell or dispose of any Quit Rents, Crown Rents or Composition Rents, payable to His Majesty arising in Ireland, and also to sell and dispose of any Lands, Tithes, Tenements or Hereditaments, situate in Ireland, which are and shall be the Property of His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, in Right of the Crown, under any Conviction, Attainder, Escheat or Forfeiture, or under any Act or Acts in force in Ireland, or otherwise howsoever. Rents to be purchased. III. Provided always, and be it enacted, That the Fees on the Fees under Payment of any such Rents, payable by the Persons subject to the 9W.3. c.6. (I.) same, established by an Act of the Parliament of Ireland made to be reckoned in the Ninth Year of the Reign of King William the Third, in- as Part of Quit tituled An Act for making the Collectors' Receipts for Quit Rent, Crown Rent and other Rents due to the Crown, full and legal Discharges for the same, and for limiting their Fees thereon, shall be considered as Part of the Rent to be purchased, and shall be paid for at the same Rate as the Rents to be purchased. On Contract for Purchase, 1-4th to be paid down, and the Remainder at IV. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be law- Trustees, &c. ful for any Person or Persons, and for any Trustee or Trustees empowered to of any Person or Persons, and for any Guardian or Guardians Purchase. of Infants, or Committee or Committees of Lunatics, and for any Body Politic, Corporate or Collegiate, to Purchase any Quit Rents, Crown Rents or Composition Rents, or any Lands, Tithes, Tenements or Hereditaments, by this Act authorized to be sold. V. Provided always and be it enacted, That no Sale or Purchase shall be made of any such Quit Rents, Crown Rents or Composition Rents, and the Fees payable thereon, nor of any such Lands, Tithes, Tenements or Hereditaments, unless the Person or Persons contracting to purchase the same shall, upon the Contract or Agreement for such Sale and Purchase being made with the said Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, pay into the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer in Ireland, according to the Course of the said Exchequer, One fourth Part at least of the Purchase Money contracted and agreed for, and the Remainder of such Purchase Money by Three equal Payments, at Periods not longer than Three, Šix and Nine Calendar Months from the Day of the making of such Deposit; and in case Default shall be made of or in any such Payments on the Day on which the same shall 3, 6, and 9 Months. be Purchase Money may be paid at once. Particulars of Quit Rents to be stated by Persons desir ous of contracting for Purchase. How Rents so purchased shall be extinguished. Treasury may compound for Rents, &c. be payable, then the said Deposit of One fourth Part of the Pur- VI. And be it further enacted, That every Person, Trustee, Guardian and Committee, and Body Politic, Corporate or Collegiate, who shall be desirous and shall offer to purchase any such Quit Rents, Crown Rents or Composition Rents, shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury for the time being, an Account of the Honors, Manors, Towns, Lands, Rectories, Tithes, Fairs, Markets, Ferries, Tenements and Hereditaments, out of which the Rent or Rents proposed or desired to be purchased is or are payable, and of each particular Rent or Rents, and the Fees payable for the same, and the Price which any such Person or Corporation shall offer and be willing to give for the Purchase of the same, and shall at the same Time declare whether such Person or Corporation is or are desirous that the Rent or Rents so intended to be purchased shall be extinguished or shall subsist for the Use of any Purchaser and the Heirs or Assigns of such Purchaser. VII. And be it further enacted, That in case any Purchaser shall desire that the Rent so to be purchased shall be extinguished, then upon Payment into the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer in Ireland, according to the Course of the said Exchequer, of such Sum as shall be approved of by the Lord High Treasurer, or the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the Purchase of such Rent or Rents and Fees, a Certificate shall be given by the proper Officer of the Receipt of His Majesty's said Exchequer, setting forth the Name or Names of the Honors, Manors, Towns, Lands, Rectories, Tithes, Fairs, Markets, Ferries, Tenements and Hereditaments, out of which the Rents purchased is or are payable, with such Description thereof, corresponding with the Record of such Rent or Rents in His Majesty's Exchequer in Ireland, as will be sufficient to ascertain the same, together with the several particular Rent or Rents, and the Fees payable thereout, and declaring that the Rent or Rents so purchased, is or are purchased in order that the same shall cease and be extinguished, which Certificate shall be enrolled in the Office of the Auditor of the Exchequer in Ireland, after Payment of the whole of the Consideration Money agreed to be paid; and from the Time of such Enrolment, the Rent or Rents so purchased shall cease and be extinguished, and the Honors, Manors, Towns, Lands, Rectories, Tithes, Fairs, Markets, Ferries, Tenements and Hereditaments, out of which such Rent or Rents was or were payable, shall be exonerated and discharged therefrom. VIII. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, or Arrears of Quit any Three of them, to make a Composition or Agreement with any Person or Persons for any Arrears of any such Quit Rents or Crown |