c. 82. prevents frauds in the sale of grain in 58G.3. c.82. Ireland, by making any corn, &c. spoiled or adul terated, or rotten or damaged, which shall be sold or offered for sale, liable to forfeiture, and every person guilty of any such fraud liable to a penalty of 40 shillings. -c. 90. U. K. amends the 51 Geo.3. c.1. (which respects the administration of the royal authority, &c. during his majesty's illness, &c.) by encreasing the number of her majesty's council; and by providing for the mode of summoning parliament in the several events therein mentioned. c. 91. E. provides for appointing commissioners to inquire concerning charities in England for the education of the poor. -ċ. 93. U. K. enacts that no bill of exchange or promissory note, that shall be drawn or made after the passing of this act, (June 10, 1818) shall, though it may have been given for an usurious consideration, &c. be void in the hands of an indorsee for valuable consideration, without notice, &c. -c. 95. E. and W. regulates the place, time, and mode of electing coroners in England and Wales. -c. 98. U.K. explains and amends the 51 Geo.3. c. 23. which respects the abolition of the slave trade. The table of such statutes as are abridged or referred to in the Supplement, is prefixed to the Index: and it is to be observed that the duration of acts, as well as the statutes which continue or perpetuate others, will be found by reference to the chronological tables; which part of the plan of the work, though detailed in the pre c. 90. c. 91. C. 93. c. 95. c. 98. face, . face, has appeared to me to have not been sufficiently understood. This Supplement and Preface exhibit some instances of statutes, which were originally framed with relation to England or Great Britain, being by subsequent statutes extended to Ireland; but it appears to me to be desirable that this principle of assimilation should have been acted upon to a greater extent; and I should hope that the next parliament may take the subject into its consideration, and not satisfy itself with a gradual or piecemeal assimilation of the laws of the respective parts of the united kingdom; in those cases,, I mean, where they are not rendered peculiar by local circumstances: I presume also to hope, that these labours of mine may be subservient to this good purpose, amongst others. JOSEPH GABBETT. A TABLE OF The Statutes ABRIDGED IN THE SUPPLEMENT. The statutes marked thus are but partially abridged. &c. in the first column means" and to the end of the next session of parliament," and in the third column, (&c.) after the figures, supplies the words " and in pages immediately following." U. K. in the second column means that the act extends to the united kingdom; G. B. Great Britain; E. England; E & W. England and Wales; E. &c. England, Wales and Berwick; S. Scotland; I. Ireland. The statutes are perpetual, or their duration indefinite, unless otherwise mentioned in the first column, or in the bottom notes. Revived and continued by 54 Geo. 3. c. 52, during restrictions on payments in cash. Commissioners of public accounts, 8 448 29 |
