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UK Public General Acts Vict/2-3

No.TitleEnacted
1The Poor Relief (Ireland) Act15 Mar 1839
2An Act to apply the Sum of Two Millions to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine.15 Mar 1839
3The Tithe Arrears (Ireland) Act27 Mar 1839
4An Act to alter the Powers of jointuring contained in several Acts for purchasing and providing a Residence and Estates for the Duke of Wellington, and to settle certain Articles to go as Heirlooms with the said Estates.27 Mar 1839
5An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters.19 Apr 1839
6An Act to apply the Sum of Eight Millions out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine.19 Apr 1839
7An Act for the Regulation of Her Majesty's Royal Marine Forces while on shore.19 Apr 1839
8An Act for raising the Sum of Thirteen Millions by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine.14 May 1839
9An Act for repealing Part of an Act of the last Session of Parliament, intituled An Act for suspending until the First Day of August One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, and to the End of the then Session of Parliament, the Appointment to certain Dignities and Offices in Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, and to Sinecure Rectories.14 May 1839
10An Act for enabling the Trustees of the British Museum to purchase certain Houses and Ground, for the Enlargement of the Museum, and making a suitable Access thereto.4 Jun 1839
11The Judgments Act4 Jun 1839
12An Act to amend an Act of the Thirty-ninth Year of King George the Third, for the more effectual Suppression of Societies established for seditious and treasonable Purposes, and for preventing treasonable and seditious Practices, and to put an End to certain Proceedings now pending under the said Act.4 Jun 1839
13An Act for extending the Copyright of Designs for Calico Printing to Designs for printing other woven Fabrics.4 Jun 1839
14An Act for removing Doubts as to the Appointment of a Dean of Exeter or of any other Cathedral Church.4 Jun 1839
15An Act to provide for the more effectual Execution of the Office of a Justice of the Peace within and adjoining to the District called The Staffordshire Potteries, and for Purposes connected therewith.4 Jun 1839
16An Act for improving the Practice and Proceedings of the Court of Pleas of the County Palatine of Durham and Sadberge.14 Jun 1839
17An Act to secure to Proprietors of Designs for Articles of Manufacture the Copyright of such Designs for a limited Time.14 Jun 1839
18An Act to enable Archbishops and Bishops to raise Money on Mortgage of their Sees, for the Purpose of building and otherwise providing fit Houses for their Residence.1 Jul 1839
19An Act to amend An Act of the Sixth and Seventh Years of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, for consolidating the Laws relating to the Presentment of Public Money by Grand Juries in Ireland, so as to enable the Grand Jury of the County of Waterford to make Presentments on account of the Fever Hospital of the said County, although situate in the County of the City of Waterford.1 Jul 1839
20An Act to authorize the Application of Part of the Land Revenues of the Crown for the Erection of Stables and Stable Offices contiguous to Windsor Castle.1 Jul 1839
21An Act for granting to Her Majesty, until the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and forty, certain Duties on Sugar imported into the United Kingdom, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine.4 Jul 1839
22An Act to enable Justices of Assize on their Circuits to take Inquisition of all Pleas in the Court of Exchequer of Pleas which shall be brought before them without a Special Commission for that Purpose.4 Jul 1839
23An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws for collecting and securing the Duties of Excise on Paper made in the United Kingdom.19 Jul 1839
24An Act to repeal the Duties and Drawbacks of Excise on Bricks, and to grant other Duties and Drawbacks in lieu thereof, and to consolidate and amend the Laws for collecting and paying the said Duties and Drawbacks.19 Jul 1839
25An Act to remove Doubts as to the charging certain of the Duties of Excise on Glass.19 Jul 1839
26An Act to provide for the Enactment of certain Laws in the Island of Jamaica.19 Jul 1839
27An Act for regulating the Proceedings in the Borough Courts of England and Wales.19 Jul 1839
28An Act for more equally assessing and levying Watch Rates in certain Boroughs.19 Jul 1839
29An Act for the better Protection of Parties dealing with Persons liable to the Bankrupt Laws.19 Jul 1839
30The Spiritual Duties Act19 Jul 1839
31An Act to continue until the First Day of June One thousand eight hundred and forty-one, and to the End of the then Session of Parliament, the Local Turnpike Acts in England and Wales which expire with this or the ensuing Session of Parliament.29 Jul 1839
32An Act to continue, until the End of the Session of Parliament next after the Thirty-first Day of May One thousand eight hundred and forty-one, certain of the Allowances of the Duty of Excise on Soap used in Manufactures.29 Jul 1839
33The Solicitors (Clerks) Act29 Jul 1839
34An Act to confirm certain Rules and Orders of the Supreme Courts of Judicature at Fort William and Madras; and to empower the same Courts, and the Supreme Court of Judicature of Bombay, to make Rules and Orders concerning Pleadings.29 Jul 1839
35An Act to continue, for One Year, Compositions for Assessed Taxes, and to alter the Period for the Expiration of Game Certificates, and for granting Licences to deal in Game.29 Jul 1839
36Court of Session Act29 Jul 1839
37An Act to amend, and extend until the First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and forty-two, the Provisions of an Act of the First Year of Her present Majesty for exempting certain Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes from the Operation of the Laws relating to Usury.29 Jul 1839
38An Act to amend the Jurisdiction for the Trial of Election Petitions.17 Aug 1839
39An Act to amend an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, for abolishing Arrest on Mesne Process in Civil Actions except in certain Cases, for extending the Remedies of Creditors against the Property of Debtors, and for amending the Laws for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in England.17 Aug 1839
40An Act for procuring Returns relative to the Highways and Turnpike Roads in England and Wales.17 Aug 1839
41An Act for regulating the Sequestration of the Estates of Bankrupts in Scotland.17 Aug 1839
42An Act to improve Prisons and Prison Discipline in Scotland.17 Aug 1839
43An Act to suspend until the End of the next Session of Parliament the making of Lists and the Ballots and Enrolments for the Militia of the United Kingdom.17 Aug 1839
44An Act to prevent, until the End of the next Session of Parliament, Ships clearing out from a British North American Port loading any Part of their Cargo of Timber upon Deck.17 Aug 1839
45Highway (Railway Crossings) Act17 Aug 1839
46An Act to authorize the Trustees of Turnpike Roads to reduce the Scale of Tolls payable for Overweight.17 Aug 1839
47Metropolitan Police Act17 Aug 1839
48An Act to amend Two Acts, of the Third and Fourth and Fourth and Fifth Years of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, for consolidating and amending the Laws relative to Jurors and Juries in Ireland.17 Aug 1839
49An Act to make better Provision for the Assignment of Ecclesiastical Districts to Churches or Chapels augmented by the Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne; and for other Purposes.17 Aug 1839
50An Act to extend and amend the Provisions of the Acts for the Extension and Promotion of Public Works in Ireland; and for the Recovery of Public Monies advanced for the Use of Counties, Parishes, and other Districts in Ireland on the Faith of Grand Jury Presentments and Parochial Assessments.17 Aug 1839
51The Pensions Act17 Aug 1839
52An Act for the further Regulation of the Duties on Postage until the Fifth Day of October One thousand eight hundred and forty.17 Aug 1839
53An Act to amend an Act of the last Session of Parliament for making temporary Provision for the Government of Lower Canada.17 Aug 1539
54An Act to amend the Law relating to the Custody of Infants.17 Aug 1839
55An Act to suspend, until the First Day of August One thousand eight hundred and forty, certain Cathedral and other Ecclesiastical Preferments, and the Operation of the new Arrangement of Dioceses upon the existing Ecclesiastical Courts.17 Aug 1839
56The Prisons Act17 Aug 1839
57An Act to continue, until Six Months after the Commencement of the next Session of Parliament, an Act of the last Session of Parliament, for authorizing Her Majesty to carry into immediate Execution by Orders in Council any Treaties for the Suppression of the Slave Trade.17 Aug 1839
58The Stannaries Act17 Aug 1839
59An Act for taking away the Exemption, except in certain Cases, of Officers of the Militia to serve as Sheriff.17 Aug 1839
60The Debts Recovery Act17 Aug 1839
61An Act for the Improvement of the Navigation of the River Shannon.17 Aug 1839
62Tithe Act17 Aug 1839
63An Act to remove Doubts as to the charging the Duty of Excise on Hard Soap, until the Eleventh Day of October One thousand eight hundred and forty.24 Aug 1839
64An Act to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing, and contingent and other Expences of the disembodied Militia in Great Britain and Ireland; and to grant Allowances in certain Cases to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Surgeons Mates, and Serjeant Majors of the Militia, until the First Day of July One thousand eight hundred and forty.24 Aug 1839
65An Act to amend the Mode of assessing the Rogue Money in Scotland, and to extend the Purposes of such Assessment.24 Aug 1839
66An Act to reduce certain of the Duties now payable on Stage Carriages.24 Aug 1839
67An Act to amend an Act of the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of King William the Fourth, intituled An Act to amend the Law touching Letters Patent for Inventions.24 Aug 1839
68An Act to continue, until the Thirty-first Day of August One thousand eight hundred and forty, an Act of the First and Second Years of Her present Majesty, relating to legal Proceedings by certain Joint Stock Banking Companies against their own Members, and by such Members against the Companies.24 Aug 1839
69The Judges' Lodgings Act24 Aug 1839
70An Act to amend an Act of the Ninth Year of King George the Fourth, to provide for the Administration of Justice in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, and for the more effectual Government thereof, and for other Purposes relating thereto; and to continue the same until the Thirty-first Day of December One thousand eight hundred and forty, and thence-forward to the End of the then next Session of Parliament.24 Aug 1839
71Metropolitan Police Courts Act24 Aug 1839
72The Assizes Act24 Aug 1839
73An Act for the Suppression of the Slave Trade.24 Aug 1839
74An Act to extend and render more effectual for Five Years an Act passed in the Fourth Year of His late Majesty George the Fourth, to amend an Act passed in the Fiftieth Year of His Majesty George the Third, for preventing the administering and taking unlawful Oaths in Ireland.24 Aug 1839
75The Constabulary (Ireland) Act24 Aug 1839
76An Act to restrain the Alienation of Corporate Property in certain Towns in Ireland until the First Day of September One thousand eight hundred and forty.24 Aug 1839
77An Act for the better Prevention and Punishment of Assaults in Ireland for Five Years.24 Aug 1839
78The Dublin Police Act24 Aug 1839
79An Act for the better Prevention of the Sale of Spirits by unlicensed Persons in Ireland.24 Aug 1839
80An Act to empower the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings to raise a Sum of Money for making additional Thoroughfares in the Metropolis.24 Aug 1839
81An Act to authorize for One Year, and from thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, the Application of a Portion of the Highway Rates to Turnpike Roads in certain Cases.24 Aug 1839
82The Counties (Detached Parts) Act26 Aug 1839
83An Act to continue the Poor Law Commission until the Fourteenth Day of August One thousand eight hundred and forty, and thenceforth until the End of the then next Session of Parliament.26 Aug 1839
84The Poor Rate Act26 Aug 1839
85An Act to enable Justices of the Peace in Petty Sessions to make Orders for the Support of Bastard Children.26 Aug 1839
86An Act to amend an Act passed in the Session holden in the Sixth Year of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, for amending the Laws relating to Bankrupts in Ireland.26 Aug 1839
87An Act for improving the Police in Manchester for Two Years, and from thence until the End of the then next Session of Parliament.26 Aug 1839
88An Act for improving the Police in Birmingham for Two Years, and from thence until the End of the then next Session of Parliament.26 Aug 1839
89An Act to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund, and the Surplus of Ways and Means, to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.27 Aug 1839
90An Act for raising the Sum of Twelve millions twenty-six thousand and fifty Pounds by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine.27 Aug 1839
91An Act to continue, until the First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and forty-one, an Act of the last Session of Parliament relating to the Bank of Ireland.27 Aug 1839
92An Act to explain and amend an Act of the First and Second Years of Her present Majesty, so far as relates to Fines and Penalties levied under the Revenue Laws in Ireland.27 Aug 1839
93The County Police Act27 Aug 1839
94An Act to exempt the Parliamentary Grant to the Heirs of John Duke of Marlborough from the Payment of the Duty of One Shilling and Sixpence in the Pound.27 Aug 1839
95An Act for improving the Police in Bolton for Two Years, and from thence until the End of the then next Session of Parliament.27 Aug 1839
96An Act to authorize Her Majesty, until Six Months after the Commencement of the next Session of Parliament, to carry into effect a Convention between Her Majesty and the King of the French relative to the Fisheries on the Coasts of the British Islands and of France.27 Aug 1839
97An Act for funding Exchequer Bills.27 Aug 1839