Star.
London, England, 1829-06-08 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY. PAPERS.

A Bill to extend the powers of an Act of the fourth year of his
present Majesty fur enlarging the powers of Justices in deter-
mining complaints between masters and servants to persons
engaged in the manufacture of silk.

Whereas an Act was passed in the fourth year of the
reign of his present Majesty, intituled " An Act to en-
large the powers of Justices in determining complaints
between roasters 'and servants, and between masters,
apprentices, artificers, and others;" and whereas it is
expedient to extend the operation of the slid Acts be it
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 all
the provisions of the said Act shall be extended to
persons engaged, whether as masters, servants, appren-
tices, or twirl wise, in the manufacture of silk, or of silk
mixed with other materials, in the same manner as it
such persons had been specifically mentioned therein,
together with calico printers and others therein particu-
larly.named.
A BM (as amended by the Committee) to ezdade persons menthes '
aims In the East Indies from being, Members of the Howe of
Commons.
Whereas by an Act passed in the sixth year of• the
reign of Queen Anne, intituled 64 An Act for the Nen.
iity 41 her Majesty's Person and Government, and of
the successjon to the Crown of Great Britain in the Pro-
testant line," it is amongst other things enacted, that no
person who should be a Governor or Deputy Governor
of enrol the Plantations, should be capable of being
elected or of sitting or voting as a Member of the Houtie
of Commons: and whereas doubts ha ve been entertained
how far the provisions of the said Act extend to persons
holding the office of Governor General,or of Governor,
of any of the Settlements or Presidencies under the au-
thority of the East India Company: be it therefore
enacted, by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and
with the advise and consent of the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament
assembled, and by. the authority of the same, that no
person who shall be hereafter appointed Governor or
DepatyGovernor of any of the Settlements, Presidencies,
Territories, or Plantations, of the said East India Coal-
patsy, shall be capable of being elected or of sitting or
,voting as a Member of the House of Commons, while
he shall continue to bold such office.

And be it farther enacted, that if any person hereby
declared to be incapable to sit or vote as a Member of
the House of Commons shall nevertheless be returned
as a Member to serve in Parliament, such election and
return are hereby enacted and declared to be void ; and
!if any Pers,,n declared by this Act incapable of being
elected shall sit or vote as a Member of the House of
Commons, such person so sitting or voting shall forfeit
the sum of -five hundred pounds to such person or per-
sons who shall sue for the same in any of his Majesty's
Courts atWestainstet ; and the money so forfeited shall
be recovered by the persons so suing, with full costs of
suit, in any of the said Courts, by action of debt, bill,
plaint of information, in which no amigo, priviliEr
treed:don, or wager of law, •or more than one
!Lance, shall be allowed.