BANKS FOR SAVINGS-continued. Money paid to trustees on account of purchase of annuity to be kept distinct, and paid to account of commissioners, i. 353 Annuities not to be granted on life of nominee under fifteen years of age, id.

Nor to exceed 301. per annum, id.

Commissioners, &c. may decline to contract for annuity, id.

Fees to be taken, i. 354

To be applied in defraying the necessary expenses of trustees, id.

Payments may be made and annuities received

at other savings banks, &c. than that at which contract originally entered into, id. Treasury shall direct use of tables of value of annuities as approved by them, id.

Purchasers of annuities shall be entitled to such amount of annuity as shall be specified in tables, id.

Preventing fractions, i. 355

Life annuities shall be carried to a separate account, as also annuities for years, id. Life annuitants may make further purchases on lives of original nominees, without fresh certificates, id.

Amount of annuities payable shall be certified to treasury, id.

Who shall issue their warrant to bank for payment thereof out of consolidated fund, id. Time of payment of annuities, id.

Quarterly payment on death of nominee of life annuities, i. 356

Proviso as to deferred annuities, id.

Bargains for annuities not to be made for four

teen days after quarterly day of payment,

id.

Contracts for annuities to be sanctioned by commissioners for reduction of national debt kry before entered into, id.

On production of proof of existence, &c. certificate shall be granted for payment of annuity for life, i. 357

Annuities for terms of years to be paid without proof, id.

Annuities not transferable, except in case of
bankruptcy or insolvency, id.

As to the liability of annuities to taxes, id.
Annuities shall be personal estate, id.
If annual payments are not kept up, or if party
die before annuity commences, all payments
to be returned, id.

Registers, receipts, &c. exempt from stamp
duty, id.

Appointment of clerks and officers, i. 358
For defraying expenses attending execution of

act, id.

Quorum of commissioners, id.

Account to be annually laid before parliament of annuities granted, and of money paid for annuities, id.

Monies paid to commissioners on account of this act to be invested in bank annuities for term of years, or exchequer bills which shall be cancelled, id.

Commissioners may reserve a part of such

BANKS FOR SAVINGS-continued.

sums to repay money claimed in case of death, &c. of party purchasing annuity, i. 358 Commissioners may sell and dispose of bank annuities, &c. now standing in their names, and purchase other bank annuities, &c. in lieu thereof, i. 359

Trustees may make rules for carrying provisions of act into execution, id.

Where no savings bank legally established, other trustees may establish a society for purpose of granting annuities, id. Provisions of 9 Geo. IV. c. 92, applicable to any society formed under this act, id. Executors, &c. of officers of savings banks to pay money due to savings banks before any other debts, id.

So much of 9 Geo. IV. c. 29, as relates to withdrawing deposits and re-depositing repealed, i. 360

No money exceeding 30l. to be deposited in any one year, id.

If annual returns not made pursuant to 9 Geo. IV. c. 92, s. 46, name of savings bank to be published in Gazette, id.

Statement of expenses may be required from trustees or managers, id.

When money is in hands of treasurer, his certificate to accompany the statement, id. Re-enrolment of rules not necessary, id.

9 Geo. IV. c. 92, as amended by this act, extended to Guernsey, &c. id. Limits of act, id.

The 7 & 8 Vict. c. 83, id.

From and after 20th November, 1844, the interest payable to trustees of savings banks shall be at the rate of 31. 5s. per cent., id. After 20th November, 1844, interest to depositors not to exceed 31. Os. 10d. per cent. i. 361 a Depositors on making first deposit to sign a declaration, and a copy thereof to be annexed to deposit book, id.

Punishment of actuary, &c. receiving deposits and not paying over same to managers, &c. id.

Depositor to produce his book at institution, id. Limiting responsibility of trustees and managers, id.

Trust accounts, id.

Repayment of trust deposits, i. 361 b
Annuities not to exceed 30l. id.

Annuity may be granted to husband and to wife, id.

Amount payable on purchase of annuity, id. Where deposits and interest do not exceed 50%. exclusive of interest, if will, &c. not proved within a month, money may be paid to widow or to party entitled to effects of deceased, id. Payment on death of depositor, being illegiti mate, and dying intestate, i. 361 c Payment to married women of deposits made by them, when declared to be valid, id. Time for making out half-yearly receipts and annual statement, id. Settlement of disputes, id.

BANKS FOR SAVINGS-continued.

On reference, barrister may inspect books and
administer oath to witnesses, i. 361 c
Bonds given under 9 Geo. IV. c. 92, and 3 & 4
Will. IV. c. 14, to be sent to commissioners
for reduction of national debt, id.

When bonds may be delivered up to be can-
celled, id.

Treasurer and other officers entrusted with re-
ceipt or custody of money, &c. to give secu-
rity, id.

Security to be given by bond to comptroller
general, i. 361 d

Trustees may sue upon bond, id.

Bond not liable to stamp duty, id.
Repeal of part of 9 Geo. IV. c. 92, as to de-
posit of rules with clerk of the peace, id.
Two written or printed copies of rules, &c. to

be submitted to barrister for his certificate, id.
Barrister to return one copy to institution, and

transmit the other copy to commissioners, id.
Scotland, id.

Provisions of this act to apply to purchasers of
annuity, id.

Extent of act, id.

Table of funds of saving banks, i. 361

BANKERS, making frames, &c. for paper, with
names on, iii. 137
Embezzlement by, iii. 1126

BANKRUPT.

Derivation of term, i. 362

Bankrupt not surrendering, and submitting to
be examined, i. 363

Or making discovery of his estate and effects,
id.

Or not delivering up his estate, books, &c. id.
Or concealing, &c. to value of 101. guilty of
felony, id.

And liable to transportation or imprisonment,
with or without hard labour, id.

Court may enlarge the time for bankrupt sur-
rendering himself, id.

Bankrupt destroying or falsifying any of his
books, &c. id.

Or making false entries, guilty of a misde-
meanor, id.

And liable to imprisonment, with or without
hard labour, id.

Bankrupt within three months of his bank-
ruptcy, having obtained goods on credit
under false pretence, i. 364

Or removing, concealing, &c. goods so obtain-
ed, guilty of a misdemeanor, id.
Prosecution may be ordered by the court acting
in prosecution of fiat, id.

Search warrants may be granted by justices, id.
May be granted by the court, id.
Decisions as to not surrendering, id.
As to concealing effects, i. 365

Form, &c. of indictment, id.
Evidence on, id.

Gazette to be conclusive evidence of bank-
ruptcy, &c. in certain cases, i. 366
Deposition of deceased witness of petitioning
creditor's debt made evidence, id.

i. 367

The like, for not delivering up his books, id.
The like, for concealing his effects, id.
Search warrant under 6 Geo. IV. c. 16, s. 29,
id.
Indictment against, on the 35th section of
5 & 6 Vict. c. 122, for obtaining goods ca
credit under false pretences, id.
The like, on sect. 32, for not surrendering,
i. 368

The like, for concealing his property, id.

BAPTISM, proof of, ii. 388. See REGISTERS.

BARNS, burning of, i. 501. See BURNING-
MALICIOUS INJURIES TO PROPERTY.
BARON AND FEME. See WIFE.

BARON COURT.
What, i. 369
Its jurisdiction, id.
Liability of steward of, id.
BARRATRY.

What it is, i. 369

How punished, &c. i. 370
BARRISTER.

NANCE.

See CHAMPERTY-MAINTE

What communications with, are privileged,

BASTARDS. See the Addenda to this te
As to the settlement of, and the removal of un-
married women with child, see Poor.
Concealing the birth of, i. 613. See CHILDREN.
I. Who a Bastard.

Where no marriage, i. 371

Birth after marriage, id.

Birth after death of husband, id.

II. Proof of Illegitimacy.

Proof of void marriage, i. 371
Presumption of legitimacy, id.
Disproof of it, id.

When husband alive at birth, id.
By want of access, id.
Wife living in adultery, i. 372
Access may be rebutted, id.
By circumstantial evidence, id.
Husband beyond seas, id.

Order made as well on oath of wife as otherwise good, i. 374

The mother's testimony must be corroborated, i. 375

Declarations by parents and others, id.
Compelling parents to give evidence, id.
Competency of inhabitants, id.

III. Maintenance of Bustards at Common Law, i.375

IV. Maintenance of, by Statute.

denda, title BASTARDS.

See Ad

Bastards born before the 14th August, 1834, i. 376

Bastards born after that time, i. 377

Mother bound to maintain, id.

When she marries, husband to maintain them, id.

Where she is unable to maintain them, id.
In that case, on application of overseers, &c.
putative father may be ordered to maintain
them, id.

Mother's evidence to be corroborated, id.
What expense to be allowed, id.

How long to continue, id.

Monies paid not applicable to support of mother, id.

No application to be heard without previous notice, id.

If application be heard, costs may be calculated from birth of bastard child, if within six months, i. 378

If party charged does not appear, justices may nevertheless proceed, id.

Party summoned, if suspected of intending to abscond, may be required to enter into recognizance for appearance, id. When payments get into arrear, putative father may be proceeded against by distress, id.

Or attachment of wages, id.

Powers of quarter session transferred to special or petty session, id.

Seven days' notice of application to be given to the putative father, i. 379 Justices

id.

may enforce attendance of witnesses,

Parties charged may enter into recognizance to try the charge at quarter sessions, id. Meaning of certain terms, id.

In what cases putative father may be compelled to maintain the child, id.

In what time the application must be made,

i.380

By whom application to be made, id.
To what justices application to be made, id.
Notice to father of application, i. 381

BASTARDS-continued.

IV. Maintenance of, by Statute-continued. Recognizance, &c. of putative father, suspected of an intention to abscond, to appear, i. 381

Recognizance to appear at quarter sessions, i. 382

Proceedings at the hearing, id.

No proofs necessary if father agrees to an order, id.

Proof of notice, id.

Proof of bastardy, i. 383
Chargeability of child, id.
Defendant's being father, id.

Amount of expenditure, id.

Examination of witnesses must be viva voce, id.

The mother's testimony, id.

Father's testimony, id.

Child's testimony, id.

Compelling attendance of witnesses, id.
Commitment for not answering, id.
The order, id.

Form of the order, i. 384

As to the party charged being putative father, id.

As to payment of maintenance money, i. 385 Should show corroboration of mother's state

ment, id.

Where several children may be included in one order, id.

When made at sessions, id.

May be good in part and bad in residue, i. 386

Custody of order, id.

Defective order, how cured, id.
Costs of overseers or guardians, id.
Costs of putative father, id.
Appeal, id.

Certiorari, i. 387

Enforcing the order, id.

Indictment for disobedience of, id.

V. Right of the Father or Mother to the Custody of a Bastard Child.

Custody of bastards, i. 388

Cases deciding the mother has a right to, id. Cases showing that the father has a right to, i. 389

Cases leaving the point doubtful, id.
Power of mother to appoint a guardian, id.
Custody of legitimate children, id.

VI. Capacity of a Bastard as to Inheritance, &c.
In general, i. 390
Devise to, id.
Marriage of, id.

VII. Forms as to.

Notice to reputed father of application to obtain an order against him, i. 391 Information against him, where it is expected he will abscond, id. Summons thereon, id.

Recognizance of putative father, suspected of an intention to abscond, to appear at petty sessions, s. 75, i. 392

BASTARDS-continued.

VII. Forms-continued.

Commitment for refusing to enter into recognizance, i. 393

Recognizance of putative father to appear at quarter sessions, id.

Order of maintenance on the father where he appears before the justices, i. 394 The like, where he does not appear, id. Order of maintenance on the father by the quarter sessions, i. 395

Information for recovery of arrears against father upon an order of filiation, id. Warrant to apprehend father for not comply. ing with order, i. 396

Warrant of distress for not complying with order, i. 397

Information for recovery of weekly expenses, id.

Warrant to apprehend the father for not paying weekly expenses, i. 398

Warrant of distress for not paying weekly expenses, id.

Information to attach wages of putative father, i. 399

Summons on master to attach the wages for the costs and payments, i. 400 Order on master to attach wages in his hands for the costs and payments, i. 401 Warrant of distress upon master for wages attached for costs and payments, id. Commitment of master for wages attached for costs and payments, i. 403 Information to attach wages for weekly payments, i. 404

Order to attach wages for weekly payments, i. 405

Warrant of distress on master for wages attached for weekly payments, id. Commitment of master for wages attached for weekly payments, i. 406

BEES, Stealing of, iii. 1101, 1102 BEGGARS. See POOR-VAGRANTS.

BEHAVIOUR. See SURETY FOR.

BELLS.

Ringing of church bell, i. 628-672

Nuisances from ringing of. See NUISANCE. BENEFIT OF CLERGY. See CLERGY.

BENEFIT SOCIETIES. See FRIENDLY So

CIETIES.

BENT, i. 409

BESTIALITY. See SODOMY.

BIGAMY. See POLYGAMY.

BILL IN CHANCERY, &c.
Proof of, ii. 395

BILL OF EXCEPTIONS, ii. 462

BILLS OF EXCHANGE. See PROMISSORY
NOTES.

Stealing of, iii. 1101, 1136
Forgery of, iii. 128, 136

BIRDS, Stealing of, iii. 1101, 1141

BIRTH.

Proof of, ii. 375, 388

Proof of, in cases of bastardy, i. 371 Registry of. See REGISTERS.

BLACK ACT.

Repeal of, i. 410

BODIES (DEAD), AND SCHOOLS OF

ANATOMY.

Stealing a body, i. 414

Stealing shroud, &c. id.
Selling bodies, id.

Preventing a burial, id.
Arresting a dead body, id.

Gaoler refusing to deliver up a dead body, id.
Body of murderer, i. 415

Rescuing body, id.

Bodies cast on shore, id.

Felo de se, id.

The 2 & 3 Will. IV. c. 75, id.
Schools of anatomy, &c. id.

Secretary of state to grant licenses to practise anatomy, id.

Secretary of state to appoint inspectors of schools of anatomy, id.

And to direct what district every inspector shall superintend, id.

Inspectors to make returns of subjects removed for anatomical examination, i. 416

And to inspect places where anatomy is practised, id.

Salaries to inspectors, id.

Persons having lawful custody of bodies may permit them to undergo anatomical examination, id.

Provision in case of persons directing anatomical examinations after death, id. Body not to be removed from place where such person may have died, without a certificate,

id.

Professors, surgeons, and others may receive bodies for anatomical examination, id. Such persons to receive with the body a certificate as aforesaid, i. 417

Which shall be transmitted to the inspector, id. Notice to be given to secretary of state of places where anatomy about to be practised,

id.

How bodies are to be removed for examination, id.

Provision for interment, id.

Persons described in act not to be liable to punishment for having in their possession human bodies, id.

Act not to prohibit post-mortem examinations, id.
Bodies of murderers, id.

Such bodies to be hung in chains or buried, as
the court shall direct, i. 418
Limitation of actions, id.
Offences against act, id.

Interpretation of certain words in act, id. Indictment for digging up and carrying away a dead body out of a churchyard, id.

BONDS.

Forgery of, iii. 128

Stealing of, iii. 1101, 1136

BOOKS. See COPYRIGHT.

Evidence by, ii. 386, 418, &c.

BOROUGH. See CORPORATION--PARLIAMENT -SESSIONS.

BOUNDARIES OF COUNTIES, &c. See COUNTY, and Addenda, title COUNTY.

BRANDY. See EXCISE (SPIRITS.)

BRASS. See PEWTER.

Stealing of, from buildings, &c. iii. 1134

BRAWLING IN CHURCHES. See CHURCH.

BREACH OF PEACE.

What amounts to, and arrest in case of, i. 269, 273

Surety for keeping the peace, see SURETY FOR GOOD BEHAVIOUR.

BREACH OF PRISON. See ESCAPE-RESCUE-POUND BREACH.

BREAD.

I. Baking of Bread in London, or within Ten Miles of Royal Exchange.

The 3 Geo. IV. c. cvi. i. 419

What articles bread to be made of, i. 420
Bakers may make it of any weight or size, id.
Bread to be sold by weight only, id.
Proviso for French, &c. bread or rolls, id.
Avoirdupoise weight to be used, id.
Selling bread not previously weighed, id.
Bakers to provide in their shops beams,
scales, weights, &c. and to weigh bread,
&c. i. 421

False weights, id.

Bakers, &c. delivering by cart, &c. to pro-
vide scales, weights, &c. id.
Bread not to be adulterated, id.
Commitment for, i. 422

Names of offenders to be published, id.
Adulterating corn, &c. id.

Selling flour of one sort of corn as flour of other sort, id.

Bread made of mixed meal or flour to be marked with Roman M. id. Magistrates, &c. may search baker's piemises, id.

And if adulterated flour, &c. found, the same may be seized and disposed of, &c. id. Persons in whose premises ingredients for adulteration of meal or bread found, punishable, i. 423

Names of offenders to be published, i. 424 Obstructing search, id.

Offences occasioned by wilful default of journeymen and servants, id. Proceedings for, id.

Imprisonment for, id.

Bakers not to bake bread, &c. on Sunday, i. 425