List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1855
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This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1855.
Note that the first parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801; parliaments between 1707 and 1800 were either
list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland. For acts passed from 1707 to 1800, see the list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain. See also the list of acts of the Parliament of Ireland
.
For acts of the devolved parliaments and assemblies in the United Kingdom, see the list of acts of the Scottish Parliament, the list of acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and the list of acts and measures of Senedd Cymru; see also the list of acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
The number shown after each
Arabic numerals
in citations (thus "41 Geo. 3" rather than "41 Geo. III"). Acts of the last session of the Parliament of Great Britain and the first session of the Parliament of the United Kingdom are both cited as "41 Geo. 3".
Some of these acts have a
short title. Some of these acts have never had a short title. Some of these acts have a short title given to them by later acts, such as by the Short Titles Act 1896
.
18 & 19 Vict.
The third session of the
16th Parliament of the United Kingdom
, which met from 12 December 1854 until 14 August 1855.
Public general acts
| Short title, or popular name | Citation | Appropriation Act 1855 | 18 & 19 Vict. c. 129 | 14 August 1855 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
An 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 fifty-five, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament. | ||||||
18 & 19 Vict. c. 130 | 14 August 1855 | |||||
An Act for raising the Sum of Seven Millions by Exchequer Bills and Exchequer Bonds, for the Service ^of the Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. | ||||||
18 & 19 Vict. c. 131 | 14 August 1855 | |||||
An Act to render more secure the Conditions upon which Money is advanced out of the Parliamentary Grant for the Purposes of Education. | ||||||
18 & 19 Vict. c. 132 | 14 August 1855 | |||||
An Act for facilitating the Erection of Dwelling Houses for the Labouring Classes. | ||||||
Limited Liability Act 1855 (repealed)  | 18 & 19 Vict. c. 133 | 14 August 1855 | ||||
An Act for limiting the Liability of Members of certain Joint Stock Companies. (Repealed by Joint Stock Companies Act 1856) | ||||||
18 & 19 Vict. c. 134 | 14 August 1855 | |||||
An Act to make further Provision for the more speedy and efficient Despatch of Business in the High Court of Chancery, and to vest in the Lord Chancellor the Ground and Buildings of the said Court situate in Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, with Powers of leasing and Sale thereof. | ||||||
- 11 & 12 Vict.c. 123)
- 12 & 13 Vict.c. 111)
Local acts
| Short title, or popular name | Citation | Cannock Mineral Railway Act 1855 | 18 & 19 Vict. c. cxciv | 14 August 1855 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
An Act to change the corporate Name of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Company, to repeal their Act[ak] and consolidate their Powers, to alter and define their Undertaking, to reduce their Capital; and for other Purposes. | ||||||
18 & 19 Vict. c. cxcv | 14 August 1855 | |||||
An Act for facilitating the Completion of the Westminster Improvements, and for the Incorporation of the Westminster Land Company for a limited Period for that Purpose. | ||||||
18 & 19 Vict. c. cxcvi | 14 August 1855 | |||||
An Act for transferring Part of the Property and Powers of the Trustees of the River Lee; and for the Amendment of the Acts of the New River Company, the East London Waterworks Company, and the said Trustees; and for other Purposes. | ||||||
18 & 19 Vict. c. cxcvii | 14 August 1855 | |||||
An Act to repeal, alter, and amend some of the Provisions of "The Royal Conical Flour Mill Company's Act, 1854;"[al] to enable the Company to raise a further Sum of Money; and for other Purposes. | ||||||
18 & 19 Vict. c. cxcviii | 14 August 1855 | |||||
An Act for making a Railway from the Manor Street Terminus of the authorized Westminster Terminus Railway in the Parish of Clapham in the County of Surrey to Norwood in the Parish of St. Mary Lambeth in the same County, connecting the Westminster Terminus Railway with the West End of London and Crystal Palace Railway. | ||||||
- 8 & 9 Vict.c. lxiii)
- 4 Geo. 4. c. xcviii)
- 15 & 16 Vict.c. lxvii)
- ^ ?
- 12 & 13 Vict.c. xxv)
- 16 & 17 Vict.c. ccxiii)
- ^ ?
- 9 Geo. 4. c. cxii)
- 12 & 13 Vict.c. lxxvi)
- 5 Geo. 4. c. xlvi)
- ^ ?
- 7 & 8 Geo. 4. c. xvii)
- ^ ?
- 16 & 17 Vict.c. cliv)
- 1 Geo. 4. c. lxxxii)
- ^ Witney and Woodstock Roads Act 1800 (40 Geo. 3. c. xvi)
- 16 & 17 Vict.c. cxxxii)
- ^ ?
- 7 Geo. 4. c. xciii)
- 4 Geo. 4. c. viii)
- 6 Geo. 4. c. xxiii)
- 54 Geo. 3. c. lxxx)
- ^ ?
- ^ ?
- 17 & 18 Vict.c. clxiii)
- 1 Geo. 4. c. 100)
- 17 & 18 Vict.c. cxxix)
- 9 Geo. 4. c. xvii)
- 5 Geo. 4. c. cv)
- 15 & 16 Vict.c. cxlix)
- 3 Geo. 4. c. xcviii)
- 9 & 10 Vict.c. xxxii)
- 8 & 9 Vict.c. clxxviii)
- 10 & 11 Vict.c. cxxxi)
- 13 & 14 Vict.c. cii)
- 16 & 17 Vict.c. clxxvi)
- 10 & 11 Vict.c. cx)
- 17 & 18 Vict.c. cxc)
Private acts
| Short title, or popular name | Citation | Royal assent (or the start of session) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long title | ||||
18 & 19 Vict. c. 1 | 15 June 1855 | |||
An Act for enabling Leases to be made of the Freehold Estates of the late Matthew Hill Esquire, and for other Purposes. | ||||
18 & 19 Vict. c. 2 | 26 June 1855 | |||
An Act to enable the Trustees under the Settlement executed on the Marriage of Phllip Rideout Hoffe to effect a Sale to Sir Richard Plumptre Glyn Baronet, of certain Hereditaments situate at Twyford in the Parish of Campion Abbas and County of Dorset, and for other Purposes; and of which the Short Title is "Hoffe's Estate Act, 1865." | ||||
18 & 19 Vict. c. 3 | 23 July 1855 | |||
An Act for authorizing the granting of Mining Leases of Estates subject to the Uses of the Will of Robert Bell Livesey Esquire, deceased, and for other Purposes. | ||||
18 & 19 Vict. c. 4 | 23 July 1855 | |||
An Act for enabling Leases, Sales, Repairs, and Improvements to be made of the Estates of James Walthall Hammond Esquire, deceased, and for other Purposes, the Short Title of which is "Hammonds Estate Act, 1856." | ||||
18 & 19 Vict. c. 5 | 23 July 1855 | |||
An Act to authorize Conveyances in Fee or Demises for long Terms of Years, under reserved Rents, of certain Parts of Estates, settled by the Will of the late Joseph Livesey Esquire, deceased. | ||||
18 & 19 Vict. c. 6 | 23 July 1855 | |||
An Act to enable George William Holmes Ross, of Cromarty, Esquire, to relieve the Estate of Cromarty from Burdens affecting the same, to charge the said Estate with certain Family Provisions and with certain Sums of Money expended in Improvements thereon. | ||||
18 & 19 Vict. c. 7 | 30 July 1855 | |||
An Act for authorizing Mining and other Leases and Sales and Exchanges to be made of the Lands devised by the Will of George Bray deceased; and for other Purposes. | ||||
18 & 19 Vict. c. 8 | 30 July 1855 | |||
An Act for authorizing the granting of Building Leases of certain Parts of the Estates subject to the Residuary Devise in the Will of John Jenkins, late of Saltley Hall in the County of Warwick, Esquire, and for appointing new Trustees of the said Will; and for other Purposes. | ||||
18 & 19 Vict. c. 9 | 30 July 1855 | |||
An Act for enabling the Right Honourable William Nevill Earl of Abergavenny to grant Leases of entailed Mines, Minerals, Lands, and Hereditaments in the County of Monmouth. | ||||
18 & 19 Vict. c. 10 | 14 August 1855 | |||
An Act to enable the President and Scholars of Saint John Baptist College in the University of Oxford to grant Building Leases of their Lands in the Parishes of Saint Giles, Saint Thomas, and Woolvercot, Oxford; and for other Purposes. | ||||
18 & 19 Vict. c. 11 | 14 August 1855 | |||
An Act for vesting in the Commissioners of the Metropolis Turnpike Roads North of the Thames the Lands in Islington devised by the Will of Edward Harvist to the Brewers Company, upon trust for the Repair of the Highway from Tyburn to Edgeworth; and for discharging the Company from the Trusts of that Will; and for enabling the Commissioners to grant Building Leases of those Lands; and for other Purposes. | ||||
18 & 19 Vict. c. 12 | 14 August 1855 | |||
An Act to empower the Warden and Scholars of the House or College of Scholars of Merton in the University of Oxford to sell certain Lands situate in the Parish of Holywell otherwise Saint Cross in the City of Oxford, and to lay out the Monies to arise from such Sale in the Purchase of other Hereditaments. | ||||
18 & 19 Vict. c. 13 | 14 August 1855 | |||
An Act for giving Effect to a Compromise of certain Suits and Claims affecting the Estates of Josephine Catherine Handcock, Anne Mary Handcock, and Honoria Handcock, Spinsters, deceased, and for vesting the said Estates in John Stratford Handcock Esquire, subject to certain Charges; and for other purposes. | ||||
18 & 19 Vict. c. 14 | 14 August 1855 | |||
An Act to authorize the granting of Building and other Leases of Estates in the Counties of Louth and Armagh, devised by the Will of the Right Honourable William Charles Viscount Clermont deceased, and the Sale and Exchange of certain Portions of the Estate so devised; and for other Purposes. | ||||
18 & 19 Vict. c. 15 | 14 August 1855 | |||
An Act for the future Government, Management, and Regulation of the Charity of John Marshall, late of Southwark in the County of Surrey, Gentleman, deceased; and for other Purposes. | ||||
18 & 19 Vict. c. 16 | 14 August 1855 | |||
An Act for vesting the Freehold and Leasehold Estates comprised in the residuary Gifts in the Will of Joseph Halford Esquire, deceased, in Trustees, with Powers to sell, exchange, and lease the same, and to purchase other Lands, to be resettled conformably to such residuary Gifts. | ||||
18 & 19 Vict. c. 17 | 12 December 1854[b] | |||
An Act to relieve Sir James Carnegie of Southesk, Kinnaird, and Pittarrow, Baronet, from the Effect of the Attainder of James Fifth Earl of Southesk and Baron Carnegie of Kinnaird and Leuchars in Scotland. | ||||
18 & 19 Vict. c. 18 | 12 December 1854[b] | |||
An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Henry Newsham Pedder with Emma Pedder his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes. | ||||
18 & 19 Vict. c. 19 | 12 December 1854[b] | |||
An Act to dissolve the Marriage of William Ewing the younger with Helen Mary Ewing his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes. | ||||
18 & 19 Vict. c. 20 | 12 December 1854[b] | |||
An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Arthur Wyndham Esquire with Ann Magdalene Louisa Wyndham his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes. | ||||
18 & 19 Vict. c. 21 | 12 December 1854[b] | |||
An Act to dissolve the Marriage oi James Remington Hadow Merchant with Jane Menzies his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes. | ||||
18 & 19 Vict. c. 22 | 12 December 1854[b] | |||
An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Edward Jones with Elizabeth Jones his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes. | ||||
18 & 19 Vict. c. 23 | 12 December 1854[b] | |||
An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Morton Cornish Sumner Esquire with Penelope Rubina Maria his now Wife, and to enable the said Morton Cornish Sumner to marry again; and for other Purposes therein mentioned. | ||||
Sources
- 18 & 19 Victoria - 1854-55. 1807 – via Internet Archive.
- also. 1807 – via Internet Archive.
- different edition. 1762 – via Internet Archive.
- Journal of the House of Commons. Vol. 110. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. pp. 3–471.
- Chronological Table of and Index to the Statutes. Vol. 1: To the End of the Session 59 Vict. Sess. 2 (1895) (13th ed.). London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1896. pp. 371–376 – via Google Books.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f This short title was conferred on this act by section 2 of this act.
- ^ Current Law Statutes Annotated. Sweet & Maxwell. 1996.
- ^ "Inclosures Act 1855". vLex.
- ^ short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
- ^ a b c This short title was conferred on this act by section 5 of this act.
- ^ Current Law Statutes 1995, vol 4, p 48
- ^ The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised for the Republic of Ireland by sections 4(a) and 7 of, and Part 4 of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2007.
- ^ The second schedule to the Short Titles Act 1896 says that this is the short title of this Act.
- ^ Bristowe and Hastings (eds). Statutes,1855. 1855. p 51
- ^ Paterson (ed). The Practical Statutes of the Session 1855. 1855. p 113.
- ^ a b This short title was conferred on this act by section 3 of this act.
- ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 11 of this act.
- ^ a b c d e f This short title was conferred on this act by section 1 of this act.
- ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 35 of this act.
- ^ Walker, A Legal History of Scotland, 2004, vol 7, p 317
- 35 & 36 Vict. c. 55), preambleand section 2.
- ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 7 of this act.
- ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 15 of this act.
- ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 47 of this act.
- ^ The Weekly Reporter. Wildy & Sons. 1869.
- ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 10 of this act.
- ^ Current Law Statutes 1994, vol 4, p 169.
- ^ "Turnpike Acts (Great Britain) Act 1855". vLex.
- ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 16 of this act.
- ^ a b This short title was conferred on this act by section 8 of this act.
- ^ Fitzpatrick v McCormack [1986] The Irish Reports 385 SC
- ^ "General Board of Health Continued Act 1855". vLex.
- ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 46 of this act.
- ^ Mackenzie; Johnson, eds. (1894). The Law Relating to Municipal Corporations in England and Wales (4th ed.). p. xvii.
- ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 50 of this act.