Anno Quadragesimo Nono Georgii III Regis. Separate Acts for the Session of 1809, described individually below. Folio, unbound, either as single leaves or bifolia, or else stitched as issued, in very good fresh condition. February-June 1809 The Parliamentary Acts were normally bound up into years or portions of years, which is how they are generally found, or else disbound from these collective volumes. They were also offered for sale separately, but copies such as these, in uncut and unbound state or with original stitching, are now rarely encountered, particularly in such fresh condition.

216 [2] An Act for raising the Sum of Ten Millions five hundred thousand pounds, by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of Great Britain for … 1809. Pp.3. 22 February 1809     £18.00

217 [3] An Act for raising the Sum of One million five hundred thousand Pounds, by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of Great Britain for … 1809. Pp. 3. 22 February 1809     £18.00

218 [4] An Act to allow a certain Proportion of the Militia of Great Britain, to enlist voluntarily into the Regular Forces. Pp.7. 13 March 1809     £25.00

219 [5] An Act to allow a certain Proportion of the Militia in Ireland voluntarily to enlist into His Majesty's Regular Forces. Pp.6. 13 March 1809     £25.00

220 [7] An Act to prohibit the Distillation of Spirits from Corn or Grain in the United Kingdom for a limited Time. Pp.4. 13 March 1809     £18.00

221 [8] An Act to suspend the Importation of British or Irish made Spirits into Great Britain or Ireland respectively, until the first day of June 1809. Pp.2. 13 March 1809     £18.00

222 [9] An Act to grant Bounties on the Importation of Flax Seed into Ireland from Great Britain … and to amend the Laws for the Regulation of the Linen Manufacture in Ireland. Pp.4. 13 March 1809     £18.00

223 [10] An Act to continue so much of an Act … as allows a Bounty upon double refined Sugar exported … and so much of the same Act as allows a Bounty on Raw Sugar exported. Pp.2. 20 March 1809     £18.00

224 [11] An Act for further continuing … certain Bounties and Drawbacks on the Exportation of Sugar from Great Britain; and for suspending the Countervailing Duties and Bounties on Sugar. Pp.3. 20 March 1809     £18.00

225 [12] An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion; and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters. Pp.54. 20 March 1809     £55.00

226 [13] An Act for the more effectually preventing the Forging of Bank Notes, Bank Bills of Exchange, and Bank Post Bills … of the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland. Pp.2. 20 March 1809     £18.00

227 [14] An Act for repealing an Act of the Parliament of Scotland relative to Child Murder, and for making other provisions in lieu therof. Pp.2. 20 March 1809     £18.00

228 [15] An Act to indemnify such Persons in the United Kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices and Employments … Pp.6. 20 March 1809     £25.00

229 [16] An Act to allow the Importation of Rum and other Spirits from the Island of Bermuda into the Province of Lower Canada without payment of Duty …Pp.2. 24 March 1809     £18.00

230 [17] An Act to authorize His Majesty, during the Present War, to make Regulations respecting the Trade and Commerce to and from the Cape of Good Hope. Pp.2. 24 March 1809     £18.00

231 [18] An Act for continuing … several Acts for the free Importation of Cochineal and Indigo; and … to permit the Exportation of Wool from the British Plantations in America. Pp.2.24 March 1809     £18.00

232 [19] An Act for the Regulation of His Majesty's Royal Marine Forces while on Shore. Pp.28. 24 March 1809     £45.00

233 [20] An Act to make perpetual several Laws relating to the Encouragement of the Silk Manufactures … the Importation of Rape Seed … the encouraging the Growth of Coffee in His Majesty's Plantations in America … Pp.3. 24 March 1809     £18.00

234 [21] An Act for granting Annuities to discharge certain Exchequer Bills. Pp.7. 24 March 1809     £25.00

235 [22] An Act for allowing the Importation and Exportation of certain Goods and Commodities into and from the Port of Falmouth in the Island of Jamaica. Pp.2. 30 March 1809     £18.00

236 [23] An Act for further continuing … an Act for prohibiting the Exportation from and permitting the Importation to Great Britain of Corn. Pp.2. 30 March 1809     £18.00

237 [24] An Act for charging with Duty Spent Wash re-distilled in Great Britain. Pp.2. 30 March 1809     £18.00

238 [25] An Act to permit … the Importation of Tobacco into Great Britain from any place whatever. Pp.2. 30 March 1809     £18.00

239 [26] An Act for allowing … the Importation of certain Fish from Parts of the Coast of His Majesty's North American Colonies, and for granting a Bounty thereon. Pp.2. 30 March 1809     £18.00

240 [28] An Act to enable the Clerks of the King's Coroner and Attorney in the Court of King's Bench to be admitted as Attornies. Pp.2. 30 March 1809     £18.00

241 [29] An Act for the Appropriation of Twenty thousand Pounds out of the Consolidated Fund of Ireland, towards the Encouragement of the saving of Flax Seed for sowing in Ireland. Pp.2. 28 April 1809     £18.00

242 [30] An Act to continue … certain Acts for regulating the Drawbacks and Bounties on the Exportation of Sugar from Ireland, and for warehousing in Ireland, Rum or Spirits of the British Sugar Plantations. Pp.2. 28 April 1809     £18.00

243 [31] An Act to continue … an Act … for prohibiting the Exportation from Ireland and for permitting the Importation into Ireland, duty free, of Corn and other Provisions. Pp.2. 28 April 1809     £18.00

244 [32] An Act for continuing and making perpetual several Duties of One Shilling and Sixpence … on Offices and Employments of Profit, and on Annuities, Pensions and Stipends. Pp.6. 28 April 1809     £25.00

245 [33] An Act to grant an Excise Duty on Spirits made or distilles from Sugar in Ireland, during the prohibition of Distillation from Corn or Grain there … Pp.2. 28 April 1809     £18.00

246 [34] An Act to permit the Registry at Malta of Ships taken as Prize. Pp.2. 28 April 1809     £18.00

247 [35] An Act for the more convenient Payment of Pensions to Widows of Officers of the Navy. Pp.6. 28 April 1809     £25.00

248 [36] An Act to amend an Act … for amending and rendering more effectual an Act of the Parliament of Ireland, for erecting and establishing Public Infirmaries or Hospitals. Pp.2. 28 April 1809     £18.00

249 [37] An Act for increasing the Rates of Subsistence to be paid to Innkeepers and others on quartering Soldiers. Pp.4. 28 April 1809     £20.00

250 [38] An Act for further continuing … an Act … for rendering the Payment of Creditors more equal and expeditious in Scotland. Pp.2. 28 April 1809     £18.00

251 [39] An Act for making Compensation to the Proprietors of such Lands and Hereditaments as have been purchased for better securing His Majesty's Docks, Ships and Stores at Portsmouth; and for extending the Lines and Works at Dover. Pp.7. 28 April 1809     £25.00

252 [40] An Act to amend and render more effectual an Act … for enabling His Majesty to establish a permanent Local Militia Force, under certain restrictions, for the Defence of the Realm. Pp.8. 12 May 1809     £25.00

253 [41] An Act to amend an Act … to provide that British Ships captured by the Enemy, becoming the Property of British Subjects, shall not be entitled to the Privilege of British Ships. Pp.2. 12 May 1809     £18.00

254 [42] An Act for better regulating the Publick Records of Scotland. Pp.8. 12 May 1809     £25.00

255 [43] An Act for regulating the Mode in which the Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, exclusive of the Duty thereon, is to be ascertained … Pp.2. 12 May 1809     £18.00

256 [44] An Act to permit Goods brought in as Prize, and restored by the Court of Admiralty, or which have been seized as Droits, and so restored, to be sold or tarnaferred within this Kingdom, without paying the Home Consumption Duty. Pp.2. 12 May 1809     £18.00

257 [45] An Act for more conveniently paying of Allowances on the Compassionate List of the Navy, and of Half Pay to Officers of the Royal Marines. Pp.6. 12 May 1809     £25.00

258 [46] An Act to authorize the Principal Officers of the Customs in the British Colonies and Plantations in America and the West Indies, to examine Witnesses on Oath. Pp.2. 12 May 1809     £18.00

259 [47] An Act to permit certain Articles … to be laden and shipped on board Ships arriving with British North American Produce, and Fish taken by Settlers … in order to be exported …Pp.3. 12 May 1809     £18.00

260 [48] An Act to amend and render more effectual an Act … for enabling His Majesty to establish a Permanent Local Militia Force in Scotland. Pp.8.. 20 May 1809     £25.00

261 [49] An Act to authorize His Majesty to permit … any Goods and Commodities to be imported into and exported from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in any Ship or Vessel whatsoever. Pp.2. 20 May 1809     £18.00

262 [50] An Act to amend so much of an Act … for granting to His Majesty certain Stamp Duties as relates to the Limitation according to which the Discount on Newspapers is regulated. Pp.2. 20 May 1809     £18.00

263 [51] An Act to continue … and to amend certain Acts for appointing Commissioners to enquire into the Fees, Gratuities, Perquisites and Emoluments received in several Public Offices in Ireland; to examine into any Abuses which may exist in the same, and into the Mode of receiving, collecting, issuing and accounting for Public Money in Ireland. Pp.3. 20 May 1809     £18.00

264 [52] An Act for raising the Sum of Six Millions, by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of Great Britain. Pp.2. 20 May 1809     £18.00

265 [54] An Act for the Relief of certain Insolvent Debtors in Ireland. Pp.24. 27 May 1809     £45.00

266 [55] An Act for rectifying Mistakes in the Names of the Commissioners appointed … for granting to His Majesty a Duty on Pensions and Offices … a Land Tax … certain Duties on Malt, Sugar, Tobacco and Snuff … Pp.12. 27 May 1809     £30.00

267 [56] An Act for completing the Militia of Ireland. Pp.6. 3 June 1809     £25.00

268 [57] An Act for improving the Quality of Beer in Ireland, by further preventing the Use of unmalted Corn, or of any deleterious or unwholesome Ingredients therein, and for the better securing the Collection of the Malt Duties in Ireland. Pp.8. 3 June 1809     £25.00

269 [59] An Act to permit the Trade between Great Britain and the United States of America to be carried on in Ships or Vessels belonging to the Inhabitants of the said States. Pp.2. 3 June 1809     £18.00

270 [60] An Act for allowing the Importation from any Port in Europe or Africa of Goods or Commodities, the Growth or Produce of any Country, until Six Months after the Ratification of a Definitive Treaty of Peace. Pp.2. 3 June 1809     £18.00

271 [62] An Act to amend several Acts for the Prevention of Smuggling; for better securing the Duties on Coals, Culm and Cinders; and for permitting the Exportation of Salt, Pepper and Wine from Guernsey or Jersey to Sark, in small Packages. Pp.6. 3 June 1809     £20.00

272 [63] An Act for repealing the Duties on the Materials used in making Spread Window Glass and Crown Glass, and for granting other Duties in lieu thereof, and for the better Collection of the said Duties. Pp.12. 3 June 1809     £35.00

273 [64] An Act to amend an Act … for enabling the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt to grant Life Annuities. Pp.3. 3 June 1809     £18.00

274 [65] An Act for giving Jurisdiction to Justices of the Peace to hear and determine Prosecutions for Penalties incurred by any Offence against the Laws relating to the Revenue of Customs … Pp.4. 3 June 1809     £18.00

275 [66] An Act for the Abolition of certain Holidays, and for altering and extending the Time for keeping open the Chief Office of Excise. Pp.2. 3 June 1809 Saturday, March 16, 2002 12:18:01    £18.00

276 [67] An Act to amend an Act … for the Redemption and Sale of the Land Tax, and to make further provision for exonerating small Livings and charitable Institutions from the Land Tax. Pp.4. 3 June 1809     £18.00

277 [69] An Act to indemnify Persons who have inadvertently printed, published or dispersed Papers or Books without a full Description of the Place of Abode of the Printers thereof. Pp.2. 3 June 1809     £18.00

278 [70] An Act to amend an Act … to enable His Majesty's Postmaster General of Ireland to purchase Premises for the Enlargement of the General Post Office in the City of Dublin. Pp.2.3 June 1809     £18.00

279 [73] An Act to grant to His Majesty Duties upon Spirits made or distilled in Ireland, and upon British Spirits imported into Ireland, and upon Licences to sell Spirituous Liquors in Ireland in Quantities not less than Two Gallons. Pp.3. 10 June 1809    £18.00

280 [74] An Act to continue … several Acts for granting certain Rates and Duties, and for allowing certain Drawbacks and Bounties on Goods, Wares and Merchandize imported into and exported from Ireland. Pp.3. 10 June 1809     £18.00

281 [75] An Act to provide for the better Collection of the Duties and Taxes on Carriages, Servants, Horses and Dogs in Ireland. Pp.8. 10 June 1809     £25.00

282 [76] An Act for vesting in the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland … the Power of prohibiting the Exportation and carrying Coastwise of Gunpowder, Salt-petre, Arms, Ammunition and Naval Stores. Pp.2. 10 June 1809     £18.00

283 [77] An Act to amend the several Acts for securing the Duties on Paper made in Ireland. Pp.3. 10 June 1809     £18.00

284 [78] An Act for raising the Sum of One million two hundred and fifty thousand Pounds, by way of Annuities and Treasury Bills for the Service of Ireland. Pp.7. 10 June 1809     £25.00

285 [79] An Act for raising the Sum of Five hundred thousand Pounds by Treasury Bills for the Service of Ireland. Pp.3. 10 June 1809     £18.00

286 [80] An Act for allowing Dealers to roast their own Coffee on certain Conditions. Pp.3. 10 June 1809     £18.00

287 [81] An Act to amend several Laws of Excise relating to Paper, Silks and Salt, and for authorising the Seizure of Utensils in Cases where Vessels used in Excise Manufactories are subject to Forfeiture. Pp.6. 10 June 1809     £25.00

288 [82] An Act to amend several Acts passed in the last and present Sessions of Parliament, relating to the Local Militia. Pp.3. 10 June 1809     £18.00

289 [83] An Act for the Amendment of the Laws now in force in Ireland, relative to persons entering into Recognizances in Criminal Cases , in Custody under any Fine, or under such Recognizance. Pp.4. 10 June 1809     £18.00

290 [84] An Act for amending the Irish Road Acts. Pp.11. 10 June 1809     £35.00

291 [85] An Act for defraying … the Charge of the Pay and Clothing of the Militia of Ireland; for holding Courts Martial on Sergeant Majors, Sergeants, Corporals and Drummers … and for making Allowances in certain Cases to Subaltern Officers of the said Militia during Peace. Pp.14. 10 June 1809     £35.00

292 [86] An Act to make Provision, in certain Cases, for the Wives and Families of balloted Men, Substitutes and Volunteers serving in the Militia of Ireland. Pp.8. 10 June 1809     £25.00

293 [90] An Act for providing Relief for the Wives and Families of the Militia Men in Scotland when called into actual Service. Pp.18. 10 June 1809     £35.00

294 [91] An Act to empower the Judges to try Civil Causes in their own Counties in England. Pp.2. 10 June 1809     £18.00

295 [92] An Act for charging the Sum of Eleven millions, raised for the Service of Great Britain … and the Sum of Seven millions nine hundred and thirty two thousand one hundred pounds in Exchequer Bills … Pp.4. 10 June 1809     £18.00

296 [93] An Act to enable the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury to issue Exchequer Bills on the Credit of such Aids or Supplies as have been or shall be granted …Pp.3. 10 June 1809     £18.00

297 [94] An Act for granting to His Majesty a Sum of Money to be raised by Lotteries. Pp .26. 10 June 1809     £35.00

298 [95] An Act for further regulating the Constitution of the Board of Commissioners for auditing the Public Accounts. Pp.2. 10 June 1809     £18.00

299 [96] An Act to provide for a durable Allowance of Superannuation to the Officers of Excise under certain Restrictions. Pp.3. 10 June 1809     £18.00

300 [97] An Act for empowering the Board of Ordnance to exchange Lands at Purfleet, in the County of Essex, for other Lands in the same Parish. Pp.6. 10 June 1809     £25.00

301 [98] An Act for repealing the several Duties of Customs chargeable in Great Britain, and for granting other Duties in lieu thereof. Pp.114 including 90 pages of schedules and tables 10 June 1809     £85.00

302 [99] An Act to amend the several Acts for the regulating and securing the Collection of the Duties on Spirits distilled in Ireland, and for the regulating the Sale of such Liquors by Retail. Pp.16. 15 June 1809     £35.00

303 [100] An Act to amend the several Acts for securing the Collection of Duties on Auctions in Ireland. Pp.2. 15 June 1809     £18.00

304 [101] An Act to regulate the Fees payable by Persons charged with Treason, Felony, and all other Offences at Assizes and Quarter Sessions in Ireland. Pp.4. 15 June 1809     £18.00

305 [102] An Act to appoint Commissioners to enquire and examine … into the Nature and Extent of the several Bogs in Ireland, and the Practicability of draining and cultivating them, and the best Means of effecting the same. Pp.6. 15 June 1809     £25.00

306 [103] An Act to amend an Act … for making provision for the building and re-building of Churches, Chapels and Glebe Houses in Ireland. Pp.6. 15 June 1809     £25.00

307 [104] An Act to amend several Acts made in the Parliament of Ireland for granting Life Annuities with Benefit of Survivorship. Pp.2. 15 June 1809     £18.00

308 [105] An Act to continue … an Act to suspend the Importation of British or Irish made Spirits into Great Britain or Ireland respectively. Pp.1. 15 June 1809     £18.00

309 [106] An Act for allowing further Time for taking Goods out of Warehouse and paying Duties thereon. Pp.2. 15 June 1809     £18.00

310 [107] An Act for the more effectual Recovery of Penalties and Forfeitures incurred in the British Colonies and Plantations in America. Pp.2. 15 June 1809     £18.00

311 [108] An Act to amend the several Acts respecting the Payment of Wages and Prize Money, and Allotment of Wages, to Persons serving in His Majesty's Royal Navy. Pp.7. 15 June 1809     £25.00

312 [109] An Act to repeal several Acts respecting the Woollen Manufacture … and for allowing Persons employed in any Branch of the Woollen Manufacture to set up Trade in any Place in Great Britain. Pp.7. 15 June 1809     £25.00

313 [110] An Act to rectify a Mistake in an Act made in this Session of Parliament, for continuing and making perpetual several Duties of One Shilling and Sixpence on Offices and Employments. Pp.2. 15 June 1809     £18.00

314 [111] An Act to continue … an Act … for appointing Commissioners to enquire into the Public Expenditure, and the Conduct of the Public Business in the Military Departments therein mentioned. Pp.2. 15 June 1809     £18.00

315 [112] An Act to amend an Act … to provide for the Defence of the Realm, with respect to the Purchase of Lands and Hereditaments for the Public Service. Pp.2. 15 June 1809     £18.00

316 [114] An Act for enabling His Majesty to raise the Sum of Three Millions for the Service of Great Britain. Pp.3. 15 June 1809     £18.00

317 [115] An Act for the Relief of certain Insolvent Debtors in England. Pp.27. 19 June 1809     £35.00

318 [116] An Act to make further Provision for the Execution of the several Acts relating to the Revenues, Matters, and Things under the Management of the Commissioners of Customs and Port Duties, and of the Commissioners of Inland Excise and Taxes, in Ireland. Pp,14. 19 June 1809     £25.00

319 [117] An Act for lowering the Duty of Excise on Coffee, of the Growth of His Majesty's Dominions in Africa. Pp.2. 19 June 1809     £18.00

320 [118] An Act for better securing the Independence and Purity of Parliament, by preventing the procuring or obtaining of Seats in Parliament by corrupt Practices. Pp.3. 19 June 1809     £18.00

321 [119] An Act to give the Persons named by His Majesty, pursuant to an Act intituled an Act concerning the Administration of Justice in Scotland, and concerning Appeals to the House of Lords, further Time for making their Report or Reports. Pp.2. 19 June 1809     £18.00

322 [120] An Act for amending and reducing into One Act of Parliament the Several Laws for raising and training the Militia of Ireland. Pp.54. 19 June 1809     £65.00

323 [121] An Act to alter and amend the Laws relating to Bankrupts. Pp.8. 20 June 1809     £25.00

324 [123] An Act to explain and amend an Act … for the Encouragement of Seamen, and for the better and more effectually manning His Majesty's Navy during the present War … providing for the Interest of the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich and the Royal Hospital for Soldiers at Chelsea. Pp.23. 20 June 1809     £55.00

325 [124] An Act for altering .. certain Acts relative to the Removal of the Poor, and for making Regulations in certain Cases touching the Examination of Paupers as to their Settlement; and for extending to all Parishes certain Rules and Orders in Workhouses. Pp.3. 20 June 1809     £18.00

326 [125] An Act to amend an Act … for the Encouragement and Relief of Friendly Societies. Pp.3. 20 June 1809     £18.00

327 [126] An Act for the further Prevention of the Sale and Brokerage of Offices. Pp.8. 20 June 1809     £25.00

328 [127] An Act for further augmenting the salaries of Certain of the Judges of the Courts in Westminster Hall, and of the Chief and Second Justice of Chester, and Justices of the Great Sessions of Wales. Pp.3. 20 June 1809     £18.00

329 [128] An Act for granting to His Majesty certain Sums of Money out of the Consolidated Fund of Great Britain. Pp.23. 20 June 1809     £35.00