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C A P . I X . An Act for the better security of the Crown and Government ofthe United Kingdom, within this

Island. [Passed May 11, 1866.]

E it enacted by the Lieutenant Governor, Council and Assembly, as follows :—

I. Ifany person whatsoever, after the passing of this Act, shall, within this Island, compass, imagine, invent, deviSe, or intend to deprive or depose Our Most Gracious Lady the Queen, Her Heirs or Suc- cessors, from the Style, Honour, or Royal Name of the Imperial Crown of the United Kingdom, or of any of Her Majesty’s Dominions and Countries, or to levy War against Her Majesty, Her Heirs or Suc0essors, within any part of the United Kingdom, or within any other of Her Majesty’s Dominions or Countries, or this Island, in order, by force or con- straint, to Compel Her or them to change Her or their measures or counsels, or in order to put any force or Constraint upon, or in order to intimidate or overawe the General Assembly of this Island, or either Branch ofthe Legislature, or to move or stir any Foreigner or Stranger, with force, to invade the United Kingdom, or any other of Her Majesty’s Do- minions, or this Island, underthe observance of Her Majesty, Her Heirs or Successors, and such Com- passmgs, Imaginations, Inventions, Devices, or In- tentions, or any ofthein, shall express, utter, or de- clare, by publishing any printing or writing, or by any overt act or deed, every person, so offending, shall be guilty of Felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding seven years, with or without hard la- bour, as the Court shall direct.

II. It shall be lawful, in any Indictment for any Felony, under this Act, to charge against the offend- er any number of the matters, acts, or deeds by which such Compassings, Imaginations, Inventions, Devices, or Intentions, as aforesaid, or any ofthem, shall have been expressed, uttered, or declared.

III. Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall lessen the force of, or in any tnanner affect anything enacted by the Imperial Statute passed in the Twenty-Fitth year of King Edward the Third—a Declaration which offences shall be adjudged Treason.

IV. Provided also, and be it enacted that, if the facts or matters alleged in an Indictment for any Felony, under this Act, shall amount, in Law, to Treason, such Indictment shall not, by reason there- of, be deemed void, erroneous, or defective; and, if the facts or matters proved in the trial of any person indicted for any Felony under this Act, shall amount, in Law, to Treason, such person shall not, by reason thereof, be entitled to be acquitted of such Felony; but no person, tried for such Felony, shall be after- wards prosecuted for Treason, upon the same facts.

V. In the case of any Felony, punishable under this Act, every principal, in the second degree, and every accessory, before the fact. shall be punishable in the same manner as the principal in the first de- gree is, by this Act punishable; and every acces- sory, after the fact, to any such Felony, shall, on conviction, be liable to be imprisoned, with or with- out hard labor, for any term not exceeding two years.

CAP. X.

An Act to amend the Laws relating to Elections. [Passed May 1], 1866.]

THEREAS the Act of the General Assembly of t/ this Island, passed in the Nineteenth year of the Reign of Her present Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled “ An Act to increase the number of Memo bers to serve in the General Assembly, and to con- solidate and amend the Laws relating to Elections,” provides that all Sheriffs and other Ollicers appoint- ed under the provisions of the said recited Act mightseverally poll all their Votes, as well forthe Town and Royalty, and for the seVeral Electoral Districts for which they might seVerally be entitled to vote, in the Polling Division in which they might severally he etnployed in taking or assisting to take the Poll, although the same should not be the Polling Division in which they reside, or their property might be situ- ated, if they should be otherwise qualified to vote; but the. said recited Act makes no provision for the transmission ofsucli Voters’ names, or the names of the Candidates for whom they have polled such Votes, to the Sheriff of any County other than that in which such Votes may liaVe. been polled, in order to enable such Sheriff to add such votes to the Poll, previously to his casting up the Votes and finally de- claring the state of the Poll; and whereas it is deemed expedient to make provision for the trans- mission of such Special Votes, and all other Special Votes authorized by this Act, to the Sherifl's of the Counties wherein such property may be situated, when such vote has been polled out ofsuch County:

LBe ittherefore enacted by the Lieutenant Gover- nor, Council and Assembly, 'I‘liatgevery Male Per- son, ofthe age of Twenty-one years and upwards, being a British subject, and qualified to vote upon any property qualification, required by any Acts of the General Assembly ofthis Island, either for Mem- bers to serve in the Legislative Council or House of Assembly, shall be entitled to Vote for the Election of a Member or Members, for the Town and Royalty or District, respectively, wherein such property quali- fication may be situated, by polling all his votes at the Polling Division in any other Town or District wherein such person may be entitled to Vote, for the Election of a Member, although such Polling Divi- sion be not situated in the Town, or Royalty, or Electoral District, or County in which such first- mentioned qualification lies.

II. Every Elector, so entitled to vote, as afore- said, shall set forth his qualitication so to do, in a. Schedule, to be signed by such Elector, In manner hereinaftermentioned, and which said Schedule shall contain such Elector’s name and residence, a true description of such Property, on account of which he claims to vote, and where it is situated; and if the same is held by Lease or agreement for Lease, by parol or in writing, the annual rent payable for the same; and iffreeliold, the yearly value thereof; or if a Water Lot, Common Lot, Town Lot, or Pasture Lot, the number or designation thereof, and where situated; and in all ofsuch cases, that he has been possessed ofthe satne for not less than tWelve months previous to the day of the teste ofthe Writ of Elec-