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1839. Birmingham Police. Cap.88. 657 Establishment of the Police under this Act the Powers of all Constables appointed within the said Borough or any Part thereof otherwise than under this Act shall cease during the Continuance of this Act; and the Appeal given by the said Act against any Assessment made by an Assessor appointed under the said Act shall be made, in the Case of any Appeal against any Assessment made by an Assessor appointed under this Act, to the Court of Sessions of the Peace holden for the Borough of Birmingham, which shall have all the Powers for hearing and determining and giving Relief in the Matter of any such Appeal which by the said Act are given to Justices of the Peace in Quarter Sessions assembled ; and in the form of Conviction used for Offences against this Act the Title of this Act shall be inserted instead of the Title of the said Act: Provided always, that nothing in the said Act contained, or in this Act by Reference to the said Act, shall authorize the Extension of the Police District within the Provisions of this Act beyond the Borough of Birmingham, or to prevent any Person from voting at any Election of a Member or Members to serve in Parliament for any County, City, Borough, or Place other than the County of Warwick, and the Boroughs and Places therein, including the City of Coventry.

Act not to affect 1& 2 W. 4.c.41.

IX. Provided always, and be it enacted, That nothing herein contained shall be deemed to affect an Act passed in the Second Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, intituled An Act for amending the Laws relative to the Appointment of Special Constables, and for the better Preservation of the Peace, or any Act passed for enlarging the Powers of Justices of the Peace under the last recited Act, but all the Powers and Authorities given by the said Acts or either of them may be exercised in the same Manner as if this Act had not been passed.

Meaning of the Words "Treasurer of the said Borough"

X. Provided always, and be enacted, That the Words "Treasurer of the said Borough" shall be taken to mean the Person for the Time being so called within the Borough of Birmingham; and that nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend to confirm the Appointment of such Person, or to sanction the Creation of such an Officer as a Corporate Officer, or to confirm or render valid or in anywise to affect the Charter of Incorporation granted by Her Majesty in the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty- eight, upon the Petition of certain of the Inhabitants of the Town of Birmingham.

10,000 may be advanced for the Police of Birmingham.

XI. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for Three or more of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, at any Time after the passing of this Act, to advance and lend to the said Chief Commissioner of Police of the Borough of Birmingham, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding in the whole the Sum of Ten thousand Pounds, upon the Credit of the Rates to be raised under this Act, and to be employed, under the Direction of the said Chief Commissioner, for the Purposes