STATUTES. 521 



and temporal, and commons, in tliis present parliament as- 

 sembled, and by the authority of the same, That all such Voluntary 

 voluntary associations as aforesaid, now constituted, or which associations 

 may hereafter be constituted according to the provisions ^onstituted _ 

 hereinafter contained, shall be deemed to be lawful associa- bution of 

 tions ; and the members of and subscribers and contributors to works of art 

 all such lawful associations, and all person acting under their ^J lot deemed 

 authority or on their behalf for the purposes aforesaid, shall ^^M^h ^^'°' 

 be freed and discharged from all pains and penalties, suits, charter shaU 

 prosecutions and liabilities, to which by law they would be have been 

 liable but for the passing of this act, as being concerned in first obtained, 

 illegal lotteries, littlegoes, or unlawful games, by reason of ^^■ 

 any thing done or which may be done by them or any of 

 them in furtherance of the allotment or distribution, by scheme 

 or otherwise, of paintings, drawings, or other works of art, or 

 of the allotment or distribution of sums of money as prizes to 

 be expended for their purchase : provided always, that a royal 

 charter or charters shall have been first obtained for the in- 

 corporation of any such association, or provided that the deed 

 of partnership, or other instrument or instruments constitut- 

 ing such association, and the rules and regulations relating 

 to the proceedings of such association for such purposes as 

 aforesaid, shall have first been submitted to the consideration 

 and be approved of by a committee of her majesty's most 

 honourable privy council, and a copy thereof deposited with ' 

 such committee ; and that it shall be exjn'essed in every such 

 charter, deed or instrument, that it shall be lawful for any 

 committee of her majesty's privy council to whom the con- 

 sideration of art unions shall be referred by her majesty, 

 , whenever it shall appear to them that any such association is 

 perverted from the purposes of this act, to certify the fact to 

 her majesty, and thereupon it shall be lawful for her majesty 

 to revoke or annul the charter, deed or instrument under 

 which the association so offending shall have been consti- 

 tuted ; and nothing in this act contained shall be deemed to 

 apply to any association whose charter, deed of partnershij), 

 or other instrument constituting the same, shall have been so 

 revoked or annidled. 



16 & 17 Vict. Cap. 33. 



An Act for the better Regulation of Metropolitan Stage and 

 Hackney Carriages, and for prohihiting the Use of advertising 

 Vehicles. 



AVhereas it is desirable to improve the condition of the 

 metropolitan stage and hackney carriages, and to alter and 

 amend the system of licensing such carriages : be it therefore 

 enacted by the Queen's most excellent majesty, by and with 



