1806.] 
be underftood in the. profeffion that a wit- 
nefs could be compelicd to give evidence 
that migh fubje& him to a debt,* at may 
be quefioned how far it was well-founded 
to regard this a& as ceclaratory of the 
common-law. On the other great point 
which had been agitated juft be‘ore the 
act, it neither declares nor ena*ts any 
thing. Tiss, whether a witnefs be It- 
able to anfwer a queftion which does not 
fubject him to punifhmen:, (the punith. 
ment, perhaps, having been paft,) but may 
thew him to have been guilty of a crime. 
And this is a point which may fometimes 
be of much greater importance to the 
feelings of the party on one fide, and is of 
greater to the inveftigation of truth on the 
other, and much more frequent. 
The third aét relates to. the revenue 3; 
and it is founded on the confti:mtional 
principle, that the fame perfon ought nor, 
at the fame time, to hoid twa offices, one 
of which is intended as a check on the 
‘other. 
This act pafled immediately on the 
New Adminiltration entering into office. 
Thisis 46 G.1II.c. 1.7 Feb. 1806. Itis 
‘intituled, 
‘© An A&tto empower the Auditor of the 
Exchequer to conftitute a Truftee in the 
Cafe therein mentioned.”” 
This aét ftates in the preamble, that it is 
expedient that the Auditer of the Exche- 
quer and Writer of the Tallies fhould be 
enabled to hold the office of Lord High © 
Treafurer, or one of the Commiffioners of 
the Trealury, without forfeiting his office 
as Auditor, and empowers him, for that 
purpole, to conftitute a trultee pro tem- 
pore, liable to the fame refponfibility .as 
the Auditor would have been, and whofe 
aéts fhall be as valid as if they had been 
the acts of the Auditor. ° 
Tt dire&ts the Truftee to take the oaths, 
and alfo that of office ; and provides, that 
accepting the @ffice of truftee fhall not va- 
cate a feat in parliament. 
This point of the incompatibility of the 
two offices firft arofe in the cafe of the ce- 
Jebrated Marguis of Halifax. 
»* v. Peake’s Law of Evidence, ch, 3. §5. 
adedit, 1304, 
MonTaLy Mac » No. 144, 
New Adis of the Britifh Legiflature. 
561 
Chapter 32. 21 Apr. 1806, is 
«© An A& to enable the Commiffioners of his 
Majetty’s Treafury of Ireland to iffue 
Treafury Bills on the Credit of fuch Aids 
and Supplies as have beenor fhail be grante 
- é€d by Parliament for the Service of Ire 
iand for the Year meocccavi. and for ma- 
king forth Duplicates of Yreafury Bulls 
loft or deftroyed.”” 
The firft part is founded on the confti- 
tutional principle that {upplies may not 
be raifed for public purpofes without con. 
fent of Parliament ; and it provides that 
the Bank of Ireland may advance five 
hund ed thoufand pounds Tifh. ’ 
The laft fe&tion provides, that where it 
fha!l appear to the fatisfaétion of one of the 
Barons of the Exchequer of Ireland that 
Treafury Bills or Debentures of Ireland 
have been ftolen, loft, burnt, or deftroy- 
ed, or that there is good caufe to believe 
the fame, upon certificate thereof, together 
with the affidavits, (withou: fee,) and fe- 
‘curity given to the fatisfaction of the of- 
ficers of the Treafury, with confent and 
approbation of the Lord Lieutenant or 
Governor, duplicates thall be made outs 
and the principal and intereft thal] be paid 
as it would have been on the originals. 
Chap. 44. 5 May, 1806, is 
‘© An A for carrying to the Confolidated 
Fund of Great Britain the Duties on Wine 
granted by two Aéts of the Forty-third 
and Forty-fourth Year of his prefent Ma- 
jefty.” ! 
By this aét fuch duties are to be made 
perpetual, and to form a part.of the per- 
manent revenue, fo as to anfwer the in- 
creafed charge of any loan or-ftock of that 
feffion of Parliament. : 
A feparate account of fuch duties to be 
kept agreeably to the a@ 42,.G. IIL. \in- 
tituled,. © An A&* for direling certain 
Public Accounts to be laid annually be 
fore ‘Parliament, and for difcontinuing 
certain other Forms of Account now in 
ule.” : 7 
Ch. 46.23 May, 1806,:is 
‘6 An A& for raifing the Sum of Five Hun- 
cred Thoufand Pounds: by -Treafury Bills 
for the Service of Ireland for the Year 
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