Statute Law Repeals - Law Commission - Ministry of Justice

Orphans’ Fund, City of London Act (1822)
6.117 This 1822 Act 202 was consequential upon the Orphans, London Act of 1694
(proposed for repeal above) and was passed to increase the income of the City of
London Orphans Fund established by the 1694 Act. In particular the 1822 Act
provided that income such as the receipts from wine and coal duties should be
credited to the Fund at quarterly rather than half-yearly intervals. As explained
above in relation to the 1694 Act, the City’s debts were cleared by 1832 when the
Fund was effectively wound up. Accordingly the 1822 Act has long been
obsolete.
London Printing and Publishing Company’s (Limited) Act 1856
6.118 The preamble to this 1856 Act 203 recorded that the London Printing and
Publishing Company Ltd was incorporated in 1854 for the purpose of carrying on
“the Trades or Businesses of Printing, Engraving, Bookbinding, and various other
Branches of Trade, Manufacture, Art, and Science connected with the Production
and Publication of Literary Works”. The preamble also recorded that legislation
was required to give effect to alterations to the Company’s constitution arising
from the Company’s acquisition of a business previously carried on by one John
Tallis. 204 The Act provided the Company with a new share structure and
cancelled the terms of an earlier agreement entered into by the Company.
6.119 After some initial success the Company’s shareholders decided to wind it up in
June 1882. 205 The 1856 Act thereupon became unnecessary and its repeal is
proposed on that basis.
London Hydraulic Power Company Limited Act 1860
6.120 This 1860 Act 206 was passed to give additional powers to the London Hydraulic
Power Company. The Company was an early example of the late Victorian and
early 20 th century use of hydraulic (i.e. water) power as a form of energy to
operate cranes, lifts, presses and other machinery in central London. Pre-dating
the use of electricity as a power source for these purposes, water power was
transmitted at high pressure through miles of underground cast-iron pipes to
thousands of hotels, shops, offices, docks and factories. The water was pumped
using an elaborate network of mains and pumping stations. Parliamentary
authority was, however, required to provide the infrastructure necessary for the
Company to acquire the necessary access rights and to contract with water
companies for the use of their water.
202 3 Geo.4 c.cxiii.
203 19 & 20 Vict. c.cvii.
204 John Tallis (1816-1876) was a bookseller and publisher, specialising in the publication of
maps. His family began publishing Tallis’s London Street Views in 1838, with John Tallis
taking control of the business in 1849. Tallis entered partnership with Ephraim Tipton Brain
in 1853 and together they set up the Company the following year. The 1856 Act was
necessary to give effect to their business relationship.
205 The London Gazette, 25 July 1882, p 3472. John Tallis had lost control of the Company by
1861, following differences as to the running of the Company.
206 23 & 24 Vict. c.lxxxv.
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