(f)  Affecting  remedies.  (n)  Penal.
(g)  Grants  of  franchises.  III.  Construction  of  particular  Statutes.
IV.  Proceedings  under  Statute.
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I.  Privilege  conferred  by  Statute  where  Statute  expires.
Where  statutory  powers,  when  conferred,  may  be  exercised  without  causing
a  nuisance,  but  because  of  changed  conditions  it  afterwards  becomes  impossible,
the  persons  exercising  them  may  be  indicted.  Regina  v.  Bradford  Nav.  Co.,  cxviii.
631 ;  6  B.  &  S.  631.
II.  Construction  of  Statute  generally.
Provisional  order  of  board  of  health  extending  public  health  act  to  district  in
which  is  a  turnpike,  incorporating  s.  50  of  Towns'  Improvement  Clauses  Act,
which  forbids  trustees  of  turnpikes  from  levying  toll,  and  confirmed  by  act  so  far
as  authorized  by  Public  Health  Act,  is  invalid.  Clayton  v,  Fenwick,  Ixxxviii.
114;  6E.  &B.  114.
Where  distance  named,  it  means  a  straight  line  on  a  horizontal  plane.  Jewel
e.  Stead,  Ixxxviii.  350  ;  6  E.  &  B.  350.
Payment  of  voter's  travelling  expenses  not  within  Corrupt  Practices  Preven-
tion Act,  17  &  18  Vict.  c.  102,  unless  it  be  on  condition  that  he  vote  a  certain
way.     Cooper  v.  Slade,  Ixxxviii.  447  ;  6  E.  &  B.  447.
Where  an  act  authorized  a  major  part  of  the  vestry  to  remove  collectors  of
poor  rate  it  was  held  to  require  a  majority  of  those  present  and  not  of  those  "
voting.     Regina  v.  Overseers  of  Christ  Church,  xc.  409 ;  7  E.  &  B.  409.
Words  construed  according  to  their  natural  grammatical  meaning,  though  the
effect  seem  inequitable.  Guardians  of  Birmingham  v.  Beaumont,  xcii.  870 ;  8  E.
&  B.  870.
Where  powers  conferred  upon  officerof  court  by  statute,  generally  subject  of
appeal.     Metropolitan  Railway  Co.  v.  Turnham,  cviii.  212  ;  14  C.  B.  N.  S.  212.
