List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1878

This is a list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed in the calendar year 1878 and the session 41 & 42 Vict.

The session 41 & 42 Vict was the fifth session of the twenty-first Parliament of the United Kingdom.The Public General Acts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Edward Bret Ince, 1878, title page Sources published during the regnal year 41 Vict refer to this session as 41 Vict,See, for example, Linen and Yarn Halls (Dublin) Act 1878, printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1878, pp 1 to 3 because, at that time, it was not known when the session would end.O Hood Phillips. A First Book of English Law. Fourth Edition. Sweet and Maxwell. 1960. p 99.

During the year 1878 and the session 41 & 42 Vict, the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed 79 public general acts; 32 public acts of a local character, which were placed amongst the local and personal acts;The Public General Acts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Edward Bret Ince, 1878, pp 509 to 511 238 local acts; and 7 private acts printed by the Queen's Printer.The Public General Acts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Edward Bret Ince, 1878, p 522"Table of the Statutes". The Public General Acts. 1878. pp 3 to 32.

The number shown after each act's short title or popular title is its chapter number. Acts passed before 1963 are cited using this number, preceded by the year(s) of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session was held.

Most of these acts have a short title. Some of these acts have never had a short title. Some of these acts have a short title given to them by later acts, such as by the Short Titles Act 1896.

Public general acts Acknowledgement of Deeds by Married Women (Ireland) Act 1878This short title was conferred on this act by section 2 of this act. c. 23 — repealed by Conveyancing Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 39) Admiralty and War Office Regulation Act 1878This short title was conferred on this act by section 12 of this act. c. 53 — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39) and Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (14 Geo. 6. c. 6) Adulteration of Seeds Act 1878This short title was conferred on this act by section 1 of this act. c. 17 Annual Turnpike Acts Continuance Act 1878 c. 62 — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. 22) Appropriation Act 1878 c. 65 — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39) Arranmore Polling District Act 1878 c. 75 — repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 (c. 50) Baths and Washhouses Act 1878 c. 14 — repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (c. 16) Bills of Exchange Act 1878This short title was conferred on this act by section 3 of this act. c. 13 — repealed by Bills of Exchange Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 61) Bills of Sale Act 1878 c. 31 Bishoprics Act 1878 c. 68 British Museum Act 1878This short title was conferred on this act by section 6 of this act. c. 55 — repealed by British Museum Act 1963 (c. 24) Commons (Expenses) Act 1878 c. 56 Consolidated Fund Act (6,000,000l.) c. 1 — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39) Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Act 1878 c. 9 — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39) Consolidated Fund (No. 3) Act 1878 c. 21 — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39) Consolidated Fund (No. 4) Act 1878 c. 45 — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39) Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act 1878 c. 74 — repealed by Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act 1915 (5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. 66) County of Hertford Act 1878 c. 50 — repealed by Courts Act 1971 (c. 23) Customs and Inland Revenue Act 1878 c. 15 — repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c. 39) Debtors Act 1878 c. 54 Dentists Act 1878 c. 33 — repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c. 12) Drainage and Improvement of Lands (Ireland) Act 1878 c. 59 Duke of Connaught and of Strathearn (Establishment) Act 1878This short title was conferred on this act by section 5 of this act. c. 46. Sometimes called the Duke of Connaught, Annuity Act 1878.Current Law Statutes 1996, vol 4, p 56 — repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1971 (c. 52) Education (Scotland) Act 1878 c. 78 — repealed by Education (Scotland) Act 1945 (8 & 9 Geo. 6. c. 37) Elders Widows' Fund (India) Act 1878The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. 14), section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30). c. 47 — repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1971 (c. 52) Endowed Institutions (Scotland) Act 1878 c. 48 — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39) Entail Amendment (Scotland) Act 1878 c. 28 Exchequer Bills and Bonds Act 1878 c. 2 — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39) Exchequer Bonds Act 1878 c. 7 — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39) Exchequer Bonds (No. 2) Act 1878 c. 22 — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39) Exchequer Bonds and Bills (No. 2) Act 1878 c. 64 — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39) Expiring Laws Continuance Act 1878 c. 70 — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39) Factory and Workshop Act 1878 c. 16 — repealed by Factory and Workshop Act 1901 (1 Edw. 7. c. 22) Fiji Marriage Act 1878 c. 61 Foreign Jurisdiction Act 1878This short title was conferred on this act by section 1(1) of this act. c. 67 — repealed by Foreign Jurisdiction Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 37) Freshwater Fisheries Act 1878 c. 39 — repealed by Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1923 (13 & 14 Geo. 5. c. 16) General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Amendment Act 1878 c. 30 — repealed by Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. 55) Glebe Loan (Ireland) Amendment Act 1878 c. 6 — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39) Highways and Locomotives (Amendment) Act 1878 c. 77 — repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 (c. 50) House Occupiers Disqualification Removal Act 1878 c. 3 — repealed by Representation of the People Act 1918 (7 & 8 Geo. 5. c. 64) House Occupiers Disqualification Removal (Scotland) Act 1878 c. 5 — repealed by Representation of the People Act 1918 (7 & 8 Geo. 5. c. 64) Innkeepers Act 1878 c. 38 Intermediate Education (Ireland) Act 1878 c. 66 Locomotives Amendment (Scotland) Act 1878 c. 58 — repealed by Road Traffic Act 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. 43) Lunatic Asylums Loans (Ireland) Act 1878 c. 24 — repealed by Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. 37) Marine Mutiny Act 1878 c. 11 — repealed by Regulation of the Forces Act 1881 (44 & 45 Vict. c. 57) Marriage Notice (Scotland) Act 1878 c. 43 — repealed by Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 (c. 15) Matrimonial Causes Act 1878 c. 19 — repealed by Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 49) Metropolis Management and Building Acts Amendment Act 1878 c. 32 — repealed by London Government Act 1963 (c. 33) Metropolitan Board of Works (Money) Act 1878 c. 37 — repealed by London County Council (Finance Consolidation) Act 1912 (2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. cv) Metropolitan Commons Act 1878 c. 71 Monuments (Metropolis) Act 1878 c. 29 Mutiny Act 1878 c. 10 — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39) Parliamentary Elections (Metropolis) Act 1878 c. 4 — repealed by Elections (Hours of Poll) Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c. 10) Parliamentary Elections Returning Officers Expenses (Scotland) Act 1878 c. 41 — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (14 Geo. 6. c. 6) Parliamentary and Municipal Registration Act 1878 c. 26 — repealed by Local Government Act 1966 (c. 42) Petty Sessions Clerks and Fines (Ireland) Act 1878 c. 69 Police (Expenses) Continuance Act 1878 c. 36 — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39) Poor Afflicted Persons Relief (Ireland) Act 1878 c. 60 Prison (Officers Superannuation) Act 1878 c. 63 — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (14 Geo. 6. c. 6) Prisons Authorities Act 1874 Amendment Act 1878 c. 40 — repealed by Children Act 1908 (8 Edw. 7. c. 67) Public Health (Ireland) Act 1878 c. 52 Public Health (Water) Act 1878 c. 25 — repealed by Public Health Act 1936 (26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 49) Public Parks (Scotland) Act 1878 c. 8 Public Works Loans Act 1878 c. 18 — repealed by National Loans Act 1968 (c. 13) Railway Returns (Continuous Brakes) Act 1878 c. 20 — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1960 (8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 56) Roads and Bridges (Scotland) Act 1878 c. 51 Sale of Liquors on Sunday (Ireland) Act 1878 c. 72 South Wales Highway Act Amendment Act 1878 c. 34 — repealed by Highways Act 1959 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 25) Statute Law Revision Act 1878 c. 79 — repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 (c. 43) Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Act 1878 c. 57 Supreme Court of Judicature (Officers) Act 1878 c. 35 — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39) Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Ireland) 1877 Amendment Act 1878 c. 27 Telegraph Act 1878 c. 76 — repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12) Territorial Waters Jurisdiction Act 1878 c. 73 Threshing Machines Act 1878 c. 12 — repealed by Agriculture (Safety, Health and Welfare Provisions) Act 1956 (4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 49) Tithe Act 1878 c. 42 — repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 (c. 43) Truro Chapter Act 1878 c. 44 — repealed by Truro Cathedral Measure 1959 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2. No. 1) Weights and Measures Act 1878 c. 49 — repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977 (c. 18)

Local acts Chapters i to c Linen and Yarn Halls (Dublin) Act 1878 c. i Brighton Aquarium (Capital) Act 1878 c. ii — repealed by Brighton Corporation Act 1901 (1 Edw. 7. c. ccxxiv) Royal Bank of Scotland Officers Widows Fund (Amendment) Act 1878 c. iii — repealed by Royal Bank of Scotland Officers' Widows' Fund Order Confirmation Act 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. xiii) Aspinwall's Patent Act 1878This expression is included in the page header of printed copies of Aspinwall's Patent Act 1878, and the act was cited by this expression: 133 Journals of the House of Commons 494. See 22 The Solicitors' Journal 455; Johnson, Parliament, Inventions and Patents and Privatised Law Reform. c. iv Birkenhead, Chester, and North Wales Railway (Abandonment) Act 1878 c. v — repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013 (c. 2) Bodmin and Wadebridge and Delabole Railway (Abandonment) Act 1878 c. vi — repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013 (c. 2) Cornwall Mineral and Bodmin and Wadebridge Junction Railway (Abandonment) Act 1878 c. vii — repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013 (c. 2) Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation (Bristol, &c.) Act 1878 c. viii Bristol Order 1878 Chester-le-Street Union Order 1878 Finchley Order 1878 Newbury Union Order 1878 Wallasey Order 1878 West Derby Order 1878 Hartlepool Gas and Water Act 1878 c. ix — repealed by Hartlepools Water (Consolidation, etc.) Order 1986 (SI 1986/401) Brading Harbour District Gas Act 1878 c. x — repealed by Ryde Gas Order 1923 (SR&O 1923/350) Deal Water Act 1878 c. xi Serle Street and Cook's Court Improvement Act 1878 c. xii Swindon, Marlborough, and Andover Railway Act 1878 c. xiii Sevenoaks Waterworks Act 1878 c. xiv Bala and Festiniog Railway Act 1878 c. xv Dublin Corporation Waterworks Acts Amendment Act 1878 c. xvi Imperial Continental Gas Association Act 1878 c. xvii — repealed by Imperial Continental Gas Association Act 1929 (19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. lxxxix) Farnworth and Kearsley Gas Act 1878 c. xviii Exeter Chapel of St. John's Hospital Act 1878 c. xix Newent Railway Act 1878 c. xx Ross and Ledbury Railway Act 1878 c. xxi London and Saint Katharine Docks Act 1878 c. xxii — repealed by Port of London (Consolidation) Act 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. clxxiii)