c. 104, LAW Аст, Service of 12 & 13 VIC. Dublin, or the Recorder of the City of Dublin IRISH POOR (as the Case may be): first giving to such FURTHER Immediate Lessor, or to his known Agent or AMENDMENT Receiver of his Rents, Fourteen Days' Notice 1849. of the Proceeding about to be taken against him as aforesaid, by Service of Process; and the Service of Process in such Civil Bill on such Immediate Lessor, his known Agent or Receiver, at any Place out of such Division and County, or at any Place out of the said County of Dublin or City of Dublin, shall be as effectual as a Service of the same upon such Lessor within such Division or within the said County of Dublin or City of Dublin. Acts to be construed together. Act may be amended, &c. 31. And be it enacted, That the said recited Act of the Second Year of Her Majesty's Reign, and the Acts amending the same, and this Act, shall be construed as One Act. 32. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in this present Session of Parliament. 14 & 15 VICT. CAP. 68. 14 & 15 VIC. e. 68, MEDICAL Аст, 1851. An Act to provide for the better Distribu- CHARITIES tion, Support, and Management of Medical Charities in Ireland; and to amend an Act of the Eleventh Year of Her Majesty to provide for the Execution of the Laws for the Relief of the Poor in Ireland. [7th August, 1851.] WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the COMMISSIONERS. 10 & 11 Vie. ment of Commissioners: § 1. It shall and may be lawful for Her AppointMajesty the Queen, by Warrant under Her Sign Manual from Time to Time to appoint Two Persons (One of whom shall be a Phy- Medical Comsician or Surgeon of not less than Ten Years' standing, and shall have the Title of Medical Commissioner,) who, together with the Com a 10 & 11 Vic. c. 90 (p. 151). missioner. c. 68. MEDICAL CHARITIES ᎪᏨᎢ, 1851. 14 & 15 Vic. missioners appointed under the Provisions of the aforesaid Act of the Eleventh Year of Her Majesty, shall, from the Time of the Publication hereinafter directed to be made in the Dublin Gazette, be "the Commissioners for administering the Laws for Relief of the Poor in Ireland," within the Meaning of the aforesaid Act, pursuant to, and with the Powers and Authorities given by, the said Act and the several Acts for the more effectual Relief of the destitute Poor, and also for executing this Act: and such Two Persons so appointed under this Act shall hold Office during the Pleasure of Her said Majesty and immediately on the Publication aforesaid, the Office of Assistant Commissioner created by the said first-mentioned Act shall cease and determine; and in the Absence of the Chief Commissioner for the Time being, in the said Act mentioned, the Powers, Duties, and Functions of the said Chief Commissioner under the said Act shall be exercised by such One of the other Commissioners as shall be appointed so to act by a Majority of the Commissioners, with the Approval of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Office of abolished. Delegation of powers of missioner in his absence. Notification nient of Com : 2. Notice of the Appointment of such Two of Appoint. Persons by Her Majesty shall be published in missioners in the Dublin Gazette; and on the Day after the Gazette. Publication of the first Appointment of such Powers given Persons, all the Powers and Authorities" given by this Act to the said Commissioners for administering the Laws for Relief of the Poor in Ireland shall take effect, and shall be by this Act, how to be exercised. a i.e., the Chief Commissioner, and the Chief and Under Secretaries for Ireland for the time being. The first appointment of the two additional Commissioners under this Act was published in the Dublin Gazette of the 11th of November, 1851. exercised by them in like Manner as the Powers and Authorities given to the Commissioners appointed under the said Act of the Eleventh Year of Her present Majesty: Provided always, that any Order for the Formation or Alteration of any Dispensary District or Districts under this Act, as hereinafter mentioned, or for framing or establishing any General Rules or Regulations relating thereto, or altering or revoking the same, shall be signed by not less than Two of the said Commissioners. MEDICAL INSPECTORS, &c. ment of 3. The said Commissioners may from AppointTime to Time appoint so many fit Persons as Medical the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury Inspectors. shall sanction, being practising Physicians or Surgeons of not less than Seven Years' Standing, to be Inspectors to assist in carrying out the Provisions of this Act; and may remove all or any of the said Inspectors, and appoint others in their Place. sioners and 4. There shall be paid to the said Two Salaries of Commissioners to be appointed under the Commis Provisions of this Act, and also to the said Medical Inspectors. Inspectors, such Salaries as shall be from Time to Time appointed by the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, out of any Moneys which may from Time to Time be provided by Parliament for that Purpose. Commis 5. Neither the Medical Commissioner nor Medical any such Inspector as aforesaid shall, while sioner and he continues in such respective Office, practise Inspectors as a Physician or Surgeon, or in any other tise profesprofessional Capacity. a 10 & 11 Vic. c. 90, § 9 (p. 156). § 6 (p. 202). e § 12 (p. 208). 4 See the 31 & 32 Vic. c. 74 (p. 241), which enables the Inspectors appointed under this section to act as Poor Law Inspectors, and Poor Law Inspectors appointed under the 10 & 11 Vic. c. 90, to act under this section. not to prac sionally. 14 & 15 VIC. c. 68, MEDICAL CHARITIES Аст, 1851. Guardians of DISPENSARY DISTRICTS. 6. The Guardians of each Union in Ireland shall, when so required by the said each Union Commissioners for administering the Laws for Relief of the Poor in Ireland, with all Dispensary reasonable Despatch, divide such Union into to divide same into Such Districts to be declared by the Commis sioners, if approved, or other Dis formed by them. be altered Districts: so many Dispensary Districts, having regard to the Extent and Population of such Districts, as may to them appear necessary; and in case the said Commissioners shall approve of the Districts so formed by the said Guardians, they shall issue an Order under their Seal declaring the same; and in case they shall not approve of the Districts so formed by the said Guardians, the said Commissioners may and they are hereby empowered to issue an Order under their Seal declaring the Districts which to them may appear necessary: Districts may and it shall be lawful for the said Commisfrom time to sioners, and they are hereby empowered, when they may see Occasion, from Time to Time, to require the Guardians to alter such Districts, subject to the Approval, by Order under Seal, of the said Commissioners; and in case of their Disapproval, or of the Neglect of the Guardians to make such Alteration No Electoral when required, the said Commissioners may Division to be alter such Districts by such an Order: Provided always, that in no Case shall an Electoral Division formed under the Acts for the more effectual Relief of the destitute Poor be divided: And from and after a Day or Days to be named in any such Order, the Cost of all Medical Relief afforded within any such time. divided. Expenses to be charged on the Dis rict according to the a This requisition was addressed by the Commissioners to the Guardians of each Union in Ireland on the day on which their appointment under this Act took effect,-namely, 12th November, 1851; and orders declaring Dispensary Districts were subse quently issued to every Union in Ireland. |