tually as if he had been appointed under the 31 & 32 VIC. said Act. c. 74, INSPECTORS' POWERS ACT, Inspectors e. 90, and e. 68, to execution of 2. Every Inspector appointed under the Provisions of the said Act Tenth and Eleventh 1868. Victoria, Chapter Ninety, or under the Pro- Power to visions of the said Act Fourteenth and under Fifteenth Victoria, Chapter Sixty-eight, shall 101 Vie. be empowered to assist in carrying out the 11 & 15 Vie. Provisions of the Sanitary Act, 1866, and assist in shall have for that Purpose all and the like 29 & 30 Vic. Powers of Inquiry, and all other Powers of c. 90. Inspectors acting in the Execution of the Acts in force for Relief of the Poor in Ireland: Provided always, that it shall be lawful for the said Poor Law Commissioners in any Case in which they shall direct Inquiry to be made into any Matter connected with the Administration of the Laws for the Relief of the Poor, or connected with the Execution of the said Act of Fourteenth and Fifteenth Victoria, Chapter Sixty-eight, or with the Provisions of the Sanitary Act, 1866, to associate together for the Purpose of such. Inquiry, if they shall see fit so to do, an Inspector appointed under the said Act Tenth and Eleventh Victoria, Chapter Ninety, and an Inspector appointed under the said Act Fourteenth and Fifteenth Victoria, Chapter Sixty-eight, and such Inspectors shall in such Case make a joint Inquiry concerning the Matters in question. 32 & 33 VIC. c. 25, ORPHAN AND 32 & 33 VICT. CAP. 25. DESERTED An Act to amend the Act of the Twenty CHILDREN ACT, 1869. c. 83. fifth and Twenty-sixth Years of Victoria, Chapter Eighty-three, Section Nine, by extending the Age at which Orphans and deserted Children may be kept out at Nurse. [12th July, 1869.] WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Pro25 & 26 Vie. visions of the Act Twenty-five and Twentysix Victoria Chapter Eighty-three, so far as the same relate to the Relief of orphan and deserted Children out of Workhouses in Ireland: Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows: Sec. 9 of c. 83, 1. From and after the passing of this 25 & 26 Vic. Act, Section Nine of the Act Twenty-five and Twenty-six Victoria, Chapter Eighty-three, shall be and the same is hereby repealed. repealed. Relief of Orphans and deserted Children. 2. From and after the passing of this Act it shall be lawful for the Board of Guardians of any Union in Ireland to provide for the Relief of any orphan or deserted Child out of the Workhouse, if they shall think fit to do so, by placing such Child out at Nurse, according to their Discretion; provided that no Child shall be placed out with any Person who does not profess the same Religion as that in which the Child has been registered, and that no Child shall continue to be so relieved after the Age of Ten Years. a Page 223. 32 & 33 VICT. CAP. 50. An Act to provide for Superannuation Al- [2nd August, 1869.] WHEREAS it is expedient that Provision should be made to enable Superannuation Allowances to be granted to Medical Officers of Poor Law Unions in Ireland, and of Dispensary Districts of such Unions, who become disabled, either by Infirmity or Age, to discharge the Duties of their Offices: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows: 32 & 33 VIC. c. 50, MEDICAL OFFICERS' SUPERANNUATION ACT, 1869. Guardians. Commission superan Medical certain cases. 1. That the Board of Guardians of any Power to Union in Ireland may, at their Discretion, with consent with the Consent of the Commissioners for of Poor Law administering the Laws for Relief of the Poor ers, to grant in Ireland, grant to any Medical Officer, in- nuation cluding in that Term a Surgical Officer, of allowance to such Union, or of any Dispensary District in Officers in such Union, an annual Allowance, under and subject to the Provisions of the Act to provide for Superannuation Allowances to Officers of the Unions in Ireland, passed in the Twenty-eighth Year of the Reign of Her Majesty, notwithstanding such Medical Officer shall not have devoted his entire Time to the Services of the Union, and such Allowance a 28 Vic. c. 26 (p. 238). c. 50, MEDICAL OFFICERS' 32 33 Vic. shall be paid out of the Rates of the Union exclusively, and no Contribution shall be made thereto out of any monies voted by ANNUATION Parliament. SUPER Аст, 1869. Short title. 2. This Act shall be called "The Medical Officers' Superannuation Act (Ireland), 1869." 32 & 33 VIC. c 54, WORKHOUSE 32 & 33 VICT. CAP. 54. CONTRACTS An Act to amend the Act of the First and AMENDMENT Аст. 1869. 1 & 2 Vic. c. 56. Second Years of Victoria, Chapter Fifty- WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the First and Second Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act for the more effectual Relief of the destitute Poor in Ireland, it is amongst other things enacted, that no Guardian, paid Officer, Warden, or other Person in whose hands the Collection of the Rates for the Relief of the destitute Poor, or the Providing for, Ordering, Management, Control, or Direction of the destitute Poor, of any Union shall or may be placed, shall, either in his own Name or in the Name of any other Person, provide, furnish, or supply, for his own Profit, any Materials, Goods, or Provisions for the Use of any Workhouse in any Union for which he or they shall be appointed or act as such during the time for which he or they shall retain such Appointment, nor shall be concerned, c. 54, CONTRACTS Аст, directly or indirectly, in furnishing or sup- 32 & 33 Vic. plying the same, or in any Contract relating WORKHOUSH thereto, under Pain of forfeiting the Sum of AMENDMENT One Hundred Pounds, with full Costs of Suit, to any Person who shall sue for the same by Action of Debt or on the Case in any of Her Majesty's Courts of Record at Dublin: And whereas it is expedient to amend the said Provisions: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows: 1869. be brought sec. 93 of 1 & 2 Vic. without Chairman of by Poor Law sioners. 1. From and after the passing of this No action to Act no Action shall be commenced, or if then under commenced shall be prosecuted, by any Person, except the Commissioners for administer- c. 56, ing the Laws for the Relief of the Poor in consent of Ireland, for the Recovery of any Forfeiture Quarter Ses or Penalty incurred or to be incurred by any sions, except Guardian of any Union, or by any Person Commis while acting as such, under the Provisions of Section Ninety-three of the said Act, First and Second Victoria, Chapter Fifty-six, without the Consent in Writing of the Chairman of the Quarter Sessions of the County within which the Workhouse of such Union is situate, upon Application made to him for that Purpose, and Cause shown in open Court at any Quarter Sessions of such County: Provided always, that of such intended Application at least Fourteen Days' Notice in Writing shall be given to the Guardian or Guardians against whom such Action is intended to be commenced by the Person applying for Leave to commence the same, and the said Guardian 1 & 2 Vic. c. 56, § 93 (p. 68). |