25 & 26 Vic. poor person with his family (if any) to be safely c. 113, POOR AMENDMENT conveyed to such place in England, Ireland, or Scotland (as the case may be), to be delivered, in the case of a removal to Scotland, to the Inspector 1862. of the Poor of the parish or combination, and in tioned in the the case of a removal to England or Ireland at the workhouse of such place or of the union or parish containing the port or place nearest to the place mentioned in the warrant as the place of the pauper's ultimate destination. warrant. Relieving Poor to reecive poor persous named in warrant under penalty of £10. 5. The Master of the workhouse of the union or Inspectors of parish in England or Ireland, and the Inspector of the Poor of the parish or combination in Scotland, to which (as the case may be) such warrant is addressed, shall be bound to receive delivery of the poor person named in such warrant, under a penalty of ten pounds for each case of refusal, which penalty may be recovered by the person applying for such warrant by an action in any County Court in England, or Court of Quarter Sessions in Ireland, or Sheriff Court in Scotland, or other competent Court having jurisdiction in the place where such Master or Inspector is resident at the time when such action is brought. Parochial may for 6. If by reason of default of the Guardians, Inspector of the Poor, or other person having charge of such warrant, or otherwise, the poor person named therein shall not be removed to the the place of place of ultimate destination, the Guardians of the ward the pauper to destination and recover the costs. union or parish in England or Ireland, or Parochial Board of the parish or combination in Scotland (as the case may be), to which he has been removed, may, if they think fit, cause the pauper to be removed forthwith to the place mentioned in the warrant, and shall be entitled to be reimbursed the costs incurred in such removal by the Guardians or Parochial Board (as the case may be), or other person on whose application the warrant was obtained, such costs being the actual expense incurred in and about the conveyance and maintenance of each person so removed, which costs may, if not paid on demand, be recovered by an action in any County Court in England or Ireland, or Sheriff Court in Scotland, or other competent Court having jurisdiction in the place 25 & 26 VIC. from whence the removal shall have taken place. c. 113, POOR REMOVAL 1862. Women and children not 7. It shall be unlawful to remove any woman, AMENDMENT or any child under the age of fourteen, as a deck ACT, passenger in any vessel from England to Scotland, or from Scotland to England or Ireland, during the period from the first of October to the thirty- to be refirst of March following, and no regulation of any deck passenSheriff, Magistrate, or Justices authorizing such gers during removal shall be henceforth legal. moved as the winter. Part of § 77 of 8. Section seventy-seven of the Act eighth and ninth Victoria, chapter eighty-three, in so far as 8 & 9 Vic. inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, is cal hereby repealed. pro repealed. of this Act. 9. Except so far as this Act shall alter the Construction visions of the said Acts, this Act shall be construed as part of the same. 10. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS WHICH IMPOSE DUTIES UPON BOARDS OF GUARDIANS AND CLERKS OF UNIONS. RELIEF TO PENSIONERS AND FAMILIES OF SEAMEN, ETC. 19 VICT. CAP. 15. 19 VIC. c. 15, PENSIONERS' An Act for further regulating the Payment of RELIEF AND the Out-Pensioners of Greenwich and Chelsea Hospitals. REPAYMENT THEREOF, 1856. [11th April, 1856.] EXTRACTS. at-War to regulate §2. From and after the passing of this Act, it Secretaryshall be lawful for the Secretary-at-War for the time being to make such rules and regulations for payment of a The office of Secretary-at-War has been abolished, and the duties of the office devolved upon the Secretary of State for War by the Act 26 & 27 Vic. c. 12. out-pen- PENSIONERS' THEREOF, 19 Vic. c. 15, the management and payment of the Chelsea and RELIEF AND Greenwich out-pensioners, whether residing in the REPAYMENT United Kingdom or elsewhere, as shall appear to him best calculated for their and the public advantage, and upon the production of such proof of title to pension as he may consider necessary. 1856. 7. It shall be lawful for the Secretary-at-War, with the consent of any Greenwich or Chelsea pensioner residing temporarily out of the United Kingdom, to pay to or for the benefit of his wife, or, if he have no wife, to or for the benefit of his child or children, such portion of his pension as may be agreed upon; and the receipt or acknowledgment of the person or persons to whom the same shall be paid shall be a full and sufficient discharge to the said Secretary-at-War for the amount so issued by him. 8. If any Chelsea or Greenwich pensioner shall be relieved or become chargeable in Great Britain or Ireland in respect of relief afforded to himself, or to any person whom he is liable to maintaina, or if in any case the Secretary-at-War for the time being and the Guardians of the Poor of any union or parish, or the Overseers of any parish or township not under a Board of Guardians, or the Heritors and Kirk Session of any parish in Scotland, think it desirable that the whole or any part of the pension of such pensioner should be advanced out of the poor's rate or funds applicable to the relief of the poor, it shall be lawful for the Secretary-at-War, by any writing under his hand or under the hand of any officer or person employed by him, to agree with such Guardians or Overseers, or Heritors and Kirk Session, for the repayment to them, out of the pension of any such pensioner, of the amount of relief so advanced to or expended on his account, not exceeding in any case where relief has been administered to his wife or one child only whom he is bound to maintain the amount of one half, or where such relief has aAs to liability to maintain, under the Irish Poor Relief Acts, see 1 & 2 Vic. c. 56, § 53, 54 (p. 39), and 10 Vic, e. 31, § 8 (p. 129). PENSIONERS' been administered to two or more such children, or 19 Vic. c. 15, to his wife and one or more such child or children, RELIEF AND the amount of two thirds, of his pension so REPAYMENT advanced. THEREOF, &c. 1856. 9. In case any Chelsea or Greenwich pensioner Lunatic shall be or become insane, it shall be lawful for pensioners; pensions the Secretary-at-War for the time being, upon may be paid being satisfied of such insanity, to order that the to Guardians, pension of such insane pensioner, or so much thereof as shall appear to the said Secretary-atWar to be necessary for his care and maintenance, shall be paid to such Guardians of the Poor or Overseers, or Heritors and Kirk Session, or to the wife, child, or any other person to whom the care of such insane pensioner may be intrusted, or who may be chargeable for or liable to the expense of his care and maintenance; and the receipt of the person or persons to whom the same shall be so paid shall be a sufficient voucher and discharge for so much money as shall appear to have been paid thereon Provided always, that where no claim or demand shall be made for the support of any such insane pensioner, or where the charge for his care and maintenance does not amount to the full rate of his pension, then and in every such case it shall be lawful for the Secretary-at-War, at his discretion, to order his pension, or so much thereof as may not be necessary for his care and maintenance as aforesaid, to be paid to his wife or child or children, if he have any. 17 & 18 VICT. CAP. 104. An Act to amend and consolidate the Acts relating to Merchant Shipping. EXTRACTS. [10th August, 1854.] 17 & 18 VIC. MERCHANT seamen's § 192. Whenever during the absence of any Relief to seaman on a voyage, his wife, children, and step- families to children, or any of them, become or becomes be charge able on a c. 104, SHIPPING ACT, 1854. 17 & 18 VIC. chargeable to any union or parish in the United MERCHANT Kingdom, such union or parish shall be entitled to be reimbursed out of the wages of such seaman earned during such voyage, any sums properly expended during his absence in the maintenance of his said relations, or any of them, so that such sums do not exceed the following proportions of his said wages; (that is to say,) certain proportion of their wages. Notice to be given to Owner, and enforced on 1. If only one of such relations is chargeable, one half of such wages: 2. If two or more of such relations are chargeable, two thirds of such wages: But if during the absence of the seaman, any sums have been paid by the owner to or on behalf of any such relation as aforesaid, under an allotment note given by the seaman in his, her, or their favour, any such claim for reimbursement as aforesaid shall be limited to the excess (if any) of the proportion of the wages hereinbefore mentioned over the sums so paid. 193. For the purpose of obtaining such reimbursement as aforesaid, the Guardians of the charge to be union or parish where the relief of the poor is the return of administered by Guardians, and the Overseers of the seaman. the poor of any other parish in England, and the Guardians or other persons having the authority of Guardians in any union in Ireland, and the Inspector of the Poor in Scotland, may give to the owner of the ship in which the seaman is serving a notice in writing stating the proportion of the seaman's wages upon which it is intended to make the claim, and requiring the owner to retain such proportion in his hands for a period to be therein mentioned, not exceeding twenty-one days from the time of the seaman's return to his port of discharge, and also requiring such owner immediately on such return to give to such Guardians, Overseers, persons, or Inspector, notice in writing of such return; and such owner, after receiving such notice as aforesaid, shall be bound to retain the a As Vice-Guardians, under § 26 of 1 & 2 Vic. c. 56 (p. 18), and § 18 of 10 Vic. c. 31 (p. 136). |