Act may be amended, &c. 3&4 W.4. c. 103. 7&8 Vict. c. 15. 6 II. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in this Session of Parliament. CAP. XXIX. An Act to limit the Hours of Labour of young Persons and Females in Factories. [8th June 1847.] WE WHEREAS an Act was passed in the Fourth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, intituled An Act to regulate 'the Labour of Children and young Persons in the Mills and • Factories of the United Kingdom; and another Act was passed in the Session of Parliament held in the Seventh and Eighth • Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act to amend the Laws relating to Labour in Factories; and by the said first-mentioned Act it was provided, that no Person under the Age of Eighteen Years should be employed in any such Mill or Factory as in the said Act is mentioned, in any 'such Description of Work as therein-before specified, more than Twelve Hours in any One Day, nor more than Sixtynine Hours in any One Week, except as therein-after is pro'vided; and by the said last-mentioned Act it was provided, that no Female above the Age of Eighteen Years should be employed in any Factory as defined by the said Act, save for the same Time and in the same Manner as young Persons (by the said Act defined to be Persons of the Age of Thirteen Years and under the Age of Eighteen Years) might be employed in Factories: And whereas it is expedient to alter the said Acts for the Purpose of further restricting the Hours of Labour of young Persons and Females in Factories: 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, That, notwithstanding any thing in the Hours during said Acts contained, from the First Day of July One thousand eight hundred and forty-seven no Person under the Age of ployed in Mills Eighteen Years shall be employed in any such Mill or Factory, in such Description of Work as in the said first-mentioned Act is specified, for more than Eleven Hours in any One Day, nor for more than Sixty-three Hours in any One Week, except as in the said Act is provided; and that from the said First Day of July One thousand eight hundred and forty-seven the said Two Acts before mentioned shall in all respects be construed as if the Provision in the Provision in the said first-mentioned Act contained, as to Persons under the Age of Eighteen Years working in Mills and Factories, had been confined to Eleven Hours instead of Twelve Hours in any One Day, and to Sixty-three Hours in any One Week instead of Sixty-nine Hours. Limiting the which Persons are to be em and Factories. Limiting the II. And be it enacted, That from the First Day of May One thousand eight hundred and forty-eight no Person under the Persons under Age of Eighteen Years shall be employed in any such Mill or Eighteen Years Factory, Factory, in such Description of Work as in the said first-men- of Age are to tioned Act is specified, for more than Ten Hours in any One be employed. Day nor more than Fifty-eight Hours in any One Week, except as in the said Act is provided; and that from the First Day of May One thousand eight hundred and forty-eight the said Two Acts shall in all respects be construed as if the Provision in the said first-mentioned Act contained, as to Persons under the Age of Eighteen Years working in Mills and Factories, had been confined to Ten Hours instead of Twelve Hours in any One Day, and Fifty-eight Hours in any One Week instead of Sixty-nine Hours. III. And be it enacted, That the Restrictions respectively Act extended by this Act imposed as regards the working of Persons under to Females the Age of Eighteen Years shall extend to Females above the Age of Eighteen Years. IV. And be it enacted, That the said Two herein-before mentioned Acts as amended by this Act, and this Act, shall be construed together as One Act. above Eighteen. Recited Acts and this Act to be construed as One Act. V. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or Act may be repealed by any Act to be passed in this present Session of amended, &c. Parliament. CAP. XXX. 6 An Act for extending the Period of Service of Boys in [8th June 1847.] WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, 'intituled An Act for the Encouragement of the voluntary 5&6W.4.c.24. Enlistment of Seamen, and to make Regulations for more effectually manning His Majesty's Navy, it was enacted, that 'no Person shall be liable to be detained against his Consent in the Naval Service of His Majesty for a longer Period than 'Five Years, to be computed from the Day of his being entered into the same, unless he shall have voluntarily entered for a longer Term, and except as therein-after provided: And 'whereas it is expedient that Boys who enter into the Naval Service of Her Majesty when under the Age of Sixteen Years shall, if not previously discharged, remain in such Ser'vice in all Cases for the Period of Seven Years;' 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, That every Boy who, when Boys entering under the Age of Sixteen Years, shall enter the Service of Her the Navy under Majesty's Navy shall be liable to be detained in the said Ser- of Age may be vice, either with or against his Consent, for any Period not detained Seven exceeding Seven Years, to be computed from the Day of his Years in the being entered into the same; and at the Expiration of such upon any special Seven Years he shall, upon his Application for that Purpose, Emergency be entitled to be discharged, unless the Admiral or Commanding may be detained Officer of the Fleet, Division, or Squadron under whose Com- Period. mand Sixteen Years Service, and for a further Arrest not 10 VICT. mand he shall be shall, in consequence of any special Emergency, deem it advisable not to discharge him, in which Case such Admiral or Commanding Officer shall have Power to detain him in the said Service for a further Period of Six Calendar Months, or until such Emergency shall have ceased, and then the Person so detained shall be entitled to receive for such extra Service One Fourth, in addition to the Pay or Wages of Persons under his Rating: Provided always, that if any such Person shall be under Arrest or Imprisonment at the Period at which he shall be entitled to his Discharge, then his Discharge shall not take place until such Arrest or Imprisonment shall have ceased, or in case he shall have been put under Arrest in order to be brought to Trial for any Offence, his Discharge shall not take place until he have been tried for such Offence, and have undergone the Punishment to which he may be adjudged for the same by Sentence of Court-martial; and every Person entitled to his Discharge shall not be exempt from Performance of the Duties of his Station, but be amenable and subject to the Discipline of the Navy, and to the several Laws, Regulations, and Provisions in force for the Time being for the Government and Regulation thereof, until he be actually discharged. entitled to Dis- Persons entering the Navy under the Age Privileges on II. And be it enacted, That every Person who shall have entered the Naval Service of Her Majesty when under the Age of Sixteen Years shall be entitled to the same Privileges upon his Discharge as other Seamen are upon their Discharge, but he shall not be entitled to the Addition of One Fourth to the Pay or Wages of his Rating until the Expiration of the said Seven Years, and when serving in the Fleet without having ever been discharged he shall not be entitled to any Bounty which shall, by any Order in Council or Proclamation of Her Majesty then in force, be offered to Seamen to volunteer to enter into the said Service unless such Order in Council or Proclamation be in force when his Service for Seven Years shall Persons allowed expire, and he shall, previous to the Expiration of such Serto re-enter and vice, signify to his Commanding Officer his Desire to continue receive Bounty in the said Service for a further Period of Five Years, to be at the Expiration of Seven computed from the Expiration of his Service of Seven Years, and shall be allowed to re-enter accordingly, in which Case he shall, upon such re-entering, be entitled to be paid the single Bounty offered by Her Majesty's Proclamation to Volunteers of the Class and Rating for which he is suited; and every such Volunteer shall, at the Expiration of such further Period of Five Years, be entitled to his Discharge, under and subject to the like Regulations and Restrictions as Volunteers are entitled to their Discharge after Five Years continuous Service. Years, and shall serve a further Period of Five Statement made as to Age to be conclusive Evidence. Act not to ex III. And be it enacted, That the Statement by any Boy of his Age at the Time of his Entry into the Service of Her Majesty's Navy shall be conclusive Evidence of his being that Age at the Time of his Entry, for the Purposes of this Act. IV. And be it enacted, That nothing in this Act contained tend to diminish shall extend to control or diminish the Authority vested in the Authority of Admiralty to Lord High Admiral, and also in the Commissioners for exe 1847. Naval Service of Boys.-Poor Relief (Ireland). Cap. 30, 31, cuting the Office of Lord High Admiral, to discharge as he or discharge they shall think fit, or to authorize the Discharge of any Seaman Seamen. or Boy from Her Majesty's Naval Service. 329 V. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or Act may be repealed by any Act to be passed in the present Session of amended, &c. Parliament. CAP. XXXI. An Act to make further Provision for the Relief of the destitute Poor in Ireland. [8th June 1847.] WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Second Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act for 1&2 Vict. c. 56. the more effectual Relief of the destitute Poor in Ireland, and by subsequent Acts amending the same, Provision has been made for the Relief of the Poor in Workhouses by the • Guardians of the Poor in the several Unions in Ireland: And whereas the Powers of the said Guardians of the Poor ⚫ have not been found sufficient for the due Relief of the destitute Poor, and it is expedient to make further Provision in that Behalf:' 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, That the Relief of destiGuardians of the Poor of every Union in Ireland shall make tute Persons. Provision for the due Relief of all such destitute poor Persons as are permanently disabled from Labour by reason of old Age, Infirmity, or bodily or mental Defect, and of such destitute poor Persons as, being disabled from Labour by reason of severe Sickness or serious Accident, are thereby deprived of the Means of earning a Subsistence for themselves and their Families, whom they are liable by Law to maintain, and of destitute poor Widows having Two or more legitimate Children dependent upon them; and it shall be lawful for the said Guardians to relieve such poor Persons, being destitute as aforesaid, either in the Workhouse or out of the Workhouse, as to them shall appear fitting and expedient in each individual Case; and the said Guardians shall take order for relieving and setting to work in the Workhouse of the Union, at all Times when there shall be sufficient Room in the Workhouse of the Union to enable them so to do, such other Persons as the said Guardians shall deem to be destitute Poor, and unable to support themselves by their own Industry or by other lawful Means. rized. II. And be it enacted, That if at any Time it shall be shown Out-door Relief to the Satisfaction of the Poor Law Commissioners that by may be autho reason of the Want of Room in the Workhouse of any Union, or in such additional Workhouse or Workhouses as may have been or may be provided for the Reception and Maintenance of the Poor of such Union, adequate Relief cannot be afforded therein to destitute poor Persons not being Persons permanently disabled, or destitute poor Persons disabled by Sickness or Accident Regulations as for Relief, &c. Accident as aforesaid, or such destitute poor Widows as aforesaid, or that the Workhouse or Workhouses of any Union, as the Case may be, by reason of Fever or infectious Disease, is or are unfit for the Reception of poor Persons, it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners from Time to Time, by Order under their Seal, to authorize and empower the Guardians of such Union to administer Relief out of the Workhouse to such destitute poor Persons for any Time not exceeding Two Calendar Months from the Date of such Order, and at any Time after the making of such Order to revoke the same by an Order under their Seal for that Purpose, and on the Receipt by the Guardians of any Union of any such Order authorizing Relief out of the Workhouse as aforesaid they shall make Provision for the Relief of the destitute poor Persons of the said Union accordingly, for such Time as shall be specified in the said Order, or until the said Order shall be revoked: Provided always, that all Relief given out of the Workhouse to ablebodied Persons under the Authority of any such Order shall be given in Food only, save as herein-after provided in any Case of sudden and urgent Necessity. III. And be it enacted, That the Poor Law Commissioners, to Application from Time to Time as they shall see fit, shall regulate and determine the Manner of Application for all Relief to be given under the Provisions of this Act, and the Manner of inquiring into the Circumstances of the Applicants for Relief, and the Kind of Relief to be afforded out of the Workhouse, when not directly specified by this Act, and the Manner of granting, ordering, and giving such Relief, and keeping the Accounts thereof, and of making and keeping Lists of the Persons so applying, and of the Persons so relieved; and the Guardians of the Union and their Officers shall administer such Relief, subject to the Rules and Regulations so to be made by the said Commissioners as aforesaid. Relieving Officers to be appointed. Medical Officers may be appointed. IV. And be it enacted, That the Poor Law Commissioners shall direct the Guardians of each Union in Ireland to appoint so many Relieving Officers as the said Commissioners may deem requisite to assist in the Administration of Relief under this Act, and under the Acts now in force for the Relief of the destitute Poor in Ireland, and the said Guardians, on receiving such Authority and Direction, shall appoint such Relieving Officers accordingly, subject to the Approval of the said Commissioners. V. And be it enacted, That in any Case in which it shall appear to the Poor Law Commissioners that the Appointment of a Medical Officer or Medical Officers for affording Medical Relief out of the Workhouse in any Union is necessary and expedient, it shall be lawful for the Commissioners to direct the Guardians of the Union to appoint a Medical Officer or Medical Officers, and the Guardians, on the Receipt of such Authority and Direction, shall appoint a Medical Officer or Medical Officers accordingly, subject to the Approval of the said Commissioners: VI. And |