To amend a Clerical Error in an Act of the last Session for regulating the Labour of Children, Young Persons, and Women, in Print Works. 5 [Note.-The Words printed in Italics are proposed to be inserted in the Committee.] W HEREAS by an Act passed in the last Session of Parlia Preamble: ment, intituled, "An Act to regulate the Labour of Children, 8 & 9 Vict. c. 29. Young Persons, and Women, in Print Works," provision was made for the attendance at School of Children employed in Print Works; but by a clerical error in copying the same the word "Fifty" has s. 25. been once inserted by mistake instead of the word "Thirty," in referring to the time of such attendance; 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 10 present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, THAT so much of the said Act as requires the occupier of any Print Work, before employing any child therein, to obtain a certificate that such child had attended school for at least Fifty Days, as therein specified, shall be repealed. 15 1. Repeal of promer Act. vision in for 2. Occupiers of to obtain Cer Print Works tificates of Children's ance. And be it Enacted, That after the First day of July One thousand eight hundred and Forty-six, the Occupier of every Print Work shall, before employing any Child therein, obtain from a Schoolmaster a certificate, according to the form and directious given in Schedule (A.) School attendto the said recited Act annexed, that such Child had attended school 20 for at least Thirty Days, as required by this Act, during the half-year ending the Thirtieth day of June or Thirty-first day of December next before the beginning of such employment and the like certificate at the beginning 92. 5 beginning of each following period of Six Months during which the employment of such Child shall be continued in that Print Work; and such occupier shall keep every such certificate so long as such Child shall continue in his employment for Twelve Months after the date thereof, and shall produce the same to any Inspector or Sub-inspector, when required, during such period. (Ireland.) A BILL To amend an Act of the Seventh Year of King GEORGE the Fourth, for consolidating and amending the Laws relating to Prisons in Ireland. 5 7 Geo. 4, c. 74, HEREAS by an Act passed in the seventh year of the Preamble: reign of his Majesty King GEORGE the Fourth, intituled, "An Act for consolidating and amending the Laws relating to Pri- ss. 90. 92. sons in Ireland," after providing, amongst other things, that it shall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the time being, from time to time, by warrant, to be published in the Dublin Gazette, to order that any Bridewells shall be discontinued, and shall no longer be used as a Bridewell or Prison, it is enacted as follows; (that is to say) "that it shall and may be law- Sect. 92. 10 ful for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the time being to direct that such Bridewells as shall be continued shall be divided into two classes; and that one class of the said Bridewells to be selected and appointed by the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland shall be 15 denominated District Bridewells, to each of which Bridewells a certain district within the county shall be allotted, and that all prisoners committed within such district either for trial at, or under sentence passed by, the Court of Quarter Sessions, shall be kept and remain in such District Bridewell, and shall not be transmitted to the 20 County Gaol, unless some order to that effect shall be made by competent authority, and it shall and may be lawful, in the event of a crowded state of the County Gaol, on the report of the local inspector 497. thereof, 1. 'The recited enactment as to District Bridewells shall extend to Bridewalls built after the passing of the 7 G. 4, c. 74. 2. 5 thereof, for the keeper of any such District Bridewell to detain therein Act may be amended, &c. this Session. And whereas it has been considered that the said recited enactment does not extend or apply to any Bridewell built, erected or established after the passing of the said recited Act, or hereafter to be built, erected or established, and it is expedient that the same should be extended and applied to such last-mentioned cases; 15 BE it therefore Enacted, by The QUEEN's most Excellent MAJESTY, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual 20 and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, THAT the said recited enactment shall be and the same is hereby extended and applied, and shall be deemed and construed as hereafter extending and applying, to any Bridewell or Bridewells in Ireland heretofore built, erected or esta- 25 blished after the passing of the said recited Act, or hereafter to be built, erected or established, as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes as if such Bridewell or Bridewells had been built, erected or established before or at the time of the passing of the said recited Act. And be it Enacted, That this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in this present Session of Parliament. 30 |