Short Title. Penalty for placing poisoned Flesh in Fields, &c. Not to apply to for Destruction As to Application of Act. 6 Poisoned Flesh Prohibition, &c. CA P. CXV. An Act to prohibit the placing of poisoned Flesh and W WHEREAS it is expedient to extend the Provisions of an Act passed in the Session of Parliament held in the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act to prohibit the Sale and Use of Poisoned Grain or Seed: 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: 1. This Act may be cited for all Purposes as The Poisoned Flesh Prohibition Act, 1864." 2. Every Person who shall knowingly and wilfully set, lay, put, or place, or cause to be set, laid, put, or placed, in or upon any Land any Flesh or Meat which has been mixed with or steeped in or impregnated with Poison or any poisonous Ingredient so as to render such Flesh or Meat poisonous and calculated to destroy Life, shall, upon a summary Conviction thereof, forfeit any Sum not exceeding Ten Pounds, to be recovered in the Manner provided by The Poisoned Grain Prohibition Act, 1863: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall prevent Owners or Occupiers of Land in Ireland from laying or causing to be laid any poisonous Matter as herein-before described, after a Notice has been posted in a conspicuous Place, and Notice in Writing has been given to the nearest Constabulary Station. 3. Nothing in this Act shall make it unlawful for the Occupier of any Dwelling House or other Building, or the Owner of any Rick or Stack of Wheat, Barley, Oats, Beans, Peas, Tares, Seeds, or of any cultivated Vegetable Produce, to put or place or cause to be put or placed in any such Dwelling House or other Building, or in any enclosed Garden attached to such Dwelling House, or in the Drains connected with any such Dwelling House, provided that such Drains are so protected with Gratings or otherwise as to prevent any Dog from entering the same, or within such Rick or Stack, any Poison or poisonous Ingredient or Preparation for the Destruction of Rats, Mice, or other small Vermin. 4. This Act shall not apply to any Grain, Seed, or Meal within the Provisions of The Poisoned Grain Prohibition Act, 1863, and the Provisions of the Fifth Section of the said Poisoned Grain Prohibition Act, 1863, shall apply to any Proceeding instituted under this Act, and shall come into operation on are First October One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four. CA Sea An Act to make Provision for distributing the Charge of mede Relief of certain Classes of poor Persons over the whole of the Metropolis. [29th July 1864.] papitaal perpetual WHEREAS it is expedient that Provision should be made WHEREAS it is expedient that Provision should be made 20124 for distributing the Charge of the Relief of certain poor Vidona Persons in the Metropolis during the ensuing Winter otherwise Ch.34 than is now lawful: 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, Unions in the 1. That after the Twenty-ninth Day of September next the After Sept. 29th Guardians of every Union or Parish situated wholly or partly the Guardians within the District to which the Metropolis Local Management of Parishes or Act applies may, subject to the Orders and Regulations of the Metropolis may Poor Law Board, make out a separate Account of the Money keep Account expended by them daily in the Relief of destitute Wayfarers, of Relief to Wanderers, or Foundlings during the Hours from Eight o'Clock certain Poor, at Night until Eight o'Clock in the Morning, and submit the same and obtain Reto the Auditor appointed to audit their Accounts at the usual Times of Audit, who shall duly examine the same, and shall certify the Amount which he shall find to have been legally expended in and about such Relief under his Hand, and if the Poor Law Board shall have certified that proper Wards or Places of Reception have been provided by such Guardians, the said Guardians may thereupon make Application in Writing to the Metropolitan Board of Works for Reimbursement of the Amount so certified by the Auditor. imbursement of the Amount from Metropolitan Board of Works. Guardians out of their General 2. The said Metropolitan Board of Works shall forthwith pay The Metropothe Amount so certified to the Guardians making the Application litan Board of out of the Funds in their Possession from Time to Time raised Works shall under the Provisions of the said Metropolis Local Management reimburse the Act, and the Amount so paid shall be deemed to be Part of the Expenses for which the said Board are empowered to make Assessments under the said Act, and the said Guardians shall apply the Sum received in aid of the Poor Rate of their Parish or the Common Fund of their Union, as the Case may be, and shall account for the same accordingly. Rate. 3. The Relief to which this Act shall apply shall include Food What Relief to and Articles of Necessity supplied by the said Guardians, or by be reimbursed. their Relieving or other Officer, or by any Metropolitan Police Constable authorized by them in such Behalf, and also the Cost of Lodging or Shelter hired or temporarily provided for any such poor Person, but not Money given to him. same 4. Where the Guardians shall have provided proper Wards Provision for or other Places of Reception for this Class of Poor, and the the Case where shall have been approved of by the Poor Law Board, they may Vagrant Wards established. include as Part of the Expense incurred by them in the Relief of these poor Persons such Sum in respect of each Pauper as the 27 & 28 VICT. Gg Poor Guardians to provide proper Casual Wards. Not to apply to Interpretation Short Title. Short Title. Contracts may be made in Terms of the Poor Relief (Metropolis). Poor Law Board shall from Time to Time allow for the Cost and Expense of temporarily providing and maintaining such Wards or other Places. 5. Where no adequate Accommodation exists, the Guardians shall provide within their respective Unions or Parishes such Wards or other Places of Reception for destitute Wayfarers and Foundlings as the Poor Law Board, having regard to the Number of Persons likely to require Relief therein respectively, shall direct. In default of making such Provision, and until the same has been made, the Guardians of the Union or Parish so making default shall not be entitled to the Benefit of this Act. 6. The Provisions of this Act shall not apply to any Expenditure for Relief incurred after the Half Year which will expire at Lady Day One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five. 7. The several Words used in this Act shall be construed as in the Act of the Fourth and Fifth William the Fourth, Chapter Seventy-six, and the subsequent Acts explaining and extending the same, and the Provisions thereof not inconsistent with anything herein contained shall be incorporated herewith. 8. This Act may be cited for all Purposes as the "Metropolitan Houseless Poor Act, 1864.” CA P. CXVII. An Act to render permissive the Use of the Metric System as well as our foreign Trade, and for the Advancement of 'Science, it is expedient to legalize the Use of the Metric System ' of Weights and Measures:' 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: 1. This Act may be cited as the "Metric Weights and Measures Act, 1864.” 2. Notwithstanding anything contained in any Act of Parliament to the contrary, no Contract or Dealing shall be deemed to be invalid or open to Objection on the Ground that the Weights Metric System. or Measures expressed or referred to in such Contract or Dealing are Weights or Measures of the Metric System, or on the Ground that Decimal Subdivisions of legal Weights and Measures, whether Metric or otherwise, are used in such Contract or Dealing. Equivalents of Metric Weights and Measures in Terms of Weights and Measures. 3. The Table in the Schedule hereto annexed shall be deemed to set forth, in Terms of the Weights and Measures in force in this Country, the Equivalents of the Weights and Measures therein expressed in Terms of the Metric System, and such Table may be lawfully used for computing, determining, and expressing, in Weights and Measures, Weights and Measures of the Metric System. SCHE Weights and Measures (Metric System). SCHEDULE to which this Act refers. SCHEDULE OF TABLES of the Values of the principal Denominations of Measures and Weights on the Metric System expressed by means of the legalized Denominations of Measures and Weights in Great Britain and Ireland. 25 & 26 Vict. c. 97. 26 & 27 Vict. c. 50. Time for making certain Byelaws extended. An Act to amend the Acts relating to Salmon Fisheries in Twenty-sixth Years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled An Act to regulate and amend the Law respecting the Salmon Fisheries of Scotland; and another Act was passed in the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled An Act to 'continue the Powers of the Commissioners under the Salmon 'Fisheries (Scotland) Act until the First Day of January One ' thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and to amend the said 'Act: And whereas by the first-recited Act Provision was made 'for determining by Byelaws certain Matters on or before the First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and sixtythree, and certain other Matters on or before the First Day of 'January One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, and for reporting the same to the Secretary of State; and by the secondrecited Act the Time for determining and reporting on certain ' of such Matters was continued till the First Day of January 'One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five; and it is expedient that the Times so limited should be extended, and that the said 'Two recited Acts should be amended:' 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: 1. The said Commissioners shall and may, on or before the First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, determine the Matters specified and referred to in the Sixth, Fifteenth, and Sixteenth Sections of the first-recited Act, and the |