make application to

one of Her Majesty's

Justices of the Peace acting for the said Division (*) for a Summons to be served upon one

his Summons to the said Session, to be holden on the

and the said Justice thereupon issued
to appear at a Petty (1) Or insert City,
day of
Borough or other
for the said place.

having been duly

in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and Forty
Division (a) in which he usually acted, to answer her complaint touching the premises.*

and that the said

And that the said served with the said Summons, within Forty Days from the said day of having then applied to the said Justices in Petty Sessions assembled for an order upon the according to the form of the Statute in such case made and provided: And that it having been then proved to the said Justices that the said child was

said

since (), the passing of an Act passed in the eighth year of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled," An Act for the further Amendment of the Laws relating to the Poor in England," (that is to say) on the

day of

in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and Forty of the body of the said

And that the said Justices, having

born a Bastard

heard the evidence of such woman, and such other evidence as she had produced,

and the evidence of the said

the mother of the said child, having been corroborated in some material particular by other testimony, to their satisfaction, did adjudge the said to be the putative father of the

said child, and, having regard to all the circumstances of that case, did order that the said should pay unto

the mother of the said Bastard Child, so long as she should live and be of sound mind, and be not in any gaol or prison, or under sentence of transportation, or to the person who might be appointed to have the custody of such child, under the provisions of the said Statute, the sum of until the said child should attain the age of Thirteen Years, or should die, or the said should marry: And they did further order the said to pay to the said

the sum of

the costs incurred in obtaining their order. And whereas the said

married since the making of the said order, but hath lately (c) and the said child is still alive, and under the age of Thirteen.

Now we

Majesty's Justices of the Peace acting in and for the County (a) of do hereby order and appoint one

in the County of (a)

being

hath not

Two of Her

of

not being an officer of any parish or union, and having consented thereto, to have the custody of such Bastard Child, so long as such Bastard Child shall not be chargeable to any parish

N. B.-A Duplicate of this Appointment is to be sent through the post or otherwise, by the Clerk of the Justices to the Clerk to the Guardians of the Union or Parish wherein the Mother of the said Child resided at the time when she died or ceased to be entitled to receive the payments under the order.

within Six calendar Months before.

or?
Died; or, become of unsound mind; or, is now in the gaol or prison of
; or, is under sentence of transportation.

in the county of

• This Form must be completed in regard to the recitals by reference to the order of the Justices.

Bastardy Bill.

AMENDMENTS MADE BY THE LORDS

TO THE

"BILL to make certain Provisions for Proceedings in Bastardy."

Pr. 2. 1. 13. 1. 24.

Pr. 4. 1. 10.

Pr. 6. 1. 30.

Pr. 7. 1. 19.

Pr. 9. 1. 4.

1. 25.

1. 35.

Pr. 10. 1. 6.

1. 13.

1. 34.

After "Order," insert " heretofore."

After "last," insert "or in place whereof any other Order shall have been made.'

After "sufficient" insert Clause (A.)

After "attorney" insert Clause (B.)

After "Justices" insert Clauses (C.) and (D.)

In the SCHEDULE to the Bill:

Leave out "in and."

After "on" insert " (b)."

Leave out "said."

After "fit" insert" at the petty sessions therein named."
After "

expenses," insert "(b) Insert some day when the petty session will be held, after the birth of the child, and at such a distance of time that Six Days at least may elapse after the issuing of the summons and the service on the man, or at his place of abode, before the petty session."

1. ult.

Pr. 46. 1. 19.

1. penult.

Pr. 47. 1.6.

After "months" insert "(h) where warrants are issued after the passing of this Act, the Justices should insert the amount of these costs and charges."

Pr. 48. 1. 16.

1. 29.

Pr. 49. 1. 1.

1.29.

Leave out" in and."

1. 17.

After "months," insert "(i) where warrants are issued after the passing of this Act, the Justices should insert the amount of these costs and charges."

AND

AND whereas it is enacted by the said Act, That any single woman CLAUSE (A.) who may be with child, may apply to a Justice of the Peace, as therein described, for a summons to be served upon the man alleged by her to be the father of such child, and that such Justice shall thereupon issue his summons to such man to appear at a petty session as therein also set forth; and power is given to such woman, after the birth of the child, to apply to the Justice at such petty session for an Order upon the person so alleged by her to be the father of such child; but doubts are entertained as to the time which shall be fixed by such Justice for the appearance of the said man so summoned at petty session, and it is desirable to remove the same; BE it therefore Enacted, That the said Justice to whom any application shall be made by any such woman being pregnant, shall summon the man to appear at some petty session at which he usually acts, to be held on a day after the time when the said mother shall expect the child to be born; provided that if on such day the woman shall not have been delivered, or the Justices shall be satisfied that she has been delivered at so short a period before such day that she cannot appear at the said session, it shall be lawful for the Justices thereat to adjourn the hearing of the said case until some other day, and so from time to time until the child shall have been born, and the woman shall be able to attend at the said session; and it shall be lawful for the Justices at their petty session to make an Order in respect of any such application so made by such woman so pregnant to a Justice as aforesaid, if she apply at such petty session within the space of Two calendar Months from the birth of the child, although more than Forty Days shall have elapsed from the time when the summons was served upon the alleged father, or was left at his last place of abode.

AND whereas it is provided in the said first-recited Act, that if CLAUSE (B.) default be made by the putative father in payment of the sums ordered to be paid to the mother of a bastard child, any Justice may, by warrant, cause such putative father to be brought before any Two Justices; and it is further provided, that such Two Justices may, by warrant, direct the sum appearing to be due under any such Order, and the costs, to be recovered by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of such putative father; and if upon the return of such warrant, or if by the admission of such putative father, it appears that no sufficient distress can be had, then any such Two Justices may cause such putative father to be committed to prison: AND whereas doubts have been entertained whether such power of committal exists where it is shown that the putative father has goods and chattels whereon a distress might be levied, but the same are not within the jurisdiction of such Justices; BE it therefore Declared and Enacted, That the said Justices are and shall be empowered to commit. any such putative father to prison, according to the provisions of the said Act,