c. 92, 6&7 Vic. IRISH POOR LAW AMENDMENT Аст, 1843. 26. And be it declared and enacted, That if at any Election of Guardians the Returning Officer have reasonable Cause to doubt the Correctness of any Claim to vote made by any Person in respect of Rent received and Returning retained by such Person, such Returning Officer to Officer shall not admit such Person to vote in in respect of such Election in respect of such Rent, until Rent, in Case such Person produce Evidence, to the Satisfac- until tion of such Returning Officer, of the Amount produced. of such Rent. RATE-PAYERS, &c., AS WITNESSES. refuse Vote of Doubt, Evidence and nominal competent as 27. And be it enacted, That no Rate- Rate-payers payer or Person liable to be rated in any Parties not Union, and no Guardian or paid or unpaid thereby inOfficer of any Union, being as such Guardian Witnesses. or Officer only a nominal Party to any Trial, Appeal, or other Proceeding, and liable only to contribute Costs in respect thereof in common with other Rate-payers of such Union, shall be disabled or prevented from giving Evidence on any Trial, Appeal, or other Proceeding, by reason only of his being such Rate-payer, or so liable to be rated, or of his being such a Party, or so liable to Costs as aforesaid". and this Act 28. And be it enacted, That the said re- Recited Acts cited Acts and this Act shall be construed as to be conOne Act, except so far as the Provisions of strued as any One of such Acts may repeal or alter the Provisions of any previous Act. One Act. amended this 29. And be it enacted, That this Act may Act may be be amended or repealed by any Act to be Session. passed in this present Session of Parliament. SCHEDULE to which this Act refers". Dublin, Limerick, Waterford. • See also 1 & 2 Vic. c. 56, § 104 (p. 78); and 6 Vic. c. 8, and 12 Vic. c. 16, § 4, in Part II. (pp. 309, 310). § 1 (p. 101). 10 Vic. c. 31, 10 VICT. CAP. 31. IRISH POOR An Act to make further Provision for the RELIEF EXTENSION ᎪᏨᎢ, 1847. Relief of the destitute Poor in Ireland. [8th June, 1847.] 1 & 2 Vic. c. 56. RELIEF. § 1. WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Second Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act for the more effectual Relief 2 Vic. c. 1. of the destitute Poor in Ireland, and by sub 6 & 7 Vic. c. 92. sequent 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: Beit 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 Guardians to the Authority of the same, That the Guarthe Relief of dians of the Poor of every Union in Ireland shall make Provision for the due Relief of all such destitute poor Persons as are permamay be re nently disabled from Labour by reason of lieved in or old Age, Infirmity, or bodily or mental DeWorkhouse. fect, 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 provide for destitute Persons: Classes who out of the a § 53, 54 of 1 & 2 Vic. c. 56 (pp. 39, 40); and § 8 of present Act (p. 129). IRISH POOR RELIEF EXTENSION ACT, 1847. them; and it shall be lawful for the said 10 Vic. c. 31, 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 Meansa. be Relief to thorized by Commission cumstances. 2. And be it enacted, That if at any Time Out-door it shall be shown to the Satisfaction of the other classes Poor Law Commissioners, that by reason of may be authe Want of Room in the Workhouse of any ers under Union, or in such additional Workhouse or certain cirWorkhouses as may have been or may 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 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 See further provision in § 7 (p. 128) for relief in cases of sudden and urgent necessity, and in 11 & 12 Vic. c. 47, § 2, 4 (pp. 168, 170), for relief of persons who become destitute in consequence of eviction from their dwellings. JOR EP EXTENSION Аст, 1847. 31. 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 able-bodied, given out of the Workhouse to able-bodied red, to be in Persons under the Authority of any such Order shall be given in Food only, save as hereinafter provided in any Case of sudden and urgent Necessitya. Out-relief to when autho Food only. Commission ers to make as to Admi. nistration of Regulations Re'iof. REGULATION OF OUT-DOOR RELIEF. 3. And be it enacted, That the Poor Law Commissioners, 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 such regula administer such Relief, subject to the Rules and Regulations so to be made by the said Commissioners as aforesaid. Officers to be subject to tions. a See § 7 as to provisional relief in cases of sudden and urgent necessity (p. 128). • See Regulations in Commissioners' General Regulations of 19 Jan., 1852; and in Accounts Order of 8 April, 1853, with Forms of Books and Accounts, in Part III. RELIEVING OFFICERS. 10 Vic. c. 31, IRISH POOR RELIEF EXTENSION Аст, 1847. Officers to be 4. 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 Relieving may deem requisite, to assist in the Adminis- appointed. tration 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 Relicving Officers accordingly, subject to the Approval of the said Commissioners. MEDICAL OFFICERS. Officers may for Medical the Work 5. And be it enacted, That in any Case Medical in which it shall appear to the Poor Law be appointed, Commissioners that the Appointment of a affording Medical Officer or Medical Officers, for afford- Relief out of ing Medical Relief out of the Workhouse in house. 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 of Medical Officers; and the Guar dians, on the Receipt of such Authority and Direction, shall appoint a Medical Officer or Medieal Officers accordingly, subject to the Approval of the said Commissioners. DISTRICT COMMITTEES OF GUARDIANS. Division or 6. And be it enacted, That whenever the Electoral whole of any Electoral Division or Divisions Divisions See Regulations as to the appointment, duties, &c., of Relieving Officers, in Commissioners' General Regulations of 19 Jan., 1852 (Part III), and also in Accounts Order of 8 April, 1853 (Part III) This section is now superseded by § 10 of the Medical Charities Act, 14 & 15 Vic. c. 68 (p. 206), which provided that all provision then made by Law for affording Dispensary relief from poor-rate, or by means of presentment from the County Cess, should cease from and after the day to be named by the Commissioners. more than |