shall amount to; and if there be no such Money in their Hands, or an insufficient Sum, they shall levy the Sum required as a Part of the Rates to be made and levied for defraying the Expences of the last-recited Act, and for that Purpose shall proceed in the same Manner and have the same Powers, Remedies, and Privileges as are provided by the Acts in force for Relief of the destitute Poor in Ireland for levying Money for defraying the Expences of the last-recited Act, and from Time to Time shall pay over the Sums so collected to the Person mentioned in the Warrant; and any Rate made and levied for the Pur- Any Rate made poses of this Act shall be deemed a Rate made and levied for for the Purdefraying the Expences of the last-recited Act, and the same Act to be Persons shall be liable, and the same Hereditaments rateable deemed a Rate thereunto, and all the Provisions of the Acts in force for Relief made under the last-recited Act. of the destitute Poor in Ireland shall apply to the Rates so made and levied as if they were made and levied under the Authority of the last-recited Act, and the Receipt of the Person named in the Warrant shall be a sufficient Discharge to the Guardians for the Sum so paid by them, and shall be allowed as such in auditing and passing their Accounts. poses of this fuse to pay Commissioners carry the same X. And be it enacted, That if the Guardians shall refuse or If Guardians wilfully neglect to pay the Sum mentioned in any such Warrant neglect or reout of any Monies in their Hands as aforesaid, or to procure Money authoPayment thereof to be made by any of the Ways and Mean's rized by this authorized by this Act, or, where such Monies shall be insuf- Act, Poor Law ficient, if they shall refuse or wilfully neglect to make and levy may dissolve such Rate as aforesaid, so that the Sum mentioned in the War- the Board, and rant shall not be paid to the Person mentioned in the Warrant appoint paid within the Time or Times mentioned therein, or if the said Officers to Guardians shall fail in any respect duly and efficiently to dis- into execution. charge their Duties in the Execution of this Act, it shall be lawful for the Commissioners appointed for carrying into execution the said Act of the Second Year of the Reign of Her Majesty, to declare such Board of Guardians to be dissolved, and thereupon to appoint such and so many paid Officers as they may think fit to carry into execution the Acts in force for the Time being for the Relief of the destitute Poor in Ireland, and this Act, and from Time to Time to revoke and determine any such Appointment, and from Time to Time as they shall see fit to define and direct the Execution of the Duties of such Officers, and the Amount and Nature of the Security to be given by such of them as the last-mentioned Commissioners shall think ought to give Security, and to regulate the Amount of Salaries payable to such Officers respectively, and the Time and Mode of Payment thereof, and such Salaries shall be chargeable on and payable out of the Rates levied for the Relief of the destitute Poor of such Union, and all Officers so appointed shall continue to hold their Offices during the Continuance of this Act, unless their Appointment shall be sooner revoked and determined by the last-mentioned Commissioners. B 3 XI. And XI. And be it enacted, That as soon as may be after making any Rate for the Purposes of this Act, the Guardians shall give Notice in One or more Newspapers usually circulating in the County of the Amount of such Rate, and of the Time when it will be payable and of the Place where the Book containing the Particulars of such Rate may be inspected by the Rate-payers. XII. And be it enacted, That the Sums so paid over to the Person mentioned in any such Warrant on behalf of the Finance Committee of any Union, Electoral Division or Divisions, and also all Sums which shall be raised by voluntary Contributions, shall be either paid over to the Relief Committee of the Electoral Division or Divisions on account of which they were severally demanded, at such Times and in such Manner as shall be directed by any Instructions or Regulations to be from Time to Time issued to them by the Relief Commissioners, or shall be employed by the said Finance Committee, pursuant to the like Instructions and Regulations, in procuring such Food and Necessaries as may be needed by any such Relief Committee, for enabling them most effectually to carry out the Purposes of this Act. XIII. And be it enacted, That the said Relief Commissioners, with the Sanction of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, shall be empowered from Time to Time to direct whether the whole or any Part of the Sum mentioned in any such Warrant so issued on behalf of any Electoral Division shall be borne by and charged exclusively against such Electoral Division, or whether the whole or any Part thereof shall be borne by and charged against the whole Union; and the Guardians shall charge the whole Union and the several Electoral Divisions accordingly; and in the Absence of any Directions by the said Relief Com missioners, the whole Sum for which any such Warrant shall issue on behalf of any Electoral Division shall be borne by and charged against such Electoral Division exclusively; and whenever any such Directions shall be made directing that the whole Part of any Sum mentioned in any such Warrant shall be charged against the whole Union, such Directions shall be annexed to the Warrant and sent to the Guardians therewith. or any XIV. And be it enacted, That the Inspector of any such Union or Electoral Division or Divisions shall from Time to Time certify under his Hand to the Relief Commissioners the Amount of the several Sums mentioned in such allowed Estimates, and also the several Amounts for the Levy of which the Guardians shall have proceeded toward making Rates, and the actual Amounts which shall have been paid pursuant to the said Warrants. XV. And whereas it is expedient to give Facilities for the Advance of Money on the Credit of Rates which are in course of Collection, or which are to be made;' be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, or any Three or more of them, to cause to be issued, as of making and as a temporary Advance, from Time to Time, at any Time on the Credit of before the First Day of October in this Year, as they may find Rates in cours necessary, out of the growing Produce of the Consolidated collecting. Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, any Sum or Sums of Money, not exceeding Three hundred thousand Pounds, by way of Imprest, to the said Relief Commissioners for the Execution of this Act, to be by them applied by way of Loan on the Security of the Rates made or to be made as herein-after provided, for the Purposes of this Act; and all such Sums of Money shall be repaid to the Consolidated Fund by the said Relief Commissioners, in such Manner as the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury may direct, from and out of the Rates to be levied in the Union on behalf of which such Loan shall have been made. XVI. And be it enacted, That as soon as any Board of As soon as Guardians shall have resolved on making any Rate for the Guardians shall Purposes of this Act, and the Inspector of the Union shall have have resolved on making Rate certified under his Hand to the Relief Commissioners that such Relief CommisResolution has been passed, and that to the best of his Belief the sioners may Guardians are proceeding with all possible Despatch to make grant Loans on and levy such Rate, the Relief Commissioners may, if they the same. shall think fit, make such Loans on the Credit of the Rates so about to be made as shall be authorized by the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury. the Credit of XVII. And be it enacted, That the Amount of any such As to the Loan, or any Proportion thereof which the Relief Commis- Repayment of sioners shall think fit to advance, from Time to Time, shall be Loans. paid by the said Relief Commissioners to the Person mentioned in the Warrant to receive Money on behalf of the Finance Committee of the Union, Electoral Division or Divisions, on whose Rehalf such Money is to be paid, to be by them applied in the Manner herein-before directed as to the Sums received under any such Warrant, and thereupon the Treasurer of the Union shall pay to the Relief Commissioners the Rates levied in such Union, except such Part as he shall be allowed to retain for the other Purposes of the Acts in force for the Relief of the destitute Poor in Ireland, by any Regulations to be from Time to Time made by the Relief Commissioners, until the whole Amount of the Loan, or Advances made on account of such Loan, shall be reimbursed to the said Relief Commissioners; and any Treasurer of any Union who, after Notice of any such Loan or Advance given to him in Writing under the Hand of any One of the said Relief Commissioners, shall pay away to any Person other than the Person appointed in and by such Notice to receive the Rates on behalf of the Relief Commissioners any Part of any Rate collected in such Union, beyond what he shall have been so allowed to retain by the Regulations of the said Relief Commissioners, until the whole of such Loan or Advances shall have been reimbursed to the said Relief Commissioners, shall be liable to pay to the said Relief Commissioners the Sum which he shall have so wrongfully paid away; B 4 and On Application of Relief Com missioners Treasury may make Grants or Contributions 10 VICT. and in case of Nonpayment thereof it shall be lawful for any Justice of the Peace, on Complaint of any One of the said Inspectors, to levy the Amount so wrongfully paid away by. Distress and Sale of the Goods and Chattels of such Treasurer; and the Receipt of the Receiver mentioned in and by such Notice shall be a sufficient Discharge to the Treasurer for so much Money as shall be paid by him to such Receiver, and shall be allowed in auditing and passing his Accounts. XVIII. And be it enacted, That, on the Application of the Relief Commissioners, the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury shall be empowered to cause to be issued and paid from Time to Time, as they shall find necessary, out of any in aid of Rates Monies which may be granted for that Purpose, any Sum or Sums of Money, under such Regulations and Conditions as the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury shall think fit, in aid of the Rates so to be made as aforesaid or of voluntary Contributions for the Purposes of this Act, and all such Monies shall be paid over to the Finance Committee of the Union, or Electoral Division or Divisions, on account of which it shall have been issued, and shall be applied and accounted for in like Manner as the Monies paid pursuant to any Warrant as aforesaid. XIX. And be it enacted, That the said Relief Commissioners shall be authorized and required from Time to Time to make Rules and Regulations in regard to the Proceedings of any such Finance Committees and Relief Committees, and in regard to the making out the Lists of destitute Persons, the making or revising and allowing Estimates as to Relief Funds, the Mode of Application for Relief, the Mode of Inquiry into the Circumstances of the Applicants for Relief, the Description of Relief to be afforded, and whether by Gift or Sale, the Mode of granting, ordering, and giving such Relief, the keeping the Accounts thereof, the Security to be given by any Person who shall receive any Monies for the Purposes of this Act, the making of Reports, and such other Matters as the said Commissioners shall deem necessary; and the Relief to be furnished under this Act shall be administered subject to the Rules and Regulations so to be made by the said Relief Commissioners. XX. And be it enacted, That no Guardian, paid Officer, Member of any Finance Committee or Relief Committee under this Act, or other Person in whose Hands the Collection of any Rates, Grants, Loans, or voluntary Contributions, or the providing for, ordering, Management, Control, or Direction of the Relief of the destitute Poor, under the Provisions of this Act, shall or may be placed, shall, either in his own Name or the Name of any other Person, provide, furnish, or supply for his own Profit Materials, Goods, or Provisions for the Use of the destitute Poor under this Act, during the Time for which he or they shall retain such Appointment, nor shall be concerned for his own Profit directly or indirectly in furnishing or supplying the same, or in any Contract relating thereto, under pain of forfeit ing the Sum of One hundred Pounds, with full Costs of Suit to any Person who shall sue for the same by Action of Debt or on the Case in any of Her Majesty's Courts of Record at Dublin. XXI. And be it enacted, That when, pursuant to any such Produce of Regulations as aforesaid, any Food or Necessaries shall have Sales to be applied for the been sold under the Direction of any Relief Committee, the Purposes of Monies arising from such Sale shall be applied for the Purposes this Act, subof this Act by such Relief Committee, subject to such Instruc- ject to Regulations and Regulations as they shall from Time to Time receive Commissioners. in respect thereof from the said Relief Commissioners. XXII. And be it enacted, That no Warrant shall be issued under this Act, nor shall any Grant or Loan be made by the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury in aid of any Rates to be levied under this Act, after the First Day of October in this Year. tions of Relief No Grant or made by the XXIII. And be it enacted, That in this Act the Words Interpretation "Lord Lieutenant" shall be construed to extend to any Lords of Act. Justices, or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland. XXIV. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or Act may be repealed by any Act to be passed in this Session of Parliament. amended, &c. CAP. VIII. An Act to apply the Sum of Eight Millions out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty-seven. [18th March 1847.] Most Gracious Sovereign, WE, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, towards making good the Supply which we have cheerfully granted to Your Majesty in this Session of Parliament, have resolved to grant unto Your Majesty the Sum herein-after mentioned; and do therefore most humbly beseech Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and 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 there shall and There shall be may be issued and applied, for or towards making good the applied for the Supply granted to Her Majesty for the Service of the Year Year 1847, One thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, the Sum of Eight the Sum of Millions out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom 8,000,000l. out of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Commissioners of Her of the ConsoliMajesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or any Three or more of them, or the Lord High Treasurer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Service of the dated Fund. for |