An Act for the more speedy removal of certain nuisances, and to enable the Privy Council to make regulations for the prevention of contagious and epidemic diseases until the thirty-first day of August ... [1847].

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[1846?]
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Credit: An Act for the more speedy removal of certain nuisances, and to enable the Privy Council to make regulations for the prevention of contagious and epidemic diseases until the thirty-first day of August ... [1847]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Witnesses or other legal Evidence, forthwith to determine and give Judgment in such Complaint, without any written Plead- ings or Record of Evidence, and to grant Warrant for the Re- covery of all Penalties and Expenses decerned for, failing Pay- ment within Eight Days after Conviction, by Poinding and Imprisonment for a Period at the Discretion of the Sheriff or Justices not exceeding Fourteen Days. Applica- XI. Aftd-be iterractcd, That all Penalties imposed by the nalties Authority of this Act shall be applied in or towards the Relief of the Poor of the Parish or Place in which any Offence as aforesaid may have been committed. Orders of XII. And be-rt enacted, That every Order which may be be'lai^be- 80 ma(^e as aforesaid by the Lords of Her Majesty’s Privy fore Parlia- Council, or by any Three or more of them, or by the Lord ment. Lieutenant and Privy Council of Ireland, shall be forthwith laid before both Houses of Parliament, if Parliament shall be then sitting, and that such Orders as shall be so made when Parliament shall not be sitting shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament within Fourteen Days next after the Commence- ment of the first Session which shall ensue upon the Date of any such Order. Justices XIII. Afcd-bedt enacted, That all and every Expense which may order may be reasonably and properly incurred in carrying into effect Wof^y 0f pie pr0visions of this Act relating to the cleansing of expended Houses, or to the Removal of Nuisances, and not recovered for the Pur-from Owners or Occupiers under the Provisions herein-before thi*Act contained, or to any Proceedings had or taken in pursuance of any Order issued under the Authority of this Act for Preven- tion of any formidable, contagious, or epidemic Diseases, shall be retained or defrayed out of the Rates or Monies raised or contributed for the Relief of the Poor of the Parish or Extra- parochial Place maintaining its own Poor in which the same shall be so incurred, and in other Extra parochial Places out of the Poor’s Rate of the Parish nearest adjoining; and it shall be lawful for any Two Justices and they are hereby required to order and direct from Time to Time, as Occasion may require, the Treasurer of the Guardians, or other Officer of the Union or Parish, or the Overseer of the Parish in which any such Ex- pense shall have been so incurred as aforesaid, to pay such Sums as may be expressed in such Order out of any Monies which may come into his Hands by virtue of his Office; and in case any such Treasurer, other Officer, or Overseer on whom any such Order shall be made shall neglect or refuse to pay the said Money so named in such Order for the Space of Twenty Days, it shall be lawful to recover the same by Distress and Sale of his or their Goods and Chattels, together with the Costs thereof, by Warrant under the Hand and Seal of any Two Justices authorized to make such Order for Payment. XIV.