Anno primo & secundo Guilielmi IV Regis.

  • Great Britain.
Date:
1831
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Anno primo & secundo Guilielmi IV Regis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In Cases of District Magistrates being dis¬ qualified, other Magi¬ strates may hear Cases. In case of Partnerships, One Name sufficient for Summons, &c. Service of Summons. Register of Time of working Steam En¬ gines, &c. to be kept. Justices may convict under certain Cases. to the Offence being committed; and the Summons shall be served within Six Days of the Date of the Information. XIV. And be it further enacted, That in all Cities, Boroughs, or Corporate Towns where the Manufacture of Cotton is carried on, and where the Magistrates for the Time being are disqualified by the fore¬ going Clause from administering this Act, then and in every such Case, and so often as the same shall happen, it shall be lawful for the Magistrates of the County in which the Offence may be committed (and not otherwise disqualified as aforesaid) to administer, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to hear, examine, and deter¬ mine any Offences committed against the Provisions of this Act in any such Cities, Boroughs, or Corporate Towns; or it shall be law¬ ful for the Complainant to remove the Cases of Information or Complaint from the said Cities, Boroughs, or Corporate Towns to any other Court of Session or Petty Session, not exceeding Twelve Miles from the Place where the Offence shall have been committed; any Law, Charter, Usage, or Custom to the contrary notwithstanding. XV. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be deemed neces¬ sary in any Information, Summons, or Warrant issued in pursuance of this Act, to set forth the Name or other Designation of each and every the Partners in any such Mill or Factory, but that it shall be lawful to insert in such Information, Summons, or Warrant the Name of the ostensible Occupier, or Title of the Firm by which the Occupier or Occupiers employing the Workpeople of every such Mill or Factory are usually designated and known. XVI. And be it further enacted, That the Service of such Sum¬ mons or Warrant on any Occupier, principal Manager, Conductor, or Agent of any such Mill or Factory, shall be good and lawful Service. XVII. And be it further enacted, That the Occupier or Occupiers of every such Mill or Factory shall on each and every Day enter or cause to be entered in a Book to be kept for that Purpose, to be called “ The Time Book,” a true and correct Account of the Time which the Steam Engine or Water-wheel and Machinery of such Mill or Factory shall have been in operation during such Day; and such Book shall be produced for Inspection before any Justice of the Peace acting for the Division where such Mill is situated, whenever any such Justice shall, by Notice in Writing, require the same. XVIII. And be it further enacted. That in case it shall be proved, to the Satisfaction of the Justices before whom any Information under this Act shall be heard, that the Steam Engine or Water Wheel or propelling Machinery of any such Mill or Factory was in opera¬ tion for the regular Process of Manufacture, on the Day mentioned in such Information, before Five of the Clock in the Morning or after Nine of the Clock in the Evening, then it shall and may be lawful for such Justices to convict the Party complained against, unless it shall be proved by One or more credible Witness or Witnesses, to the