First [- third] report of the Commissioners. : With appendix.

  • Great Britain. Children's Employment Commission (1862)
Date:
1863-1864
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Credit: First [- third] report of the Commissioners. : With appendix. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    COMMISSION. ^irtcria, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith. Co Our trusty and well-beloved Hugh Seymour Tremenheere, Esquire, Richard Dugard Grainger, Esquire, and Edward Carleton TufFnell, Esquire, greeting: Wi\i)tl't^$ an humble Address was presented unto us by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, humbly praying that We would be graciously pleased to direct an Inquiry to be made into the Employment of Children and young Persons in Trades and Manufactures not already regulated by Law. ^OU) fenobj pf, that We, reposing great Trust and Confidence in your Ability and Discretion, have nominated, constituted, and appointed, and do by these Presents nomi- nate, constitute, and appoint you the said Hugh Seymour Tremenheere, Richard Dugard Grainger, and Edward Carleton TufFnell, to be Our Commissioners for the purposes aforesaid. ^Ut! for the better Discovery of the Truth in the Premises, We do by these Presents give and grant unto you, or any Two of you, full Power and Authority to call before you, or any Two of you, such Persons as you shall judge necessary, by whom you may be the better informed of the Truth in the Premises, and to inquire of the Premises and every part thereof, by all other lawful ways and means whatsoever. 9[ntl We do hereby also give and grant unto you, or any Two of you, full Power and Authority, when the same shall appear to be requisite, to administer an Oath or Oaths to any Person or Persons whatsoever, to be examined before you, or any Two of you, touching or concerning the Premises. ^ntl Our further Will and Pleasure is, that you. Our said Commissioners, do, with as little delay as may be consistent with a due discharge of the Duties hereby imposed upon you, certify unto Us, under your Hands and Seals, your several proceedings in the premises. ^ntl We do further will and command, and by these Presents ordain, that this Our Commission shall continue in full force and virtue, and that you. Our said Commissioners, or any Two of you, shall and may from time to time proceed in the execution thereof, and of every matter or thing therein contained, although the same be not continued from time to time by adjournment. 9[nt( We hereby command all and singular Our Justices of the Peace, Sheriffs, Mayors, Bailiffs, Constables, Officers, Ministers, and all other Our loving Subjects- whatsoever, as well within Liberties as without, that they may be assistant to you, and each of you, in the execution of these Presents. ^Ill3 for your assistance in the execution of this Our Commission, we have made choice of Our trusty and well-beloved Prideaux Selby, Esquire, Barrister at Law,' to be Our Secretary to this Our Commission, and to attend you, whose services and assistance We require you to use, from time to time, as occasion may require. $n SSEltUfd^ whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent. Witness Ourself at Westminster, the Eighteenth Daj^ of February, in the Twenty-fifth Year of Our Reign. By Warrant under the Queen's Sign Manual. C. ROM ILLY.