No. XX. c. 66. II. And be it further enacted, That no person, being under the age of sixteen years, shall be employed in any description of work whatsoever, in spinning cotton wool into yarn, or in the previous preparation of such 59 Geo. IIL wool, or in the cleaning or repairing of any mill, manufactory, or building, or any millwork or machinery therein, for more than twelve hours in any one day exclusive of the necessary time for meals; such twelve hours to be between the hours of five o'clock in the morning and nine o'clock in the evening. every III, And be it further enacted, That there shall be allowed to such person in the course of every day, not less than half an hour to breakfast, and not less than one full hour for dinner; such hour for dinner to be between the hours of eleven o'clock in forenoon and two o'clock in the afternoon. No person under sixteen years of age, to be employed in &c. for more abycotton mill, than 12 hours. Hours of meal time appoint IV. Provided nevertheless, and be it further enacted, That if at any time, in any such mill, manufactory, or buildings as are situated upon ed. streams of water, time shall be lost in consequence of the want of a due Time to be supply, or of an excess of water, then and in every such case, and so often as the same shall happen, it shall be lawful for the proprietors of any such mill, manufactory, or building, to extend the before mentioned time of daily labour, after the rate of one additional hour per day, until such lost time shall have been made good, but no longer. V. And be it further enacted, That the ceilings and interior walls of every such mill, manufactory, or building shall be washed with quick lime and water twice in every year. VI. And be it further enacted, That in a conspicuous part of every such mill, manufactory, or building, a copy of this Act, or a full and true abstract of the regulations provided hereby, shall be hung up and affixed, and signed by the proprietors, manager, or overseer of such mill, manufactory, or building; and that such copy or abstract shall be kept and renewed, so that the same shall be at all times legible. any made up by accidental intermission after the rate of an additionalhour per day. Ceilings and walls to be cleansed twice a year. Publication of this Act in every cotton mill, &c. Penalty on actingcontrary to the provisions of this Act. VII. And be it further enacted, That every master or mistress, of such cotton mill, manufactory, or building, who shall wilfully act contrary to or offend against any of the provisions of this Act, or any of the provisions of the above recited Act, shall for every such offence forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding twenty pounds, nor less than ten pounds, at the discretion of the justices before whom such offender shall be convicted; one half whereof shall be paid to the informer, and the other half to Application of the overseers of the poor in England, to the churchwardens in Ireland, peualties. and to the ministers and elders in Scotland, of the parish or place where such offence shall be committed; to be by them applied in aid of the poor rate in England, and for the benefit of the poor in Ireland and Scotland, of such parish or place: Provided always, that all informations, for of Limitation of fences against the said recited Act or this Act, shall be laid within three actions. calendar months subsequently to the offence being committed, and not after the expiration of such three calendar months: Provided also, that all penalties inflicted by this Act shall be levied, recovered, and applied in manner directed by the said recited Act. VIII. And be it enacted, That this Act shall be deemed and taken to Public Act. be a public Act, and shall be judicially taken notice of as such by all judges, justices, and others, without specially pleading the same. No. XXI. [No. XXI.] 60 George III. and 1 George IV. c. 5.—An Act to amend an Act of the last Session of Parliament, to make further Provision for the Regulation of Cotton Mills and Factories, and for the Preservation of the Health of young Persons employed therein.-[23d December 1819.] WHEREAS an Act was made in the fifty-ninth year of the reign of his & 1 Geo. IV. present Majesty, intituled, An Act to make further Provision for the Regulation of Cotton Mills and Factories, and for the better Preservation of the Health of young Persons employed therein: And whereas it is expedient to pro- 59 G. 3. c. 66. 60 Geo. III. c. 5. No. XXI. 60 Geo. III. & 1 Geo. IV. c. 5. In case of mills being destroy ed, persons belonging to them may be employed by night in other nrills. Hour for dinner to be be tween eleven and four. Public Act. No. XXII. 1 Geo IV. c. 93. 4 Ed. 4. c. 1. 1 Ann. st. 2. c. 18. 12 G. 1. c. 34. vide for accidents by fire or otherwise, which may arise in the working of such mills or factories, by which many persons may be suddenly deprived of employment, and to alter the said Act: Be it therefore enacted by the King'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 on the event of one or more mills being suddenly destroyed by fire or other accident, the proprietors thereof, possessing other mills which are kept at work during the day, shall, for eighteen months from the day on which any such fire or other accident shall happen, be allowed to employ the persons who were previously at work on the mill or mills so destroyed, and employ them in the night time in any other mill or mills, for any period not exceeding ten hours in any one night. II. And whereas it is by the said Act enacted, that there shall be allowed to every person, in the course of every day, not less than half an hour to breakfast, and not less than one full hour for every dinner; such hour for dinner to be between eleven of the clock in the forenoon and two of the clock in the afternoon: And whereas it is expedient that the period thereby specified for the hour of dinner should be altered; Be it therefore enacted, That such hour for dinner shall be between the hours of eleven of the clock in the forenoon and four of the clock in the afternoon; any thing in the said Act to the contrary notwithstanding. III. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall be deemed and taken to be a Public Act, and shall be judicially taken notice of as such by all judges, justices, and others, without being specially pleaded. [No. XXII.] 1 Geo. IV. c. 93.-An Act to amend and render more effectual the Provisions of divers Acts, for securing to certain Artificers, Workmen, and Labourers, in such Acts mentioned, the due Payment of their Wages, -[24th July 1820.] WHEREAS in and by certain provisions contained in an Act passed in the fourth year of the reign of his Majesty King Edward the Fourth, and by certain other provisions of an Act, passed in the first year of the reign of her Majesty Queen Anne, intituled, An Act for the more effectual preventing the Abuses and Frauds of Persons employed in the working up the Woollen, Linen, Fustian, Cotton, and Iron Manufactures of this Kingdom; and by certain other provisions of an Act passed in the twelfth year of the reign of his said Majesty King George the First, intituled, An Act to prevent unlawful Combination of Workmen employed in the Woollen Manufacture, and for the better Payment of their Wages; and by certain other provisions of an Act passed in the thirteenth year of the reign of 13 G. 1. c. 23. his said late Majesty King George the First, intituled, An Act for the better Regulation of the Woollen Manufacture, and for preventing Disputes among the Persons concerned therein, and for limiting a Time for prosecuting for the Forfeiture appointed by an Act of the twelfth Year of his Majesty's Reign, in case of Payment of the Workmen's Wages in any other Manner than in Money; and by certain other provisions of an Act passed in the thirteenth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Second, intituled, An Act to explain and amend an Act made in the first Year of the Reign of her late Majesty Queen Anne, intituled, An Act for the more effectual preventing the Abuses and Frauds of Persons employed in the working up the Woollen, Linen, Fustian, Cotton, and Iron Manufactures of this Kingdom, and for extending the said Act to the Manufactures of Leather: and by certain other provisions of an Act passed in the twenty-second year of the reign of his said late Majesty 22 G. 2. c. 27. King George the Second, intituled, An Act for the more effectual preventing of Frauds and Abuses committed by Persons employed in the Manufac ture of Hats, and in the Woollen, Linen, Fustian, Cotton, Iron, Leather, Fur, Hemp, Flax, Mohair, and Silk Manufactures; and for the preventing the unlawful Combination of Journeymen Dyers and Journeymen Hot Press 13 G. 2. c. 8. No. XXII. 1 Geo. IV. c. 93. ers, and of all Persons employed in the said several Manufactures; and for the better Payment of their Wages; and by certain provisions of an Act passed in the twenty-ninth year of the reign of his said Majesty King George the Second, intituled, An Act to render more effectual an Act passed in the twelfth Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George, intituled An Act to prevent unlawful Combinations of Workmen employed in the 29 G. 2. c. 33. Woollen Manufactures, and for better Payment of their Wages; and also an Act passed in the thirteenth Year of the Reign of his said late Majesty, for the better Regulation of the Woollen Manufacture, and for preventing Disputes among the Persons concerned therein, and for limiting a Time for prosecuting for the Forfeiture appointed by the aforesaid Act, in case of the Payment of the Workmen's Wages in any other Manner than in Money; and by certain other provisions of an Act passed in the seventeenth year of his late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for amending 17 G. 3. c. 56. and rendering more effectual the several Laws now in being, for the more effectual preventing of Frauds and Abuses by Persons employed in the Manufacture of Hats, and in the Woollen, Linen, Fustian, Cotton, Iron, Leather, Fur, Hemp, Flax, Mohair, and Silk Manufactures; and also for making Provisions to prevent Frauds by Journeymen Dyers; as well as by the provisions of two other Acts of the fifty-seventh year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Third, the one intituled, An Act to extend 57 G. 3. c. 115. the Provisions of an Act of the twelfth Year of his late Majesty King George the First, and an Act of the twenty-second Year of his late Majesty King George the Second, against the Payment of Labourers in Goods or by Truck, and to secure their Payment in the lawful Money of this Realm, to Labourers employed in the Manufacture of Articles made of Steel, or of Steel or Iron combined, and of Plated Articles, and of other Articles of Cutlery; and the other intituled, An Act to extend the Provisions of an Act of the twelfth 57 G. 3. c. 122. Year of his late Majesty King George the First, and an Act of the twentysecond Year of His late Majesty King George the Second, against Payment of Labourers in Goods or by Truck, and to secure their Payment in the lawful Money of this Realm, to Labourers employed in the Collieries, or in the working and getting of Coal in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and for extending the Provisions of the said Acts to Scotland and Ireland; the payment of the wages of workmen, in certain trades and occupations in the aforesaid Acts enumerated, in any other way than in the lawful coin or money of this realm, is prohibited, and made penal: And whereas by an Act passed in the fifty-eighth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act to amend certain 58 G. 3. c. 51. Acts passed in the fourth Year of King Edward the Fourth; first and tenth Years of Queen Anne; first, twelfth, and thirteenth Years of King George the First; thirteenth, twenty-second, and twenty-ninth Years of King George the Second; and thirteenth and fifty-seventh Years of King George the Third, prohibiting the Payment of the Wages of Workmen in certain Trades otherwise than in the lawful Coin or Money of this Realm; it was made lawful for all persons concerned in the trades or occupations, or concerned in the employment of artificers, workmen, or labourers of the descriptions mentioned in the aforesaid Acts, or any of them, to pay the wages of their workmen, labourers, or artificers, in a note or notes of the governor and company of the Bank of England, or in a note or notes of any duly licensed banker or bankers, issued under the authority of the statutes for the time being in that behalf made and provided, and according to the provisions of the statutes for the time being for granting and regulating the stamp duties, in all cases where their labourers, workmen, or artificers should be willing to accept and receive the same in payment of their wages, but not otherwise: And whereas the protection intended to be afforded to artificers, workmen, and labourers of the description in the said Acts mentioned, by requiring the payment of their wages in money or bank notes, is not effectually given by the provisions in the said Acts contained: Be it therefore enacted by the King'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 if any person or persons concerned in the employment of Persons con No. XXII. 1 Geo. IV. c. 93. cerned in the employment of workmen shall not make any stipulation for expending their wages in violation of the recited Acts, on penalty of forfeiting (in lieu of any penalty imposed by recited Acts) not less than 101. nor more than 201. Powers in former Acts for recovery of penalties, to be exercised for enforcing penalties of this Act. Quarter sessions on certain cases award treble costs. artificers, workmen, or labourers of the descriptions mentioned in the aforesaid Acts, or any of them, shall after the passing of this Act at any time make or impose, or cause to be made or imposed, any restriction, stipulation, or agreement, either directly or indirectly, as to the place or manner of expending or laying out the whole or any part of any wages, money, or bank notes, agreed to be paid to any artificer, workmen, or labourer of the descriptions mentioned in the aforesaid Acts, or any of them, or as to the person or persons with whom the same or any part of such wages, money, or bank notes shall be expended or laid out, or shall in any way do any thing contrary to or in violation of any of the provisions of the aforesaid Acts, or any of them, so far as respects the payment or receipt of wages, every person so offending, and being thereof lawfully convicted, shall forfeit and pay, in lieu of any penalty or penalties imposed by the said recited Acts or any of them, any sum not less than ten pounds nor more than twenty pounds, in the discretion of the justice or justices before whom any such offender shall be convicted, together with the full costs and charges attending such conviction, and which costs and charges such justice or justices is and are hereby empowered to ascertain and settle; any thing contained in any Act or Acts of Parliament to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding, II. And be it also further enacted, That all the powers, provisions, and regulations in the said Acts before mentioned, or any of them contained, for the levying, enforcing, or recovering any penalty or forfeiture thereby imposed, shall and may be exercised and applied for the levying, enforcing, or recovering any forfeiture or penalty by this Act imposed, in as ample and full a manner as if the same had been hereby enacted; and all and every penalties and penalty, when recovered, shall be applied and disposed of in such manner as forfeitures and penalties under the said recited Acts or any of them are, by the said Act passed in the fifty-eighth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Third, directed to be paid and applied. III. And be it also further enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act it shall be lawful for any court of quarter sessions to which any appeal may in appeal may be made in pursuance of any provisions contained in the aforesaid Acts, or any of them, or of this Act, respecting the payment or receipt of wages, to award treble costs to be paid by the appellant or appellants, in any case where the cause of such appeal shall be by such court of quarter sessions determined against any such appellant or appellants, and to enforce the payment of such treble costs in like manner as such court may be authorized to enforce the payment of common costs awarded by such court in ordinary cases. IV. And whereas it is by an Act made in the twentieth year of the 20 G. 2. c. 19. reign of his late Majesty King George the Second, intituled, An Act for the better adjusting and more easy Recovery of the Wages of certain Servants, and for the better Regulation of such Servants, and of certain Apprentices, it is enacted, That all complaints, differences, and disputes which shall arise between masters and mistresses, and artificers and labourers, hired for a year or longer, respecting wages, shall be determined by one or more jus tice or justices of the peace; and in case of non-payment of the sum ordered by the space of twenty-one days, then the same may be levied by distress and sale: And whereas by another Act made in the thirty-first year of his said late Majesty, the provisions of the said Act are extended to all servants in husbandry, although hired for a less period than a year: And whereas it is expedient that the justice or justices before whom complaint shall be made, shall be empowered to order payment of the wages due within a shorter period; Be it therefore enacted, That every justice or order payment justices of the peace, before whom any complaint shall be made in pursuance of the said Acts, or either of them, shall and may order the amount of the wages that shall appear due to any such artificers or labourers to be paid to the person entitled thereto within such period as the said justice or justices shall think proper; and in case of refusal or non-payment thereof, to levy the same by distress and sale, in manner directed by the said first-recited Act. Justices may of wages within such period as they think proper. Distress in case of refusal. V. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall be put in force and be executed for the term of one year, and from thence to the end of the then next session of Parliament, and no longer, from the passing thereof. No. XXII. 1 Geo. IV. c. 93. of Act. [No. XXIII.] 4 George IV. c. 34.-An Act to enlarge the Continuance 4 Geo. IV. c. 34. 6 G. 3. c. 25. 4 G. 4. c. 29. Masters or WHEREAS an Act was passed in the twentieth year of the reign of his No. XXIII. Majesty King George the Second, intituled An Act for the better adjusting and more easy Recovery of the Wages of certain Servants, and for the better Regulation of such Servants, and of certain Apprentices; and another Act was passed in the sixth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for better regulating Apprentices, and 20 G. 2. c. 19. Persons working under Contract; and also another Act was passed in this present session of Parliament, intituled An Act to increase the Power of Magistrates in cases of Apprenticeships; and it is expedient to extend the powers of the said Acts; be it therefore enacted by the King'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 it shall and may be lawful, not only for any master or mistress, but also for his or her steward manager or agent to make complaint upon oath against any apprentice, within the meaning of the said before recited Acts, to any justice of the peace of the county or place where such apprentice shall be employed, of or for any misdemeanor misconduct or ill behaviour of any such apprentice; or if such apprentice shall have absconded, it shall be lawful for any justice of the peace of the county or place where such apprentice shall be found, or where such apprentice shall have been employed, and any such justice is hereby empowered, upon complaint thereof made upon oath by such master, mistress, steward, manager, or agent, which oath the said justice is hereby empowered to administer, to issue his warrant for apprehending every such apprentice; and further, that it shall be lawful for any such justice to hear and deterinine the same complaint, and to punish the offender by abating the whole or any part of his or her wages, or otherwise by commitment to the house of correction, there to remain and be held to hard labour, for a reasonable time not exceeding three months. II. And be it further enacted, That all complaints differences and disputes which shall arise between masters or mistresses and their apprentices, within the meaning of the said before recited Acts, or any of them, touching or concerning any wages which may be due to such apprentices, shall and may be heard and determined by one or more justice or justices of the peace of the county or place where such apprentice or apprentices shall be employed, which said justice or justices is and are hereby empowered to examine on oath any such master or mistress, apprentice or apprentices, or any witness or witnesses, touching any such complaint difference or dispute, and to summon such master or mistress to appear before such justice or justices at a reasonable time to be named in such summons, and to make such order for payment of so much wages to such apprentice or apprentices, as according to the terms of his her or their indentures of apprenticeship shall appear to such justice or justices, under all the circumstances of the case, to be justly due, (provided that the sum in question do not exceed the sum of ten pounds,) the amount of such wages to be paid within such period as the said justice or justices shall think proper, and shall order the same to be paid; and in case of a refusal or non-payment thereof,such justice and justices shall and may issue forth his and their warrant, to levy the same by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of such master or mistress, rendering the overplus to the owners, after payment of the charges of such distress and sale. VOL. VIII. R their Steward or Agent may make Complaint against Apprentices. Justices may abate Wages, or commit to House of Correction. Justices may order Payment of Wages to Appreutices, provided the Sum in question does not exceed 101. |