7 February 1862. 25 Vict.
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ILL
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Amend tlie Law
for tlie Relief of the Poor
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"HEREAS it is expedient to amend the Laws relating to
the Relief of the Poor in Ireland : Be it therefore enacted
by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the
Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and
5 Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority
of the same, as follows :
1. Whereas it has been found that the Mortality among infant
Children admitted into Workhouses without their Mothers is very
large, and that in other respects the Workhouses are not well suited
10 in all Cases for the Care and Nurture of such Children during
Infancy, and it is therefore expedient to extend the Powers of
Boards of Guardians for the Relief of destitute Poor Children who
are Orphans or who have been deserted by their Parents : Be it
enacted. That it shall be lawful for the Board of Guardians to
15 provide for the Relief of any Orphan or deserted Child out of the
Workhouse, by placing such Child out at Nurse or otherwise in such
Mnmipr and subject to such Regulations as the said Board of Guar¬
dians shall, with the Sanction of the Commissioners for administering
the Laws for the Relief of the Poor in Ireland, deem fit to adopt;
provided that no Child shall continue to be so relieved after the Age
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Preamble.
Permittiug
Guardians
to maintain
Orphans and
deserted
Children out
of the Work¬
house up to
the Age of
Fifteen
