[61 & 62 Vict.]
Out-door Belief {Ireland).
A Jt> X L L
TO
Make temporary provision for the Relief of Distress in a.d.
1898.
Ireland.
BE it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and
with the advice and consent of fcho Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :— 5 1.—(1.)
At any time before the first day of September, one Extension of
thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, the Local Government Powerto Board for Ireland may, if they think fit, by order under their seal, door relief in authorise the board of guardians of any poor law union, subject to J00!1
and such conditions as may be prescribed by the said Local Government 10 Board, to administer relief out of the workhouse, for any time not
exceeding two months from the date of such order, to any poor persons resident in the union, and the said Board may, by a like order, revoke any such order either wholly or partly or with reference to any particular class of persons.
15 (2.)
On the receipt by the guardians of any union of any order
of the said Board authorising such relief, the guardians shall make provision for affording such relief accordingly for such time and on such conditions as may be specified in the order, or until the order is revoked.
20 (3.)
Section two of the Poor Belief (Ireland) Act, 1862 (which 25 & 26 Vict.
excludes an occupier of more than a quarter of an acre from being c' relieved otherwise than in the workhouse) shall not apply as regards relief given under this Act.
(4) So long as an order of the Local Government Board 25 authorising relief under this Act is in force in any poor law union all expenses incurred, whether by direction of the board of guardians acting in pursuance of such order or provisionally by the
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