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A.D. 1901. (5.) "Percussion-cap works," that is to say, any place in which persons work for hire in A.D. 1901. making percussion caps, or in mixing or storing the chemical materials for making them, any process incidental to making percussion caps;

"Percussion-cap

(6.) "Cartridge works," that is to say, any place in which persons work for hire in making works. cartridges, or in any process incidental to making cartridges, except the man ufacture of the "Cartridge paper or other material that is used in making the cases of the cartridges;

works."

(7.) "Paper-staining works," that is to say, any place in which persons work for hire in "Paperprinting a pattern in colours upon sheets of paper, either by blocks applied by hand, or by staining rollers worked by steam, water, or other mechanical power;

(8.) "Fustian-cutting works," that is to say, any place in which persons work for hire in fustian cutting;

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"Fustian

works."

cutting (9.) Blast furnaces," that is to say, any blast furnace or other furnace or premises in or on " Blast furwhich the process of smelting or otherwise obtaining any metal from the ores is carried on; (10.) "Copper mills";

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Copper mills.' "Iron

(11.) "Iron mills," that is to say, any mill, forge, or other premises, in or on which any process is carried on for converting iron into malleable iron, steel, or tin plate, or for otherwise mills." making or converting steel;

on;

dries."

(12.) "Foundries," that is to say, iron foundries, copper foundries, brass foundries, and "Founother premises or places in which the process of founding or casting any metal is carried except any premises or places in which such process is carried on by not more than five persons and as subsidiary to the repair or completion of some other work;

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(13.) "Metal and india-rubber works," that is to say, any premises in which steam, water, “Metal and or other mechanical power is used for moving machinery employed in the manufacture of rubber machinery, or in the manufacture of any article of metal not being machinery, or in the works." manufacture of india-rubber or gutta-percha, or of articles made wholly or partially of indiarubber or gutta-percha;

(14.)“ Paper mills," that is to say, any premises in which the manufacture of paper is "Paper carried on;

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(15.) Glass works," that is to say, any premises in which the manufacture of glass is "Glass carried on;

mills."

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(16.) "Tobacco factories," that is to say, any premises in which the manufacture of tobacco "Tobacco, is carried on; (17.) "Letter-press printing works," that is to say, any premises in which the process of letter-press printing is carried on;

factories." "Letter

(19.) "Flax scutch mills";

(18.) "Bookbinding works," that is to say, any premises in which the process of bookbinding "Bookbind. is carried on;

press printing works."

ing works."

"Flax scutch

(20.) "Electrical stations, ," that is to say, any premises or that part of any premises in which mills." electrical energy is generated or transformed for the purpose of supply by way of trade, or for "Electrical the lighting of any street, public place, or public building, or of any hotel, or of any railway, stations." mine, or other industrial undertaking.

PART II.

NON-TEXTILE FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.

(21.) "Hat works," that is to say, any premises in which the manufacture of hats or any
rocess incidental to their manufacture is carried on.

"Hat

works."

(22.) "Rope works," that is to say, any premises being a ropery, ropewalk, or rope work, in "Rope which is carried on the laying or twisting or other process of preparing or finishing the lines, works." twines, cords, or ropes, and in which machinery moved by steam, water, or other mechanical power is not used for drawing or spinning the fibres of flax, hemp, jute, or tow, and which has no internal communication with any buildings or premises joining or forming part of a textile factory, except such communication as is necessary for the transmission of power;

(23.) "Bakehouses," that is to say, any places in which are baked bread, biscuits, or "Bakeconfectionery from the baking or selling of which a profit is derived;

(24.) "Lace warehouses," that is to say, any premises, room, or place not included in bleaching and dyeing works as herein-before defined, in which persons are employed upon any manufacturing process or handicraft in relation to lace, subsequent to the making of lace upon a lace machine moved by steam, water, or other mechanical power;

houses." "Lace warehouses."

(25.) "Shipbuilding yards," that is to say, any premises in which any ships, boats, or vessels "Shipbuildused in navigation, are made, finished, or repaired;

ing yards."

(26.) "Quarries," that is to say, any place, not being a mine, in which persons work in A.D. 1901. "Quarries." getting slate, stone, coprolites or other minerals;

A.D. 1901.

"Pitbanks."

(27.) "Pit-banks," that is to say, any place above ground adjacent to a shaft of a mine, in which place the employment of women is not regulated by the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 50 & 51 Vict. 1887, or the Metalliferous Mines Regulation Act, 1872, whether such place does or does not form part of the mine within the meaning of those Acts.

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35 & 36 Vict. c. 77.

(28.) Dry cleaning, carpet beating, and bottle washing works.

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ENACTMENTS REPEALED FROM A DATE TO BE FIXED BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

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Legalizing

marriages solemnized in certain churches.

An Act for legalizing Marriages heretofore solemnized in certain Churches and Places. [17th August 1901.]

WHEREAS doubts have arisen as to the validity of certain marriages solemnized in certain churches and places mentioned in this Act, and it is expedient to remove those doubts:

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, as follows::

1.—(1.) All banns of matrimony and marriages published or solemnized in the churches and places mentioned in the first column of the Schedule to this Act between the dates mentioned as respects each such church or place in the second column of that Schedule shall be as valid as if they had been published or solemnized in a church duly consecrated and licensed for marriages.

(2.) All banns of matrimony and marriages published or solemnized in the church of St. Mary, Greenhithe, Kent, in respect of persons residing on board the two training ships moored in the Thames off Greenhithe before the seventeenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine shall be as valid as if those two training ships had been comprised, as they now are, within the new parish of St. Mary, Greenhithe.

(3.) A minister who has solemnized any marriage to which this section refers shall not be liable to any ecclesiastical censure, or to any proceedings for penalties whatsoever, by reason of having solemnized the marriage.

(4.) The register of the marriages so solemnized, or copies of the register, shall be received in all courts as evidence of those marriages in the same manner as registers of marriages in parish churches or copies thereof are by law receivable in evidence.

2. This Act may be cited as the Marriages Short title. Legalization Act, 1901.

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St. John's Old Church, Sleights (York) in the Ancient Chapelry Between 1st January 1828
of Ugglebarnby.
and the date of the passing
of this Act.

St. John's New Church, Sleights (York) in the Ancient Chapelry Between 20th September 1895
of Ugglebarnby.

The Church of the Ancient Chapelry of Ugglebarnby (York)

St. John's Church in the District (now new Parish) of St. John,
Ipswich (Suffolk).

St. Peter's Church, Woodmansey, in the Parish of Beverley
Minster (York).

and the date of the passing
of this Act.
Between 1st January 1828 or
the date of the consecra-
tion of the church if before
the 1st January 1828 and
the date of the passing of
this Act.

Between 9th December 1899
and 8th March 1900.
Between 9th December 1898
and the date of the passing
of this Act.

The Parish Room of Cadney, in the parish of Cadney-cum- Between 1st January 1895 and
Howsham (Lincoln).
the date of the passing of
this Act.

The Chapel of Howsham, in the parish of Cadney-cum- Between 1st January 1899 and
Howsham (Lincoln).
the date of the passing of
this Act.

St. Tanwg's Church, Harlech, in the parish of Llandanwg, Between 18th February 1839
Merioneth.

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and the date of the passing
of this Act.

Between 17th August 1869

and 4th July 1901.

A.D. 1901.

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Burgh Sewerage, Drainage, and Water Supply (Scotland) Act, 1901.

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An Act to amend the Law in regard to the Sewerage and Drainage and Water Supply of Burghs in Scotland.

[17th August, 1901.]

Be it 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, as follows:

PART I.

1. Where sums of money have been borrowed or are owing by the town council or commisewers, &c. sioners of a burgh under any Act for purposes of sewerage and drainage or water supply, the town council as the authority under the Burgh

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5 & 56 Vict. Police (Scotland) Act, 1892 (herein-after referred to as the principal Act), as amended by 3 & 64 Vict. the Town Councils (Scotland) Act, 1900, shall provide the sums necessary for repaying the principal and paying the interest of such sums out of the assessments herein-after mentioned, and the said sums shall constitute a charge on the said assessments, and the creditors shall have all the powers, rights, and remedies at the passing of this Act exerciseable by a lender of money on the security of the assessments originally assigned to them, and the said assessments herein-after mentioned shall be deemed to be assigned to such creditors in security of their debt.

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within the same, or for the purposes thereof, and the sums necessary for repayment of any money borrowed therefor either before or after the passing of this Act, together with the interest thereof, shall be paid out of a sewer assessment or water assessment, as the case may be, which the town council of the burgh shall raise and levy on and within such burgh or (in the case of the sewer assessment) within such special or separate district, in the same manner, and with the same remedies and modes of recovery and incidents, as are provided for the public health general assessment therein.

Provided that where a special or separate drainage district has been formed under the provisions of any Act, and drainage works have been executed and are maintained therein, the lands and heritages situated within such special or separate district shall not be liable to assessment for the expense of sewerage and drainage works in other parts of the burgh: Provided also that for shops the water assessment shall be chargeable only on one-fourth of the rental of the premises, unless in special circumstances the town council see cause to charge the ordinary rates, and in that case it shall be lawful for any person who may think himself aggrieved to apply to the sheriff in the manner provided in the principal Act.

The sewer assessment and the water assessment together shall not in any burgh or special or separate drainage district exceed the rate of four shillings in the pound: Provided that if the produce of a rate of four shillings in the pound in any burgh or special or separate drainage district shall not be sufficient to meet the expenditure (including the annual charge for interest and repayment of debt) bonâ fide incurred or contemplated

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