Saving of

power to

make future

14. Nothing in this Act contained shall interfere with or affect existing settlements, and any settlement, agreement for a settlement, or other instrument made or to be made, whether before or after marriage, respecting the settlements. property of any married woman, or especially shall interfere with or render inoperative any restriction against anticipation at present 5 attached or to be hereafter attached to the enjoyment of any property or income by a wife under any settlement, agreement for a settlement, will, or other instrument; but no settlement or agreement for a settlement of a wife's own property to be made or entered into by herself, and no restriction against anticipation contained in any 10 such settlement or agreement for a settlement, shall (unless such settlement or agreement for a settlement have been made before marriage) have any greater force or validity against creditors of such wife than a like settlement or agreement for a settlement made or entered into by a man would have against his creditors.

Married women's separate estate to

15. Property, whether real or personal, settled to the separate use of a married woman, without restraint against anticipation, shall be subject in equity to the same liabilities as her personal property in her contracts. possession not so settled would be subject at law under the provisions

be liable for

Power to women,

during minority, to

of this Act.

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16. Any woman during her minority may, with the consent of her parent or guardian and of her intended husband, make or enter into any settlement or agreement for a settlement in conmakebinding templation of marriage, and the settlement or agreement for a settlement so made or entered into shall be as binding upon her, and 25 those claiming under her, as if she had been of full age at the date thereof.

settlements.

Distribution

of personalestate of a married woman dying intes

tate.

Reservation

of tenancy by curtesy.

Commence

17. Upon the death of a wife intestate her husband shall take the same distributive share in her personal estate as a wife would take in the personal estate of her husband if he died intestate, and, 30 subject thereto, her personal estate shall go to her next of kin according to the Statute of Distributions.

18. Nothing contained in this Act shall affect the right of any husband to hold as tenant by the curtesy any real estate to which his wife shall be entitled at her death.

19. This Act shall come into operation on the first day of ment of Act. January one thousand eight hundred and seventy.

Act not to extend to Scotland.

Short Title of Act.

20. This Act shall not extend to Scotland.

21. This Act may be cited as the "Married Women's Property Act, 1869."

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BILL

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Provide for Superannuation Allowances to Medical Officers of A.D. 1869. poor law unions, and of dispensary districts of such unions, in Ireland.

WH

HEREAS it is expedient that provision should be made to enable superannuation allowances to be granted to medical officers of poor law unions in Ireland, and of dispensary districts of such unions, who become disabled, either by infirmity or age, to 5 discharge the duties of their offices: 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 Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Power to guarconsent of poor law comgrant superan

dians, with

missioners, to

nuation allowance to medical officers in cer

1. That the board of guardians of any union in Ireland may, at their discretion, with the consent of the commissioners for administering the laws for relief of the poor in Ireland, grant to any medical officer or medical officers of such union, or of any dispensary district in such union, who shall have been appointed 15 as such officer or officers, and who, shall, at any time after his or tain cases. their appointment, become incapable of discharging the duties of his or their office with efficiency by reason of infirmity of mind or body or of old age, upon his or their resigning or otherwise ceasing to hold his or their office or offices, such annual allowance 20 for his or their life or lives, not exceeding in any case two thirds of the income derived by such officer or officers from his said office, as to the said board of guardians shall seem fit, and shall charge such officer or officers' allowance to the same account as that to which such salary or salaries would have been charged if continued 25 in his or their office or offices.

mating the

2. In estimating such income it shall be lawful to compute, not Mode of estionly the salary payable to any such medical officer at the time of income of mehis resigning or otherwise ceasing to hold his office, but also all dical officer. such fees derivable by such officer from his said office under the 30 authority of any Act of Parliament, or which shall have been sanctioned by the said commissioners; the annual amount of such fees to be ascertained by the average amount thereof for the three

A.D. 1869. years next preceding the time of such resignation or ceasing to hold the said office: Provided that if any such medical officer shall not have held his office for the period of three years, then the annual amount of such fees shall be ascertained by the average of the fees derived by such officer and the next preceding officer or officers for 5 the period of three years prior to the time of such resignation or ceasing to hold the said office.

Such allowance not to be assignable, &c.

Notice of grant

to be given to guardians.

Making of the

grant not compulsory.

No grant to be effectual or

commence until

sanctioned by

3. Such allowance shall be payable to or in trust for such officer only, and shall not be assignable or chargeable with his debts or other liabilities.

4. No grant shall be made without one month's previous notice, to be specially given in writing to every guardian of the union, of the proposal to make such grant, and the time when it shall be brought forward.

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5. Nothing herein contained shall make it compulsory upon the 15 board of guardians of any union to grant any such allowance to any such medical officer.

6. No such grant made as aforesaid shall be effectual or commence to be payable to such officer unless and until the same shall commissioners. have been sanctioned by the said commissioners, and shall be 20 effectual for such amount only as the said commissioners shall approve.

The words "medical officer" shall include surgical officer.

Not to affect the right of medical officer under any other Act or Acts.

Interpretation of words herein used.

Short title.

7. In the construction of this Act the words "medical officer shall include surgical officer.

8. Nothing herein contained shall affect the right of any medical 25 officer who may be entitled to any superannuation allowance under other Act or Acts.

any

9. The words herein used shall be interpreted in the manner prescribed by the Acts in force for the relief of the destitute poor in Ireland.

10. This Act shall be called "The Medical Officers Superannuation Act (Ireland), 1869."

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