Textile Manufactures (Ireland) Act, 1867

TEXTILE MANUFACTURES (IRELAND) ACT 1867

CHAPTER LX.

An Act to amend certain Acts relating to Linen, Hempen, and other Manufactures in Ireland.[1] [15th July 1867.]

[Preamble recites 3 & 4 Vict. c. 91, and amending Acts.]

Meaning of “yarn” in recited Acts and this Act.

1. In the construction of the said Acts and of this Act the word “yarn” shall extend to and include flax, hemp, jute, cotton, silk, and wool which shall have been subjected to any manipulation or process to which such materials respectively are subjected by manufacturers, unless there be something in the subject or context inconsistent with such meaning.

What persons shall be deemed to be intrusted with yarn for purpose of manufacture.

2. Any person in the employment of a yarn manufacturer, and having any yarns of such manufacturer in the hands or power or under the charge or control of such person, shall be deemed to be intrusted therewith for the purpose of manufacture.

Construction.

3. This Act and the said Act passed in the third and fourth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, as amended by the Acts since passed for amending the same, shall be read together as one Act.

[1 This Act has been continued by the Expiring Laws Continuance Acts.]