George Frederick Chambers

“ Licences to gangmasters shall be granted by two or more Justices in Divisional Petty Sessions, on due proof to the satisfaction of such Justices that the applicant for a licence is of good character, and a fit person to be intrusted with the management of an agricultural gang. ”

“ Every person guilty of an offence against this Act for which no other punishment is imposed by this Act, shall be liable, if he be an employer or an agent to a penalty not exceeding five pounds, and if he be any other person to a penalty not exceeding one pound. ”

“ Every person who forges or counterfeits any certificate required by this Act, or gives or signs any such certificate falsely, or wilfully makes use of any forged, counterfeited, or false certificate, or aids in or abets any of the foregoing offences, shall be liable to be imprisoned for any period not exceeding three months with or without hard labour. ”

“ Probably the question may safely be answered in the affirmative, but if this opinion be accepted, of course the number of the children who will be able to claim exemption from this Act on the score of distance will be reduced appreciably. ↑ This enactment is in a certain sense a reward for proficiency; that is to say, a child who by his (or her) industry has obtained a specially good place at school will be favoured accordingly in his (or her) opportunities of beginning at an early age to earn a livelihood by manual labour. ”

“ The court shall cause a copy of every notice so issued to be sent to the overseers of every parish within such petty sessional division, and the overseers shall affix the same to the door of the principal Church [13] in the parish; and the court may further advertise [14] any such notice in such manner (if any) as it may think fit. [15]
Power of Court to exempt from School Attendances in Case of Illness, &c. ”

“ The first qualifying year will therefore be the year ending December 31, 1874, and it will probably be found in practice very convenient to all parties that, as far as possible, certificates should always run from January to December. ↑ *By the "Factory Act," 3 & 4 William IV. c. 103, § 7, the limit of age of a "child" is nine years. ↑ † 25 & 26 Vict. c. 43. ↑ ‡ See the "Consolidated Order" of the Poor Law Board, dated July 24, 1847, Art. 212. ↑ Reference is here made to those contractors for labour who bear the name of "Agricultural Gang-masters." ”