CONTENTS. CHAPTER I.-Objects of the Acts-By whom they can be put in force, and at whose instance, CHAPTER II.-Preparation of the Improvement Scheme by . 8 13 . 17 Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878 (part of), Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1881 (part of), E. Petition to the Local Government Board by Board of Poor Law Guardians for confirmation of the scheme, 135 F. Declaration by Clerk of the Union or Executive Sani- Rules of the Land Commission, dated the 10th day of Sep- Instructions and regulations issued by the Local Govern- A HANDY GUIDE TO THE LABOURERS (IRELAND) ACT, 1883 46 & 47 Vict. c. 60. AND TO THE LABOURERS (IRELAND) ACT, 1885 48 49 Vict. c. 77. In this Guide the sections of the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1883, are referred to by the figures "1883," the letter "s," and the number of the section; and the section of the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1885, are referred to by the figures "1885," the letter "s," and the number of the section. In referring to the sections of any other Act, the short title of the A t nd the number of the section are given. CHAPTER I. Objects of the Acts.—By whom they can be put in force, and at whose instance. THE Act of 1883 came into force on the 25th August, 1883. The Act of 1885 came into force on the 14th August, 1885. The object of the Acts is to provide for agricultural labourers suitable dwellings in any rural sanitary district in Ireland, in which suitable dwellings for them do not already exist. The funds for the erection of these dwellings will be advanced by the Board of Works to the "rural sanitary authority," on the security of the rates of the district (1883, s. 18, and Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878, s. 237). An "agricultural labourer" means a man or woman whose occupation during the ordinary season of agricultural work is the doing of agricultural work for hire on the land of some other person or persons, and includes a herdsman. The term does not include any person who |