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 — Part VIII.

— Miscellaneous.

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Sect. i. on the gangmaster, and also on the occupier of the land on which place, miless proved by him to have been without Agricultural Gangs, his knowledge, is 20s. for each person employed (r). A gangmaster, who may not be a person licensed to sell exciseable liquor (s), must not act without a licence (fee Is. {t) under penalty of 20s. for every day during which he so acts {lo). Licences are granted by district Licences, councils {x), and remain in force for six months {a), but on the conviction of a gangmaster of an offence against the law in any of the above respects his licence may be suspended or rescinded (h). The penalties are recoverable summarily (c). In the above statement the following words have certain defined Definitions, meanings. " Child " means a child under thirteen years " young person" means a person between thirteen and eighteen years; ''woman" means a female of eighteen years or upwards; "gangmaster " means any person, male or female, who hires children, young persons, or women with a view to their being employed in agricultural labour on lands not in his own occupation and agricultural gang " means a body of children, young persons, and women, or any of them under the control of a gangmaster.

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603. A local authority may make bye-laws for securing the decent Hop-pickers lodging and accommodation of persons engaged in hop-picking andfruitwithm the district of such authority (d) and also of persons

engaged in fruit-picking Sect

(e).

2.

Damage

hy

Game

(/).

604. An owner of land is not liable for injury done by rabbits bred on his land to the crops etc. on a neighbour's land {g), but the owner or lessee of a right of shooting is liable to the tenant of the land for injury caused to his crops by rabbits and game brought on to the land or by their progeny Qi), though not for injury caused by the natural increase of rabbits etc. already on the land, or turned down in an adjoining cover not in the tenant's occupation

{i)

Liability for

^^^^g^-

.

An agreement by

the landlord to keep down the game etc. on a Agreement of the tenant taking a lease of the farm keep down

farm in consideration

game. (r)

Agricultural Gangs Act, 1867 (30

(s)

Ihid.,

s.

{t)

Ibid.,

s. 9.

(iv)

Ibid.,

&

31 Yict.

c.

130),

c.

'3), s.

s.

4.

6.

s. 5.

Local Grovernment Act, 1894 (56 & 57 Yict. certain powers of justices to district councils. («) Agricultural Gangs Act, 1867 (30 & 31 Yict. (x)

(b)

Ibid.,

(c)

Ibid.., s. 11.

s.

c.

130),

27,

which transfers

s. 8.

10.

Public Health Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Yict. c 55), s. 314. Model b^^e-laws under this section have been issued by the Local Government Board. See title Public Health, jiost. (e) Pubhc Health (Fruit Pickers' Lodging) Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Yict. c. 23). (/) On the subject of game generally, poaching and trespass, and ground game, see title Game and Spoet, post. Brady v. Warren, [1900] 2 Ir. 632. {{/) Boulston's Case, 5 Co. Eep. 104 b Ililtoi?, v. Green (1862), 2 P. & P. {h) Farrer v. Nelson (1885)', 15 Q. B. D. 258 821 BirUech v. Paget (1862), 31 Beav. 403. (d)







ii)

.Hilton V. Green, supra.

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