An  Act  to  prohibit  the  Payment,  in  certain  Trades,  of  Wages
in  Goods,  or  otherwise  than  in  the  current  Coin  of  the
Realm,  (a)  [15th  OcU^>er  1831.]

^  T^  HERE  AS  it   is  necessary  to  prohibit  the  P&yment,  in
«     ▼  ▼     certain  Trades,  of  Wages  in  Goods,  or  otherwise  than  in
*  the  current  Coin  of  the  Realm ;'  be  it  therefore  enacted  by  the
Ktng*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*  That  in  all  Contracts  hereafter  to  be  made  for  the  hiring  of  Contracts  for
any  Artificer  in  any  of  the  Trades  herein-after  enumerated,  or  the  hiring  of
for  the  Performance  by  any  Artificer  of  any  Labour  in  any  of  ^'*'*^.  ™^^
the  said  Trades,  the  Wages  of  such  Artificer  shall  be  made  pay-  J^^t^coin^
able  in  the  current  Coin  of  .this  Realm  only,  and  not  otherwise ;  the  Realm  •
and  that  if  in  any  such  Contract  the  Whole  or  any  Part  of  such
Wages  shall  be  made  payable  in  any  Manner  other  than  in  the
current  Coin  aforesaid,  such  Contract  shall  be  and  is  hereby  de-
clared illegal,  null,  and  void.
IL  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  if  in  any  Contract  hereafter  and  muft  not
to  be  made  between  any  Artificer  in  any  of  the  Trades  herein-  contain  any  Sti-
after  enumerated,  and  his  Employer,  any  Provision  shall  be  made  pula^ons  ■>  to
directly  or  indirectly  respecting  the  Place  where,  or  the  Manner  Jj^y^Jthew'"
in  which,  or  the  Person  or  Persons  with  whom,  the  Whole  or  any  Ibdlibe^pSSu
Part  of  the  Wages  due  or  to  become  due  to  any  such  Artificer  ed.
