The Prison Officers Compensation Act 1868
WHEREAS by "The Prison Act, 1865," certain Prisons mentioned in the Second Schedule to the said Act are directed to be discontinued: And whereas by the Seventy-second Section of the said Act the Justices in Sessions assembled are empowered to award Compensation to any Person deprived of any Salary or Emolument by the Discontinuance of any of the said Prisons: And whereas it is expedient to extend the Power of awarding Compensation to all Cases in which Prisons are discontinued: Be it enacted ...