§ MR. BURTasked the President of the Local Government Board, If he will be good enough to state whether a person who has been once fined under s. 31 of the Vaccination Act of 1867 is liable to be again fined within twelve months under the same order; whether the magistrates have power to grant as many fresh orders as may be demanded by the local guardians; and, whether there is any analogy in other statutes for a repetition of fines under the same magistrate's order, or for a repetition of 1821 identical orders for an identical purpose, such repetition of fines or orders not being specially provided for by the statute?
§ MR. DODSONSir, a person who has been once fined under Section 31 of the Vaccination Act of 1867 is not liable to be again fined within 12 months under the same order; but the magistrates have power, when one order has not been complied with, to make a fresh order, and so on from time to time, on the application of the Guardians. The Local Government Board have, however, frequently pointed out the expediency of discretion in the exercise of this power of repeating prosecutions. It is not correct to say that the fines are repeated under the same magistrate's order, as a fresh order must be made before a second fine can be imposed; and the orders are not identical, as a fresh time is prescribed for the performance of the operation in each case.