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Stannaries Act 1869

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Wages of Miners

26Wages of Miners, &c.

On a company formed for or engaged in working a mine (including a company registered under any of the Joint Stock Companies Acts) being wound up in the court of the vice-warder or any other court or otherwise, the date of the winding-up order having been not earlier than two months after the passing of this Act, then and in every such case the amount (if any) due at the date of the winding-up order to miners, artizans, and labourers employed, wholly or in part, in or about the mine, in respect of their wages or other earnings in relation to the mine, not exceeding three months wages or earnings to each such person, shall be paid in priority to all other debts of the company.

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