The Consolidated and Other Orders of the Poor Law Commissioners, and of the Poor Law Board, with Introduction, Explanatory Notes, and Index ... The Statistical Portion by A. C. Bauke

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Shaw & Sons, 1859 - Poor laws - 404 pages
 

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Page 327 - WE, THE POOR LAW COMMISSIONERS, in pursuance of the authorities vested in Us by an Act passed in the fifth year of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled "An Act for the Amendment and better Administration of the Laws relating to the Poor in England and Wales...
Page 344 - All rates to be under their seal of office direct, no rate for the relief of the poor made on the in England and Wales shall be allowed by any justices, or be of any force, which shall not be made upon an estimate of the net annual value of the several hereditaments rated thereunto ; that is to say, of the rent at which the same might reasonably be expected to let from year to year, free of all usual tenants...
Page 71 - ... before a justice of the peace to be dealt with according to law...
Page 150 - In the event of any such trader as aforesaid being adjudged a bankrupt, or taking the benefit of any Act for the relief of insolvent debtors...
Page 129 - An Act for the Amendment and better Administration of the Laws relating to the Poor in England and Wales," and by all other Acts amending the same, do hereby (a) See this Schedule, post.
Page 303 - Year of the Reign of her present Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled ' An Act to enable the Owners of settled Estates to defray the Expenses of draining the same by way of Mortgage...
Page 313 - If any officer, or assistant, appointed to or holding any office or employment under this order, be at any time prevented by sickness or accident, or other sufficient reason, from the performance of his duties, the guardians may appoint a fit person to act as his temporary substitute, and may pay him a reasonable compensation for his services; and every such appointment shall be reported to the commissioners as soon as the same shall have been made.
Page 344 - ... rates and taxes, and tithe commutation rent-charge, (if any,) and deducting therefrom the probable average annual cost of the repairs, insurance, and other expenses, if any, necessary to maintain them in a state to command such rent...
Page 193 - To superintend and give the necessary directions for making and mending the linen and clothing supplied to the male paupers, and "all the clothing supplied to the female paupers and children, and to take care that all such clothing Scltoolmaster and Schoolmistress.
Page 258 - An Act for the further Amendment of the Laws relating to the Poor in England...

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