A bill, intended to be offered to Parliament, for the better relief and employment of the poor, within that part of Great Britain called England / [Thomas Gilbert].

  • Gilbert, Thomas, 1719 or 1720-1798
Date:
[1775]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A bill, intended to be offered to Parliament, for the better relief and employment of the poor, within that part of Great Britain called England / [Thomas Gilbert]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    >oi* within the fcverai the Authority of the fame. That the Poor of 5 to be relieved and main- ^ • i • > n t r ri .n* t the general Expence of every ^ounty Wlt;hm that rart or Great Bn- utltyi tain Called England (except as herein except¬ ed) fhall, from the Times hereafter men¬ tioned, be employed, relieved, and main¬ tained, at the general Expence of each County, upon Contribution from the feveral Parifhes and Places within the fame, in the Propor¬ tions hereafter mentioned, under and fubjedl to the feveral Regulations and Provifions herein contained ; and that proper Houfes fhall be provided and eftablifhed for the Re- ception and Employment of Rich poor Per- fons as may be fit to be fent thither, under and fubjedl to the Government hereby diredled, and to the feveral Powers and Authorities given by this Adi. ail be Governors for ex- And be it further Enadted, That every the Perfon refiding in any County for Three Months in the Year, or more, and having an Efiate or Intereft in, or iffuing out of. Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, Free¬ hold, Copyhold, or Cuflomary, to or for his own Ufe and Benefit, in his own Right, or in Right of his Wife, in PofTeflion for Life, or fome greater Eflate, either in Law or Equity, or an Eflate for Years, determinable on One or more Life or Lives, of the clear Yearly Value of One hundred Pounds (ex¬ cept for any County within the Principality of Wales, and of the clear Yearly Value of Fifty Pounds within the faid Principality) over and above all Incumbrances, and alfo every Redlor and Vicar, whofe Rcdlory or Vicarage fhall be of the refpedHve Values aforefaid* mall be, and is and are hereby declared