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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    ( 7* ) ' j Perfon whatfoever, employed by the faid Governors for the Time being, fhall pur¬ loin, embezzle, or wilfully mifapply, any Sum or Sums of Money, or any Materials or Im¬ plements of Work, Utenfils, Cloaths, Wear¬ ing Apparel, or other Goods or Chattels be¬ longing to the faid Corporation, every fuch Offender or Offenders fhall not only be dif- • charged from his, her, or their Office or Offices, but fhall alfo forfeit and pay the Sum of Ten Pounds, and alfo Treble the Value of fuch Sum of Money, Materials or Implements of Work, Utenfils, Cloaths, Wearing Apparel, Goods, and Chattels, which (hall be fo purloined, embezzled, or mifapplied. And be it further Enadted, That if any ^u(hingPerfon.s?bftruf^in _ _. J building, or repairing ol Ho Perfon or Perfons fhall, by open Violence, &c. for the Purpofes of this wilfully and malicioufly obftrudt the erediing, building, or repairing fuch Houfe or Houfes, or other Buildings, or the inclofing; fuch Wafte or Common Grounds, or wilfully de¬ face or damage the faid Buildings, or any of them, or the Fences of fuch Inclofures, or any Part thereof, every Perfon or Perfons fo offending, and being thereof lawfully convidled, fhall be deemed guilty of Felony, and be tranfported to any of His Majefty’s Planta¬ tions for Seven Years. And be it further Enadled, That if any Limitation of A&ions, Adlion or Suit fhall be commenced againft any Perfon or Perfons, for any Thing done in purfuance of this Adi, the fame fhall be commenced within Six Calendar Months after the Fadt committed, and not afterwards, and fhall