Volume 4

Annual report of the Poor Law Commissioners for England and Wales.

  • Great Britain. Poor Law Commissioners.
Date:
1835-1847
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual report of the Poor Law Commissioners for England and Wales. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    the Mode of their Elkction, and the Duration of their Officss, Szc—continued. ODY. Controlling Co-ordinate or neral Powers. Powers over In-door Poor. Powers over Children. Powers over Out-door Poor. Powers over Vagrants. Powers Incidental. Authorities, as Justices, &c. Subordinate Authorities, as Over- seers, &c. make rules ; to and repair se of Industry ntraet for'main ng the poor ; to lint a cliaplain urer, clerk, go- or, steward,an(] on. To provide for poor in the house to employ them ; to send per- sons affect- ed with contagious disorders to over- seers. - To appoint special con- stables. Commission- ers appointed to liqnidate debts by a sinking fund. Overseers may send in poor and re- quire their discharge. lurchase lands; ;11 and convey ent poor-houses lands ; to pro- for the maiute- e and employ- t of the poor ot town, except ipeople, &c. ; to e part of ground irial place; to 2 bye-laws ; to ; a chairman; to )int a governor, •on, steward, constable; to Dw 12,000^. on To com- pel idle persons to come into the house ; to hire out inmates. To apprentice children and to discharge them from the house. To appoint a constable and a person to search out poor and to remove them to the house; to apprehend vagrants and detain them, not exceed- ing one year. Not to ex- tend to poor in alms- houses. • • Overseers allowed such sums as di- rectors may think proper for the relief of sick not removable to the house, and for bury- ing dead. elect treasurer clerk and ofTi- annually; to )int committee anagement; 15 :tors and acting dians to make laws; to raise 30/. on rates ; to )ld workhouses. To ma- nage the poor per- sons inca- pable of providing for them- selves in the parish- es of the island; to let out poor to harvest work. Poor children to remain under the guardians till 18, and fe- males till 16 ; then to be dis- missed or ap- prenticed to oc- cupiers, or to the sea service, or governor of the house. Any one di- rector may order over- seers to give temporally relief out of the house in cases of ca- sualty or ne- cessity. To appre- hend idle persons not maintaining their families in the island. [This power is given to the guard- ians, or any one of them, probably by mistake for the directors, or one of them.] To remove, &c.; to sue on bastardy bonds ; to give certifi- cates. Volun- tary contri- butions to- wards the purposes . of the Act to be paid to the treasurer. Justices to consent to ap- prenticeship. Two justice;; may order re- lief to be given to poor persons who have ap- plied to direc- tors in vain. See Out- door poor. c 2