Regulations for the Town's Hospital of Glasgow : with an introduction containing a view of the history of the hospital and the management of the poor.

  • Town's Hospital (Glasgow, Scotland)
Date:
1841
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Regulations for the Town's Hospital of Glasgow : with an introduction containing a view of the history of the hospital and the management of the poor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    Exemption. Saving the Collections at Church Doors. Tenants of Houses under the Yearly Rent of SevenPounds exempted. tice having been given, and of such person or persons being in arrear to the amount stated in such certificate; and if such rates or assessments shall not be paid within three days next after such seizure, together with the costs or charges thereby incurred, then the collector or collectors is and are hereby authorised to sell, by public roup, at the Cross of Glasgow, or such other place as may appear proper, such part of the said goods and effects as shall be sufficient to pay the said rates of assessments, with the costs and charges attending such seizure and sale, returning the surplus, if any be, to the owner or owners; such costs and charges to be ascertained by the Magistrate who shall issue the said warrant. VI. And be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful to im- pose any assessment in respect of houses, lands, tenements, or other heritages, or any part thereof, occupied exclusively for religious purposes, or as charitable institutions, parish or charity schools, or schools supported by any religious insti- tution or society; and in respect of the assessment imposed by this act on the corporation of the city of Glasgow, and on the Merchants' and Trades' Houses of the said city, as land- lords or owners of heritable property within the said city, the annual contributions heretofore made towards the assess- ment for the maintenance of the poor of the said city by the said parties respectively shall cease and determine: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall be held to inter- fere with or affect the appropriation of the monies collected at the church doors of the said city. VII. Provided always, and be it enacted, That the tenants of all dwelling-houses of and under the yearly rent or value of seven pounds sterling, shall be exempted from the said assess- ment ; but the owners or proprietors of all such houses shall be bound to pay their half of the said assessment, or if occupy- ing their own properties, the whole amount thereof; and the said half of the said assessment payable by the landlord in respect of houses of and under the yearly rent or value of seven pounds may, when the same are let, be recoverable in the first instance from the tenant occupying the premises, and the tenant shall be entitled to retain the amount thereof on settling with the landlord for the rent payable by him; and it shall be in the power of the Magistrates of the said city, as heretofore, to receive and consider all appeals or re- presentations made to them with regard to the amount of the assessment imposed, or the poverty or inability of the parties to pay the same, and to give such relief in the premises as to them shall seem just and equitable ; and the said Magistrates