Parish settlements and the practice of appeals ... / Jellinger C. Symons.

  • Symons, Jelinger C. (Jelinger Cookson), 1809-1860.
Date:
1846
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Parish settlements and the practice of appeals ... / Jellinger C. Symons. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    county of : And whereas the said A B was under and by virtue of the said last-mentioned order conveyed to and placed in the said pauper lunatic asylum, established at , on the said day of , a.d. 1846, and from thenceforth has been and now is confined therein under the said last-mentioned order. And whereas also the last legal settlement, after due inquiry made, was proved before us [or before the said and ] to be in the parish of , m the county of .* Therefore we the said L T and D M did [or, therefore the said did] adjudge the legal settlement of the said A B to be in the said parish of And whereas it has been proved before us upon oath that the sum of £ has been incurred within twelve calendar months next preceding the date hereof by the parish of , in and about the removal, maintenance, care and other costs lawfully due in respect of the said A B to the said lunatic asylum; and whereas also the board of guardians of the union of , to which the said parish of belongs, having been duly requested thereto, have not paid, nor have you the said overseers of the said parish paid the said sum of £ , or any part thereof, therefore we do hereby order and direct you the overseers of the said parish of , which place has been so ascertained and adjudged to be the last legal settlement as aforesaid of the said A B, to pay the said sum of £ to the treasurer, managers or keepers of the said lunatic asylum of , on demand. And we do further order and direct you the overseers of the said parish of to pay a certain sum weekly and week by week, to wit, the sum of s., for the main¬ tenance, care, medicine and costs of the said pauper as aforesaid, to the treasurer, manager, or keeper of the said lunatic asylum of . In default whereof the payment of the said several costs will be enforced according to the form of the statute in that case made and provided. Given, &c. Where the pauper is settled in the removing parish, omit what follows in the first of the above forms after the aste¬ risk (*), and in the same case the last form must be altered by omitting the adjudication clause at the asterisk; and by also omitting the words “ which place has been so ascer¬ tained and adjudged to be the last legal settlement as afore¬ said of the said A B.v Time when the settlement is ascertainable.—It is not neces¬ sary that the settlement of the pauper should undergo in¬ quiry or be adjudicated upon at the time of the examination into his state of mind. It may be made afterwards by the justices who make the order for the payment of the costs,