The second annual report of the managers of the Society for the Prevention of Pauperism, in the City of New-York : read and accepted, December 29, 1819. To which is added, an appendix, on the subject of pauperism.

  • Society for the Prevention of Pauperism in the City of New York.
Date:
1820
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Credit: The second annual report of the managers of the Society for the Prevention of Pauperism, in the City of New-York : read and accepted, December 29, 1819. To which is added, an appendix, on the subject of pauperism. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    pletely eluded. It appears that the mayor has more than once, detected the most gross and reprehensible violations of this description. The evils here pointed out call for decided and prompt interposition. An accession of more than eigh- teen thousand foreigners, a considerable portion of whom may become paupers, is a subject of no ordinary moment. Perhaps it might be well to make some ap- plication to congress for a general regulation; but the managers believe it highly expedient, that an applica- tion be made to the legislature of the state, for an alte- ration in the existing laws, affecting the landing of foreign passengers. As it regards the reports to be made, and the bonds to be entered into, the mayor has given it as his opinion, that a law ought to be passed, prohibiting vessels of every description, from landing an alien passenger in this state, without having bonds duly executed, that he shall not become an object of public support for a certain period of time; and that not only the master of the vessel, but the owners and consignees of vessels and cargoes, shall be liable to penalties in case of a violation of the law, and the ves- sel herself be rendered liable to attachment and con- demnation, by a very rigid and summary process; in addition to this, that every foreigner who lands in this city, or enters it in any way, and resides among usT shall be compelled to report himself to the mayor, un- der oath, and give an account of the means by which he entered the state, and that penalties be enacted against those who neglect this requisition. The mana- gers contemplate an application to the legislature, for such judicious regulations as our public guardians may think proper to establish.