A Collection of Decisions of the Court of King's Bench Upon the Poor's Laws, Down to the Present Time: In which are Contained Many Cases Never Before Published; Extracted from the Notes of a Very Eminent Barrister Deceased: the Whole Digested in a Regular Order |
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... become a journeyman , or hired by the year , upon pain that every person willingly offending or doing the con- trary , fhall forfeit and lofe for every default , forty fhillings for every month . refufeth to be an XXXV . And be it ...
... become a journeyman , or hired by the year , upon pain that every person willingly offending or doing the con- trary , fhall forfeit and lofe for every default , forty fhillings for every month . refufeth to be an XXXV . And be it ...
Page xvii
... become bound with one or two fufficient fureties , by bond or obligation , in double the fum which they and every of them fhall fo receive with fuch ap- prentice or apprentices , as aforefaid , unto the corpora- tion of any such city or ...
... become bound with one or two fufficient fureties , by bond or obligation , in double the fum which they and every of them fhall fo receive with fuch ap- prentice or apprentices , as aforefaid , unto the corpora- tion of any such city or ...
Page xxiii
... become rogues and vagabonds , to the great difcouragement of parishes to provide ftocks , where it is liable to be devou- red by ftrangers ; be it therefore enacted by the authority aforefaid , That it fhall and may be lawful , upon com ...
... become rogues and vagabonds , to the great difcouragement of parishes to provide ftocks , where it is liable to be devou- red by ftrangers ; be it therefore enacted by the authority aforefaid , That it fhall and may be lawful , upon com ...
Page xxx
... become after that a great charge to the parish , notwithstanding the occafion or pretence of their receiving collection often . times ceases ; by which means the rates for the poor are daily increased , contrary to the true intent of a ...
... become after that a great charge to the parish , notwithstanding the occafion or pretence of their receiving collection often . times ceases ; by which means the rates for the poor are daily increased , contrary to the true intent of a ...
Page xxxv
... become poor , or want relief . § VIII . Provided , That this act , nor any thing therein contained , fhall be conftrued to hinder the Justices of the Peace within the liberty of St. Albans from hearing and determining any appeals for ...
... become poor , or want relief . § VIII . Provided , That this act , nor any thing therein contained , fhall be conftrued to hinder the Justices of the Peace within the liberty of St. Albans from hearing and determining any appeals for ...
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43 Eliz a-year act of parliament adjudged affeffed affignment aforefaid alfo appeal appointed apprentice baftard becauſe become chargeable bound Burr cafe caufe certificate Certiorari child churchwardens and overfeers confent court defendant difcharged diftrefs eftate enacted faid parish fame father fecond feems fent fervant ferved fervice fettled feven fhall fhew fhillings fhould fince firft fome forty days ftated ftatute fufficient gain a fettlement himſelf hiring houfe houſe huſband indenture infifted inhabitants Juftices of Peace jurifdiction Kirkby Stephen legal fettlement lived Lord Mansfield mafter Mandamus ment Michaelmas Michaelmas day muft muſt neceffary opinion order of feffions order of Juftices order of removal paid parish of St pauper perfon poors rate prefent purchaſe purpoſe quafhed quarter feffions quaſhed queftion reafon refided refpective refufed rent ſaid Salk ſhall ſtated tenement thefe theſe tices township wife
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Page xliv - Queen's royal power over all estates and subjects within her dominions, for or by reason of such persons not taking or refusing to take the oath mentioned in the said act; and also from the penalties of an act made in the thirteenth and fourteenth years of the reign of King Charles the Second, intituled. An act for preventing...
Page 246 - Correction, there to be kept to hard labour for any time not exceeding three calendar months...
Page xxx - And whereas many inconveniences do daily arise in cities, towns corporate and parishes, where the inhabitants are very numerous, by reason of the unlimited power of the churchwardens and overseers of the poor, who do frequently, upon frivolous pretences (but chiefly for their own private ends), give relief to what persons and number they think fit...
Page xii - That the Father and Grandfather, and the Mother and Grandmother, and the Children of every poor, old, blind, lame, and impotent Person or other poor Person not able to work, being of a sufficient Ability, shall, at their own Charges, relieve and maintain every such poor Person...
Page lxv - ... of such stock as shall be in their hands or in the hands of any of the poor to work, and of all other things concerning their said office...
Page i - ... due execution : and as the said several acts and statutes were at the time of the making of them, thought to be very good and beneficial for the...
Page iv - ... nor being a labourer, and inhabiting in the same, or in any other city or town that now is or hereafter shall be and continue incorporate, to serve and be bound as an apprentice after the custom and order of the city of London, for seven years at the least...
Page viii - Peace as is aforesaid, for setting to work the Children of all such whose Parents shall not by the said Churchwardens and Overseers, or the greater Part of them, be thought able to keep and maintain their Children...
Page lxiv - that the church-wardens and overseers, or other persons authorised to take care of the poor in every parish, township, or place, shall give, or cause to be given, public notice in the church of every rate for the relief of the poor allowed by the justices of...
Page ix - ... competent sums of money for and towards the necessary relief of the lame, impotent, old, blind and such other among them being poor and not able to work, and also for the putting out of such children to be apprentices, to be gathered out of the same parish according to the ability of the same parish ; and to do and execute all other things as well for the disposing of the said stock as otherwise concerning the premises as to them shall seem convenient...