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BR1T1SH GUlANA.

ORDINANCE NO.

JfO 0 .F 1933.

AN 0RD1NANCE to amend the Poor Relief Ordinance, Chapter 90, with respect to tho administration of poor relief outside the City of Georgetown.

.A.D.

Hl33.

BE it enncted by t,he Governor of British Guiana, with the advice and consent or the LegiAlative Council thereof, as follows:- 1.

This Ordinance may bo cited as the Poor Relief Ordinance, Short Title.

1933, and shall be construed with the Poor Relief Ordinance, here- C&p.
90. inafter referred to as the Principal Ordinance .

• 2.

Sub-section (1) of section two of the Principal Ordinance is Amdt.

to hereby amended as follows:- sec.

2 (l) of Cap.

90.

Repeal and re·enaot· meut of •ec.

13 of Ca.p.

90.

1':sLabli,h• mcnt of districtF.

2 No.

lfO .]

THE LAWS OfJ' BRZTISII QUIANA.

[A.D, 1933 ta) by deletion of the expression "commissary" and the definition thereof ; (b) by adding the following- .
"district" means a poor relief Llistrict cslablished by the Governor unLler sub !

:lectioo (1) of section thirtceu; 11 local board " means a local board ot gmmlians appoinled by tbe Governor unJer aub-section (4) of section thirteen.

3.
3.

Section thirteen of tho Principal Onlinnnce is hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor- " 13.-(1) The Governor may by notice published in the Gazette declare and establish in any part of the Colony outside the City c,f Georgetown districts for the purposes of adminis tration of relief to the destitute poor in tho district in the manner hereinafter mentioned.

(2) The notice shall set out the boundat·ies of every district.
(3) The Governor may from time to time by notice publifihed in the Gazette alter the limits of any district.

(4) The Governor mR.y in any district appoint a local board cons!!

!ting of not more than six and not less than lhree persons of whom one shall be a public officer who shall be chairnun.

The board shall be entrusted, under lhe Commissi~nerA, with the duty of administering relief within the district.
(5) Every member of a local boo.rd shall hold office for two years subject to prior termination by the Governor for absenco from the Colony or for other reason .

(6) No business shall be transacted by a boar<l unless a majority of the members is preseut.

The chairman shall ha,·e an ol"iginnl and a casting vote."

An,dt.

lo ser.JSof C'np.

90. l'a.r agra.µh (11) repealed a.1,d re· enacted.

Re pe.11 a.ud re-enact· me11t of sec>.

24 of Cap.

90.

Accounts.

4.


Paragraph ( cl) of section fifteen of the Principal OrcJinauce is hereby repealed and the following sueslitnted therefor- " (cl) the guidance of the local boards and any officers employer!

by the Commissioners in the administration of relief to the poor in carrying into effect the provisions of this Ordinance."

5.

Section twenty-four of the Principal Ordinance is hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor- " 24.
The chairman of every local board shall keep accounts of its receipts and c.lisuurseusents for poor relief, and wheueve1· required by the Commissioners shall produce a balance sheet of the accounts."

A.D. 1933,l POOR RELIEF.

fNO.

# ·O.

8 6.

Section twenty-five o[ the Principal Ordinance repealed and tho following subsbtutet there 01·- .

l f is hereby Repeal and re·enact.

mentor sec.

25 of Cap.

90.

11 25.

E,·ery local board t1hall keep a. register of the paupers to whom relief is grantee!
or allowed wilhiu its district iu the manner and form directed by the Commit1sionors.

rhe regis ter shall be furnished by the Commissioners."

H egi,ter or pauperq, 7.

Section twenty-eight of the Principal Ordinance repealed and the following substituted therefor- is hereby l{epeal and re,enact ment or sec.

:?S of Cap.

90.

11 28.


The Commissioners whenever they deem it expeJieut may place at the disposal or a local board one or more paid enquirers for the purpose of enquiring into the circumsLnnces of any recipient of poo,· relief and e,ery applicant therefor; and the local board is hereby authorised to require for any such purpose the assistance of every Government Medical Officer, police constable, rural constable, bailiff or other public officer within its district."

8.
8.

Section thirty of the Principal Ordinance is hereby repealed Repeal and re-enact· ment of sec.

30 of Cap.

90.

Meetings of local boards.
and the following substituted therefor- "30.-(1) There shall be a meeting of every local board in the months of J !lnuary and July in each year for the purpose or considering the cases 0£ every recipient ol and every appli cant for poor relief wilhin its cliRtrict, along with the reports of the enquiries made into their circumstances, and the boarcl shall upon consideration of the reports, and upon personal inspection where necessary and prncticable, fix the amount 0£ relief to be given to every applicant, or direct that tho relier previously issued be increased or reduced or discontinued.
(2) Tho Chairman of a local board m::.y summon a meeling of the boanl at auy time for the purpose or considering necessitou11 cases as they arise."

9.

Section thirty-one or the Principal Ordinance is hereby amended by substituting- ( a) The words "chairman of every local board" for tho word '' commissary " in the first line.

(b) the word " said " for tho word "Jocal" in the seeoncl line.

.\m,lt.

to Bt'C, 31 o f Cap.

00.

10.


Section thirty-three of tbc Principal Ordinance is hereby !tepee.I and repealed and the following substituted therefor- "33.

All sums required for poor :-elief in any district shall be from time to time rewitte<l by the Commissioners to tho chairman of the local board for distribution : provided that re-enact- ment of sec.

33 of Cap.

00.

Heanitta.nces of amounts r equired for poor relief to loco.I boards.

4 THE LAWS OF BRIPISII GUJANA.


[A,D, 1933, where a person requirin~ relief does not reside within the limits of any district the Commissioners shiill deal with every such case as they think fit."

Repeal of eeos.

29 nnd 36 of Cap, 90, 11.

Sections twenty-nine and bhirty-si!C of the Principal Or<li- 01.Wcc are heroby repealed.

Passed by the Legislative Council this 15th day of Decernbe1·, 1933.

Cl/ ____ ouncil.

~~·k·o~ (M .P.

~/33).

PlllNl'KD BY T IJ$ GOVIUlNllll~T PBINTICAS Oi' BBll'UIR GOIAHA,