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London, England, 1841-01-02 00:00:00

4 an:ls Wil.iam IV. cap. 76.

S,:c. 52. Au: el wheri:,as a practice has obtained of giving
relic!. to pervious Cr their who at the time of
jog for or teeeiving such reiicf were wholly or partially
in the emp:nyment of ; and the relief of ate
tlieir foluilics is in many places ado:I-
-LI:Acted iu moth.s productive of evil in other reFpeets.
And whereas, ni:ty arise in case any imme-
diate and u:-.ivers.il remedy is Littcuipted to be app!ied
in tl;e matters ttior;sdid, 13:: it further enacted

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lations as tie y may thiufi tit t-o declare, to whet extent
sled fer tali it perieii, the relief to be given to able-lintlicd
persons or to their femilies in any particular parish or
union miry be admiedatereel Cut of the workhouse of
such parish er union by payments in moaey or with food
or clothing, in L.:C(I or partly in kind and partly in
money, and hi what proportioes,to what persons or class
of persons, at what times and places, on whit conditions
and in wh at mante.r such out-door relief may be
eirorded. And all relief which shall be given by any
Overseer, GuartYtaa, or otle r person having the con-
trol or distribution of the futois of such parish or tinier,
contrary to such erders or regulations, shall be, and tho
same is hereby declared to be unlawful, and shall be
disallowed in the accounts of the person giving the same,
stilit'et to the exceptions hereinafter mentioned. Pro-
sided always, that is ease the Overseers or Guardians
of any parish or union, to which such orders or raeela-
titins shall be addressed or directed, shall, upon censi-
d,ration of the special circumstances of such pariih or
union, or of any person or class of persons therein, ba-of
opiniou Oust the application and enforcing of such orders
or regulations, or of any part thereof, at the time or in
tLo manner prescribed by the said Ceturnissinners,
would be ittespedieut, it shell be lawful for such Over-
seers or Guardiana to delay the operation of well orders
or regulations, or of eny part thereof, for any I er:od not
exceeding the space of thirty days, to be reckoned from
the dsy of the receipt of such orders or regulations.
And such Overseers or Guardians shall, twenty days at
the least before the expiration of such thirty days, make
a statement and Repot t of such special circutnsiances
to the said Commissioners. And all relief which shall
be given by such Overseers or Guardians before as
answer to such lloport shall have been returned by the
said Connuisioner3, if otherwise lawful, shall not be
deemed unlawful, although the same shall have been
giver. contrary to such orders or regulations, or any of
tl:cas ; but io case the said Qornmiesioners shall disap-
rove of such delay, or think that for the future such
orders or regulations ought to come into operation, eot-
tvielistanding the special circumstances alleged by such
Oserseer or Guardian, it shall he lawful for the seitl
Commissioners by a peremptory order to direct that from
and after a day to be teed thereby such orders and re-
gulations, or such parts or medqieations thereof as
they may think expedient and proper, shall be enforced
and observed by such Overseers and Guardians. And
if any allowance be clack, or relief given by such Over.
seers or Guardians, after the last mentioned period,
contrary to such last mentioned order, the amount of
the relief or all.e.vance shall be disallowed in the accounts
of the party giving the same. Provided also that a
quarterly report of all such cases as shall occur in any
quarter shall at the end of every such quarter be 'sill by
the: said Commiesiemers before one of her Majesty's
principal Secretaries of State. Provided also teat in
case the Overseers or Guerdians of any Parish or Union
in which such orders or regulations shall be its force
shall depart from them er any of them in any particu-
lar instance or instances of emergency, and shall within
tifteeta days after 'such departure report the same, and
the grounds thereof, to the add Commissioners, and the
s.aid Commissioners shall approve of such departure, or
if. the relief so given shall have been given in food, tem-
porary lodging, or medicine, and shall have been so re-
ported as aforesaid, then and in either of such cases the
relief granted by such Overseers or Guardians if other-
wise lawful shall not be unlawful or subjeet to be dis-
allowed.

Sec. 54. And be it further enacted, that from and.
after the passing, of this Act the ordering, giving, and
directing of all relief to the poor of any parish, which
accerdieg to the pros isions of any of the said recited
Acts, or of an. Act peised in the -first and second years
of the reign of his present Majesty, iatituled " An Act
for the better regulation of Vestries, and- fcr the ap-
pointment of Auditors of Acccounts in certain Parishes
in England and Wales," or of this Act, or of any local
Acts, shall be under the government and control of any
Guardians of the Poor or of any Select Vestry, and
whether forming part of any Union or incorporation or
not (but subject in all cases to, and saving and except-
ing the powers of the said Commissioners appointed
under this Act) shall appertain and belong exclusively
to such Guardians of the Poor or Select Vestry, accord-
ing to the respective provisions of the Acts under which:
such Guardians or Select Vestry may have been or shait
be appointed ; and it shall not be lawful for any Over-
sew of the poor to give any further or other relief or al-
lowance from the Poor-rate than such as shall be or-
dered by such Guardians or Select Vestry, except in.
woes of sudden and urgent necessity, in which cases he is
hereby required to give such temporary relief as each.
case shall require in articles of absolute necessity, but
not in money, and whether the applicant for relief
be settled in the parish where he shall apply for relief
or not ; provided always that in case such Overseer
shall refuse or neglect to give such necessary relief int
any such case of necessity to poor persons not settled
nor usually residing in the parish to which such over-
seer belongs, it shall and may be lawful for any Justices
of the Peace to order the said Overseer by wr:tingwriting,.under his hand end seal, to give such temporary
in artic!es of absolute necessity as the ewe shall requ;re,
but not in money. And in case such o..etseer shad! •
disobey such order,_ he shall, on the conviction beforw•
two JusCeeseforfeit any sum not exceeding five pound., ,
which such Justic •a shell order, provided alwass that:
any Justice of the Peace slia:l he ea:powered to rise
similar order for .medical mike (enly),o any patielione-
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es well as out-parishioner, where any ca •c of sudde.te •
and dangerous illness may reeetire it. And any Over—
ecer shall be liable to the same penalties as aforesaitt
for disobeying st:ch order, l aUt it shall not be lawful for
any Justice or Justices to order relief to. any person or-
persoes from the Poor-rates of any such pariah, except..
as hereiebelore provY.cti.

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Rulvs and ()..I,rs cf the (;orainiisicners, undcr-
thq.auttority cl 4 ai;:i 5, I.V. 4: e. 7

op THE ny.LIEVING OITICER.
cans of sudden and urgent-neceisity„,
to give such por at y rditf a, each ase t••quirc,
eithf r by phie;ng pd4er in the workhouse or af •
lording rolid out of the bens° in Prticks of
neCeLsity, but not in money; tihttber theFFtfor"
relief be stttLd in any pariah or•place comprised in 11303
Union or not.
DEITIES OF TilE CIIIITC;;WARDENS AND ovERFLEEs—
Fourtbly.—lr •CLuicharl-n or elvers", I the'
Poor of any•p.ilish -or plum; in th's Union shall, in our'