Appeal against a rate, 249, 251-1. Appeal to the
special sessions, 249; upon what grounds, 249; appeal
from the decision to the sessions, 249; powers of justices,
250; witnesses, how compelled to attend, 251.
2. Appeal to the general quarter sessions, 251; in what
cases, 251; to what sessions, 253; notice of appeal, 255;
proceedings at the hearing, 259; judgment, 262; costs,
265.
Rate, how collected and levied, 268:-by whom collected,
268; how levied by distress, &c., 268; complaint, 200;
summons, 270; warrant of distress, 271; costs, 276;
commitment in default of distress, 277; tender of rate
and costs, 279. How, where an appeal is pending, 279;
how, in the case of ratepayers removing, 280; in what
place the distress may be levied, 281.
Inspection of rates, 283:-by whom, and in what cases,
283; penalty for refusing it, 283.
Poor rate, collector of, 58; his appointment, 59; security, 60;
his duties, 61.
Poor, relief of, 285. See" Relief."
Poor, removal of, 281. See "Removal."
Porter to workhouse, his duties, 100.
Possession of parish houses, how recovered, 50; of parish
land let to the poor, how recovered, 349.
Postponing the trial of an appeal, wholly in the discretion of
the sessions, 801.
Pot kilns, formerly a tenement by which the tenant might
gain a settlement, 579.
Potter's clay, pits of, rateable to the poor, 161.
Pregnancy of female servant a good cause for discharging
her, 492; formerly a cause for removal, 691.
President of the poor law commissioners, 2; may sit in par-
liament, 3.
Presumption of a yearly hiring, from service, 459.
Previous trial, before a boy is apprenticed to a chimney-sweep,
542.
Prison, buildings belonging to, not rateable, 191, 193.
Prisoners, relief of, 366; examination of, as to their settle-
ment, 366, 812; settlement of, 813, 594, 661; children
of, born in prison, their settlement, 410, 414.
Prisoners, residence of, in prison, when no break in a five
years' residence, 701, 703.
Proceedings at the hearing of an appeal against a rate, 259;
at the hearing of an appeal against an order of removal,
801.
Proceedings at weekly meeting of guardians, 22.
Production of written instruments in proof, 808.
Profane language, using in workhouses, punishment, 323.
Profits of stock in trade, not rateable, 146.
Proof of illegitimacy, by the mother, in what cases, 413.
Proof of marriage, how, 419; how, in proving bigamy, 420.
Proof of notice of appeal, in what cases, 802.
Proof of settlement, 720:-by birth, 721, by hiring and service,
721, by apprenticeship, 722, by renting a tenement, 723,
724, 591, 605, by estate, 724; by payment of rates, 724;
by serving office, 725; proof of derivative settlements,
by marriage, 725, by parentage, 725; proof of admission
of settlements, by relief, 756; by former order unappealed
against, 726, or appealed against and confirmed, 726, or
quashed, 726.
Property, parochial, commissioners may inquire respecting, 9;
how laid, in action or indictment, 19, 49.
Property, personal, not rateable, 146.
Prosecution, charges of, not to be allowed in overseers' ac-
counts, 122.
Protestant chapels, validity of marriages in, 421.
Public institutions, in what cases rateable, 185; servants of, in
what cases rateable, 185, 186; in what cases they might
gain a settlement by hiring and service, 448.
Public annual office, what, capable of conferring a settlement,
Public purpose, land or building for, in what cases rateable,
in what not, 185.
Public works, when not rateable, 187.
Publication of banns, in what cases, and how, 421, 422; they
need not be proved in proof of the marriage, 420.
Publication of rate, 241, 49.
Pump-room at a watering place, rateable, 190.
Punishment, corporal, not to be inflicted in workhouses, 320.
Purchase, estate acquired by, in what case it confers a settle-
ment, in what not, 633, 653.
Purchase of workhouses, or of land for them, 295, 297.
Putative father of bastard, liability of, 293.
Quakers, marriage of, 426.
Qualification of guardians, 12; of paid officers, 67.
Quarantine of widow, in what cases she gains a settlement by,
629, 630.
Quarries of slate, in what cases rateable, 161, 208.
Quarries of stone, in what cases rateable, 208, 147.
Quarter sessions, jurisdiction of, in making a rate in aid, 247;
in appeals against rates, 249, 251; in amending a rate,
263; in appeals against orders of removal, 768; in or-
dering relief, &c., where a husband or parent absconds,
leaving his family chargeable, 291; cannot make a ge-
neral rule as to the costs to be allowed in appeals, 844.
Quarterly audits of accounts, 124, 116, 113.
Quashing a rate, at special sessions, 250; at quarter sessions,
in what cases, 263; in what cases not, 263.
Quashed order of removal, how proved, 726; its effect, 830;
how stated in grounds of appeal, 799.
Queen's Bench, court of, have no power to amend a rate, 265.
Queen's Bench prison, prisoners in, how relieved, 367; now
called the "Queen's Prison," 367.
Quit rents, lord of a manor not rateable for, 152.
Rabbit warren, formerly a tenement, which conferred a settle-
ment, 579.
Railway, in what cases rateable, and how, 218, 224.
Ranger of a royal park, in what cases rateable, 185.
Rate for the poor, 145-282, 49. See "Poor-rate."
Rates, borrowing money on the security of, and for what pur-
poses, 8.
Ratepayers may vote for guardians, 13; are competent wit-
nesses in an appeal against a rate, 262; and against an
order of removal, 806; declarations by, in what cases
evidence, 807.
Rate-book, and how to be kept, 230, 44, 45, 239. Rate re-
ceipt check book, 47, 62.
Rate, appeal against, 249. See "Poor-rate."
Rate, how levied, 268; pending an appeal, 279, 264.
Rates, collector of, 58; his appointment, 59; security, 60;
his duties, 61.
Rates, inspection of, 283.
Rates, settlement by paying, 660; how proved, 724; how
stated in grounds of appeal, 797.
1. Settlement from 1690 to 22nd June, 1795, p. 660:-
what taxes within the Act, 660; the party must be
charged with them, 661; and he must pay them, 665;
residence, 666.
2. Settlement from the 22nd June, 1795, to the 22nd June,
1825, p. 667 :-tenement of the value of 101., p. 667.
3. Settlement from the 22nd June, 1825, p. 669:-assess-
ment in respect of what tenement, 669.
Rates paid by landlord, do not prevent a settlement by renting
a tenement, 584.
Rate upon landlord, for small tenements, 153; in what cases,
153; how rated, 154; rates, how recovered, 155; rights
and privileges of owners and occupiers, 155; in what
cases the tenant excused, 156.
Receipt and payment book to be kept by overseers, 45; ba-
lance sheet from, 46. Receipt check book, 47.
Recognizance to try appeal against a rate, in what cases, 249;
upon obtaining a certiorari to remove a rule of the com-
missioners, 7.
Recovery of balances due from overseers, 108, 125.
Recovery of parish houses, &c., 50; of parish lands, let to the
poor, 349, 350.
Recovery of rent for parish houses, 350.
Rector, how rated for his tithes, 213: in what cases one of the
select vestry, 387.
Re-election of a guardian, in what cases, 13.
Reference to the poor-law commissioners, in what cases, 706,
851.
Refractory paupers in workhouse, how punished, 324.
Refusal to serve office by overseer, punishment, 42.
Refusal by overseer to give relief, 43; to submit his accounts
for audit or allowance, 108; to pay over balances in his
hands, 108; to obey the orders of justices, 52.
Refusal of pauper to work, 322; to go into workhouse, 327.
Register of baptism, evidence of, what, 409.
Register of births and deaths, in workhouse, 93.
Register of marriage, how kept, 425; how far a copy of it
evidence, 419.
Register of chapels of dissenters, &c., for marriages, 424.
Register of indentures of apprentices to the sea service, 540.
Registrar, superintendent, of marriages, 423; marriage in
what cases upon his certificate, 423; in what cases by
him, in his office, 426.
Regulations of the poor-law commissioners, generally, 5; as
to relief to able-bodied paupers, 48,345; as to select ves-
tries, 390; as to workhouses, 307.
Reimbursement of overseers, for advances made by them, 112;
of officers, for injuries to their property, 73.
Relations, relief by, how enforced, 285, 289; service with, in
what cases it formerly conferred a settlement, 460.
Relief of the poor, 285 :-
1. Relief by relations, parents, and others, 285:-liability
of relations generally, 285; what relations, 285, 287;
order, and how enforced, 286, 289. Liability of husbands
and fathers, 289; in what cases, 289; refusing or neg-
lecting to maintain family, 290; husbands or parents
running away, 291. Liability of mothers, 292; liability
of widows, 292; liability of unmarried women, 293.
Liability of putative fathers of bastards, 293.
2. Relief in the workhouse, 295:-workhouses, their
establishment, &c., 295; in parishes generally, 295; in
parishes and unions under the Poor Law Amendment
Act, 297; money for the purpose how raised, 299; lands
Relief of the poor (continued).
for the purpose, how conveyed, 301; workhouses may be
sold, when, 302; workhouses, where deemed to be situate,
302; officers in workhouses, 303; visitors of workhouses,
in parishes generally, 303; visitors of workhouses under
the Poor Law Amendment Act, 305. Relief by guardians
in a workhouse, 307; rules for their management of the
workhouse, 307; as to the admission of paupers, 308; as
to the admission of unsettled poor, 310; strayed children
or insane persons, 311; as to the classification of the
paupers, 312; as to the discipline and diet of the paupers,
314; employment in workhouses, 318; religious service
in workhouses, 319; lunatics in workhouses, 319.-
Bringing ardent spirits, &c., into workhouses, 319; the
like, or other misbehaviour by officers of workhouses,
320; misbehaviour of paupers, 309; certain punishments
not to be inflicted, 327. Relief by overseers, &c., in
workhouses, 327; the admission of paupers, 327; rules
for their management, 329.
3. Relief out of the workhouse, 332:-relief by guardians
out of the workhouse, 332; relief, in what cases gene-
rally, 332; in cases of sickness or inability to work,
334; able-bodied poor, 335, 333; casual poor, 338;
wayfarers, wanderers, or foundlings, 340; pauper luna-
tics, 340; married women, 341; widows, 341; to settled
paupers, non-resident, 342; to non-settled paupers, 343.
-Funds, how provided, 343. Relief, by setting up trades
for their employment, 346. Relief, by providing land for
their employment, 346: overseers may employ the poor
in cultivating land, 346; they may inclose waste lands
for the like purpose, 347; they may inclose forests of the
crown for the like purpose, 347.-These powers extended
to guardians, &c., 347. Relief, by letting land to them
in small portions, 348; guardians or overseers may let
land to the poor, 348; land to be duly cultivated, 349;
vestry to receive applications, 349; rent, how reserved,
349; eviction for non-payment, &c., 349; possession,
how recovered, 350; rent, how recoverable, 350; appli-
cation of rent, 351; power to exchange, 351; no habi-
tations to be erected, 351; these provisions extended to
1 & 2 W. 4, cc. 42 & 59, p. 351. Relief, by building
houses for them upon the waste, 351. By contracting
with others for their maintenance or management, 352.
By providing asylums for the houseless poor, 353. By
educating the children of the poor, 353. By enabling the
poor to emigrate, 353. Relief, by overseers, out of the
workhouse, 361; in parishes within unions or under a
select vestry, 362. In single parishes or townships, not
under guardians or a select vestry, 364; parish poor, 364;
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