Given under the seal of office of the Local Government Board, this twenty-second day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven. G. SCLATER-BOOTH, President. PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES OF NON-PAUPER CHILDREN. ORDER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD AMENDING REGULATIONS AS TO APPOINTMENTS OF INQUIRY OFFICERS. To the Guardians of the Poor of the several Unions named in the Schedule to this Order, and to all others whom it may concern. WHEREAS by a general order bearing date the 22nd day of March, 1877, and addressed to the guardians of the poor of the several unions named in the schedule to this order, the Local Government Board made regulations with respect to the proceedings of the guardians under the Elementary Education Act, 1876; And whereas by Article IV. of the said order it is provided that every person appointed as inquiry officer under that order shall hold office until he shall die, or resign, or be removed by the Local Government Board, or by the guardians with the assent of that Board, or be proved to be insane by evidence which that Board shall deem to be sufficient; And whereas it is expedient to make provision for the appointment of inquiry officers for limited periods only: Now therefore, we, the Local Government Board, in pursuance of the powers given by the several statutes in that behalf, hereby order as follows: ARTICLE I. The guardians of the poor of each of the unions named in the schedule to the said order may, if they think fit, with the assent of the Local Government Board, appoint a person or persons, or one or more of their officers, to discharge the duties of an inquiry officer prescribed by that order, for a limited period only, anything in the said order contained to the contrary notwithstanding. ARTICLE II.-In this order The term "guardians" includes any body of persons SCHEDULE. (The unions and incorporations and single parishes set forth in this schedule are the same as those specified in the schedule to the order of the 22nd March, 1877, see p. 176.) Given under the Seal of Office of the Local Government Board, this fourth day of June, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven. G. SCLATER-BOOTH, President. JOHN LAMBERT, Secretary. PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES OF NON-PAUPER ORDER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD AS TO APPLICATIONS TO RELIEF COMMITTEES. To the Guardians of the Poor of the several Unions named in the Schedule to this Order, and to all others whom it may concern. WHEREAS by certain general orders, bearing date the 22nd day of March, 1877, and the 4th day of June, 1877, addressed, amongst others, to the guardians of the poor of each of the unions named in the schedule to this order, the Local Government Board made regulations with respect to the proceedings of the guardians under the Elementary Education Act, 1876, by reason whereof all applications by parents, not being paupers, for payment of school fees, whether made directly to the guardians or through an inquiry officer, are exclusively controlled and managed by the guardians of the union sitting as a Board; And whereas the guardians of the said several unions are empowered by orders of the Poor Law Commissioners, the Poor Law Board, and the Local Government Board, respectively, to appoint a committee or committees for the purpose of hearing and determining applications for relief, and it is expedient that the committee or committees so appointed, hereinafter termed the relief committee or relief committees, should be authorised to deal with the applications made as aforesaid for the payment of school fees: Now therefore, we, the Local Government Board, in pursuance of the powers given by the statutes in that behalf, hereby order as follows: that is to say,— ARTICLE I.-The guardians of the poor of each of the unions named in the schedule to this order may, if they think fit to do so, authorise the relief committee or committees who are appointed or may be appointed by them, to deal with all applications for payment of school fees on account of parents, not being paupers, residing or being in the district, or part of the district, which may have been so assigned to such committee or committees; and such committee or committees shall thereupon hear and determine all such applications, and give all directions respecting the continuance of the payment of the fees, in such manner as the guardians, acting as a board, are now or may hereafter be authorised to do. Provided that nothing in this order contained shall at any time prevent the guardians acting as a board from rescinding or altering any order of such relief committee or relief committees in regard to school fees not previously paid, or from considering and deciding on any application from any parent as aforesaid, or determining on the continuance or cessation of any weekly or other fee which shall not have been actually paid. ARTICLE II. Whenever the guardians of a union give authority to the relief committee or committees in pursuance of Article I. of this order, the following regulations shall take effect: (1.) Each inquiry officer whose district or any part thereof is assigned to a relief committee shall submit to the committee at every meeting the School Fees Application and Report Book which he is required to keep by the general order of the Local Government Board first above recited; and a note of the decision or direction of the committee upon every application for school fees, whether made through an inquiry officer or directly to the relief committee, shall be inserted at the meeting of the committee in the proper columns of such book, and authenticated in the proper column |