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11. Order of Removal.

To the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish of L., in the county of C., and to the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish of Y., in the county of S. and to each and every of them.

County of C. Whereas complaint hath been made unto us, whose to wit. names are hereunto set and seals affixed, being two of her Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county of C. (one whereof being of the quorum), by the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the said parish of L., that A. B. [&c. as in the Complaint, No. 1, ante, p. 501, to the asterisk, and then :] We, the said justices, upon due proof thereof as well by examination of witnesses, to wit, of the said A. B. and of E. F. and F. G., upon oath, as otherwise, and upon due consideration of the premises, do adjudge the same to be true, and that the place of the last legal settlement of the said A. B., M. his wife, and their said three children, is in the said parish of Y., in the said county of S.: [And we the said justices do hereby further state that we are satisfied by the evidence aforesaid that the said sickness of the said A. B. or accident to the said A. B., as the case may be, will produce permanent disability in the said A. B. :] These are therefore, in her Majesty's name to require and order you the said churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the said parish of L., or some or one of you, or some proper person or persons to be employed by you, at such time and in such manner as by law is provided and directed in that behalf, to remove and convey the said A. B., M. his wife, and their said three children, from and out of your said parish of L. to the said parish of Y., and them deliver, together with this our order, or a duplicate or true copy thereof, unto the overseers of the poor there, or one of them, who are hereby required to receive and provide for them according to law.

Given under our hands and seals, at the day of A.D. 185-.

County of C.

in the said county of C.,

12. Suspension of the Order.

J. L. (L.S.)

J. S.

(L.S.)

Whereas it appears to us, I. L. and J. S., Esquires,

to wit. two of her Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county of C., the justices making the within order of removal, that the therein named A. B. is unable to travel by reason of sickness and infirmity of body, and that it would be dangerous for him so to do; we, the said justices, do hereby suspend the execution of the said order of removal until we, or any two of her Majesty's justices of the peace for the said county of C., are satisfied that it may be safely executed without danger.

Given, &c. [as in the last form.]

13. Subsequent Permission to execute, and Order for Costs of

Maintenance.

County of C. Whereas it hath been now made appear unto us to wit. S two of her Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, that the within order of removal may be safely executed without danger: We do, therefore, hereby authorize and direct the execution of the same accordingly: And whereas it hath been duly proved upon oath before us, the said justices, that charges to the amount of have been necessarily incurred by the said parish

of L. by the suspension of the said order of removal: We the said justices do hereby order and direct the said sum of to be paid by the overseers of the within-mentioned parish of Y. to the overseers of the within-mentioned parish of L.

Given, &c. [as in Form No. 11, supra.]

14. Order for Costs where the Pauper dies. County of C. Whereas it hath been now made appear unto us, to wit. two of her Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, that since the making of the within order of removal, that is to say, on the instant, the within-named A. B. hath died [but that the within order may now be executed with respect to M. B., the widow of the said A. B., and her children, and we

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do therefore hereby authorize and direct the execution of the same accordingly]: And whereas it hath been [&c. insert the part of the form No. 13, supra, from the asterisk *].

15. Notice of Chargeability and Grounds of Removal, adapted also to Cases where the Order is suspended.

Parish of L., in the county of C.

As to the removal of A. B., his wife and three children.

To the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish of
Y., in the county of S.

Take notice, that the above-named A. B., now residing at in this parish [or in the workhouse of the N. union, in which this parish is comprised], has, with M. his wife, and their three children, become and now is chargeable to the said parish of L., and is now receiving relief from the parish [adding here, where the order is suspended by reason of sickness, &c.: the said relief being made necessary by sickness of the said A. B., or accident to the said A. B., as the case may be, which sickness, or accident, is such as will produce permanent disability]; And that an order of justices has been obtained for their removal to your parish of Y., as their last place of legal settlement (a duplicate of which order is herewith sent):

[In the case of a suspended order, say from the asterisk*: but the execution of the same has been suspended by a further order under the hands and seals of two justices, on account of the sickness and infirmity of the said A. B., duplicates of which said order of removal and order for the suspension thereof, are herewith sent]:

And take notice, that the following are the grounds of the said removal, including the particulars of the settlement [or settlements] relied upon by us in support thereof:

1. For that, &c.

2. And also, for that, &c. [setting out the settlements intended to be relied upon, in the same way as a settlement is stated in grounds of appeal: vide forms or modes of describing them in No. 18, p. 507, &c.]

3. And also, for that the said A. B., with his said wife and three children, have come to inhabit and are now inhabiting in the said parish of L., and before and at the time of the making of the said [first-mentioned] order [of justices] were and still are chargeable to the said parish of L., and receiving relief therefrom:

And take notice, that unless notice of appeal against the said order be received by us within twenty-one days from the sending hereof, or (in case of your application for a copy of the depositions on which such order has been made) within a further period of fourteen days after the sending of such copy,* the said paupers will be removed to your

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said parish of Y. in pursuance of the said order, and no appeal against such order shall afterwards be allowed.

[In the case of a suspended order, say from the last asterisk :* no appeal against such order shall afterwards be allowed, and the said paupers will be removed to your said parish of Y. in pursuance of the said order, as soon as the said order can be executed without danger to the said A. B., and two of her Majesty's justices of the peace shall authorize and direct the same to be executed.]

Given under our hands this

day of A.D. 185-. [Majority of the] churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the said parish of L. [or overseers of the poor of the said township of M., or guardians of the poor of the said parish of N.]

16. Warrant of Removal of Persons born in Scotland or Ireland, or in the Isle of Man, or Scilly, or Jersey, or Guernsey. (Given in Sched. to 8 & 9 Vict. c. 117.)

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Whereas complaint hath been made by the board of guardians of the union [or of the parish of, &c. to wit. S -], in the said county of unto us, whose names are hereunto set and seals affixed, two of her Majesty's justices of the peace acting in and for the said county, that —, a person born in Scotland [or Ireland, or the Isle of Man, or Scilly, or Jersey, or Guernsey, hath become and is now chargeable to the parish [township, &c.] of in the said union, &c.: And whereas, upon examination of the said taken upon oath before us (which examination is hereto annexed), it doth appear to our satisfaction that he was born in Scotland, &c., and hath not a settlement in England, and that he hath a wife named and children, videlicet which children has any settlement in England. These are therefore to require you the said

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to convey the said his wife and family aforesaid, to Scotland, &c. in the manner directed by the regulations of the justices of the said county, &c., and approved by J. S., one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, in pursuance of the provisions of a certain act made and passed in the year of the reign of Queen Victoria, intituled [the title of this act (a).] Given under our hands and seals this in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and [Here copy the regulations of the justices of the county, &c., approved by the Secretary of State, as applicable to the removal of the party.]

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17. Examination to which the above Warrant refers. (Id.)

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taken on oath before us, two of to wit. her Majesty's justices of the peace acting in and for the [county, riding, city, borough, town corporate, division, or liberty,] aforesaid, this day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and who on oath saith, that according to the best

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(a) The title is-" An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Removal of Poor Persons born in Scotland, Ireland, the Islands of Man, Scilly, Jersey or Guernsey, and chargeable in England.”

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of [his or her] knowledge and belief [he or she] was born in that part of the United Kingdom called Scotland [or Ireland, or in the Isle of Man, or Scilly, or Jersey, or Guernsey], which [he or she] left about years ago, and hath no settlement in that part of the United Kingdom called England, and hath actually become and is now chargeable to the [parish, township, &c.] of in the county of that he hath a wife named and children, neither of which children has gained a settlement in England]. Sworn the day and year first above written, before us

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18. Modes of describing Settlements in the Grounds of Removal, No. 15, p. 505.*

(a) Birth.]-For that the said A. B., who is the lawful son of C. B. and A. his wife, was born in your said parish of Y. in or about [the month of in] the year 18-, and hath not acquired a settlement in his own right.

(b) Birth of Illegitimate Pauper before August, 1834.]-For that the said A. B. is the illegitimate son of C. B. and was born of the said C. B. in the year — at, in your said parish of Y., whilst the said C. B. was a single woman.

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(c) Birth of Illegitimate Pauper, born after 14th August, 1834, and under 16.]-For that the said A. B. being illegitimate, and having been born of C. B. whilst she was a single woman, after the passing of the act of the fourth and fifth years of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, chapter seventy-six, to wit, in the month of year 1835, hath and follows, by virtue of the said act, the settlement of his mother the said C. B., which is in your said parish of Y. as hereinafter mentioned. [Then follows the statement of the mother's original or derivative settlement.]

(d) Hiring and Service.]-For that the said A. B. in or about [the month of in] the year 18-, being then unmarried, and not having child or children, was hired by C. D., farmer, then residing in your said parish of Y., to serve him as housekeeper [carter, ploughman, or servant in husbandry, &c.] for one year, from until at the wages of and that on the day of [or at Michaelmas Day] in the said year 18-, the said A. B., being still unmarried and without child or children, entered into the said service, and served the said C. D. in your said parish of Y. under the said yearly hiring until

; and during the whole of that time [or during more than forty days of such service and on the last day of such service] the said A. B. resided and slept in your said parish of Y. [in the house of the said C. D. there].

(e) Hiring and Service, where there is a Continuous Service for a Year under Consecutive Hirings.]--For that the said A. B. in in the year 1829, being then unmarried and not having child or children, was hired by C. D., farmer, then residing in your said parish of Y., to serve him as until the day then next following, at the wages of ; and the said A. B. then accordingly entered into the said service, and served the said C. D. in your said parish of Y. as such servant under the said hiring, until and on the day then next fol

Some of these have been collected and adapted from various grounds of appeal given in Archbold's Law of Examinations, 1847, published before the 11 & 12 Vict. c. 31, which requires the grounds of removal to be sent by the removing parish.

lowing: And that on the said day, 1830, the said A. B. being still unmarried, and not having child or children, was again hired by the said C. D. to serve him as such servant as aforesaid for one year from the said last-mentioned day until day in the year 1831; and the said A. B. accordingly continued in the service of and served the said C. D. in your said parish of Y. under the said lastmentioned hiring until the month of in the year 1831, when he left the said service; and during the whole time of his said service under the said two hirings [or during more than forty days of his said service under the said last-mentioned hiring, or during more than forty days of the said service], and on the last day of such service, the said A. B. resided and slept in your said parish of Y. [in the house of the said C. D. there].

(f) Apprenticeship in ordinary Cases.]-For that the said A. B. when about the age of fourteen years, to wit, on the day of in the year of our Lord 18-, by an indenture of apprenticeship of that date, made between the said A. B. (who was the son of C. B. of by and with his father's consent, and J. C. of your said parish of Y., tailor, bound himself apprentice unto the said J. C. to serve him as such apprentice for the term of years, to learn the art or trade of a tailor; and that the said A. B. accordingly entered the service of the said J. C. as such apprentice on the day of, then instant, and served him in your said parish of Y. as such apprentice under the said indenture from that time until the - And the said A. B. during the whole of the time of his said service under the said indenture [or during more than forty days of his said service under the said indenture, and on the last day of such service], inhabited in your said parish of Y., and resided and slept therein [in the house of the said J. C. his master, situate in the said parish].

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(g) Apprenticeship as a Parish Apprentice in all cases previously to the 1st October, 1844, and since that Time where the Parish is not in an Union.]-For that on the day of in the year 18-, by an indenture of apprenticeship of that date, made between wardens of the parish of A. in the county of — of the poor of the said parish of the one part, and J. C. of the other part, the said churchwardens and overseers, by and with the consent of -, Esquires, two of her Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county of, and by and in pursuance of an order in writing under the hands and seals of the said justices, bearing date the day of then instant, did bind the said pauper A. B. apprentice unto the said J. C. to serve him as such apprentice, for the term of years, to learn the trade of a shoemaker, and which said indenture, before the execution thereof by any of the parties thereto, was duly allowed by the said justices; and that the said A. B. accordingly entered the service of the said J. C.* as such apprentice on the day of and served him in your said parish of Y. as such apprentice, under the said indenture, until the day of —, 18-: And the said A. B. during the whole time of his said service under the said indenture [or during more than forty days of his said service under the said indenture, and on the last day of such service] inhabited in your said parish of Y. and resided and slept therein [in the house of the said J. C., situate in your said parish].

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(h) Apprenticeship as a Parish Apprentice in cases since the 1st October, 1844, where the Parish is in an Union.]-For that on the day of in the year of our Lord 18-, by an indenture of

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