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dians of the union to direct the appointment of a paid collector of the poor rates in any parish within the union, order and direct the said guardians, within a limited time, to appoint a fit and proper person to collect the rates assessed for the relief of the poor in the parish, to be termed collector of the poor rates.

With respect to such appointment, the following regulations are laid down by the board :

Qualification.

Article 1.-No person shall be qualified to be a collector unless upon his appointment he undertake to give one month's notice previous to resigning the office, or to forfeit one month's amount of salary, to be deducted as liquidated damages, from the amount of salary due at the time of such resignation.

Duties of the Officer.

Article 2.-The duties of such collector shall be :

No. 1. To assist the churchwardens and overseers in making, assessing, and levying the poor rates of the said parish.

No. 2. To collect the poor rates from the parties assessed thereto in the said parish.

No. 3. To assist the said churchwardens and overseers in filling up receipts, keeping all books, and making all returns which relate to any matter concerning the poor rates of the said parish.

No. 4. At all times, when required by such churchwardens and overseers, to produce to them the rate books and other account books in his custody relating to the said parish, and to balance the said rates, and to furnish the said churchwardens and overseers of the poor with a true list of all defaulters in the payment of poor rates due to such parish, and under their direction to institute and attend to proceedings against such defaulters.

No. 5. To attend the meetings of the guardians of the said union when required by them, and to obey all lawful orders and directions of such guardians, and of the majority of the said overseers of the poor.

No. 6. To perform all the duties prescribed by the poor law commissioners in their general order, dated the 17th day of March, 1847, so far as the same relate to the office of collector; and all rules, orders, and regulations to be hereafter issued by the poor law board applicable to his office.

Remuneration of the Officer.

Article 3. The board of guardians shall pay to the officer appointed to the office under this order, a salary at and after the rate of £10 per annum, and shall charge the same to the said parish.

Article 4. The salary of such officer shall be payable up to the day on which he ceases to hold such office, and no longer, and shall be paid by equal periodical payments in like manner as the salaries of the other paid officers of the union are paid, with a proportionate sum to be paid to his executors or administrators in case he shall die while holding such office.

No collector who may be suspended, and who shall, upon such suspension, resign or be removed by the poor law board, shall be entitled to any salary from the date of such suspension.

Security.

Article 5. Every person appointed to such office shall give a bond in such penal sum as the said guardians shall think fit, in the names of himself and two sufficient sureties, not being officers of the aforesaid union, conditioned for the due and faithful per formance of the duties of the office; and every such officer shall give immediate notice to the said guardians of the death, insolvency, or bankruptcy of either of such sureties, and shall, when required by the said guardians, produce a certificate, signed by two householders, that his sureties are alive and believed by them to be solvent, and shall supply a fresh surety in the place of any such surety who may die, or become bankrupt or insolvent. Provided that the guardians may, if they think fit, take the security of any society or company expressly authorized by statute to guarantee or secure the faithful discharge of the duties of any poor law officer.

Continuance in Office and Suspension of Officer-Supply of

Vacancy.

Article 6. Every officer appointed under this order shall continue to hold the said office until he shall die, or resign, or be removed by the poor law board, or be proved to be insane by evidence which such board shall deem satisfactory; and upon such death, resignation, removal, or insanity of any such officer, the said guardians shall give notice thereof to the poor law board, and proceed to appoint some person in his place, according to the provisions of this order.

Article 7. The said guardians may, at their discretion, suspend from the discharge of his duties any such collector, and shall, in

case of every such suspension, forthwith report the same, together with the cause thereof, to the poor law board, for the decision of the poor law board thereon; and in every case of a resignation the said guardians shall transmit to the poor law board a statement of the cause of such resignation, so far as it may be known to them.

Article 8. If any officer appointed under this order be at any time prevented by sickness or accident, or other sufficient reason, from the performance of his duties, the guardians may appoint a fit person to act as his temporary substitute, and may pay such person a reasonable compensation for his services; and every such appointment, with a statement of the circumstances which have led to it, shall be reported to the poor law board as soon as the same shall have been made.

Reference

Numbers.

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Audit Districts,

WITH THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF THE AUDITORS.

1. Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire, Daniel Goodson Adey, the Cell, Markgate-street, Herts.

2. Berkshire and Hampshire, George Barnes, Newbury.

3. Buckinghamshire & Northamptonshire, Alfred Hayward, Brackley. 4. Cambridge and Huntingdonshire, Charles Brent Wale, Shelford,

Cambridge.

5. Cheshire and Denbighshire, Thomas Kyffin Roberts, St. Asaph.
6. Cornwall and Devonshire, W. Hughes, 2, Alfred-place, Plymouth.
7. Cumberland, East, and Westmorland, John Bell, Appleby.
8. Cumberland, West, Robert Francis Yarker, Ulverstone.
9. Devonshire, Central, John Tyrrell, Exeter.

10. Devonshire, North, Charles Wm. Johnson, Great Torrington.

11. Devonshire, South East, Robert Tucker, Ashburton.

12. Durham, Thomas Christopher Maynard, Durham.

13. Durham and Yorkshire, James Hunton, Richmond, Yorkshire. 14. Essex, Henry Collins, Billericay.

15. Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire, Edward Murrell, Much
Birch, Ross.

16. Hampshire and Sussex, Thomas Hoskins, 3, High-street, Gosport.
17. Hampshire and Wiltshire, William Jas. Patterson, Portland-street,
18. Herefordshire, Jonathan Green, Presteign. [Southampton.
19. Kent, East, Richard Bathurst, Faversham.
20. Kent, West, Geo. M. Arnold, Gravesend.

21. Lancashire, South, & Cheshire, Ner Gardiner, Cheetham, Man

chester.

22. Lancashire, West and North, William Rees, 42, Upper Parlia

ment-street, Liverpool.

23. Leicestershire & Nottinghamshire, W. Power, Freezley, nr. Fazeley. 24. Lincolnshire & Rutlandshire, Sturton Johnson, Great Stanmore, Middlesex.

25. London, Joseph Gibbs, 9, Inner Temple Lane.

26. Metropolitan, North East, R. Burnell, 58, Fenchurch-street.
27. Metropolitan, North West, James Hales Mitchiner, Staines.
28. Metropolitan, South East, W. Fossett, Charlotte-row, Walworth.
29. Metropolitan, South West, J. C. Meymott, 86, Blackfriars-road
30. Norfolk, East, Robert Rising, Horsey, near Caistor.
31. Norfolk, West, Wales Christopher Hotson, Norwich.

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32. Northumberland, Robert Usher, 5, Low Swinburne-place, New-
castle upon-Tyne.

33. Oxfordshire & Warwickshire, James Hunt, Chipping Norton.
34. Shropshire & Montgomeryshire, Robt. Fisher, jun., Newport, Salop.
35. Somersetshire, West, James Tally Vining, Yeovil.

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Audit Districts-continued.

36. Somersetshire and Wiltshire, John Seagram, Warminster.

37. Staffordshire & Derbyshire, Richard Stone, Derby.

38. Staffordshire and Worcestershire, T. S. Simkiss, Wolverhampton. 39. Suffolk, East, Francis Wilson Ellis, Southwold.

41. Suffolk, West, Charles Gross, jun., Ipswich.

42. Sussex and Kent, N. P. Kell, Battle.

43. Sussex, East, and Surrey, George Turner, Fletching, Uckfield. 44. Sussex, West, Wm. Mason, Chichester.

45. Wales, South, Thomas Bowen, Carmarthen.

46. Wales, North, Wm. Pritchard Lhoyd, Castle-street, Chester. 47. Wiltshire & Gloucestershire, G. S. White, Fairford, Glo'stershire. 48. Yorkshire, North East,R.C. Weatherill,St. Ann's, Stockton-on-Tees. 49. Yorkshire, South, John Brewin, Cotefield, Wortley, nr. Sheffield. 50. Yorkshire, West, Thos. Micklethwaite, Wakefield. 51. The Auditors of each of the following parishes in the metropolis

are appointed annually by the parishioners, under the provisions of the Act 1 & 2 Will. 4, c. 60, which directs that in every parish adopting the provisions of that Act, the parishioners, duly qualified to vote for vestrymen, shall elect five ratepayers of the parish, who shall have signified in writing their assent to serve, to be auditors of accounts:

St. George, Hanover Square; St. James, Westminster; St. Giles and St. George, Bloomsbury; St. Marylebone; St. Pancras.

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