Annual Report of the Poor Law Commissioners for England and Wales, 6. köide

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Poor Law Commission Office, 1840
 

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Page 267 - Parliament held in the first and second years of the reign of Her present Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled " An Act for the more effectual relief of the destitute poor in Ireland;" this is to notify, that the Poor Law Commissioners have directed their Assistant Commissioner, Richard Hall, Esq.
Page 213 - Commutation Rent-charge, if any, and deducting therefrom the probable average annual cost of the repairs, insurance, and other expenses, if any, necessary to maintain them in a state to command such Rent...
Page 86 - Us by an Act passed in the fifth year of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled "An Act for the Amendment and better Administration of the Laws relating to the Poor in England and Wales...
Page 255 - Know all men by these presents, that of of , and of are held and firmly bound unto our sovereign Lady Victoria, by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
Page 221 - rateable value " means the gross value after deducting therefrom the probable annual average cost of the repairs, insurance, and other expenses as aforesaid...
Page 226 - ... before a justice of the peace to be dealt with according to law...
Page 221 - Year of the Reign of her present Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled ' An Act to enable the Owners of settled Estates to defray the Expenses of draining the same by way of Mortgage...
Page 222 - Before being removed from the receiving ward, the pauper shall be thoroughly cleansed, and shall be clothed in a workhouse dress, and the clothes which he wore at the time of his admission shall be purified, and deposited in a place appropriated for that purpose, with the pauper's name affixed thereto. Such clothes shall be restored to the pauper when he leaves the workhouse.
Page 84 - ... fit ; and he shall cast up such of the votes as he shall find to be valid, and to have been duly given, collected, or received, and ascertain the number of such votes for each candidate.
Page 212 - Third and every subsequent Offence shall be deemed a Misdemeanor, and such Offender shall be liable to be indicted for the same Offence, and shall on Conviction pay such Fine, not being less than Twenty Pounds, and suffer such Imprisonment, with or without hard Labour, as may be awarded against him by the Court by or before which he shall be tried and convicted.

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