Proposals for a scheme for the better maintainance and employment of the poor

Plan to amend and enforce the act of 23 Geo. III.  for the better relief and employment of the poor; and for substituting new resources for their support, which may gradually reduce the Poor's Rates, and, in time, render that Burthen easier to the Public.

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Proposals for a scheme for the better maintainance and employment of the poor

Plan to amend and enforce the act of 23 Geo. III. for the better relief and employment of the poor; and for substituting new resources for their support, which may gradually reduce the Poor's Rates, and, in time, render that Burthen easier to the Public.