Poor laws - Scotland
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The Scottish Poor Law, and some contrasts between its principles and the practices that have grown upon it : being a paper read ... on 28th May 1869, at the request of the Chalmers Association ... / by D. Curror.
Date: 1869
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On pauperism, its cure : and the land question / by J. Mackenzie.
Date: 1870- E-books
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Letter from a gentleman in Edinburgh, to a member of Parliament : concerning the scheme for establishing a poors-rate in Edinburgh.
Date: [1749]
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Report of law committee under remit of the Parochial Board of the city parish of Edinburgh anent the Board's right to poorhouse grounds, and to other grants and mortifications for the use of the poor.
Date: 1861- E-books
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Proposals for maintaining of the poor, and discouraging of vagabonds , and vagrant and sturdy beggars; humbly offered to the consideration of the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session, the Honourable the Lord Provost and magistrates of the city of Edinburgh, and the justices of peace of the shires of Edinburgh, Linlithgow and Haddingtoun [sic]; to the effect, that the whole may be under their cognizance, at the next quarter-sessions.
Date: 1726]