A bill, intended to be offered to Parliament, for the better relief and employment of the poor, within that part of Great Britain called England / [Thomas Gilbert].

Thomas Gilbert

Date:: [1775]

Credit: A bill, intended to be offered to Parliament, for the better relief and employment of the poor, within that part of Great Britain called England / [Thomas Gilbert]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$ter, fhall, with refpedt to all the Provifions and Regulations of this A<ft, be deemed and confidered as diftintft Counties ; and the Qua¬ lification of the Governors within fuch Ci¬ ties and Towns fhall be the fame as is here¬ in directed for the feveral Counties within the Principality of Wales. incorporated by partipplar to continue lb, unlejb t hey :o be included in this Act. f And be it further Enabled, That all Hun¬ dreds, Cities, Towns, Divifions, Parifhes, and Places, within that Part of Great Britain called England, which have been incorporated or formed into Diftrifts by the Authority of any Act or Acts of Parliament for the bet¬ ter Relief and Employment of the Poor, and have maintained, and continue to main¬ tain, their Poor under the Authority of fuch Act or Acts, fhall be exempted, freed, and difcharged from the feveral Provifions, Powers, and Authorities of this Act, unlefs the Governors, Directors, Affiftants, Guar¬ dians, or other Officers intruded with the Execution of any fuch Act or Acts of Par¬ liament, fhall requeft the contrary, and fig- nify fuch Requeft under their Corporate Seal to the Governors for the County wherein fuch Hundred, City, Town, Divifion, Parifh, Diftrict, or Place fhall lie, at their Firft Meeting to be held under the Authority of this Acr, any Thing herein contained to the contrary thereof in anywife notwithftanding. p having a Surplus of And be it further Enacted, That it fliall , to pay the fame to fuch j iirir j T n • r i [ be deficient, by Order of and may be lawful ror the Juftices of the * atQi-tevSefiions. Peace, from Time to Time, at their General Quarter Seffions, where there fhall happen \<j be more than One Diftrict within their Jurif$