The facts bearing on the claim of the poor to 1. The Poorhouse grounds and buildings; 2. Paul's work mortification; and 3. Trinity Hospital : and dissent from the report of the Law Committee of the Council refusing the poor's claims / by Councillor Curror.
- Edinburgh (Scotland). Parochial Board.
- Date:
- 1862
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The facts bearing on the claim of the poor to 1. The Poorhouse grounds and buildings; 2. Paul's work mortification; and 3. Trinity Hospital : and dissent from the report of the Law Committee of the Council refusing the poor's claims / by Councillor Curror. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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![which the poor gave the use of the ground for Forrest Road, and their reserved rig]it to resume it, was not sufficiently brought under counsel’s notice. Assuming, however, the statement in the case for the Incor- poration, the counsel consulted were asked to answer these ques- tions : (1.) “ Have the charity workhouse buildings been validly and legally transferred to the Parochial Board, and arc the Corporation bound to continue to hold the same for behoof of that Board, or to execute and deliver such conveyance thereof as may enable the Board to administer the same in terms of the Poor-law Amendment Act ? or, (2.) Are the Corporation entitled to resume possession thereof, or to require a reason- able consideration, in the way of rent or purchase-money, from the Parochial Board in respect of their being allowed to use and possess the same ? ” To which counsel answered : (1 and 2.) “In virtue of the Poor-law Amendment Act, the Parochial Board of the City Parish are entitled to the benefit of such property as at the date of the passing of the act belonged to, or was vested in, the Magistrates and Town- council for the use and benefit of the poor of that parish, and the rights of the City Parish and the memorialists, in regard to the different subjects mentioned in the memorial, thus depend upon the question, whether these subjects in August 1845 belonged to, or were vested in, the memorialists for the use and benefit of the poor of the City Parish. In regard to the charity workhouse buildings, and the ground upon which they stand, lying to the west of Forrest Road, we think the Parochial Board are entitled to retain their possession, these subjects having been truly held by the Magistrates and Council at the date of the Poor-law Act, for behoof of the poor, and having as such been given over by them to the Board. Pre- vious to 1845, the care of the poor and the administration of the poor funds and property having been in the hands of the magistrates, we think that it was at any time in their power to have removed the resident poor from the premises then in use, to such other premises as they might provide as being more suitable; and if, in this way, prior to 1845, the city poorhouse had been no longer occupied by the poor, we think](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21731287_0014.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
