English local government from the revolution to the Municipal Corporations Act : the parish and the county / by Sidney and Beatrice Webb.

  • Sidney Webb
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1906 (repr.1922)
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    Prison, Debtors', in Kent, 428 n. ; in Whiteclinpol, 531 New Bailey, at Salford, 368 Prisoners, emplo3'inent of, 355, 371, 521, 530, 596 ; ironing of, 355 n. ; dis- charge of, by Justices, on insufficient grounds, 395, 396 ; exaction of fees from, 486, 532 ; maintenance of, 498, 525 Prisons. See Qaols Inspectors of, 605 Prisons Act, 605 Private Bill Legislation of eighteenth century, 149-152. See Acts, Local Privy Council, 16 w. ; removal of County Court by, 290 w. ; control of, over Justices, 302 w., 306, 602 ; order of, as to fees of Justices, 304 n. ; re- duction of Sheriff's expenses by, 306 w.; communication of, to Lords-Lieutenant, 311 Seal, -writ of, for appointment of Gustos Eotulorum, 286 Search, for Vagrants, 298 w., 405 Prize-iighting, suppression of, 538-539 n. Proclamation, Eoyal, against vice and immorality, 407, 421, 496, 586; society for enforcement of, 356 n., 563 ; for reducing price of com, 454 Proctors, 20 Property, parochial, 3, 4; administra- tion of, 173 Puage, 25 n. Public-houses, meetings of Vestry at, 56, 57 w., 58, 59, 105, 207 ; of Jus- tices at, 299, 397, 401, 402 n., 403, 408 ; of Quarter Sessions at, 424, 425, 430, 438, 439, 442, 446 ; ownership of, by Justice, 83-84, 85, 90 ; irregu- larities in, in Bethnal Green, 85-86 ; presentments of, 86, 473 ; closing of, on Sunday, 237, 543 ; supervision over, by Select Vestry, in St. Martin's- in-the-Fields, 237; in Marylebone, 239 ; by High Constable, 571, 582- 583 n. ; billeting of soldiers at, 473, 582-583 n. ; regulation of, 497, 543- 544, 586 ; suppression of, 497, 586, 587 ; restriction of, 585-589. See also Licences, Licensing, and Ale-houses Quarterage, 467 Quarter-pay, 467 Quarter Sessions. See Sessions, Quarter Questmen. See Inquest Quorum, Justices of, 302-303 ; of Quarter Sessions, 422 ; in Middlesex, 558 n. Races, presentment of promoters of, 454 Radicals, attitude of, towards the Refer- endum, 168 ; towards Close Vestries, 242, 247, 268, 269 ; towards Hob- house's Bill, 272; towards Justices, 378, 595, 601, 602 ; towards licensing policy of Justices, 587 ; policy of laissez faire advocated by, 358 ; oljjec- tions of, to Allowance System, 594; to Stipendiary Magistrates, 606 ; policy of, in reform of County government, 606, 607 Railways, opposition of Vestry towards promotion of new, at Liverpool, 159 Rate Collectors. See Collectors Ratepayers, rights of, to attend Vestrj' meetings, 15; at Vestry meetings, 105-106 ; under Sturges Bourne's Act, 155 ; to elect representative body, under Hobhouse's Act, 171 ; control of, over parish affairs, ]49 ; assent of, to acts of Vestry, 52 ; attendance of, at Vestry meetings, 54, 59 ; in Man- chester, 99-102 ; parish charities con- fined to, at Tooting, 57 ; committees of, 77, 78 ; for management, of poor, 132 n. ; of parochial business, 134 n. ; qualification of, as members of Open Vestry in Bethnal Green, 80; as electors of Close Vestry, in Bethnal Green, 89 ; to vote in Vestries, 106 ; as members of various Vestries, 150 n,; under Sturges Bourne's Act, 155 ; in St. George's-in-the-East and St. Anne's, Limehouse, 203; under Hobhouse's Act, 274 ; proposed, as electors of Vestry- men, in St. James's, Piccadilly, 214 n. ; by Francis Place, as Vestrymen, 271 ; assessment of, 105 ; opposition of, to Isolation Hospital at Liverpool, 139- 140 ; to public expenditure, 246 ; recalcitrant minority of, 143-145 ; to constitute Vestry, 150 n.; influence of, in Vestries, 153-154 ; method of voting of, at Vestry meetings, 166- 167 ; poll of, 190 ; for adoption of Hobhouse's Act, 275; relation of Select Vestry of St. John's, Clerken- weU, to, 200 ; of St. Martin's-in-the- Fields, protest against exclusion from Close Vestry, 260-261, 268 ; of London, discontent of, with Close Vestries, 262- 263 ; movement of, for promotion of economy and efficiency in parochial government, 263 ; of Marylebone, movement against Select Vestry, 267 ; against corruption of Middlesex Quarter Sessions, 565. See also In- habitants and Parishioners Rates, Church, origin of, 38 w.; legality of, 24, 39 ; making of, 13 n., 58, 65, 171, 181 n.; in Salford, 102 n. ; at Pittiugton, 185 ; in Clerkenwell, 201 ; by Close Vestries, in Northumberland and Durham, 215 ; at Alnwick, 217 ; at Richmond, 220 ; in Metropolis, 227 ;
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