Parish settlements and the practice of appeals ... / Jellinger C. Symons.

  • Symons, Jelinger C. (Jelinger Cookson), 1809-1860.
Date:
1846
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Parish settlements and the practice of appeals ... / Jellinger C. Symons. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    308/377 (page 257)
    Form of notice to be sent by the overseers of the parish of the settlement to the board of guardians of the union in which the settlement is. To the board of guardiaus of the poor of the union of in the county of Whereas A and B, Esquires, being two of her Majesty’s justices of the peace acting in and for the county of Kent, have, by an order under their hands and seals, dated the day of , a.d. 1844, upon due examination as therein stated, directed to , being the overseers of the parish of , in the county of Kent, to remove a certain pauper, C D, chargeable on the said parish, and duly proved to them to be insane, to the lunatic asy¬ lum at : And whereas, upon like due examination as in the said order stated, the said justices have adjudged the legal settlement of the said pauper A B to be in our parish of , and whereas our said parish of is within and forms part of the said union; and whereas the said pauper C D was, under and by virtue of the said order, conveyed to and now is kept and maintained in the said lunatic asylum; we hereby give you notice of the premises, and request you to pay the sum of £ : s. d., being costs lawfully due in respect of such pauper incurred in con¬ veying the said pauper to the said county asylum, to the treasurer of the said asylum, and also to pay on demand such weekly sum as shall from time to time be fixed by the visitors of the said asylum to the said treasurer for the maintenance, medicine, care and clothing of the said A B, so long as he shall be confined therein, according to the form of the statute in that case made and provided. Dated this day of , a.d. 1845. Where the costs remain unpaid, the order for costs on the overseers may be as follows : — Form of order on overseers for payment of costs incurred. Kent } To the overseers of the poor of the parish of , in the to wit. S county of Whereas it has been duly made to appear before us, whose names are hereunto set and seals affixed, being two of her Ma¬ jesty’s justices of the peace in and for the said county of Kent, that on the day of , a.d. 1846, A B, a pauper, was brought and duly examined by us [or by and ], Esquires being two of her Majesty’s justices of the peace in and for the county of , and was then proved, to the satisfaction of us [or the said last-mentioned justices,] to be a person insane, lunatic, and dangerous to go abroad; whereupon we the said last-men¬ tioned justices, by an order under our [or their] hands and seals, bearing date the day of , a.d. 1846, directed to the over¬ seers of the poor of the said parish of , did order them to convey the said A B to the county lunatic asylum of in the