A History of the English Poor Law: In Connection with the State of the Country and the Condition of the People, Volum 2P.S. King & son, 1898 |
Des de l'interior del llibre
Resultats 1 - 5 de 44.
Pàgina v
... Executions for murder - Street robberies and defective police - Settlement - Deficient harvest of 1756 - Prices of wheat , and ratés of wages - Death of George II . . Pages 1-52 CHAPTER XI A. D. 1760-1786 Summary at the close of George ...
... Executions for murder - Street robberies and defective police - Settlement - Deficient harvest of 1756 - Prices of wheat , and ratés of wages - Death of George II . . Pages 1-52 CHAPTER XI A. D. 1760-1786 Summary at the close of George ...
Pàgina 1
... Executions for murder - Street rob- beries and defective police - Settlement - Deficient harvest of 1756— Prices of wheat and rates of wages - Death of George II . ON the death of Queen Anne , George the First 1714 . ascended the throne ...
... Executions for murder - Street rob- beries and defective police - Settlement - Deficient harvest of 1756— Prices of wheat and rates of wages - Death of George II . ON the death of Queen Anne , George the First 1714 . ascended the throne ...
Pàgina 4
... executed as a felon . The 5th section of the Act declares that there are many idle persons under the age of one - and - twenty , lurking about in London and elsewhere who want employment , and may be inclined to enter into service in ...
... executed as a felon . The 5th section of the Act declares that there are many idle persons under the age of one - and - twenty , lurking about in London and elsewhere who want employment , and may be inclined to enter into service in ...
Pàgina 19
... execution , shall , on being convicted thereof before two or more justices of peace , be com- mitted to hard labour for three months in the house of correction or county jail , as the justices may determine . It is further enacted ...
... execution , shall , on being convicted thereof before two or more justices of peace , be com- mitted to hard labour for three months in the house of correction or county jail , as the justices may determine . It is further enacted ...
Pàgina 27
... execution the good intents of the said charter , and further powers are requisite . " Accordingly such further powers are now granted , and the governors are authorised " to receive , maintain , and educate all or as many children as ...
... execution the good intents of the said charter , and further powers are requisite . " Accordingly such further powers are now granted , and the governors are authorised " to receive , maintain , and educate all or as many children as ...
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
A History of the English Poor Law: In Connection with the State of ..., Volum 2 Sir George Nicholls Visualització completa - 1898 |
A History of the English Poor Law: In Connection with the State of ..., Volum 2 Sir George Nicholls Visualització completa - 1898 |
A History of the English Poor Law: In Connection with the State of ..., Volum 2 Sir George Nicholls Visualització completa - 1898 |
Frases i termes més freqüents
12 Victoria 59 George able-bodied abuses administration afforded amount applied appointed appren apprentice apprenticeship bastard Bill boards of guardians burthen cause central board charge chargeable child churchwardens and overseers circumstances classes Commis Commission committee continued declared deemed destitute directed districts duties effect employment empowered enacted England and Wales established evils expenditure expense Gilbert Gilbert's Act given increase industry inquiry Irish Poor Law justice of peace labour Law Amendment Act law of settlement less likewise magistrates master ment necessary notice offender out-door relief paid parish officers parliament parochial passed pauper Poor Law Amendment Poor Law board Poor Law Commissioners Poor Law unions poor persons poor-rates population present Act proceedings punishment purpose ratepayers rates regulations remedy removal respect roundsman system settlement law sioners Southwell tion union vagrants Vict Victoria wages whilst William IV workhouse
Passatges populars
Pàgina 315 - tenants' rates and taxes, and tithe commutation rent-charge, if any, and deducting therefrom the probable average annual cost of repairs, insurance, and other expenses, if any, necessary to maintain them in a state to command such rent.
Pàgina 318 - order shall be taken from time to time for setting to work the children of all such whose parents shall not be able to maintain them," and have endeavoured to stimulate the local officers, after giving to the children a rudimentary education, to procure employment for them out of the workhouse
Pàgina 280 - 21 and 22.—All the powers and authorities of Gilbert's Act, and of all other Acts relating to the providing of workhouses, the borrowing of money, and governing and employing the poor, are to be exercised under the control, and subject to the rules, orders, and regulations of the Poor Law Commissioners,
Pàgina 248 - industry is impaired, their employment becomes unsteady, and its remuneration in wages is diminished. The converse is the effect when the pauper class is placed in its proper position below the condition of the independent labourer" ; and therefore, "every penny bestowed that tends to render the condition of the pauper more eligible than that of the independent labourer,
Pàgina 40 - or in the open air, and not giving a good account of themselves ; all persons wandering abroad and begging, pretending to be soldiers, mariners, seafaring men, or pretending to go to work in harvest; and all other persons wandering
Pàgina 276 - better Administration of the Laws relating to the Poor in England and Wales." The Act is avowedly based on the principle, that no one should be suffered to perish through want,
Pàgina 201 - or unoccupied building, or in the open air, not having any visible means of subsistence, and not giving a good account of himself or herself—every person wandering abroad and endeavouring by the exposure of wounds or deformities to obtain
Pàgina 114 - friendly societies for raising, by voluntary subscription of the members thereof, separate funds for the mutual relief and maintenance of the said members in sickness, old age, and infirmity, is likely to be attended with very beneficial effects, by promoting the happiness of individuals, and at the same time diminishing the public burthens.
Pàgina 298 - Amendment Act, the 26th section of which empowers the Commissioners " to declare so many parishes as they may think fit to be united for the administration of the laws for the relief of the poor" ; but ten miles was considered
Pàgina 47 - commitment to the house of correction, there to remain and be corrected and held to hard labour for a reasonable time, not exceeding one calendar month, or otherwise by discharging such apprentice in manner before-mentioned. The justices of peace are now, therefore,