Poor Relief - Law Commission

for 20 years; provision for 40 guardians of the poor (“the Guardians”), 24
to be appointed and 16 elected (sections 4 to 7)
(d) establishment of a Corporation to be known as The Governor, Deputy
Governor, Assistants, and Guardians of the Poor in the Town of Kingstonupon-Hull
comprising the 40 Guardians (five for each of the eight wards)
with power to hold land for the purposes of this Act; election of a
Governor, Deputy Governor and eight Assistants to govern the
Corporation (section 8)
(e) existing 24 Guardians to hold office for life; remaining 16 Guardians to be
elected for a term of three years by ratepayers at a meeting to be held no
later than October 1824; procedure for replacing Guardians;
disqualification for holding office of Guardian (sections 9 to 13)
(f) provision for holding of courts or assemblies of the Corporation; quorum
for such courts or assemblies; Guardians present to appoint a Chairman;
adjournment of courts or assemblies; court or assembly authorised to
make bye-laws for the better running of the Corporation; appointment of
Committees of the Corporation (sections 14 to 19)
(g) Guardians each year to appoint a Governor, Deputy Governor and eight
Assistant Governors of the Corporation; appointment of treasurer and
other officers; offices of treasurer and clerk to be held by different people;
persons having served as Governor, Deputy Governor or Assistant
Governor to be exempt from re-election as such for 20 years; penalty for
failure to take on such office; resignation from such office (sections 20 to
27)
(h) existing workhouse and other property to vest in the Corporation; all
charitable and other gifts given to the town to be paid to the Corporation
for the benefit of the poor; production of money and books held pursuant
to the earlier enactments; Corporation to take on existing liabilities;
proceedings of the Guardians to be recorded in writing and open for
inspection (sections 28 to 32)
(i) Corporation vested with the care and maintenance of the poor of
Kingston-upon-Hull; Corporation authorised to find employment for poor
persons resident in the workhouse; Corporation authorised to establish
schools in the workhouse for the children residents; Corporation to have
the powers and authorities granted to overseers of the poor; justices of
the peace authorised to act upon complaints from the Corporation’s
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