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(d) Guardians to meet to appoint 24 of their number to be Directors of the poor; appointment of treasurer and clerk; remuneration and removal of officers (e) Directors to purchase land not exceeding 40 acres for use as workhouse and house of correction; workhouse and house of correction to be operational within 2 years of such purchase; Directors to furnish workhouse (f) Directors authorised to make bye-laws; Directors to hold meetings quarterly; appointment of quarterly committees to be responsible for the care of the poor in each quarter; accounts to be settled each quarter (g) Directors and acting Guardians authorised to borrow money (not exceeding £8000) using the poor rates as security for the loan (h) Directors and acting Guardians authorised to assess the amount of poor rate necessary to repay the loan interest and capital and meet their obligations; churchwardens and overseers required to raise the necessary money by taxing the inhabitants of each parish, the amount of this poor rate not to exceed the average poor rate for the previous 7 years; parish of Yelverton deemed to be within the hundreds of Loddon and Clavering for the purposes of this Act; delivery of books and accounts; churchwardens to assist and obey orders of Guardians (i) Directors authorised to grant certificates of settlement; any person allowed to live in a parish without a settlement certificate should be maintained by that parish without help from the Corporation (j) appointment of governor or steward to oversee the running of the workhouse; appointment of workhouse matron and clergyman (k) punishment of misbehaving workhouse inmates; penalties for stealing or receiving workhouse clothing; rewards for industrious inmates out of the profits of their work; profits generally to be applied to reduce the poor rate (l) penalty for thefts by workhouse officers; justices of the peace empowered to act upon complaints by the Directors or acting Guardians; forfeitures to be paid to the treasurer; expenses of this Act; Guardians’ expenses; strong liquor banned from workhouse; election of Directors and Guardians; civil procedure issues; status of Act. 5. A workhouse was duly opened in 1765 at Heckingham. It was adopted as the workhouse for the Loddon and Clavering Union in 1836. The workhouse was closed 34
in 1927 and was converted to use as a hospital and become known as Hales Hospital. Hales Hospital closed in 1997 and the buildings await redevelopment. 6. The 1764 Act has long been obsolete. It dates back to an age when relief for the poor, and the money to pay for this, was organised on a parish basis. As indicated in the accompanying background note, the system of parish-run poor relief was abolished by the Local Government Act 1929. The poor law system was itself finally abolished by the National Assistance Act 1948. The finance for providing the income and other support previously provided by the parish is today drawn either from funds provided by central government or raised by local government from local taxation. 7. Accordingly the 1764 Act is obsolete and may now be repealed on that basis. Extent 8. The provisions proposed for repeal had no effect outside Norfolk. Consultation 9. HM Treasury, the Department for Communities and Local Government, the Department for Work and Pensions, South Norfolk District Council and the Local Government Association have been consulted about these repeal proposals. (32-195-455) LAW/005/018/06 July 2009 35
Page 1 and 2: Statute Law Repeals: Consultation P
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Page 5 and 6: POOR RELIEF REPEAL PROPOSALS CONTEN
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(d) recent purchase of land by the
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(h) provision to ensure that no Dir
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(d) Directors and Acting Guardians
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Consultation 9. HM Treasury, the De
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(d) inhabitants of parish to appoin
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orrowed to be used for furnishing t
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from funds provided by central gove
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(d) all byelaws made under the auth
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8. A workhouse was built in 1767 in
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Committees; Directors to meet their
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7. Accordingly the 1813 Act is obso
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(d) power to rectify errors in any
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(b) establishment of a corporation
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the House of Industry in the same p
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officers as if they were overseers;
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Extent 8. The provisions proposed f
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let out for employment as servants
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Justices of the Peace to act on the
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from funds provided by central gove
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(b) the poor in the house of indust
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industry, to furnish it and to keep
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Consultation 9. HM Treasury, the De
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acting if not duly qualified; Justi
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(s) churchwardens and overseers and
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(k) penalty for stealing or receivi
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7. Accordingly the 1833 Act is obso
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(e) provisions about summonses and
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5. Section 1 of the 1868 Act set ou
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Tunstead and Happing Incorporated H
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Ulverstone Union (Parish of Dalton)
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which have already been repealed. I
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Parish of Boldre Order 10. This Ord
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Consultation 10. HM Treasury, the D
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Parish of St Mary Abbotts, Kensingt
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Parish of St James, Westminster Ord
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