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aise money to provide poor relief; parish officers allowed to retain money to provide poor relief for one-off purposes (sections 35 to 38) (i) existing workhouse in Oswestry and all land and property to vest in the Corporation; Directors empowered to sell the same, the proceeds being used to supplement the poor rates; all goods and chattels used for the poor to vest in the Directors; penalty for stealing, damaging or receiving such property (sections 39 to 40) (j) Directors’ business to be transacted only at official meetings; penalty for Directors failing to attend meetings; provision for previous year’s rates to be applied in event of failure to assess new rates; removal of poor persons between parishes; bonds indemnifying the town and parishes from the costs of illegitimate children (sections 41 to 44) (k) Directors empowered to make bye-laws for giving effect to the purposes of this Act; procedure for making bye-laws; rewards for industrious workhouse workers; this Act not to give the Corporation any powers in relation to the poor in any almshouses or hospitals; this Act not to extend to such part of the parish of Llanymynech as is not situated within the hundred of Oswestry; all contracts and proceedings to be recorded in writing; inspection of books and papers (sections 45 to 51) (l) workhouse inmates not to acquire any settlement rights in the parish; ascertaining the place of settlement of illegitimate children; certain appeals to require the consent of Directors; ratepayers competent to give evidence in settlement cases; poor rates to cease if workhouse profits meet the cost of maintaining the poor in the workhouse (sections 52 to 56) (m) recovery and application of penalties; form of conviction; appeals; civil procedure issues; expenses and status of this Act (sections 57 to 64). 5. The workhouse built pursuant to the 1791 Act was situated at Morda and opened in 1792. It held up to 300 inmates. It continued to be used as a workhouse until 1930. Much of the surviving building was destroyed in a fire in 1982. Today the old workhouse site is mostly converted to residential accommodation. 6. The 1791 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 62
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 1791 Act is obsolete and may now be repealed on that basis. Extent 8. The provisions proposed for repeal had no effect outside Shropshire and Powys. Consultation 9. HM Treasury, the Department for Communities and Local Government, the Department for Work and Pensions, the Welsh Assembly Government, Shropshire County Council, Powys County Council, the Local Government Association and the Welsh Local Government Association have been consulted about these repeal proposals. (32-195-455) LAW/005/018/06 July 2009 63
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Statute Law Repeals: Consultation P
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Selection of repeal candidates 6. C
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POOR RELIEF REPEAL PROPOSALS CONTEN
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vi Pages 53 Geo.3 c.cxxvii (1813) 1
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Introduction THE POOR RELIEF: BACKG
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e provided by the local poor rate w
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12. Modern rating law is provided b
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(f) the Corporation authorised to m
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Consultation 8. HM Treasury, the De
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Reference Extent of repeal or revoc
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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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