Annual Report of the Poor Law Commissioners

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Página 47 - To assist the master in the general management and superintendence of the workhouse, and especially .in — Enforcing the observance of good order, cleanliness, punctuality, industry, and decency of demeanour among the paupers; — 'Cleansing and ventilating the sleeping wards and the dining-hall, and all other parts of the premises ; — Placing in store and taking charge 'of the provisions, .clothing, linen, and other articles belonging to the union.
Página 9 - Us by an Act passed in the fifth year of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled "An Act for the Amendment and better Administration of the Laws relating to the Poor in England and Wales...
Página 21 - In the event of any such trader as aforesaid being adjudged a bankrupt, or taking the benefit of any Act for the relief of insolvent debtors...
Página 127 - Year of the Reign of her present Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled ' An Act to enable the Owners of settled Estates to defray the Expenses of draining the same by way of Mortgage...
Página 98 - The Guardians shall pay to the several officers and assistants appointed to or holding any office or employment under this Order, such salaries or remuneration as the Commissioners may from time to time direct or approve.
Página 41 - To prepare and transmit all reports, answers, or returns, as to any question or matter connected with or relating to the administration of the laws for the relief of the poor in the union...
Página 25 - All the paupers in the workhouse, except the sick and insane, and the paupers of the first, fourth, and seventh classes, shall rise, be set to work, leave off work, and go to bed at the times mentioned in the Form...
Página 100 - If any officer or assistant, appointed to or holding any office or employment under this Order, be at any time prevented by sickness or accident, or other sufficient reason, from the performance of his duties, the Guardians may appoint a fit person to act as his temporary substitute, and may pay him a reasonable compensation for his services ; and every such appointment shall be reported to the Commissioners as soon as the same shall have been made.
Página 43 - To make a return to the guardians, at each ordinary meeting, in a book prepared for the purpose, and to insert therein the date of every attendance, in conformity with Art. 205, and the other particulars required by such form to be inserted by the medical officer, and to , enter in such return the death of every pauper who shall die in the workhouse, together with the apparent cause thereof. No. 9. To enter in the commencement of such book...
Página 52 - Person, Matter, or Thing, the Word importing the Singular Number or the Masculine Gender only is used, the same shall be understood to include and...

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