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The Laws Relating to Burials; With Notes, Forms,
The Laws Relating to Burials With Notes Forms Author:Thomas Baker General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1873 Original Publisher: W. Maxwell Subjects: Burial laws History / General Law / General Reference / Genealogy Social Science / Archaeology Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. ... more » When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: APPENDIX. STATUTES. 59 Oeo. 3, c. 12, sa. 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16 (a). An Act to amend the Laws for the Belief of the Poor. 59 Q 3 c [31st March, 1819.] li " VIII. And be it further enacted, that in any parish not powerto having a workhouse tor the poor thereof, or where the work- build or en- house shall be found insufficient or inconvenient, it shall be large work- lawful for the churchwardens and overseers of the poor, by the uouses- direction of the inhabitants in vestry assembled, to erect and build in such parish a suitable workhouse, or to alter and enlarge any messuage or tenement belonging to such parish for that purpose, and to purchase or take on lease any ground within the parish for the purpose of such building, or for enlarging any such other messuage or tenement belonging to such parish for that purpose, or such churchwardens and overseers may and they are hereby authorised to add to and enlarge any such insufficient workhouse, as the inhabitants of the parish in vestry shall think fit and direct. IX. And whereas it would be advisable to enable parishes to Workhouses sell and dispose of their present workhouses, or any other insufficient , A T i . i i , may be sold. houses or tenements belonging to such parishes, in cases where the same are insufficient and incapable of being enlarged or used as workhouses, and to apply the produce thereof in aid of building new workhouses ; be it therefore enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for the churchw...« less