R. the mode of recovering it ; A. the ap plication ; Ap. the appeal ; J. 1 or 2, and W. 1 or 2, justices or witnesses.
Goods of persons refusing to pay, may be distrained in any part of the county : and of any other county, on oath made before a justice of such other county, which oath shall be certified in the war rant. Ap. to the sessions of the county where the assessment was made. Ibid. s. 7. If two justices perceive that the inha bitants of any parish are not able to levy money sufficient for the relief of the poor, they shall assess any neighbouring parishes within the hundred, in aid ; and if the hundred shall not be of sufficient ability, then any parishes within the county. 43 Elizabeth, c. 2, s. 3.
Father, grandfather, mother, or grand mother, of persons wanting relief, shall maintain them ; P. 20s. per month. R. distress, and, in default, commitment till paid. J. 2. A. the poor. Ibid. s. 2, 11.
Fathers leaving their wives and chil dren, and mothers their children, charge able to the parish, having ability to main tain them, the parish officers, where such are left, may, by warrant of two justices, seize so much of the goods and chattels, or receive so much of the annual rent, as such justices shall appoint, to reimburse the parish ; and such order to be confirm ed by the sessions. 5 George I. c. 8. s. 1.
Parish officers, with consent of the lord of the manor, may, by order of two jus tices, erect cottages on waste lands, for the poor. 43 Elizabeth, c. 2, s. 5.
They may also, with consent of two jus tices, set up trades, &c. for the employ ment of the poor. 3 Charles H. c. 4, s. 22.
Relief. Parish officers, with consent of the majority of the inhabitants, may con tract with any person for the lodging, keeping, maintaining, and employing the poor ; and persons refusing such relief are not entitled to any other. 9 George I. c. 7, s. 4.
The abominable oppression of this exe crable law has, however, been removed by another humane statute of the present reign ; for by 36 George III. c. 25, s. 1, 2, 3, it is enacted, that it shall be lawful for the parish officers, with the approbation of one justice in writing, to relieve any industrious person at his own habitation, under certain circumstances of temporary illness or distress ; and one justice may order such relief for any time not ex ceeding one month, provided the cause be written on the back of the order, which the parish officers are bound to obey : and two justices may continue such order from time to time, each pe riod in succession not being more than one month.
A justice, or a medical man, or clergy man, by warrant of a justice, may visit workhouses, and examine the state of them, and hear complaints, and certify to the sessions ; and if there should be any infectious disorder, the visiting jus tice shall apply to another justice, or any other person visiting, which two jus tices shall order such regulations as they deem necessary, till the next sessions. 30 George. III. c. 49, s. 1, 2.
Names of persons receiving parish re lief to be entered in a book. 3. Wil liam, c. 11, s. 11. And no other person to be relieved but by order of a Justice. Ibid.
No relief to be ordered by a justice un less for a reasonable cause, proved on oath, and unless the pauper shall have first applied to a parish officer or a vest ry, nor before the justice shall have sum moned the parish officers. 9 George I.
c. 7, s. 1.
The name of such person to be enter ed with the others ; and no parish officer, except on sudden emergency, shall bring any charge on the parish for persons not so registered. 1'. 51. R. distress. J. 2. A. poor. Ibid. s. 2.
Persons receiving relief to be badged on the shoulder with a large Roman P, and the initial of the name of the parish. P. forfeiture of the relief, or commitment for not above twenty-one days. J. 1. And on every peace officer who shall re lieve any person not so badged, 20s. R. distress. J. 1. A. half to the inform er, half to the poor. 8, 9 William, c. 3.
s. 2.
Settlements. The general heads on which settlements are founded are, birth, apprenticeship, service, serving offices, renting 10/. per annum, marriage, and estate.