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Schedule. Questions, to which, by direction of an act, passed in the sixteenth year of His Majesty King George the Third, intituled, "An act for obliging the overseers of the poor, within the several parishes and places within that part of Great Britain called England, to make returns, upon oath, to certain questions, specified in the act, relative to the state of their poor; and to authorize and require the justices of the peace, within their respective divisions and jurisdictions, in the several counties and cities in England and Wales, to take such returns upon oath, and to cause them to be transmitted to the clerk of the parliaments;" answers are to be returned by the overseers of the poor of every parish, township, and place, in wrinting, upon oath, and signed by them; for which purpose the said overseers are to attend the justices of the peace, within their respective jurisdictions, at such times and places as they shall appoint on pain of forfeiting, for every default or neglect, a sum not exceeding five pounds, nor less than forty shillings.

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Format:
Book
Government document
Author/Creator:
Great Britain.
Series:
Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.
Standardized Title:
Public General Acts. 1776. 16 Geo.III.c.40
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Public welfare--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.
Public welfare.
Great Britain.
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 1⁰
Place of Publication:
[Aylesbury] : Printed by T. Dagnall, Aylesbury, [1776]
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
text file
Notes:
The schedule to Public General Acts 16 George III.c.40.
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Cited in:
English Short Title Catalog, T107240.
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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