ACTS OF PARLIAMENT, FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND REGULATION OF THE POOR IN THE TOWN AND PARISH OF MAIDSTONE. 15TH GEO.II AND 20TH GEO.III.CHAP.22. George III. Cap.XXII. An Act for the better Government and Regulation of the Poor, in the Town and Parish of Maidstone, in the County of Kent. Bound with: An Act To alter, amend, and enlarge the powers of an Act, passed in the Twentieth Year of His present Majesty, for the better Government and Regulation of the Poor in the Town and Parish of Maidstone, in the County of Kent.

ACTS OF PARLIAMENT.

Published by George III. Cap.XXII. An Act for the better Government and Regulation of the Poor, in the Town and Parish of Maidstone, in the County of Kent. Bound with: An Act To alter, amend, and enlarge the powers of an Act, passed in the Twentieth Year of His present Majesty, for the better Government and Regulation of the Poor in the Town and Parish of Maidstone, in the County of Kent., 1828

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Folio. 8 inches x 12 inches. 12 pp. + 3 + [1]. B-E2. Illustrated with royal arms at head of first act. Sewn in buff paper wrappers. A few small holes to both wrappers and chipping to rear wrapper. Clean interior. The 1780 Act replaces the former parochial authority of the churchwardens and overseers by Trustees of the Poor. The Trustees were vested with the parish poor- and almshouses and were granted the power to appoint officers, levy rates, take up the wandering poor, to punish inmates 'guilty of profane Cursing, Swearing, Drunkenness, or of any lewd, immoral or indecent behaviour, or refuse or neglect to perform the work or service which he or she shall be required to do.' and to relieve the industrious poor. The second act appears to be the 1805 Act of George III, authorising the Trustees to sell a number of decayed alms and poor houses in the borough and to replace them. After the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the duties of the Trustees were limited to the levying of the poor rate to fund the activities of the new Board of Guardians, who established the Maidstone Union workhouse at Coxheath in 1837-38 (Russell, History of Maidstone). KENT MAIDSTONE KENT WEST KENT ACTS LAW TOWNS SOCIAL HISTORY KENT. Seller Inventory # 19479

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Title: ACTS OF PARLIAMENT, FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND ...

Publisher: George III. Cap.XXII. An Act for the better Government and Regulation of the Poor, in the Town and Parish of Maidstone, in the County of Kent. Bound with: An Act To alter, amend, and enlarge the powers of an Act, passed in the Twentieth Year of His present Majesty, for the better Government and Regulation of the Poor in the Town and Parish of Maidstone, in the County of Kent.

Publication Date: 1828

Condition: Russell