AGREEMENTS. nor of the poor-house a salary of that office. for his trouble in executing Poor. **The above agreement must be entered with the clerk of the peace or town-clerk of the county or place in which the parish, &c. is situated, and a copy thereof left with him within three calendar months after the date. AGREEMENTS. Poor. 22 Geo. 3. c. 83. No. LVI. *An Agreement for uniting two or more Parishes or Townships for the purpose of providing a house, maintenance and employment for the Poor, pursuant to 22 Geo. 3. c. 83 (1). (which maintain their own poor separate and distinct from the other parts of their respective parishes) whose names are hereunto subscribed pursuant to the opinion of two third parts in number and value as aforesaid, of the owners or occupiers of lands, tenements and hereditaments, assessed to the poor's-rates within such respective parishes and townships, at meetings duly held for that purpose, qualified according to the directions of the act passed in the twenty-second year of the reign of His Majesty King George the Third, and with the approbation of A. B. and C. D., two justices of the peace, according to the directions of the said act, that the said respective parishes and townships shall be united for the better maintaining and employing their poor, and that a convenient house or houses, with proper buildings and accommodations thereto, and with land fit for gardens, orchards, and the keeping of a cow or cows, shall be built [purchased or hired, as shall be found most suitable] at or near for the reception and accommodation of the poor, as soon as conveniently may be, and, if hired, the same shall be rented upon such terms as shall be agreed upon by the guardians of the poor of the said several parishes and townships, or the major part of them, and the person or persons owning or being authorized to let such buildings, lands and premises; but no such agreement shall be made for a longer term than twenty-one years, unless the guardian or guardians shall have an option to vacate it at the end of that term on (1) See ante, No. LV. pp. 189. n. (1). 190. n. (1). (2). which apply to this as well as to that agreement. giving twelve months' notice in writing of his or their intentions so to do, nor for a shorter term than three years; and such houses shall be fitted up and made convenient for the purposes aforesaid, at the expences of the landlords [or tenants, as shall be agreed between them]. THAT the rents of the said houses, the expences of fitting up, making additions or alterations [where they shall be agreed to be paid by the tenants], and of the furniture thereof, and all the utensils and materials to be used for the purpose of employing the poor, and the wages and allowances to be paid to the governor of the house shall be paid by the said several guardians in their due proportions, according to the amount of the money raised by the poor's rates for their several parishes and townships, in respect of their poor, on a medium of three years preceding such agreement, and that such proportion shall be ascertained by and whom we have nominated for that purpose, and shall be paid by the guardians of the poor of the said respective parishes and townships, to the persons who shall be authorized to receive the same within seven days after the same shall be so ascertained: and that the money earned by the labour of such poor shall be brought to the credit of that account at the end of every year. THAT the expences of victuals, beer and firing for the poor and the governor [and for the assistant where any shall be found necessary] in every such house or houses, with all other small incidental expences, shall be proportioned at the end of every month according to the number of poor which shall be sent from each of the said respective parishes, townships and places, and for the time they shall have resided there within such month. THAT the guardians of the poor of any of the said parishes, townships or places shall be at liberty to withdraw from this agreement at the end of the first three years or any succeeding three years, on giving twelve months' notice of such their intention, if it shall be so determined by three fourth-parts of the owners or occupiers of lands, tenements, or hereditaments assessed to the poor's rates and qualified as aforesaid at a public meeting summoned by due notice as aforesaid, specifying the occasion of such meeting; and in such case they shall receive one half of their due proportion to be ascertained by the persons above named, or such other persons as the parties shall agree upon for that purpose, or the value of the furniture, stock, utensils and implements then remaining at such poor-house, after paying their proportions of the rent, and of the salaries to the governor and other officers, to the end of the then growing year. AND that the guardians of the poor of each parish, township and place, shall provide suitable and convenient clothing for the poor, to be sent to the AGREEMENTS. Poor. AGREEMENTS. said house or houses, from their respective parishes, townships or places, and charge the expences thereof in their accounts. AND we recommend to the Justices of the limit where such house is to be situated, A. B., C. D., and E. F. as persons duly qualified for the office of visitor of the said poor-house, and J. K., L. M., and N. O. as persons duly qualified for the office of governor of the said poorhouse. Approbation of justices. WE A. B. and C. D. the Justices of the Peace, ness our hands this day of See ante, p. 191. No. LVII. * An Agreement for uniting two or more Counties, Ridings or the like, for providing an Asylum for Lunatic Poor, pursuant to Act of Parliament (1). AGREEMENTS. Poor. day of IT IS AGREED this (1) Lunatics and other insane paupers having generally been confined in the poor-houses of parishes, to the inconvenience and danger of the other poor, and it being considered too burthensome on single parishes to erect separate buildings for their reception, it was enacted by 48 Geo. 3. c. 96, that where it should be deemed expedient to the justices of the peace of any county, &c. that any county should be united with any adjoining county for providing an asylum for insane paupers, they might appoint a committee of their own body, not exceeding five in number, to treat with a committee of justices for such adjoining county, &c. for that purpose, and when concluded upon, an agreement to the above effect, signed by the major part of such justices, shall be binding on the respective counties. (2) The act requires that the agreement shall specify the place at or near which the asylum shall be erected. 48 Geo. 3. c. 96 Lunatic poor. |