A history of the Irish poor law, in connexion with the condition of the peopleNicholls, George, Sir
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A history of the Irish poor law, in connexion with the condition of the people
Nicholls, George, Sir
Poor laws -- Ireland -- History
2nd. The “Board of Improvement” is to be authorized to appoint
commissioners, who are to be armed with the usual powers given to
commissioners under Enclosure Acts, and are from time to time to
make surveys and valuations, and partitions of waste lands, the
Board of Works making such main drains and roads as may be
required, and taking, in consideration thereof, an allotment of a
certain part of each waste in trust for the public, in proportion
to the expense incurred in making the survey, partition, drainage,
and roads.
3rd. With regard to land under cultivation, it is recommended that
both draining and fencing should be enforced by law, and that the
“Board of Improvement” should be empowered to appoint local
commissioners for the purpose, for any district they may think
proper. If the outlay to be incurred should exceed what the
landlords or occupiers may be able to pay, 5 per cent. on the
amount may be annually assessed and made payable to the Board of
Works, which in consideration thereof is to advance the requisite
sum—the funds placed at its disposal being proportionally
increased.
4th. The “Board of Improvement” to be enabled to cause cabins which
may be nuisances to be taken down, and to require the landlords to
contribute towards the expense of removing the occupants and
providing for them.
5th. The “Board of Improvement” to establish an agricultural model
school, with four or five acres of land attached, in so many
parishes or districts as may be thought necessary, the master to
undergo due examination, and to give instruction in letters and in
agriculture.
6th. Tenants for life, with the approval of the “Board of
Improvement,” to be empowered to grant leases for thirty-one
years, and to charge the property with the amount expended in
effecting permanent improvements.
7th. A fiscal board to be established in every county, with the powers
to make presentments for public works now vested in grand juries,
and to be required to present such sums as may be appointed by the
Improvement Board.
8th. The Board of Works to be authorized to undertake any public works
“such as roads, bridges, deepening rivers, or removing
obstructions in them, and so forth,” that within certain
limitations may be approved by the “Board of Improvement.”
A dissertation is then introduced on the effect of Irish immigrants on
the labour-market of England, and ending with this quotation from
Burke—“England and Ireland may flourish together. The world is large
enough for us both. Let it be our care not to make ourselves too little
for it.” The commissioners say it was their intention “to inquire
relative to trade and manufactures, to the fisheries, and to mining; but
that it has been found impossible to go into those matters through want
of time.”
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