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
_Sections 48, 49._—The commissioners are to take order for the due
performance of religious service in the workhouse, and are to
appoint fit persons to be chaplains for that purpose, one being of
the established church, another a protestant dissenter, and another
of the Roman catholic church, and they are to fix the salaries of
such chaplains. But no inmate of a workhouse is to be compelled to
attend any religious service contrary to the religious principles of
such inmate, or to which his or her parents or guardians object.
_Section 50._—The board of guardians are to appoint a fit person in each
parish or townland within the union to be the warden thereof, who is
to provide for the conveyance to the workhouse of such destitute
poor persons as the guardians shall direct, and perform such other
duties as the orders of the commissioners shall prescribe.
_Section 51._—If a meeting of the ratepayers of any electoral division
agree to the raising of a rate to assist emigration, the
commissioners may direct the guardians to raise such sums (not
exceeding 1_s._ in the pound in any one year) as they think
requisite for the purpose, either by a rate under this Act, or by a
charge on the future rates; and the money so raised is, under the
direction of the commissioners, to be applied by the guardians of
the union in assisting the emigration to British colonies of poor
persons residing in such electoral division.
_Section 52._—The money raised under authority of the Act, is only to be
applied as is expressly provided for in the Act.
_Sections 53, 54, 55, 56._—Every husband is made liable for the
maintenance of his wife, and every child under the age of 15,
whether legitimate or illegitimate, which she may have; and every
father is liable to maintain his child, and every widow to maintain
her child, and the mother to maintain her bastard child, until such
children respectively attain the age of fifteen. Relief given to a
wife or child, is to be considered as given to the person liable to
maintain such wife or child. Relief may be declared to be a loan,
and be recoverable accordingly, and when given to a person entitled
to any pension or other allowance, the guardians may require the
next payment thereof to be made to them for indemnity of the union,
and are then to repay the surplus to the person entitled thereto.
_Section 57._—Every child of a poor person who may be unable to support
himself, shall be liable according to his ability to support his
parents, and if any relief under this Act be afforded to such
parents, it may by order of two justices be recovered by the
guardians from such child, together with such other relief as shall
subsequently be given.
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