[here set forth a description of the lands], and after having duly advertised and sold the same according to law, E. F. of in the County of same for the sum of became the purchaser of the ; Now know ye, that I, the said Sheriff, in pursuance of the power in me vested, and in consideration of the said sum of do grant, bargain and all the said lands and tenements sell unto the said hereinbefore described, together with all buildings and the appurtenances thereon being, and all the estate, right, title, interest, property, claim and demand of the said C. D. in and to the same; to have and to hold the same unto the said E. F., his heirs and assigns, for ever. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day of A. B. [L.S.] one of the Justices of the Peace for the County of personally appeared A. B., the above named Sheriff, and acknowledged the within conveyance to be his act and deed, executed by him for the purposes therein mentioned. Justice of the Peace. On this before me (I) Affidavit of the Sheriff. day of for the County of A. D. 18, personally appeared Esquire, one of the Justices of the Peace , A. B. the within named Sheriff, (or Deputy Sheriff) and made oath that the lands and tenements mentioned in the within Deed were duly seized, advertised and sold as by law required. (J) Justice of the Peace. Order to bring Collector before Council. To any Constable of the Parish of You are commanded to arrest A. B., Collector of Taxes for the Parish (or District, as it may be), of if he can be found, and bring him forthwith before the Council in and for the County of Dated this to be dealt with according to law. profits. 1 Overseers of Poor a corporate 24 Commissioners to account for all body; County Council to assess the amount required by the Overseers of the Poor. 2 Any idle or disorderly person may be compelled to labour. PART II. Certain French Paupers. 3 Overseers in certain Parishes to make a separate statement of French paupers. PART VI. The Town and Parish of Woodstock 25 Board of Supervision of Alms House, &c., how constituted. 26 Quorum; Mayor to be Chairman. 27 Meetings, when held. 28 Board to appoint three Commis- 29 Board may remove such Commis- 4 French inhabitants not liable for support of other paupers; ex- 31 Commissioners to have manageception. 5 Powers and duties of Overseers of the Poor for French inhabitants. 32 PART III. City and County of St. John. 6 Commissioners of Alms House and Work House. 7 May make rules, &c. 8 Shall render an annual account and estimate. 9 Shall account for all profits. 33 ment of Alms House and Work Commissioners to be under con- 34 Commissioners may provide for 10 Not to receive any compensation. 35 Commissioners may make rules, 11 Magistrates, &c. may inspect Alms House. &c., for management of Alms House and Work House. 12 Commissioners to be subject to 36 Profits of labor, how applied. 50 Justice to make return of all mo- 59 Commissioners may cause idle neys collected, &c. people to be set at work. 51 Justice refusing to pay over mo- 60 Commissioners to make regula neys collected, penalty for. 52 Neglect of duty on the part of any member of the Board of Supervision, penalty for. PART VII. 62 61 53 Two Commissioners to have full power to act. 54 Form of Warrant of Assessment. 55 Pay of Commissioners. tions, &c., for government of Alms House. Commissioner for Fredericton to lay before City Council all required statements. Commissioners to lay before the Municipal Council accounts of expenditures, &c. 63 & 64 Commissioners of Parishes may agree with Commissioner of City for maintenance of paupers. Profits of any work by paupers, how applied. 67, This Chapter not to affect present liabilities. 68, 69, 70 & 71 How the interest 72 Proceeds of sale, how applied. PART I. 1. The Overseers of the Poor in each Parish shall be, and they are hereby constituted a body corporate under the name of "The Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of in the County of and by such name may sue and be sued. The Overseers of the Poor shall annually, at such time as the County Council shall appoint, lay before them a correct statement of the number and condition of the poor in their several Parishes, and the sum required therefor; which shall be examined and allowed by the County Council, who shall forthwith by warrant order the same to be assessed and collected. 2. Any two of said Overseers, with the consent of two Justices, shall oblige any idle, disorderly person, rogue, or vagabond, who is likely to become chargeable on the Parish where he resides, to labour for any person who may employ him; if such poor person has children in a suffering condition, any two Overseers, with consent aforesaid, may bind such children apprentices, if males until twenty one, if females until eighteen years of age; and if any such idle, disorderly person, rogue or vagabond shall refuse to labour, such Justices may commit him to the common gaol, to be kept at hard labour for a term not exceeding forty days. PART II. CERTAIN FRENCH PAUPERS. 3. The Overseers of the Poor for the Parishes of Dorchester, Moncton, and Shediac, in the County of Westmorland, shall not include in their statement the French paupers in their respective Parishes, nor the sum required for their support, but the Overscers elected under Section sixty seven of Chapter 99 relating to "Municipalities," shall in manner and at the time as directed by Section one of this Chapter lay before the County Council a correct statement of the number and condition of the French paupers in their respective Parishes, and the sum required for their support, which the County Council shall examine and allow, and order the same to be assessed and levied upon the French inhabitants of the said Parishes respectively, which shall be assessed and levied upon such French inhabitants accordingly as other Parish rates are assessed and levied. 4. The French inhabitants of the said Parishes shall not be liable nor shall they be assessed for Poor rates, except those ordered to be assessed upon them by virtue of the last preceding Section; provided always, that if any French inhabitant of any of the said Parishes shall be desirous of being exempted from the operation of this part of this Chapter, he shall within twenty days after the appointment of the Assessors file with the Town Clerk of the Parish in which he resides, or in which his property liable to be assessed is situated, as the case may be, a notice to that effect, and the Town Clerk shall thereupon notify the Assessors of Rates for the Parish and also the Assessors of Rates appointed under said Section sixty seven of the Chapter relating to "Municipalities," that such notice has been filed with him, and thereupon such French inhabitant shall be relieved from the operation of this part of this Chapter, and shall for the pur poses of this Chapter be dealt with as if he was not a French inhabitant, and the Town Clerk shall file the notice served on him with the County Secretary, together with a statement of the time and manner of notifying the Assessors of Rates as herein provided; and any notice so given shall be held to continue in force for a period of three years and thenceforward until a notice of retraction is served upon the Town Clerk as aforesaid and by him notified to the Asses sors as aforesaid. 5. The said Overseers of the Poor for the French inhabitants of the said Parishes respectively, shall exercise all the powers and duties conferred upon and to be done by Overseers of the Poor with respect to the French paupers of their several Parishes. PART III. THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAINT JOHN. 6. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from time to time to appoint so many fit persons, not exceeding seven nor less than five, of whom two shall be Justices of the Peace for the City and County of Saint John, as he shall think fit, to be Commissioners for superintending and managing the Alms House and Work House in the City and County of Saint John, and the land and premises in connection therewith; it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners from time to time to provide such materials and things as they shall judge necessary for the setting to work and employing such poor persons, of what age or sex soever they may be, who may apply for relief and shall be capable of working; and the said Commissioners or any two or more of them shall have power and authority at their discretion to compel such idle or poor people, begging or seeking relief, as do not betake themselves to some lawful employment, or who do or shall hereafter seek and receive alms within the City of Saint John, Town of Portland, or any of the Parishes within the said County, or who may stand in need of relief from the said City or Town, or any of the said Parishes, to dwell, inhabit, and to work in the said Alms House and Work House, and to do all such work as they shall think them able and fit for, and shall have the same powers to bind out poor children apprentices, as are by the laws of this Province given to the Overseers of the Poor in the several Towns and Parishes. 7. The said Commissioners shall have power to make such rules, orders and regulations for the good government and management of the said Alms House and Work House as they shall find necessary, (such rules and regulations to be approved of by the County Council), and to inflict such correction and punishment, bysolitaryconfinement or otherwise from time to time, as to them shall seem reasonable, on any person or persons within the said Alms House and Work |