9. Repayment to Parishes of

relief given to

Out-pensioners.

10.

Care of Lunatic Pensioners.

receipt or acknowledgment of the person or persons so paid shall be a full and sufficient discharge to the Secretary at War for the amount so issued by him.

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And be it Enacted, That if any Chelsea or Greenwich Pensioner be relieved, or become chargeable in Great Britain or Ireland, in respect of relief afforded to himself, or any person whom he is liable to maintain, or if in any case the Secretary at War for the time being, and the Guardians of the Poor of any Union or Parish, or the Overseers of any Parish or Township, not under a Board of Guardians, or the Heritors and Kirk Session of any Parish in Scotland, think it 10 desirable that the whole or any part of the Pension of such Pensioner should be advanced out of the poor's-rate, or funds applicable to the relief of the poor, it shall be lawful for the Secretary at War, by any writing under his hand, or under the hand of any Officer or other person employed by him, to agree with such Guardians or Overseers, 15 or Heritors and Kirk Session, for the repayment to them out of the Pension of any such Pensioner, of the amount of relief so advanced to or expended on his account, but not exceeding, in any case where relief has been administered to his wife or One child only, whom he is bound to maintain, the amount of One-half his Pension or Allowance, 20 or to Two or more such children, or to his wife and One or more such child or children, the amount of Two-thirds of his Pension so advanced.

And be it Enacted, That in case any such Chelsea or Greenwich Pensioner as aforesaid shall be or become insane, it shall be lawful 25 for the Secretary at War for the time being, upon being satisfied of such insanity, to order that the Pension of the said insane Pensioner, or so much thereof as shall appear to him to be necessary for his care and maintenance, shall be paid to such Guardians of the Poor, or Overseers or Heritors and Kirk Session, or to the wife, 30 child, or any other person to whom the care of such insane Pensioner may be entrusted, or who may be chargeable for or liable to the expense of his care and maintenance, and the receipt of the person or persons to whom the same shall be directed to be paid shall be a sufficient voucher and discharge for so much money as shall appear 35 to have been paid thereon: Provided always, That where no claim or demand shall be made for the support of any such insane Pensioner, or where the charge for his care and maintenance does not amount to the full rate of his Pension, then and in every such case it shall be lawful for the Secretary at War, at his discretion, to order his Pension, or so much thereof as may not be necessary for his care and maintenance as aforesaid, to be paid to his wife, or child or children, if he have any.

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And

And be it Enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Secretary at War for the time being to pay or to authorize the proper officer to pay to any person or persons who shall prove him, her or themselves to the satisfaction of such Secretary at War, or of the said proper officer, to 5 be the next of kin or legal representative, or otherwise legally entitled to any Pension-money due to any deceased Pensioner not exceeding Fifty Pounds, although such person shall not have taken out Letters of Administration or have procured Probate of any Will of such deceased Pensioner.

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may

12. Bills on account of

Pensions

And be it Enacted, That all bills of exchange drawn or which be drawn by British Ministers, Consuls and others abroad, on account of payments made by them to Out-pensioners of Chelsea or Greenwich Hospital, shall, after the be presented War.

for acceptance at the Office of the Secretary at War, and all letters of 15 advice, receipts, and vouchers having relation to such bills of exchange, shall also be transmitted to the said Office of the Secretary at War, in the same manner as they have hitherto been transmitted to Chelsea Hospital and to the Greenwich Out-pension Office.

paid to be presented to Secretary at

13.

And be it Enacted, That this Act may be amended or repealed Act may be by any Act to be passed in this Session of Parliament.

amended or repealed.

A

BILL

To regulate the Times of Payment of Rates and Taxes by Parliamentary Electors, and the Registration of Persons claiming to be rated to the Relief of the Poor, and to abolish the Stamp Duty on the Admission of Freemen.

[Note.-The Words printed in Italics are proposed to be inserted in the Committee.]

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Preamble,

1.

Taxes of Per

HEREAS it is expedient to make further regulation as to the payment of Rates and Taxes by persons whose names have been once registered as Voters in the Election of Members of Parliament, and as to the registration of persons claiming to be rated to the relief of the poor, and to abolish the Stamp Duty payable on the admission of Freemen in Boroughs returning Members to Parliament; BE it Enacted, by The QUEEN's most Excellent MAJESTY, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, 10 and by the Authority of the same, THAT after the passing of this Act, no person whose name is or shall be upon the Register for the time being, as entitled to vote in the election of a Member or Members to serve in Parliament for any city, town or borough in England, shall be required, in order to entitle him to have his name inserted in any 15 List of such Voters for that city, town or borough for the following year, to have paid any Poor Rates or Assessed Taxes, except such as shall have become payable from him previously to the Eleventh day ous October. of October in the preceding year; and that every person who shall claim to be rated to the relief of the poor, shall for the purpose of registration be deemed to have been rated from the period at which the rate shall have been made in respect of which he shall have claimed

195.

to

Rates and sons already ter of Parliamentary Boroughs, paid beyond the 11th day of the previ

on the Regis

Electors for

need not be

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2.

Abolition of Stamp Duty on the admission of Freemeu.

to be rated, notwithstanding the making of any subsequent rate or rates in which his name shall be omitted.

And be it Enacted, That after the passing of this Act no Stamp Duty shall be chargeable on the admission of any Freeman in any city, town or borough in England, returning a Member or Members to serve in Parliament.