Account in obedience to the order of the House of Commons.

Total Amount of Money expended

Deduct Amount of Money paid for any Purpose or
Purposes other than the Relief of the Poor

The Sum expended includes law expences (naming all the different kinds of expence.)

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relating to overseers' accounts, &c.

130. Requisition for return to be made.

Gentlemen,

House of Commons, 27th November, 1830.

It is earnestly hoped, that your immediate attention to the inclosed order will prevent the necessity of adopting measures for enforcing an obedience to the same; as the completion of the account is retarded for want of your return. I remain,

Gentlemen,

Your obedient servant,

A. B

131. The allowance of overseer's account, under 50 Geo. 3, c. 49. (a)

to wit.

County of Perused, allowed, and approved of, the above account, (the s
having been first signed and verified on oath by A. B. and C. B.
churchwardens, and E. F. and G. H., overseers of the poor of th
said parish of ) by and before us, two of his Majesty's justices of
peace in and for the said county of
thousand eight hundred and thirty-one.

the

day of

L. M.

N. 0

A

132. Summons

to overseers of the poor to

verify and pass

their accounts before two justices, under the 50 Geo. 3, c. 489.

Essex,

to wit.

To A. B. and C. D., late Overseers of the Poor of the parish of Barking, in
county of Essex, for the year commencing
one thousand eight hunds
and thirty, and ending one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one.
County of We, G. H. and I. K., esquires, whose hands and seals are he
unto set and subscribed, two of his Majesty's justices of the pea
(one whereof is of the quorum,) inhabiting in [or near]
said parish of Barking, in pursuance of the statutes made for the relief of
poor, and for obliging the overseers to pass their accounts, do will and regu
you forthwith, on sight hereof, to make up and perfect your accounts in writ
of all sums of money received and disbursed in execution of your said offices o
overseers of the poor aforesaid, for and towards the relief and maintenance (
the poor of the said parish of Barking; and, being so perfected, that you
bring the same to us, the said justices, at
the
of
next, at eleven of the clock in the fore [or after] noon of the
day, and verify the same on oath; and that, in the meantime, you present yo
said accounts to the inhabitants of your said parish hereunder named, then,
any three of whom, we desire to meet together and examine the said accoun
and report their opinion thereof to us in writing at the time and place afores
Given under our hands and seals the
day of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one.

оп

in the year

Inhabitants above referred to.

G. H. (L. S

1. K. (L. S.)

The information and complaint of A. B., overseer of the pot the parish of Barking, in the county of Essex, made on oath Jus, C. D. and E. F., esquires, two of his Majesty's justices of peace in and for the said county, this day of in the year of Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, who saith that L. M., nr. late] of the parish of Barking aforesaid, yeoman, was on the twenty-fifih de

(a) See the act, ante, 256, and see another form, ante, 258. The 50 Geo. III. c. 49, s. 1, directs that this allowance shall be at the foot of the account.

(b) See a form, ante, 252. N. B. The

form, in the prior editions, seems in rect, as unnecessarily setting or statutes, and not stating a su demand, &c.

March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, at
the parish aforesaid, duly appointed one of the overseers of the poor for the
said parish of Barking, and duly accepted and acted in the execution of his said
office, and that on the
day of
last past, he the said A. B., and
one G. H., of the said parish of Barking, yeoman, were duly appointed to suc-
ceed the said L. M., and one other person, as overseers of the poor of the said
parish of Barking, and that he, the said L. M., duly took upon himself and acted
in pursuance of his said appointment; and that after the passing of the statute in
that case made and provided, and after the said L. M. ceased, &c. [proceed as in
the form, ante, 253, in notes, concluding, " contrary to the statute in that case
made and provided."] And therefore he, the said A. B., prays that justice may
be done in the premises.

A. B.

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&c.

ment of an
overseer for
neglecting to
ed on the fore-
account, found-
going informa-
tion, and on 5')
Geo. 3, c. 49,
s. 1 (a).

To the Constables of the parish of Barking, in the said county, and to the 134. CommitKeeper of the Common Gaol at Chelmsford, in the said county of Essex. County of Whereas information and complaint upon oath, have been made Essex, before us, C. D. and E. F., esquires, two of his Majesty's justices to wit. of the peace in and for the said county of Essex, by A. B., one of the overseers of the poor in the said parish of Barking, in the said county, [insert the whole of the information from * to †, and then proceed as in the forms, ante, 253, but inserting the words, "contrary to the statute in such case made and provided," and then conclude thus] These are therefore to charge and command you, the said constable, forthwith to apprehend the said and him safely to convey to the common gaol of the said county of Essex, at Chelmsford, in the said county, and there deliver him to the keeper thereof, together with this precept; and we do hereby also command you, the said keeper of the said common gaol, and him there safely keep until he shall have given such account, and shall have paid or yielded up such money, goods, chattels, and other things in his hands as aforesaid.

Given under our hands and seals, at day of

and thirty-one.

in the said county of Essex, the in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred

C. D. (L. S.)
E. F. (L. S.)

To L. M. and N. O., Churchwardens, and P. Q. and R. S., Overseers of the 135. Warrant
Poor of the parish of Barking, in the county of Essex.

Whereas upon examining and stating the accounts of G. H. and
I. K., two of the overseers of the poor of the said parish of Barking,
for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty

it

County of
Essex
to wit.
appears unto us, A. B. and C. D., esquires, two of his Majesty's justices of
the peace in and for the said county (one whereof being of the quorum), dwel-
ling in [or near] the said parish of Barking, and we do adjudge that there is
remaining in the hands of the said G. H. and I. K., on balance of their said
accounts of money by them received for and towards the necessary relief of the
poor of the said parish for the said year, over and above all the sums of money
by them paid, the sum of
which they, the said G. H. and I. K. have
not, nor hath either of them, delivered or paid over to the churchwardens and
overseers of the poor of the said parish for the present year, and that the sum of
is due from them upon their said accounts. These are therefore, in his
Majesty's name, and by virtue of the statute in that case made and provided, to
vill and require you, the said L. M. and N. O., the present churchwardens, and
P. Q. and R. S., the present overseers of the poor of the said parish of Barking,
or some or one of you, to levy the said sum of so due from the said
G. H. and I. K., upon their said accounts, by distress and sale of the goods and

(a) See the act, ante, 256, and see another form, ante, 253.

N N N 2

of distress for balance found due from late overseers.

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chattels of the said G. H. and I. K., and rendering to them the overplus; and relating to over- for want of such distress, that you, or some or one of you, do certify the same seers' accounts, unto us, to the end there may be such further proceedings therein as by law is &c. required.

136. Notice of appeal against allowance of

overseers' accounts (a).

To A. B. and C. D., Churchwardens [or, "late Churchwardens"], and E. F and G. H., Overseers [or, "late Overseers"] of the Poor of the parish and to I. K. and L. M., esquires, two his Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county.

in the county of

I, N. O. an inhabitant of the said parish of

in the said county

and rated and assessed (b) in and by a rate or assessment, towards th relief of the poor of the said parish, for the year during which the said A. B. C. D. and E. F. and G. H., acted as overseers of the poor of the said parish, é hereby give you and each and every of you notice that I intend to appeal, shall appeal at the next general quarter sessions of the peace, to be holden s in and for the said county of against a certain account of you the said churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the said parish,» alleged to have been allowed by you the said I. K. and L. M. as such justices « aforesaid, on the day of in the year of our Lord one thousa eight hundred and thirty-one last past, and my causes and grounds of appeal, against the said accounts and the said supposed allowance thereof are, first, that, [here state the objections to the accounts, for which see ante, 250 to 272, * where see when or not the notice is too general.]

Dated this

day of

hundred and thirty-one.

in the year of our Lord one thousand N. O. (c)

137. Petition

for hearing and other proceed

ings, on the last two notices of

appeal.

138. Declaration against an overseer for penalties, for selling goods to the workhouse, on 55 Geo. 3, c. 137, s. 6.

Nearly the same as in cases of appeal against a poor rate, ante,**

to 885.

See a precedent and notes in 2 Chitty on Pleading, 5th Ed. 516, c.

J

(a) See 41 Geo. III. c. 23, s. 4, ante, ante, 272. 142, and ante, 265, 6.

(b) It is not necessary to state that the intended appellant was an inhabitant, or how affected by the rate,

(c) The statute 41 Geo. III. e. expressly requires the party, or his torney, to sign the notice, ante, 42

V. Forms relating to Settlements.

923

To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the parish of

the county of

in

County of Whereas A. B., esquire, one of his Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county (b) did, on the complaint of the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish of

to wit. county of day of

in the

issue a summons under his hand and seal, dated the
instant, and directed to the churchwardens and overseers of the
in the said county of

thereby requiring them,

poor of the parish of
or some or one of them, to appear before him and such other of his Majesty's
as should be assembled at
justices of the peace for the said county of
day of

in the same county, this

in in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, at noon, to show cause why an order should not be then o'clock in the and there made for the payment, by the same churchwardens and overseers of a weekly sum to the said churchof the poor of the parish of for the maintenance and then wardens and overseers of the poor of the parish of of O. P., a male bastard child, born in the said parish of as a nurse child with his mother, N. P. resident in the said parish of And whereas G. H., one of the overseers of the poor of the said parish of having appeared before us, A. B. and C. D., esquires, two of his Majesty's jusin pursuance of the beforetices of the peace for the said county of mentioned summons for that purpose, hath not shewed to us any sufficient cause why an order should not be made upon them the said churchwardens and over. to pay a weekly sum to the said towards seers of the poor of the said parish of churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the said parish of the maintenance of the said bastard child, [or " And whereas it hath been duly proved to us upon oath that the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the have been duly summoned to appear before us the said said parish of justices, to show cause why an order should not be then and there made, but they or any of them have not appeared in pursuance thereof, and have not shewed to us any sufficient cause why the said order should not be made."] And whereas the said N. P., in and by her examination taken in writing and upon oath this day, now of the before us the said justices, hath declared that she was delivered of the said O. P. who was born a bastard there, and in the said parish of age of five years or thereabouts, that he the said O. P. is now chargeable to the and that she the said N. P. is not willing to part with her said parish of child until he attains the age of seven years. Now, in consideration thereof, and on the complaint of the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the said we do hereby order the said churchwardens and overseers of parish of or some of them to pay to the said churchthe sum of three the poor of the said parish of wardens and overseers of the poor of the said parish of shillings weekly and every week, for and towards the support and maintenance of the said O. P., until they shall be ordered according to law to forbear the said allowance or otherwise.

aforesaid, the

day of
Given under our hands and seals, at
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one.

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139. Order of two justices (a) upon the

churchwardens and overseers of parish where a bastard was born, for the maintenance of such child in another parish where its mother resided(c).

A. B. (L. S.)
C. D. (L. S.)

Whereas hath been made appear to us A. B. and C. D., esquires, the within named justices, that the illegitimate child within described, is within the age of nurture, viz., of the age of two years, and that the mother is unwilling and doth

(a) See the law, ante, 286 and 719. (b) One justice may issue summons o attend before two justices.

(c) Before the act of the 59 Geo. III.

c. 12, s. 5, an order of relief might be
made by one justice. See another form,
ante, 287.

140. Indorsement on an moval of a moorder of rether, ordering the parish from which the mother is to be removed, and where her bas