PARISH HOUSES.

Overseers may regain possession of, by order of justices, 39. See OVERSEERS.
PARISH CLERK.

Is an office within 3 & 4 W. & M. c. 11, s. 6, being a freehold, 637,645.
But he must be placed therein by some one having authority. ADDENDA, 853.
PARISH REGISTER.

Copy of, admissible to prove births, marriages and burials, 796.

Per se no evidence of place of birth, 805.

PARTNER.

Residence by one, makes his share only in the stock in trade rateable, 116.
If none resident, no part is liable, 117.

PASS.

Of persons born in Scotland, Ireland, Jersey, Guernsey, and Isle of Man, 728.
PASTURE.

Exclusive right of, a tenement, under 13 & 14 Car. II. 536, 537.

Fed, (if this part of the contract,) cows are also a tenement, 536, 537, 538.
PAUPERS. See POOR, WORKHOUSE, REMOVAL, &C.

PENSIONS.

Of run-aways deserting wife or children, may be paid to overseers, 181.
PERSONAL PROPERTY.

As to its rateability, and the difficulty attending it. See RATE (5.)
PICKAGE.

Lessee of, in market, is rateable, 104.

POINTING PLACES.

In a mill are chattels, and their value not included in value of tenement, 539.
PLACE.

Adjudication of a parish as last place of settlement, is bad, 749.

POOR, CASUAL. See CASUAL POOR.

POOR-HOUSE.

Overseers may build house, or enlarge suitable tenement, 190, 191, and seil
insufficient workhouse, 191.

By 43 Eliz. c. 2.. they may purchase or hire any house in the same parish, 185.
If parish too small to do it, two or more may join, ib.

No settlement gained by residence in such house, ib.

Poor refusing to be lodged in such house not entitled to relief, ib.

No contract to lodge poor valid unless the contractor reside in the parish, 186.

Or in one of united parishes, ib.

Responsible householder in the parish to give security for the contractor, ib.
Security not vacated by removal of contractor, ib.

Contract to be approved by two justices, ib.

to determine by removal of contractor from the parish, ib.

Contractors amenable to justices, as overseers, 186, 187.

Notice of intended contracts for building to be given, 187.

Person misbehaving or refusing to work, &c. in workhouse, may be committed for
twenty-one days, 199.

Property in goods, &c. provided for the poor, vested in overseers, 197.

In any return or indictment, goods may be described as their property, ib.

Such goods, &c. to be marked, ib.

Persons receiving, buying, or taking to pawn property or provisions provided for
poor, or defacing marks, to forfeit less than 51. and more than 11., ib.

Persons deserting workhouse and carrying away goods, liable to be committed, ib.
Mark authenticated evidence of property, ib.

POOR-HOUSE-continued.

Mark not to be visible on the exterior, 197.

Conviction, form of by statute, 199.

Enactments in local acts since 1 Geo. I. varying the general poor law, re-

pealed, ib.

Advantages of workhouses explained, 200.

Sale or use of spirits therein prohibited, 201.

Relief to Prisoners on Mesne Process in Gaols not County Gaols.

Persons under mesne process may be relieved in such gaol by order of a
justice, 201.

Relief not to exceed 6d. per diem, ib.

Settlement of debtor to be ascertained. ib.

Order of removal to be made and suspended during debtor's confinement, ib.
Suspension not to be indorsed, ib.

Copy to be served on the other parish, ib.

Overseers of proper parish shall repay the relief given, 202.

Appeal within twenty-one days after demand, ib. ; if same exceeds 5l. ib. ; sessions
may reduce it, ib.'

If poor debtor has no legal settlement in England or Wales, the relief shall be
paid by the parish where gaol is, which shall be reimbursed by the county, ib.
Forms relating to Relief of Poor. See APPENDIX OF FORMS.

Oath of pauper to obtain relief, 203.

Warrant thereon to summon overseers, ib.

Order of relief or maintenance, 203.
Contract for maintenance, ib.

POSSESSION.

Of parish houses, &c., how recovered, 39.

After, for twenty years, a title is inferred from the commencement, 616.
PRECEDENTS.

I. Relating to Overseers, Assistant Overseers, and Guardians, 861.

1. Warrant for returning lists of overseers, 861.

2. The high constable's warrant to the petty constable, ib.

3. Notice of holding a vestry for nomination of overseers, 862.

4. The return or nomination to be made by the vestry to the magistrates, ib.
5. The nomination by the vestry to the magistrates of non-resident persons to
be overseers, ib.

6. Usual appointment of overseers for a parish township, &c., ib.

7. Appointment where one of the overseers is a non-resident, 863.

8. Appointment of overseers with printed instructions at foot, ib.

9. The instructions so referred to, ib.

10. Form of nomination by vestry of an assistant overseer, 866.

11. Bond from assistant overseer when appointed by select vestry, 867.

12. Form of appointment of assistant overseer, ib.

13. Mandamus to justices to appoint overseer, 868.

14. Mandamus to the governors and guardians to call a vestry to nominate

governors, and prepare list for overseers, 869.

15. Notice of appeal to the sessions against an appointment of an overseer,

870.

16. The other forms and proceedings on such notice of appeal, 871.

17. Notice to be given by overseers to obtain possession, ib.

18. Information of overseer for not quitting pursuant to notice, ib.

19. Summons thereon, ib.

20. Warrant thereon to give possession, ib.

II. Forms relating to Poor Rates, ib., 871.

21. Certificate of guardians to magistrates under local act of rate necessary to
be made for the use of the poor of the parish, ib.

22. Justices' order thereon to churchwardens and overseers to make rate accord-
ingly, 872.

23. Public notice in church of intention to make a poor rate, ib.
24. Consent to a rate made at vestry signed by inhabitants, 873.
25. Usual form of a rate for relief of poor in a country parish, ib.

PRECEDENTS-continued.

11. Forms relating to Poor Rates-continued.

26. Assessment on a gas company for land, houses, warehouses and buildings,
and main and pipes, and apparatus for conveyance of gas, fixed in the
ground, 873.

27. Form of rate in London, 874.

28. The usual form of allowance by justices of a rate, ib.

29. Notice of publication of a rate in parish church, ib.

30. Attestation by the minister, 875.

31. Another more concise form, ib.

32. Demand of inspection of rate and of a copy thereof, ib.

33. Declaration for the twenty pounds' penalty for not permitting inspection or
giving copy of a rate, ib.

34. The usual notice of appeal against a poor rate to the churchwardens and
overseers, and to persons under-rated, &c., ib.

35. Notice of appeal against poor rates, 876; the like under local acts, ib.
36. Petition of appeal against a poor's rate, 878.

37. Order for hearing appeal, appointing time, &c., ib.

38. Notice of trial of an appeal against poor's rate several times respited, 879.
39. A full notice by several persons of prosecuting an appeal against a poor's
rate, stating several objections to overseers and others either not rated or
under-rated, ib.

39. Notice to produce, 880.

40. Notice of trial of an appeal against poor's rate, (enumerating grounds of
appeal,) ib.

41. Another form of notice of trial of an appeal against a poor's rate—(eight
several grounds of appeal,) 881.

42. Form of a separate notice to respondents to produce on trial of appeal
against poor's rates the rate books, &c., 882.

43. Order of sessions on hearing appeal confirming on principle a rate on gas
pipes laid in ground, and referring to barrister to fix the proper amount of
rate on gas company and others, ib.

44. Entry of proceeding on an appeal at sessions against a rate and order
thereon, subject to a case for opinion of court of King's Bench, 884.

45. Case stated of opinion for court of King's Bench as to validity of poor's
rate, ib.

46. A summons of one justice to shew cause why a person does not pay poor's
rate, ib.

47. A form of a distress warrant thereon for poor's rate where defaulter has
appeared to summons, ib.

48. Information by overseer against several persons for not paying poor's rate,
made before two justices, 885.

49. Summons thereon by the magistrates to shew cause why party neglects to
pay poor's rate, ib.

50. The like information against several persons for non-payment of several

rates, 886.

51. Information against one person for nonpayment of a poor's rate, made
before one justice to summon before two others, 887.

52. Precept from the justices to summon several defaulters, ib.

53. Constable's summons thereon, ib.

54. The like form of summons for not paying poor's rate in London, 888.

55. The form of a summons against one person for nonpayment of rate, ib.
56. Warrant of distress against one person after the foregoing summons, ib.
57. Usual form of a warrant of distress against several persons, 889.
58. Distress warrant for poor's rate in London, 889.

59. Justices' warrant to distrain for poor's rate made by the guardians of the
poor in Bury, 890.

60. The indorsement to be written on the warrant of distress, if it is to be
executed in another county, 891.

61. The form of the overseer's return, where no sufficient distress is found, to
be indorsed on the back of the warrant, ib.

62. Commitment thereon, ib.

63. Warrant against a person for arrear of poor's rate under local act of par-
liament, in Bury, 892.

III. Forms relating to the Relief and Ordering of the Poor.

64. Notice from overseers of poor to father of pauper, of intended application
to petty sessions for order of maintenance, 893.

PRECEDENTS-continued.

III. Forms relating to the Relief and Ordering of the Poor-continued.

65. Overseers' complaint thereupon, 893.

66. Order on a parent or child to give relief, &c., ib.

67. Information of an overseer of the poor against a parent or child for disobey -
ing an order of maintenance, &c., 894.

68. Warrant of distress on a parent or child for disobeying an order of mainte-
nance, &c. ib.

69. Commitment of a parent or child for disobeying an order of maintenance,
895.

70. Order to seize the goods and receive the rents of the lands of parents or
husbands having run away, 896.

71. Assignment of pay by a pensioner, ib.

72. Assignment of a pension of a Chelsea or other pensioner in Scotland, 897.
73. Certificate to be transmitted to the commissioners of Chelsea hospital, when
an order has been made by the magistrates, ib.

74. An order, by justices, to overseers, &c., to receive seamen's wages, ib.
75. Order that pay of a soldier shall be applied towards support of his family, ib.
76. Order, by justices, to overseers, &c., to receive pensions of persons leaving
their families chargeable to the parish, 898.

77. Warrant to apprehend a person as a rogue and vagabond, having deserted
his family, ib.

78. Conviction and commitment of a person as a rogue and vagabond for hav-
ing deserted his family, ib.

79. Commitment of a person, as an incorrigible rogue, for having deserted his
family a second time, 899.

80. Warrant to apprehend a person for not applying a proportion of his earn-
ings towards the maintenance of his family, 900.

81. Order to seize the goods and receive the rents of houses or lands of persons
deserting their families, ib.

82. Usual form of oath by a pauper requiring relief, ib.

83. Usual form of a justices' summons on two overseers, to show cause why
they do not afford relief, 901.

84. Comprehensive form of order of relief by two justices, ib.

85. Depositions of a poor person wanting maintenance, after application at a
vestry, and to two overseers, and that he was refused relief, ib.

86. Summons in London for not relieving a pauper, 902.

87. Summons upon overseers to shew cause why they refuse relief to a poor
person, ib.

88. Another form, ib.

89. Another form, ib.

90. Summary request for overseer to admit to workhouse, 903.

91. Order of one justice for relieving a pauper in a case of urgent necessity,
where there is a select vestry, under 59 Geo. III. c. 12, s. 2, but not as-
sembled, ib., n. (a)

92. Order of one justice, in case of urgent necessity, for temporary relief until
assembling of guardians, &c., of poor, under 59 Geo. III. c. 12, s. 2, 904.
93. Order of one justice where there is no select vestry, in case of emergency and
urgent distress, under 59 Geo. III. c. 12, s. 5, ib.

94. Summons by one justice to overseers, to appear before two, where select
vestry or guardians have refused relief, ib.

95. Order of two justices to give relief where a select vestry or guardians, &c.,
have refused to relieve, under 59 Geo. III. c. 12, s. 2, or where the select
vestry has not assembled, 905.

96. Common order of two justices on two overseers to give relief to a poor
person, where there is no select vestry, under 59 Geo. III. c. 12, s. 5, ib.
97. Order of justices for maintenance of a bastard child, with its mother, ib.
98. Appointment of select vestry, 906.

99. Form of agreement for the purpose of adopting the provisions of Gilbert's
act for having a workhouse, and nomination of guardians of poor and
governor of workhouse, ib.

100. Form of consent and approbation of the justices, 907.

101. Contract for maintenance (justices' assent,) ib.

102. Agreement at a public meeting for two or more parishes, townships, &c. to
unite in adopting the provisions of Gilbert's act" for the better relief and
employment of the poor," 907.

.

PRECEDENTS-continued.

III. Forms relating to the Relief and Ordering of the Poor-continued.
103. Agreement for uniting the parishes (or townships as the case may be) of
for the purpose of providing a house or houses, and
for the better maintaining and employing their poor, pursuant to Gilbert's
act, 908.

and

104. The entry to be made by the clerk of the peace or town clerk, 909.
105. Notice of the meeting to consult as to providing for the poor, ib.
106. Appointment of a guardian of the poor, ib.

107. Appointment of a visitor of the poor, ib.

108. Appointment of a governor of the poor, 910.
109. Appointment of a treasurer of the poor, ib.

110. Draft by the guardian on the churchwardens and overseers appointed to
collect the poor's rates, ib.

111. Appointment of a deputy visitor and assistant, ib.

112. Certificate of serving the office of visitor to the poor, ib.

113. Security for money borrowed for purchasing lands, &c., for the employment
of the poor, ib., 911.

114. Transfer of the security for the money advanced, ib.

115. Workhouse governor's appointment, ib.

116. Order for the admission of a pauper into the poorhouse, ib.

117. Justice's direction to excuse poor person wearing the badge, ib.

118. Commitment of a pauper maintained in a workhouse, for disorderly con-
duct, 912.

119. Commitment of a person for misbehaviour in a workhouse, ib.

IV. Forms relating to Overseers' Accounts, &c.

120. Account A, rates and whether recorded or not, 913.

121. Account B, rates of four years, ib.

122. Account C, statement of receipts, ib.

123. Account D, statement of gift monies, ib.

124. Account E, statement of disbursements, ib.

125. Account F, a total account, ib.

126. Account book of relief of out-door poor, 914.
126a.Account book of workhouse poor, ib.
127. Workhouse book, 915.

128. Notice requiring churchwardens, &c., in London, to return lists of poor

children, &c., ib.

129. Overseers' account of infant poor, 916.

130. Requisition for return to be made, 920.

131. Allowance of overseer's account, under 50 Geo. III. c. 49, 920, n. (a)
132. Summons to overseers of the poor to verify and pass their accounts, ib.
133. Information against an overseer, for refusing to account, ib., n. (b)
134. Commitment of an overseer for neglecting to account, 921.
135. Warrant of distress for balance found due from late overseers, ib.
136. Notice of appeal against allowance of overseers' accounts, 922, n. (a)
137. Petition for hearing and other proceedings, on last two notices of appeal, 922.
138. Declaration against an overseer for penalties, for selling goods to workhouse,
on 55 Geo. III. c. 137, s. 6, ib.

V. Forms relating to Settlements.

139. Order of two justices upon churchwardens and overseers of parish where
bastard was born, for maintenance of such child in another parish where
mother resided, 923, n. (a) (c)

140. Indorsement on order of removal of a mother, ordering parish from which
mother is to be removed, and where her bastard was born, to pay to
officers of parish to which she is removed, so much per week for support
of child, ib., 924, n.

141. Prescribed form of indenture of binding apprentice to a chimney-sweeper,
924.

142. Prescribed form of approbation thereof by justices, ib.

143. Prescribed form, in parish indenture, of persons to be added to the covenant
for maintenance, in case of death of master, ib.

144. Prescribed form, in parish indenture, of order of two justices, directing a
parish apprentice to continue with widow of master, ib.

145. Prescribed form of like order by a separate instrument, ib.