Each of such Townships to maintain its own Poor, as other Town land and Wales, and こ name of "East Dean;" and that all and every extra-parochial parts and part of the said Forest of Dean lying westward of the said line, together with a certain extra-parochial place situate near Lidbrook, comprising a wood, called Kidnolls, and other lands, now or late the property of Charles Bathurst, Esquire, shall, from and after the passing of this Act, become and be a District and Township, under the name of "West Dean." And be it Enacted, That each of the said two Districts or Town ships of " East Dean" and "West Dean" shall thenceforth and for 5 ever, from and after the passing of this Act, maintain its own Poor, 10 ships in Eng- and, for the purposes of this Act, be invested with such and the like powers, privileges and immunities, and be subject to the same laws, be appointed. authorities and regulations as other Townships in England and Wales; and the Justices acting for such Townships are hereby authorized and required to appoint yearly Four, Three or Two substantial House15 holders as Overseers of the Poor for each of the said Districts or Townships of " East Dean" and "West Dean," at the same time and in the same manner as by law is now required for the nomination of Overseers of the Poor of England'; and such persons so appointed shall be the Overseers of the Poor of such Townships. 3. East Dean Township shall be added to the Westbury-upon and West Dean to the Union. Guar- appointed for such Town ships, and the Poor Law Commissioners to de termine the which they shall con -20 25 And be it Enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Poor Law Commissioners, and they are hereby authorized and required, at such time or times as they shall deem most fitting and convenient, to add the Severn Union, said District or Township of "East Dean" to the Westbury-uponSevern Union, and the said District or Township of "West Dean' to the Monmouth Union; and the said Poor Law Commissioners are hereby empowered to order and direct the election of a Guardian or Guardians for each such District or Township to act as members of the Board of Guardians of such Unions respectively; and the said Commissioners are also hereby authorized to determine from time to go proportions in time, by such means as they shall deem proper, the manner and proportion in which each of the said Districts or Townships shall contribute to the common fund of the Union to which it shall belong, and to the purchase of any stock, goods or materials, or to the purchase or renting of any lands or tenements which shall have been or 35 shall be hereafter purchased or rented, or to the debts or liabilities heretofore or which may hereafter be lawfully incurred by the Guardians of such Union, under and by virtue of any Act of Parliament relating to that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called England and Wales, subject as in this Act is provided; 40 and such addition of the said several Districts or Townships shall have the same effect and produce the same consequences as in the case of the addition of a Parish to a Union under the Poor Law Amendment Act. tribute to the of the Unions. common Fund And And be it Enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Poor Law Commissioners, by order under their hands and seal, directed to the Overseers of the Poor of either of the said Districts or Townships, to order and direct the said Overseers to appoint and pay, out of the 5 Poor Rates of the said Districts or Townships respectively, one or more paid officers, to make, assess and levy the Poor Rates of the said Districts or Townships respectively, and to perform therein the duties, or any of them, which Overseers of the Poor are or may be by law required to perform; and the said Commissioners are 10 hereby empowered to determine and declare the duties and the qualifications, and regulate from time to time the salaries or remuneration of such officers, and their continuance in office, and the manner and proportion in which such salaries shall be paid from the Poor Rates of the District or Township for which the said officers shall respectively be appointed to act. 15 And be it Enacted, That as soon as a Rate for the relief of the Poor for such Districts or Townships respectively has been made, and not less than One-half of such Rate in amount shall have been collected, the Overseers of the said Districts or Townships respectively 20 shall and they are hereby required immediately thereafter to certify under their hands the fact of such collection to the Poor Law Commissioners, and such Overseers shall thenceforth be liable to observe and obey all rules and orders lawfully made or to be made on them by the Board of Guardians of the Union to which such Districts or 25 Townships may respectively belong; and no person resident in or belonging to either of the said Districts or Townships shall have any right to relief from either of the said Districts or Townships until the Overseers of the Poor of such Districts or Townships respectively shall have certified to the Poor Law Commissioners that a Rate has been made, and not less than One-half of such Rate in amount has been collected; and the said Poor Law Commissioners shall thereupon order and declare the day from which such relief shall 30 commence. 6. The HudFence and nolls, Bearse, Mawkins annexed by CommisParishes of Hazells to be the Poor Law sioners to the And be it Enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Poor Law Com35 missioners and they are hereby authorized and required to divide four other extra-parochial Places situate in the said Hundred of Saint Briavel's, called respectively the Hudnolls, the Bearse, the Fence and Mawkins Hazells, into two portions or districts, each or either of such portions or districts containing respectively one or more, or a part of 40 one or more, of the said four last-mentioned extra-parochial Places, and being of such extent respectively, and bounded in such manner as the field. said Poor Law Commissioners shall think fit; and the said Commissioners shall, by order under their hands and seal, assign one of such Districts to the Parish of Saint Briavel's, and the other of such Dis160. Saint Briavel's and Hewels 7. Mailscot and a place near the New Weir annexed to the Parish of English Bicknor. 5 tricts or portions to the Parish of Hewelsfield, in the said Hundred and 15 And be it Enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act, and thenceforth for ever, a certain extra-parochial place called Mailscot, and a certain other extra-parochial place adjoining or near thereto, situate near a place called New Weir, in the said Hundred and County, and 20 abutting upon the River Wye, shall be and be deemed to be, for all the purposes of the relief and maintenance of the Poor, and the execution of the laws in force relating to the relief and maintenance of the Poor, and of the expenditure and application of the Poor Rates, an integral part of the Parish of English Bicknor, in the said County, in all respects 25 as if such two last-mentioned extra-parochial places had originally Walmore and formed part of the said Parish of English Bicknor; and two other Northwoods 30 extra-parochial places called respectively Walmore and Northwoods 40 in the declared averages of any Parish or Parishes constituting the Union or Unions in which the said Parishes of Westbury-upon-Severn and English Bicknor, or either of them, may be included, as to them may seem fit, on account of the addition or annexation of the said 5 extra-parochial places to the said Parishes of English Bicknor and Westbury-upon-Severn respectively. And be it Enacted, That any Order or Regulation of the Poor Law Commissioners authorized to be made or issued under or for the purposes of this Act, shall be enforced in the same manner as any other 10 Orders or Regulations of the said Commissioners may now or hereafter be by law enforced, and shall be subject to the same or the like legal incidents as such Orders are or may be by law subject to. any And be it Enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall alter law in force as regards the Registration of Voters for Members 15 of Parliament, or the laws relating to the Election of Members to serve in Parliament. Saving always to The QUEEN's most Excellent MAJESTY, Her heirs and successors, all such estate, right, title, interest, privilege, prerogative and benefit (other than and except the rights and interests 20 hereby expressly varied, barred, destroyed or extinguished) as she or they had or enjoyed in, to, out of or from the said several extra-parochial Places or Districts hereinbefore mentioned, and every part thereof respectively before the passing of this Act, or could or might have had, held or enjoyed in case this Act had not been passed. And be it Enacted, That this Act may be amended or repealed by Act may be any Act to be passed in this present Session of Parliament. amended or repealed this Session. |