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Folio 265. Letter from W E Goodacre, Clerk to the Guardians of the Mansfield Poor...

Catalogue reference: MH 12/9362/222

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This record is about the Folio 265. Letter from W E Goodacre, Clerk to the Guardians of the Mansfield Poor... dating from 28 May 1855 in the series Local Government Board and predecessors: Correspondence with Poor Law Unions and.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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MH 12/9362/222
Date
28 May 1855
Description
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Folio 265. Letter from W E Goodacre, Clerk to the Guardians of the Mansfield Poor Law Union, to the Poor Law Board. Enquiring if a small sum form the poor rates would be sanctioned to enable the overseers to employ a temporary collector of poor rates in the parish until someone can be appointed permanently being subject of approval. Annotated: say that whilst the vacancy of overseer or collector is vacant the duty of collecting the rate devolves upon the overseer and the board are not invested with any authority under which they could empower those officers to employ and pay a person employed by the overseer to perform that duty for them. Paper Number: 21397/1855. Poor Law Union Number 337. Counties: Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
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The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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