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Catalogue reference: MH 82/49
Date: 1954 Sept 16-1956 Nov 15
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Folios 602-605. Draft letter from the Poor Law Board to George Spencer, Clerk to...
Catalogue reference: MH 12/15161/410
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- 26 Feb 1855
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- Folios 602-605. Draft letter from the Poor Law Board to George Spencer, Clerk to the Guardians of the Keighley Poor Law Union detailing the charges brought by W B Ferrand against the guardians viz.: 1. That Bernard Green and Edward Sutcliffe, Relieving Officers, have issued vouchers for the supply of various provisions from shops, some of which are owned by Guardians of the Keighley Union viz. Messrs. Stowell, Bracewell, Atkinson and Leach. 2. That some of the goods were of inferior quality. 3. That improper payments of rent of paupers has taken place. 4. That one of the guardians kept hens at the workhouse. 5. That the Medical Officer and the Relieving Officers had been expected to hold a dinner for the guardians. 6. That sometimes goods to the full value of the vouchers had not been supplied, some of the money being retained to defray amounts already owed to the shopkeepers. The Board considered that all the points except number 6 had been proved true. Relief had been administered in irregular and illegal ways and the Board quoted 4& 5 William IV c 76 s 51 which penalises any guardians profiting in any way from the provision of any goods to workhouses or for the support of the poor and to Article 3 of the General relief Order of 14 December 1852 which makes it illegal for guardians and officers to pay either directly or indirectly for the rent of any pauper house. The Board expects all improper and illegal conduct on the part of the guardians and officers to cease. The Board will inform the Auditor of what has happened by means of a copy of this letter. Annotated: W G Lumley [William Golden Lumley, Assistant Secretary to the Poor Law Board] thinks that the officers, particularly the relieving officer, who issued tickets knowing them to be illegal and the workhouse master who kept poultry, should be censured by the Board. 23 February 1855. Paper Number: 5508/1855. Poor Law Union Number 571. Counties: Yorkshire West Riding.
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