Select Illustrations Historical And Topographical Of Bedfordshire PDF Download

Excerpt from Select Illustrations, Historical and Topographical, of Bedfordshire: Containing Bedford, Ampthill, Houghton, Luton, and Chicksands Five hundred pounds is given annually to poor decayed housekeepers, and other proper objects, being inhabitants of the town. Salty-sir alms-houses are established. Each poor old man, or woman, in the twenty, first built, receives ten shillings weekly, and 31. Per annum for clothing; but a man and his wife may be received into any of them, and they then receive fifteen shillings weekly, and 51, for clothing. Each person in the forty-sis others, receives seven shillings, and if a man and his wife, ten shillings and sirpence, and 31. Widows of poor men that were placed in the alms-houses, receive also the full allowance respectively. A medical gentleman may be appointed to attend the alms houses and the hospital, with a salary not exceeding 601. Per annum. The hospital is to maintain not less than twenty-six boys and girls, and not more than fifty. They are boarded, clothed, supplied with every necessary, educated, and apprenticed. They attend St. Paul's church; and the inhabitants of the alms-houses are also required to attend some place of worship, if able. The above is a compendious summary Of the act: the surplus of the annual revenue, if any, is to be invested and accumulated. If too much is Cxpended in any one year, it is to be made up the next. There is no doubt of the honourable intentions of the trustees to fulfil punctually and zealously the object of the charity. But, in addition to their respectable characters, the charity is fenced in by legal enact ments, that cannot be broken or evaded. Once only before the passing of any of these salutary acts (as appears by the Gen. Mag. A com plaint was made of misapplication; but there was some party feeling mixed up with this, which is now by no means in existence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.