Excerpt from Forty-First Report From Select Committee on the Poor Law Amendment Act: With the Minutes of Evidence This was the origin of it: one of the guardians brought a petition to our board, which was read by the clerk, and he said, I cannot see any thing that requires the least alteration, and I beg leave to propose that the petition which I present be adopted then it struck me as rather ridiculous that we should take as a prece dent, word for word, what the guardians in another union had drawn up; and I said, No, do not let us stultify ourselves in that manner and upon that a con versation took place; and I called upon the guardian who presented the petition, and said, Will you draw up a petition to meet your views P and he said, No, I would rather you do it and I referred to another guardian; and at last they said, Perhaps you will read the petition and put something together. 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.

Excerpt from First Report From Select Committee on the Poor Law Amendment Act: With the Minutes of Evidence 4. How long have you been so Sir Francis Head and myself were the two first Assistant-commissioners that were appointed. I was the first Assistant-com missioner who was sent out under the Commission. 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.