a legitimate child or children dependent upon her and incapable of earning his, her, or their livelihood, and no illegitimate child born after the commencement of her widowhood.

6th. Where such person shall be confined in any gaol or place of safe custody.

7th. Where such person shall be the wife or child of any able-bodied man who shall be in the service of Her Majesty as a soldier, sailor, or marine.

8th. Where any able-bodied person, not being a soldier, sailor, or marine, shall not reside within the union, but the wife, child, or children of such person shall reside within the same, the board of guardians, according to their discretion, may afford relief in the workhouse to such wife, child, or children, or may allow out-door relief for any such child or children being within the age of nurture and resident with the mother within the union.

Art. II. In every case in which out-door relief shall be given on account of sickness, accident, or infirmity to any member of the family of any able-bodied male person resident within any of the said unions, or to any member of the family of any able-bodied male person, an extract from the medical officer's weekly report (if any such officer shall have attended the case), stating the nature of such weakness, accident, or infirmity, shall be specially entered in the minutes of the proceedings of the board of guardians of the day on which the relief is ordered or subsequently allowed. But if the board of guardians shall think fit, a certificate, under the hand of the medical officer of the union, or of the medical practitioner in attendance on

the party, shall be laid before the board, stating the nature of such sickness, accident, or infirmity, and a copy of the same shall be in like manner entered in the minutes.

Art. III. No relief shall be given from the poor rates of any parish comprised in any of the said unions to any person who does not reside in some place within the union; save and except in the following cases

1st. Where such person being casually within such parish shall become destitute.

2nd. Where such person shall require relief on account of any sickness, accident, or bodily or mental infirmity affecting such person or any of his or her family.

3rd. Where such person shall be entitled to receive relief from any parish in which he may not be resident under any order which justices may by law be autho

rized to make..

4th. Where such person, being a widow, shall be in the first six months of her widowhood.

5th. Where such person is a widow who has a legitimate child dependent on her for support, and no illegitimate child born after the commencement of her widowhood, and who, at the time of her husband's death, was resident with him in some place other than the parish of her legal settlement, and not situate in the union in which such parish may be comprised.

6th. Where such person shall be a child under the age of sixteen, maintained in a workhouse or establishment for the education of pauper children, and not situate within the union.

7th. Where such person shall be the wife or child, residing within the union, of some person not ablebodied and not residing within the union.

8th. Where such person shall have been in the receipt of relief from some parish in the union at some time within the twelve calendar months next preceding the date of the order, being settled in such parish, and not resident within the union.

Art. IV. Where the husband of any woman is beyond the seas, or in custody of the law, or in confinement in a licensed house or asylum as a lunatic or idiot, all relief which the guardians give to his wife or her children shall be given to such woman in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as if she were a widow.

The following order regulates the administration of relief in unions unprovided with adequate* workhouse accommodation.

Art. I. Whenever the guardians allow relief to any able-bodied male person out of the workhouse, onehalf, at least, of the relief so allowed shall be given in articles of food or fuel, or in other articles of absolute necessity.

Art. II. In any case in which the guardians allow relief for a longer period than one week to an indigent poor person, resident within their union or parish, without requiring that such person shall be received into the workhouse, such relief shall be given or administered weekly, or at such more frequent periods as they deem expedient.

* Adequate, that is, to the reception of all persons at the time requiring relief.

Art. III. It shall not be lawful for the guardians, or their officers, to establish any applicant for relief in trade or business; nor to redeem from pawn, for any such applicant, any tools, implements, or articles; nor to purchase and give him any tools, &c, except articles of clothing or bedding when urgently needed, and such articles as are mentioned in Art. I.; nor to pay, directly or indirectly, the expense of his conveyance (except in certain cases); nor to give money to or on his account for the purpose of effecting any of the above objects; nor to pay, wholly or in part, the rent of his house or lodging, nor to apply any portion of the relief ordered in payment of such rent; but this article does not apply to any shelter or temporary lodging procured for a poor person in case of sudden or urgent necessity or mental imbecility.

Art. IV. is in effect the same as Art. III. of the order just quoted, relating to the relief of paupers in places. where there is adequate workhouse accommodation.

Art. V. No relief shall be given to any able-bodied male person while he is employed for wages or other hire or remuneration by any person.

Art. VI. Every able-bodied male person, if relieved out of the workhouse, shall be set to work by the guardians, and be kept employed under their direction and superintendence so long as he continues to receive re

lief.

Art. VII. contains exceptions to the preceding ar ticles similar to those contained in the first article of the previous order.

Art. X. If the guardians shall, upon consideration of the special circumstances of any particular case,

deem it expedient to depart from any of the above regulations (except Art. III.), and within twenty-one days report the same and the grounds thereof to the Poor Law board, the relief given before an answer to their report has been returned shall not be deemed to be contrary to the provisions of this order; and if the Poor Law board approve of such departure, and notify such approval to the guardians, all relief given after snch notification in accordance with such approval shall be lawful.

The guardians may give any relief sanctioned by these orders, by way of loan (orders of December 21, 1844, and December 14, 1852), and provision is made for the recovery thereof, either by proceedings before two justices (11 & 12 Vict. c. 43, s. 90), or in the county court (11 & 12 Vict. c. 110, s. 8).

Although the guardians must, in the first instance, relieve all destitute poor persons chargeable to the union or any parish thereof, any relief given to such persons as are "old, blind, lame, or impotent or unable to work," may, under the 43 Eliz. c. 2, s. 6, be recovered, either wholly or in part, by the order of two justices, from the parents, the grandfathers or grandmothers, or the children of such persons, if these are able to pay it. But no relief given to persons who are able to work can be recovered from their relations. If any person who is liable refuses to pay any sum so assessed upon him by the justices, he is liable to a penalty of 20s. a month, and may also be indicted.

Husbands are bound to maintain their wives, aud