Handy Book of Parish Law

Klappentext This 1872 volume explains the complex laws relating to local administration at the parish level. Zusammenfassung The Handy Book of Parish Law was first published in 1859! and ran to twelve editions! of which this is the third (1872). It is a useful source for local historians! explaining parish law which was the lowest level of local government as well as relating church matters. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Of the parish and parishioners; 2. Of the parish church and churchyard; 3. Of the parson and clergymen of the parish, and church services; 4. Of the churchwardens; 5. Of the church trustees; 6. Of the parish clerk, sexton, and beadle; 7. Of the parish vestry; 8. Of select vestries; 9. Of metropolitan vestries; 10. Of constables; 11. Of the preparation of jury lists; 12. Of highways; 13. Of highway districts under the Highway Acts of 1862 and 1864; 14. Of tramways; 15. Of the watching and lighting of parishes; 16. Of the removal of nuisances; 17. Of church rates; 18. Of county and borough rates; 19. Of poor rates; 20. Of the rating of tenements let for short terms, and of small tenements; 21. Of parochial assessment; 22. Of the powers of the local government board in the administration of the Poor Laws; 23. Of the board of guardians; 24. Of metropolitan district asylum boards, and metropolis common poor fund; 25. Of the powers of justices of the peace in the administration of the Poor Laws; 26. Of the overseers; 27. Of assistant overseers and collectors; 28. Of the audit of union and parish accounts; 29. Of the union officers; 30. Of the relief of the poor; 31. Of the workhouse; 32. Of settlement and removal; 33. Of parish apprentices.

Product details

• Authors: William Andrews Holdsworth, Holdsworth William Andrews
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.01.2011
• EAN: 9781108024839
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02483-9
• No. of pages: 268
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; England, LAW / Legal History, REFERENCE / Genealogy & Heraldry, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Legal History, Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law, Laws Of Specific Jurisdictions, Genealogy, heraldry, names & honours, Genealogy, heraldry, names and honours