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Poor Relief Act 1662

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IX.The Stock for Employment of the Poor in the Hands of a former Corporation in London to be paid to Treasurer of Corporation under this act, who is empowered to recover the same, &c.

All Persons having Stock in Hand to account.

And be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all Stocks raised for the releife and imployment of the Poor in the City of London and Liberty thereof which was in the hands of a Corporation heretofore appointed in the said City for that service or in the hands of any other person or persons whatsoever before the nine & twentieth day of September which was in the yeare of our Lord One thousand six hundred and sixty comonly called the Feast of St. Michael the Archangell or at any time since togeather with all the Arreares of money formerly allotted for that Service or Legacies given to the same end shall be payable to the Treasurer of the Corporation or Corporations Workhouse or Workehouses to be established by this present act who are hereby authorized and impowred by themselves or theire Officers thereunto by them deputed to collect gather receive and recover the said money and Legacies which shall be due and in arreare as aforesaid with which said Arrears and every part and parcell thereof the Corporation or Corporations aforesaid by this act made constituted and established is and shall be hereby invested and interessed for the execution of the service hereby enjoyned them And all those that have had or now have any of the said Stocks in their or any of theire hands shall be accomptable to the said Treasurer or to those that shall be appointed by the said Corporation or Corporations or any Seven or more [X1of] them to take the said account

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