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Poor Relief Act 1691

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V.Serving as Officer, or paying Parish Duties, a Settlement.

Provided always and be it Enacted That if any person who shall come to inhabit in any Towne or Parish shall for himselfe and on his owne account execute any publick annual Office or charge in the said Towne or Parish dureing one whole year or shall be charged with and pay his share towards the publick Taxes or Levies of the said Towne or Parish then he shall be adjudged and deemed to have a legal Settlement in the same though no such Notice in Writing be delivered and published as is hereby before required.

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