An Act, intitled, “An Act for appointing Commissioners to superintend and direct the Maintenance and Support of certain Poor Persons known by the general Appellation of Transient Poor.”

  • Province
    Nova Scotia (1758-1825**)
  • Chapter
    30 George III Chapter 12
  • Year
    1790
  • Concepts
    Welfare
  • Jurisdictional Relevance
    Local
    Provincial/Provinciale
  • Number of Articles
    7
  • Description
    This Act ends certain provincially-funded provisions made for the poor, including the work house in Halifax, and enacts that each town is to maintain their own poor. The processes by which each town should maintain their poor and processes for the transition from provincial to local are outlined, including how transient persons are to be removed from Halifax. This Act is to remain in force until July 1791.
  • Source
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