Wichtige Aufgaben der materiellen Fürsorge

The law of friendly societies, and industrial and provident societies, with the acts, observations thereon, forms of rules etc., reports of leading cases at length, and a copious index

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Identifikator:: 1019100079

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-62292

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Wichtige Aufgaben der materiellen Fürsorge

Place of publication:: Münster in Westf.

Publisher:: Verlag der Aschendorffschen Verlagsbuchhandlung

Year of publication:: 1925

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (59 Seiten)

Collection:: Economics Books

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4 INTRODUCTION. under the poor law, until they become actually chargeable to the parish («). 4. By an Act of the 26th June, 1795 (35 Geo. 3, c. Ill), the provisions for securing the funds of a society were extended to “benevolent and charitable institutions, for relieving by voluntary subscriptions and benefactions, widows, orphans, and families of the clergy, and others in distressed circumstances.'’'’ 5. By an Act of the 20th June, 1809 (49 Geo. 3, c. 125), power was given to justices to enforce the observance of the rules, and to compel payment by a member of arrears due to a society by means of distress and sale. 6. On the 12tli July, 1819, an Act was passed (59 Geo. 3, c. 128) “for the further Protection and Encouragement of Friendly Societies, and for preventing Frauds and abuses therein/-’ It recited that the “ habitual reliance of poor persons upon parochial relief, rather than upon their own industry, tends to the moral deterioration of the people and to the accumulation of heavy burthens upon parishes; and it is desirable, with a view as well to the reduction of the assessment made for the relief of the poor as to the improvement of the habits of the people, that encouragement should be afforded to persons desirous of making (a) The great number of Friendly Societies that must have been in existence in 1793, when this first Act to encourage them was passed, is shown by the fact that in 1879 there were still in operation as many as fifty-nine societies more than 100 years old, having been founded between 1687 and 1778.

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