A History of the Scotch Poor Law

able-bodied persons able-bodied poor according administration afford amount appears applications appointed assessment asylum begging board of supervision burghs Caithness casual poor cholera church collections circumstances commissioners complaint condition cottars court of session crofters crofts declared destitution directed distress districts duties employment empowered England English Poor Law entitled established execution expended expenditure funds Highlands houses idle beggars impotent poor increase infirm poor inhabitants inquiry inspectors James James VI justices of peace kirk session labour land likewise lunatic magistrates manner means and substance medical relief ment mode necessary number of casual number of parishes ordained overseers Paisley parliament parochial boards passed pauper penalty poor in Scotland poor persons poorhouse population pounds Scots presbytery present Act proclamation provost and bailies punished raised refuse regard removed Report residence respect Scotch Scots Sections settlement sheriffs Sir John McNeill sornares statute thereof tion towns vagabonds vagrants