Fourthly, that the said corporation do by themselves, or agents in
every parish of England, from and after the XXX day of XXX during
the said term of one-and-twenty years, provide for the real impotent
poor good and sufficient maintenance and reception, as good or
better than hath at any time within the space of XXX years before
the said XXX day of XXX been provided or allowed to such impotent
poor, and so shall continue to provide for such impotent poor, and
what other growing impotent poor shall happen in the said parish
during the said term.
By impotent poor is to be understood all infants and old and
decrepid persons not able to work; also persons who by sickness or
any accident are for the time unable to labour for themselves or
families; and all persons (not being fit for labour) who were
usually relieved by the money raised for the use of the poor; they
shall have maintenance, as good or better, as within XXX years they
used to have.
This does not directly determine what that shall be, nor is it
possible, by reason a shilling in one county is as much as two in
another; but it will be the interest of the Corporation that such
poor be well provided for, by reason the contrary will occasion all
the complaints or clamour that probably can be made against the
Corporation.
Fifthly, that the Corporation do provide (as well for all such poor
which on the said XXX day of XXX shall be on the poor books, as for
what other growing poor shall happen in the said term who are or
shall be able to labour or do any work) sufficient labour and work
proper for such persons to be employed in.
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