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Folio 249. Opinion of William Golden Lumley, Assistant Secretary to the Poor Law...

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Reference MH 12/10321/161
Date 1839-11-21
Description Folio 249. Opinion of William Golden Lumley, Assistant Secretary to the Poor Law Commission. Summary: no authority found for paying these fees at all [making up lunatic and jury lists]. Payment cannot be made for work done during time of predecessors. The proposed arrangements are illegal. The Commissioners ought not to sanction extortions of justices' clerks. Proceed as suggested, G N [George Nicholls, Poor Law Commissioner]. Paper Number: 8608/B/1839. Poor Law Union Number 325. Counties: Town and County of Berwick-upon-Tweed and Northumberland.
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