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Folio 178. Draft letter from the Poor Law Commission to J Bird, Solicitor, Guardian...

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Reference MH 12/16247/121
Date 1844-07-23
Description Folio 178. Draft letter from the Poor Law Commission to J Bird, Solicitor, Guardian of the parish of Cogan, of the Cardiff Poor Law Union, stating that they have considered his letter of 4 July 1844 in which he asks if, under circumstances at the time of his nomination as guardian for the parish of Cogan, he is qualified to sit at the Board. The Commission state that as Bird was not a rate payer at the time of his nomination, he was not entitled to be nominated. Therefore the nomination was not valid, and there was no legal election. Paper Number: 11401/B/1844. Poor Law Union Number 613. Counties: Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire.
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