CHAPTER XII.
1597—1644.
THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE POOR LAW AS A WHOLE.
§ 1. Importance of the period 1597—1644. § 2. Negligent administration of the Poor Law in the North and extreme West. § 3. Administration in the rest of England varied with the action of the Privy Council. § 4. Action of the Privy Council and administration between 1597 and 1605. § 5. Action of the Privy Council and administration between 1605 and 1629. § 6. Action of the Privy Council and administration between 1629 and 1644. § 7. Improvement effected in 1631 especially concerned the unemployed. § 8. Detailed report from Bassetlaw. § 9. Provision for the unemployed (a) in the North and extreme West; (b) in the towns; (c) in the Western counties; (d) in the Eastern counties. § 10. Summary
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CHAPTER XIII.
POOR RELIEF IN FRANCE, SCOTLAND, AND ENGLAND DURING THE CIVIL WAR AND COMMONWEALTH.
§ 1. Lax administration of poor relief in England during the years of Civil War. (a) Decline of charitable institutions; (b) Neglect in execution of ordinary law; (c) Instances of corrupt practices. § 2. Attempts to regain a good organisation of poor relief under the Commonwealth. § 3. Reasons why disorganisation especially affected the provision of work for the unemployed. § 4. State of poor relief after the Restoration. § 5. Reasons for the failure to restore the old state of things during the Commonwealth. § 6. History of legislation on poor relief in Scotland (a) before 1597; (b) between 1597—1680. § 7. Failure of administration of poor relief in Scotland during the seventeenth century. (a) Responses of the Scotch justices to the orders of Council in 1623 show that they were unable or unwilling to enforce the Poor Law themselves, and left it to the kirk sessions; (b) Inadequate poor relief granted by the kirk sessions of Banff; (c) Relief of the poor in Aberdeen shows that the relief considered sufficient by the municipal rulers was double that which could be granted from the funds at the disposal of the kirk sessions; (d) Infrequency of assessment in Scotland before 1818; (e) Insufficiency of relief during the years 1692—1699; (f) Prevalence of begging in Scotland; (g) Reasons for the failure of Scotch administration. § 8. The history of poor relief in France. § 9. Comparison between the history of poor relief in England and that in France and in Scotland
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CHAPTER XIV.