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vent the future and further increafe of that burthen upon the 

 landed property of the kingdom. 



With this view are the following hints fuggelled for the 

 purpofe of improvement. 



Let the average value of labour in every parifli be cor- 

 refliy afcertained, and let an augmentation thereon be 

 made equal to the annual amount ^of the prefent poor's rates 

 in fuch parifh. 



Let this excefs be paid regularly, and in the ufual 

 manner, with the daily or weekly wages ; and let it be re- 

 quired that the fame fliall be fubfcribed by the labourers of 

 the parifh, into, and form one common flock ; fubjedl to 

 the appropriation and control of a committee of hufbandmen, 

 that fliall be elected as examinators, or inquifitors, of the 

 poor, by a majority of the fubfcribing parifliioners. 



Let an order from this committee upon the (perfon' 

 who fhall previoully have been appointed) treafurer, be the 

 only authority for difburfements to the indigent poor. 



Let every fmgle man fervant be eligible to fubfcribe 



2s. 6d. or 3s. in the pound, upon his yearly wages, and let 



this be the criterion of his right of fettlement. 



♦ 

 Let every other right of fettlement, faving that of ap- 



prenticefliip, be completely done away. 



Let every labourer, or houfe fervant, who thus receives 

 additional wages for this purpofe ; the former withholding 

 his fubfcription for a month, and the latter at the expiration 

 of his year^ be confidered as outcafls, and difqualified from 

 ever 'being admitted as members of that fociety : but here 

 let the odium particularly reft upon the labourer ; let him be 



diflinguifhed 



