304 HISTORY OF 



inhabitants, it was enacted that the overseers of the 

 poor of the several townships of Lancaster connty were 

 required and enjoined to accept of, provide for, and 

 receive into their respective townships such of the Nova 

 Scotians, as were to he allotted, and sent into their town- 

 ships, by an order under the hands and seals of at least 

 two of the above named persons; provided, that not 

 more than one family Avas allotted to the care of the 

 overseers of the poor of any one tOAvnship. They were 

 to secure them employment, as was most suitable to the 

 circumstances of the families and persons allotted, and 

 appointed for their respective townships, as directed. — 

 The overseers were directed to keep just and true ac- 

 counts of all such unavoidable charges and expenses as 

 might have accrued ; Avhich accounts Avere directed to 

 be transmitted under oath, or affirmed, to the persons 

 nominated. 



Those who had been bred to farming, farms at a rea- 

 sonable rate, were to be rented for them, and some small 

 assistance was to be afforded them toward settlement 

 thereof. The commissioners were authorized to pur- 

 chase or procure such stock or utensils of husbandry for 

 making settlements, provided the supplies allotted ta any 

 single family did not exceed in the whole ten pounds. — 

 The expenses incurred were to be defrayed and paid out 

 of the money given to the King's use by an Act of 

 Assembly. 



Their condition was such as to make it necessary for 

 the Assembly to pass another Act, January 18, 1757: — 

 "Whereas it has been found by experience that the Act 

 of March 4, 1756, has not answered the good intentions 

 of the Legislature of uniting them with his Majesty's 

 loyal subjects by granting the said inhabitants of Nova 

 Scotia equal privileges and immunities with the inhabi- 



