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might have to promote or oppose the measures intended 

 to be pursued, would decide upon the degree of con- 

 fidence which ought to be given them. 



At this meeting, measures should be taken for form- 

 ing the most complete and most accurate lists of all the 

 poor resident within the limits proposed to be given 

 to the establishment, with a detailed account of every 

 circumstance relative to their situations and their wants. 

 Much time and trouble will be saved in making out 

 these lists, by using printed forms or blanks similar to 

 those made use of at Munich ; and these printed forms 

 will likewise contribute very essentially to preserve 

 order and to facilitate business, in the management of a 

 private as well as of a public charity, as also to prevent 

 the effects of misrepresentation and partiality on the 

 part of those who must necessarily be employed in these 

 details. 



Convenient forms or models for these blanks will be 

 given in the Appendix to this volume.* 



At this meeting, measures may be taken for number- 

 ing all the houses in the village or district, and for 

 setting on foot private subscriptions among the inhab- 

 itants for carrying the proposed scheme into execution. 



Those who are invited to subscribe should be made 

 acquainted, by a printed address accompanying the 

 subscription lists, with the nature, extent, and tendency 

 of the measures adopted ; and should be assured that, 

 as soon as the undertaking shall be completed, the poor 

 will not only be relieved, and their situation made more 

 comfortable, but mendicity will be effectually prevented, 

 and at the same time the poor's rates, or the expense to 

 the public for the support of the poor, very consider- 

 ably lessened. 



* See page 523 and foil. 



