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exact and detailed account of the circumstances of the 

 petitioner, signed by the commissary of the district to 

 which he belongs, together with the amount of the 

 weekly sum, or other relief, which such commissary may 

 deem necessary for the support of the petitioner. 



To save the commissaries of districts the trouble of 

 writing the descriptions of the poor who apply for assist- 

 ance, printed forms, similar to that which may be seen 

 in the Appendix, No. V., may be furnished to them ; 

 and other printed forms, of a like nature, may be intro- 

 duced with great advantage in many other cases in the 

 management of the poor. 



With regard to the manner in which the supreme 

 and parochial committees should be formed, — however 

 they may be composed, it will be indispensably requi- 

 site, for the preservation of order and harmony in all 

 the different parts of the establishment, that one mem- 

 ber at least of each parochial committee be present, 

 and have a seat and voice as a member of the supreme 

 committee ; and that all the members of each paro- 

 chial committee may be equally well informed with 

 regard to the general affairs of the establishment, it 

 may perhaps be proper that those members attend the 

 meetings of the supreme committee in rotation. 



For similar reasons it may be proper to invite the 

 commissaries of districts to be present in rotation at 

 the meetings of the committees of their respective par- 

 ishes, where there are parochial committees established, 

 or, otherwise, at the meetings of the supreme commit- 

 tees.* 



* This measure has been followed by the most salutary effects at Munich. 

 The commissaries of districts, flattered by this distinction, have exerted them- 

 selves with uncommon zeal and assiduity in the discharge of the important 

 duties of their office. And very important indeed is the office of a commissary 

 of a district in the establishment for the poor at Munich. 



