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INHERITANCE OF PROPERTY &CV 
There are no religious endowments in Siam exclusive of those over 
which the sway of the Priesthood is arbitrary. Any person may 
make over property to a Wat or monastery, hut if it be in land, it 
pays the usual tax until the public measurement is made. 
The Rong m& hai thaan, is the only lay institution, if it deserves 
the name, partaking of a charitable nature. Here medicines, it is said } 
are issued by the King’s officers gratis to the people. 
Beggars are chiefly those incapacitated by sickness and lameness 
from labour, for any man may gain a livelihood by easy service. 
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