24 APPENDIX TO FIRST REPORT OF Appendix D.
Regulations for Relief Committees under the Act 10 Vie.,
cap.
7.
If more than one Electoral Division in a relief district, separate accounts, &c, to be kept.
Meetings of the Committees.
Correspondence.
Books, &c, to be supplied by Com¬ missioners, and open for inspection.
Subscriptions and donations in aid.
Appendix E.
A List of the In¬ specting Officers of the several Poor Law Unions in Ireland, appointed under the Act 10 Tic.
cap.
7.
cards will not only be a check upon the rations delivered and the amount received, but preserve order and decorum at the depot, by not allowing too many at the same time to be present in the soup kitchen.
To facilitate this, the building should be so arranged as to admit the people at one door, and let them out at another.
35.
Any person not appearing when called must remain till the end.
36.
The helpless poor should be first called, then the able-bodied out of employment, who must attend in person, on each day of distribution; and only in case of illness, which must be verified by some certificate or otherwise, is a member of his family to receive that day's allowance.
37.
Every possible precaution should be taken to prevent false personation among the applicants at the depfit, at which place the presence of one or more members of the Com¬ mittee would be most desirable.
38.
Any member of the family might be allowed to receive the rations of a small farmer, during the time allowed for the tillage of his holding.
39.
Where two or more electoral divisions are united under one Committee, the lists, estimates, funds, ratings, and all accounts must be kept distinct for each.
40.
The several Committees will meet between 9 o'clock, a.m.,
and 5, p.m.,
as often as they shall find it necessary, not being less than once a-week, or on Sunday, for the despatch of business; at which meetings three shall be a quorum.
Minutes of the proceedings will be entered in a book kept for the purpose.
41.
The meetings of the Committees are not to be open to the public generally, but merely to such individuals as, for obtaining information, the Committee may desire to be present.
The Act of Parliament, books for minutes and accounts, as well as various forms, and other documents, will be forwarded to each Committee for their guidance.
42.
All correspondence with the Commissioners must be carried on through the Finance Committee; and forms wall be supplied, on which communications or inquiries are to be made, for the purpose of confining correspondence to limits compatible with the despatch of business.
43.
The books, correspondence, papers, and accounts of the Relief Committees must at all times he open to inspection by the Commissioners or die Government Inspectors, who should be furnished with copies of any documents or accounts they may require.
44.
Donations in aid of subscriptions will be made by the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury; and it will be necessary in every case to transmit to the Relief Commissioners a list of the subscriptions actually collected, with a certificate to the following effect affixed to each list, signed by the clerk of the Committee, and chairman for the time being:—
WTe certify that all the subscriptions set, forth in this list, have been collected from the persons named as subscribers, and paid to the Treasurer of the Relief Committee, and that there is not included in it any sum contributed from funds applicable to charitable purposes, except as expressly set forth.
45.
In cases where any deviations from these Instructions may be considered advantageous, they may be proposed for the sanction of the Commissioners, on a full explanation of the circumstances.
46.
In conclusion, the Commissioners would urge upon the Committees, that the difficulties of meeting so extensive a calamity as has befallen this country are enormous ; and it is only by the most strenuous, uncompromising, and disinterested co-operation of every individual who has the power to contribute in funds or by personal exertions, that even a partial alle¬ viation can be afforded.
It is hoped, therefore, that great efforts will be made to remove every impediment to the carrying out of the provisions of the Act of Parliament in the most effective maimer; always bearing especially in mind, that since the funds that will be available for relief in each Union must be strictly limited to a certain definite sum, every farthing of money or atom of food applied unduly, would be so much abstracted from a famishing population.
By order, Relief Commission Office, Dublin Castle, W.
Stanley,
8th March, 1847.
Secretary.
Appendix E.
A List of the Inspecting Officers of the several Poor Law Unions in Ireland,
appointed under the Act 10 Vic.
c.
7.
Counties.
Unions.
Antrim
Armagh
Antrim.
Ballycastle Ballymena Ballymoney Belfast.
Larue .
Lisburn Armagh Lurgan
Inspecting Officers.
Bernard M'Manus, Esq.
Captain R.
Maxwell.
John Cronyn, Esq.
James Langrishe, Esq.
Peter Nugent Fitzgerald, Esq.
Lieutenant H.
A.
Griffith, R.A.
Daniel Todd, Esq,
