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receive three shares ; the widows of members of the second class , two shares j the widows of members of the third " class * only one share of the sum to be divided amongst ^ hem ; and in order that this fund might not be exhausted by artful persons
acquiring a claim upon it by a rtiere nominal subscription , it is provided , that no widow of the third class shall be entitled to any advantage from it , unless upon claiming she produce ther declaration of two subscribers , that they believe the sum paid by her deceased husband to have been as much as he could
afford . It has somewhat the appearance of hardships to deprive those who may stand most in need of assistance of the benefits of this fund ; yet 5 upon reflection ^ it would be a real hardship
upon those of the first and second class ., if , after having contributed constantly for a great length of time this fund could be frittered away by a great number of claims being multiplied upon the credit of insignificant subscriptions . We are glad to see that this complaint is diminished by the widows of the third
. class being allowed to receive the full advantages of the sums paid by their respective husbands , even if their claims to the widows fund should not be acknowledged . The ultimate object of the institution is the Abolition of the . JPoors' Hate , which it proposes to effect gradually , by . holding-out inducements to the classes of persons likely to become chargeable to parishes , to provide for their old age ^ by become
ing members of this institution . With this view it is proposed * that application shall be made to Parliament to exempt from as-- sessment to the poors' rate all persons who provide for themselves in the manner recommended in this work . Whether the legislature should make such a concession ^ is a mere question of policy—of its justice there can be no doubt . It is matter of constant pain to the attentive observer ^ to see small housekeepers and cottagers debarring themselves of necessaries for the sake of making up their monthly subscriptions to their benefit clubs ,
and yet forced to suffer still greater bereavements by the repeated demands of the overseer . Persons struggling with want certainly should not be called upon to contribute towards the poor ; and if the taking care to make provision for themselves were the condition by which they should obtain their exemption , -we ihink few doubts can be entertained but the higher classes would be considerably benefited by the indulgence . Upon the whole , though this plan is capable of much improvement , we think it well \ Vorthy the attention of our readers .
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438 Tranquillity .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1806, page 438, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1727/page/46/
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