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Page 2721
There seems to be a difference of opinion as to tbe authority of the Commissioners to compel labor by paupers . ... to have been the opinion of the Law Department of the city that a pauper could not be punished for refusal to work .
There seems to be a difference of opinion as to tbe authority of the Commissioners to compel labor by paupers . ... to have been the opinion of the Law Department of the city that a pauper could not be punished for refusal to work .
Page 2722
That told them that they coulil pot legally compel paupers to labor . Even at the request ol the Board of Visitors the Commissioners would not have been justified in disregarding such an emphatic opinion from the Law Department of the ...
That told them that they coulil pot legally compel paupers to labor . Even at the request ol the Board of Visitors the Commissioners would not have been justified in disregarding such an emphatic opinion from the Law Department of the ...
Page 2728
With the acquisition of fresh counsel you were asked to extend your inquiry to other institutions in addition to the Home for Paupers , and Brother Riley , solely in the interests of humanity , gravely presents , as his first witness ...
With the acquisition of fresh counsel you were asked to extend your inquiry to other institutions in addition to the Home for Paupers , and Brother Riley , solely in the interests of humanity , gravely presents , as his first witness ...
Page 2740
Q. Now , it has been said here that they don't get enough to eat ; that you used to make paupers go out to work on an empty stomach or with insufficient food ? A. They never went to work until seven o'clock , and we had our breakfast at ...
Q. Now , it has been said here that they don't get enough to eat ; that you used to make paupers go out to work on an empty stomach or with insufficient food ? A. They never went to work until seven o'clock , and we had our breakfast at ...
Page 2783
... you say that a good many of the paupers are illiterate , a good many of them also are able to read and write , aren't they ? A. Some of them are , yes . Q. Yes , and some of them are used to keeping the records , aren't they ...
... you say that a good many of the paupers are illiterate , a good many of them also are able to read and write , aren't they ? A. Some of them are , yes . Q. Yes , and some of them are used to keeping the records , aren't they ...
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| Title | Documents of the City of Boston, Volume 6 |
| Author | Boston (Mass.). City Council |
| Published | 1895 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 8 Nov 2008 |
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