Given under the Seal of Office of the Local Government Board, this Twenty-second day of March, in the year One thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.

JOHN LAMBERT,

Secretary.

G. SCLATER-BOOTH,

President.

PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES OF NON-PAUPER
CHILDREN.

ORDER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD AMENDING
ORDER OF 22ND MARCH 1877.

TO THE GUARDIANS OF THE POOR of the several Unions named in the Schedule to this Order :

And to all others whom it may concern.

Whereas, by a General Order bearing date the 22nd day of March, 1877, and addressed to the Guardians of the Poor of the several Unions named in the Schedule to this Order, the Local Government Board made regulations with respect to the proceedings of the Guardians under the Elementary Education Act, 1876;

And whereas, by Article IV. of the said Order it is provided that every person appointed as Inquiry Officer under that Order shall hold office until he shall die, or resign, or be removed by the Local Government Board, or by the Guardians with the assent of that Board, or be proved to be insane by evidence which that Board shall deem to be sufficient;

And whereas it is expedient to make provision for the appointment of Inquiry Officers for limited periods only;

Now therefore, we, the Local Government Board, in pursuance of the powers given by the several statutes in that behalf, hereby order as follows:

ARTICLE I.-The guardians of the poor of each of the unions named in the Schedule to the said Order may, if they think fit, with the assent of the Local Government Board, appoint a person or persons, or one or more of their officers, to discharge the duties of an inquiry officer prescribed by that Order, for a limited period only, anything in the said Order contained to the contrary notwithstanding.

ARTICLE II. In this Order,

The term "guardians" includes any body of persons performing the functions of guardians within the meaning of the Acts relating to the relief of the poor.

The term "union" means any union or incorporation of parishes under any general or local Act, and any single parish having guardians as above defined, under any general or local Act.