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Parish wardens to be appointed, &c.
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50. It shall be lawful for the board of guardians of every union, within one month after the annual election of guardians, to appoint a fit person in each parish or townland, or any part thereof respectively, included in such union, to be and be styled the warden for such parish, townland, or part thereof; and such warden shall hold his office for one year, and may be re-appointed thereto, and shall provide for the conveyance to the workhouse of any such destitute poor persons within such parish, townland, or part thereof, as the guardians shall direct, and shall perform such other duties in relation to the purposes of this Act as the orders of the commissioners shall prescribe, and shall, when required by the guardians, attend the meetings of their board, and report to them from time to time the state of the poor within such parish, townland, or part thereof, and the increase or diminution of mendicancy therein, and such other particulars in relation to the condition of such parish, townland, or part thereof, as he may think fit, or as the board of guardians shall require.
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