Rules and regulations

Abstract

Whereas tlic guardians of the poor, within the city of t philadelphia» district of southwark, and township of tho northern liberties, having acquired, in pursuance of an act of the general assembly, made and passed the twenty-ninth day of march, in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and three, the power of appointing eight persons of their body, for the management of the house appropriated for the reception of the poor; and it being necessary for the support and government of the house aforesaid, that a revision of the ordinances, rules and by-laws, now in force, should take place, and that such further wholesome ordinances, rules, and by4aws, he made and ordained as should he found expedient: be it therefore ordained and enacted hj the managers so appointed hj the said guardians of the voor^ hj and with the approbation of the chief justice and mtorney genei’az—that