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stances or otherwise, Her Majesty's Attorney-General should
be of opinion that farther arrangements are desirable.
Samaritan Fund.
In the year 1862 the sum of £50 was left by Lady
Williams to the poor of this Parish. The sum having been
handed to the Clerk of the Governors and Directors of the
Poor, they, under the authority of the 13th section of "The
Parish Local Act" (7 Geo. IV., cap. cxxi.), on the 21st
May, 1862, resolved:—
"That a book be provided, called the Samaritan Fund
Book, in which the amount should be entered;
that the money be kept in the Clerk's hands,
and disposed of, from time to time, by this
Board, the sums given being signed by the
presiding Chairman of the day."
Subsequently the Board further resolved:—
"That a box be placed at the House in Mount-street,
with the following inscription,—'Samaritan
Fund of St. George, Hanover-square, for the
Relief, by Gift, of such Poor Persons as the
Poor Board cannot, by law, assist with Money;'
and
"That the Governors and Directors of the Poor, for the
time being, constitute a Committee for the
distribution of the Samaritan Fund."
Upon the formation of St. George's Union, the Fund
was handed over to Trustees, for the benefit of the poor of
this Parish. The box is retained at the Mount-street Workhouse,
and the funds arising therefrom are distributed by
the Trustees, upon the recommendations of the Board of
Guardians of St. George's Union.