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A new Scheme is to be obtained, if by the falling in
of leases or otherwise the net income of the Charity shall
excced £1,000, or if at any time from change of circumstances
or otherwise, Her Majesty's Attorney-General
should be of opinion that further arrangements are desirable.
Samaritan Fund.
In the year 1802 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. exxi.), 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 placcd at the House in Mount-street
with the following inscription,—'Samaritan
Fund of St. Ceorge, Hanover-square, for the
Relief, by Gift, of such Poor Persons as the
Poor Board cannot, by law, assist with
Moneyand
"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