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Bill Number	2346	Session	1787
Title	To explain and amend an act passed in the 11th and 12th years of his present majesty entitled an act for badging such poor as shall be found unable to support themselves by labour, and otherwise providing for them, and for restraining such as shall be found able to support themselves by labour or industry from begging.
Initial Bill Stages
Originating Body		Commons
Leave or Order		16 Mar 1787	Leave or Order to	John Hely-Hutchinson Secretary of State	[1001]
Presented		20 Mar 1787	Presented by	Mr Chinnery	[0399]
2nd Reading & Committed		21 Mar 1787
Reported		23 Mar 1787	Reported by	John Hely-Hutchinson Secretary of State	[1001]
Sent to Other House		24 Mar 1787	2nd House Reporter	Charles Wilkinson Jones Viscount Ranelagh	[4050]
Sent to Chief Governor		2 Apr 1787
Privy Council Stages
Received & Referred to Law Officers		18 Apr 1787
Petition to English Privy Council		None
Decision of the English Privy Council		Approved
Engrossed		27 Apr 1787
Returned Bill Stages
Royal Assent		7 May 1787
Statute Number		27 George III c.45
[+] Further Details
Subjects: [620] Social Issues - Poor Law And Poverty - Poor law relief, inc. bastardy and settlement [621] Social Issues - Poor Law And Poverty - Vagrancy Committee in 1st House: Committee of the Whole House Committee in 2nd House: Committee of the Whole House