Kilrush Union Minute Books 1849

Kilrush UNION.

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COPY of MINUTES of Proceedings of the Board of Guardians, at a Meeting held on Saturday the 24th day of March 1849

The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and Signed.
The Workhouse Register was produced, examined, and authenticated, from No. 16,251 to No. 16,284, both inclusive, by the signature of the Chairman, and countersignature of the Clerk.
The Out-door Relief Register was produced, examined, and authenticated from No. 11698 to No. 11893 inclusive, by the signature of the Chairman, and countersignature of the Clerk.

The Treasurer’s Book of Receipts and Payments was produced, by which it appeared that there had been received during the week, -                                   £    60.     3.   1
Paid during the week, - - - -                                        £     83.    8.   4
And that the Balance on the Account against the
Guardians was - - - -                                                  £ 1817.  14.  9
The Book was signed by the Chairman.

The Weekly balance-sheets of the several Collectors were laid before the Board, their accuracy having been first ascertained and authenticated by the Clerk.

The lodgements made of Rates collected in the several Electoral Divisions appear to have been as follows :-

The Clerk’s Account of petty Disbursements made by him since last Meeting, amounting to £ 27. ". 8. was produced and passed.
The following Books were exhibited by the Clerk, he having first ascertained the accuracy of the entries made therein by the Master of the Workhouse, and authenticated the same by his signature :
                1. The Weekly Relief List and Abstract.
                2. The Provision Check Accounts.
                3. The Provision Receipt and Consumption Account.
By which it appeared that the Cost of Provisions and Necessaries received during the week, was
£ 106. 15s. 9d
9935                                                                                                          £      s.      d.
Debit Provision Account, and Credit Invoice Account.
The Cost of Provisions and Necessaries consumed was              89.    4.     8¾
Debit Maintenance Account, and Credit Provision Account.
And the general average Cost of an Inmate for the
week was - - -                                                                                                1.     3½
Average cost in Infirmary, - -                                                                      2.     "¼
Average cost in Fever Hospital, -                                                              2.     2¼

The Master’s estimate of Provisions and Necessaries required for the ensuing week was examined, and Orders were duly made for the several articles specified, namely:

    Milk                  4039 quarts         Oatmeal          1 Sack
    Meat                  186 lbs 1st          Flour              ½ Ton
    Rye Meal               1 Ton              Butter             4 lb
    Barley Meal          1 Ton              Whiskey          1 Gallon
    Indian Meal         1 Ton              Tea                  2 lbs
    Wool                  14 Stone            Sugar           14 lbs

The following Books were also produced by the Clerk, their accuracy having been previously ascertained by him, and authenticated by his Signature :
                1. The several Clothing Accounts.
                2. The Medical Officers’ Books.
The Out-door Relief Lists and Weekly Receipt and Expenditure Books of the several Relieving Officers were then produced by the Clerk, their accuracy having been previously ascertained by him, and authenticated by his signature.

The Abstract of the Out-door Relief Lists was also produced by the Clerk, having been duly entered up by him for the last week ended Saturday, the 17th day of March/49 ; whereby it appeared that in that week the Total Expenditure in Out-door Relief was
                                                                                                  £          s.       d.
In money, - - - -                                                                       ".         6.       "
In kind, - - - -                                                                         549.       4.     65/8.
Total, - -                                                                                 549.      10.    65/8.

Credit each Relieving Officer, as per Receipt and Expenditure Book.

Credit Treasurer with Checks; Debit each Relieving Officer with Checks and Orders.

On the Report and recommendation of the Finance Committee, the following Bills having been duly examined, and found to be correct, and in accordance with the several Orders were directed to be paid, and Checks for the several amounts were duly drawn on the Treasurer, and Signed namely :
                2. Establishment Account              £          s.     d.
Edmund Kelly Esqre VG Salary                      62         10     0
Martin Moloney for Wool supplied                    "          "       "
Wm Brown for Wheels                                       6          0      0
Doctor Tuite in Acct salary                             10          0      0

Debit Establishment Account, and Credit Treasurer, with the several sums as above.
                3. Workhouse Invoice Account.
Wm Lumsden in Acct Prov                               6          "       "

Debit Workhouse Invoice Account, and Credit Treasurer, with the several sums as above.
                4. Out-door Relief Invoice Account.
Patt Roughan Distribution                              11        18      "
Wm Lumsden Prov in Acct                              6          0       0
Mc Inerney Distributor                                   13          5       0

Credit Treasurer and debit Out-door Relief Invoice Account with the several sums as above

The following Letters from the Poor Law Commissioners and others were read by the Clerk, and directions given to answer them respectively, to the following effect, (or, Orders made on them respectively, as follows :)

The Vice Guardians resolved to accede to Mr Foleys proposal to pay one third of the Expenses attendant upon sending out Emigrants from Moyarta and Kilballyowen under Sec 13 of the Poor Relief extension Act.

The cases of provisional relief, and applications for relief were considered and decided on, as set forth in the Application and Report Books.
The number of provisional admissions to the Workhouse confirmed was      17
Ditto, disallowed - - - - -                                                                                             "
The number of applicants admitted to the Workhouse was -                            24
The number of cases of provisional Outdoor relief was - -                                25
Do. do. in which relief was continued by the Guardians - -                               25
The number of other applicants in the Relieving Officer’s Books
relieved by order of the Guardians was - - -                                                         47

The number of applicants for whom relief was not ordered -

Mrs Aggy Moran was appointed nurse in the "Cholera Hospital" to be paid at the rate of p Week to commence on the 26th Inst.

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Next Meeting of the Guardians to be held on

Saturday the 31st day of March 1849.

(Signed) E J Kennelly

Clerk of the Union