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2. What was the first settlement act?

  • parishes could only have 50 houses each.
  • people could chose any parish they wanted
  • Legal Settlement from birth, marriage, apprentiship and inhertience
  • Parishes could pick and choose who joins the parish

3. Who invented the imporved sewage system?

  • Bazelgette
  • Brazilgette
  • Bentalgette
  • Bagintalgette

4. What was the 2nd settlement act?

  • each family could claim up to 3 houses in their parish
  • Settlement certificate is needed
  • Parishes could only accept 12 families
  • Each new family could claim £20 from each parish

5. What was the Knatchball Act?

  • families could own 4 pets
  • Parish officers could buy buildings to use as Workhouses and could apply to do the workhouse test
  • Knatchball was the first person to allow intergrating parishes
  • Children could not be put to work until they were 7 years of age
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