ABSTRACT
WITH the passing of the Union Ohargeability Act of 1865, the policy of 1834) in so far as it is compatible with the retention of an elected local executive, may be said to be complete. Oritics of the Poor Law henceforward seem to accept the new law, and the principle of central control was at length established as a part of the settled constitution of the land. The various steps by which the position was reached may be gathered from the narrative which follows: A preliminary word of retrospect is, however, necessary.
