Hundred of Ely,
In the Isle of Ely.
The MAGISTRATES agree, and do Order, that the OVERSEERS shall pay to each poor Family Two SHILLINGS per Head per Week, when FLOUR is Half-a-Crown a Stone, such Allowance be raised in Proportion when the Price of Flour is higher, and that the Price of Labour shall be Two Shillings per Day, whether Married or Single, and that the Labourer shall be paid his full Wages by the Farmer who Hires him.
No Person to be prosecuted for any thing that has been done to the present Time; provided that every MAN immediately returns peaceably to his own Home.
ELY, May 23, 1816.
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