The Pauper Inmates Discharge and Regulation Act 1871
WHEREAS doubts are entertained as to the length of time for which paupers may be lawfully required to remain in workhouses after giving notice of their intention to discharge themselves therefrom; and it is expedient that such doubts should be removed, and that further provision should be made for regulating and controlling the discharge of paupers from workhouses and wards provided for wayfarers and wanderers, for dealing with disorderly paupers in the workhouse, and for the suppression of v...