The Poor Law (Payment of Debts) Act 1859
[13th August 1859.] WHEREAS it is expedient to define and limit the Period during which any Debt hereafter incurred by Guardians of Unions or Parishes or by District Boards of Management in the Administration of the Laws for the Relief of the Poor may be paid, and to make Provision, in respect of Debts heretofore lawfully incurred by them, for Payment of the same: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Tempo...