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Union Chargeability Act
The Union Chargeability Act was a piece of British legislation passed after the Poor Law Amendment Act. Under the PLAA parishes were to group together to form unions so that the cost og building expsensive workhouses was shared - the Union Chargeability Act was passed to that the financial burden of paupers weas shared on a union-wide basis rather than a parish-wide basis.
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