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Penalty on officers purloining goods, &c., 20l., and treble the value of goods purloined, &c.
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101. If any master of a workhouse or other paid officer, or any other person employed by or under the authority of the said guardians, shall purloin, embezzle or wilfully waste or misapply any of the monies, goods, or chattels, belonging to any union, every such offender shall, besides and in addition to such pains and penalties as such persons so offending shall independently of this Act be liable to, upon conviction before any two justices, forfeit and pay for every such offence any sum not exceeding twenty pounds, and also treble the amount or value of such money, goods, or chattels so purloined, embezzled, wasted, or misapplied; and every person so convicted shall be for ever thereafter incapable of serving any office relating to the relief of the destitute poor.
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