Prize Money Claim. authorizes him to present and prosecute his claim, and to receive and receipt for all orders or moneys that may be issued or paid in satisfaction thereof. [Signature of claimant.] day of SWORN to and subscribed before me, this A. D. 18 And I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the statement of deponent, in regard to his residence and employment, is true, my knowledge of deponent being derived from the statements of M. N. and O. P, the subscribing witnesses. And I also certify that the above-named deponent appears to be about the age stated by him; that he is about day of 18 hair, and [Signature and title of notary.] On this before me, a notary public in and for the State and county aforesaid, duly qualified to administer oaths, personally appeared M. N., residing at and employed as a and employed as a ; and also O. P., residing at who being duly sworn, depose and say: That they reside and are employed as aforesaid; that they have a personal knowledge of A. B., who signed the foregoing oath of identity in their presence; and that he is the identical A. B. who served on board the United States 18 and who is named in certificate of discharge, dated and signed by which he affixed in their presence to this original receipt; that their knowledge of him was obtained [here state how]. And they further depose and say, that they have no interest in the claim of the said A. B. for prize-money. as a SWORN to and subscribed, the day and year above written, before my and} [Signature, title and seal of notary.] from I CERTIFY that the signature to the foregoing oath of identity is witnessed by me; that it was signed in my presence by A. B., who is well known to me as the identical person who served by that name on board the United States when she captured the prize A PETITION is a written request addressed to a public official, person, body or tribunal. No particular form is generally requisite, but the appropriate frame of commencement and conclusion in the cases most frequently arising are as follows. 1149. Petition to the Congress of the United States. TO THE HONORABLE the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled: The petition of the subscribers, citizens of respectfully shows [Signatures.] [here state the request and the facts upon which it is urged]. And your petitioners will ever pray, etc. 1150. Petition to the Governor of a State. TO HIS EXCELLENCY [naming him] the Governor of the State of 1151. Caption of a Preliminary Petition to the Court. To the Supreme Court of the State of New York [or other court, giving its full official designation]: 1152. Caption of a Preliminary Petition to a Judge. To Hon. James Kent, one of the justices of the Supreme Court [or other court or magistrate, as above]: The petition of [etc., as above]. CHAPTER LXXI. POOR LAWS. Obligation of relatives.-The statute(a) provides that the father, mother and children who are of sufficient ability, of any poor person who is blind, old, lame, impotent or decrepit, so as to be unable by work to maintain himself, shall, at their own charge, relieve and maintain such poor person in such manner as shall be approved by the overseer of the poor of the town where such poor person may be. If such relatives fail to do so, the overseer of the poor of the town should (a) 1 Rev. Stat. of N. Y., 614. Application to Compel Support by Relative. apply to the Court of Sessions, which court, after summarily examining into the matter, may compel such relief, directing the relative or relatives who shall perform the duty, in the following order: The father shall be first required to maintain the poor person; if there be none of sufficient ability, then the children of such poor person; and if no children of sufficient ability, then the mother. If it appear that any of the persons so required are able to maintain in part only, the court will direct what proportion or how much each shall sus tain. Obedience to the order may be enforced by a suit, and the property of the person so ordered to contribute to the support of a poor relative may be taken and sold to enforce compliance with the order. Public relief-Where there are no relatives able to contribute to such maintenance, a poor person who is blind, lame, old, sick, impotent or decrepit, or in any other way disabled or enfeebled, so as to be unable by his work to maintain himself, is to be maintained by the county or town in which he may be. The mode in which public relief is to be provided varies very much in the different States, and in some of the States different systems are adopted for different localities. The forms given below are those used in some of the most frequent proceedings in the system most extensively adopted in the State of New York, and will serve, to some extent, as a guide in framing forms appropriate to peculiar and local statutes. The proceedings in cases of BASTARDY and indigent INSANE are treated under those titles. PAGE 1158. Application to compel a person to support a poor relative... 1154. Notice to the relative, of application..... 601 602 1155. Warrant to seize the goods of an absconding father, husband or mother... 802 1156. Return of overseer... 602 1157. Order by the sessions.. 602 1158. Notice from one town liable to support its own poor, to another, requiring the overseers to provide for support of a pauper.. 603 1159. Notice contesting alleged settlement.... 608 ... 1160. Decision by the superintendents as to the settlement of a pauper......... 1161. Superintendent's notice that pauper will be supported at the expense of a town, in a county where the towns support their own poor.... 1162. Justice's order for temporary relief of a pauper.... 604 604 ........ 603 1153. Application to Compel a Person to Support a Poor Relative. To the Court of Sessions of the county of : , in THE APPLICATION of the undersigned A. B., overseer of the poor of the town of [or, county superintendent of the poor], in said county, respectfully represents, that C. D., a poor person, who is blind [or, old, lame, impotent, or, decrepit], so as to be unable by work to maintain himself [or, herself], is in the said town; that E. D., who resides at the said county, is the father of the said C. D., and has failed at his own charge to relieve and maintain the said C. D. in a manner approved by the undersigned: Wherefore, pursuant to the statute of this State, the undersigned hereby applies for an order to compel the said E. D., who is of sufficient ability, to relieve and maintain the said C. D. in the manner to be in such order specified. [Signature and title.] [Date.] ⚫noon, or as soon thereafter as the application can be heard, the undersigned will apply to the Court of General Sessions of the peace of the coY for an order to compel the relief asked for in the within [Signature and title of , at application. [Date.] [Address to relative of pauper.] 1155. Warrant to Seize the Goods of An Absconding Father, Husband IT APPEARING to us, two of the justices of the peace of said county, a well by the application and representation to us made by the said overset, as upon due proof of the facts before us made, that C. D., late of said tow, has absconded from his wife and children, leaving said wife and childra [likely to becoine] chargeable to the public for support; and that said C.D. has some estate, real or personal, in said county, whereby the public may be wholly or in part indemnified against said charge: WE THEREFORE, ST thorize you to take and seize the goods, chattels, effects, things in action. and the lands and tenements of said C. D., wherever the same may found in said county; and you will immediately thereupon make an inve tory of the property by you taken, and return the same, together with your proceedings, to the next Court of Sessions of said county. GIVEN under our hands, at , 18. this day of [Signatures of two] Justices of the Peace. be COUNTY OF 1156. Return of Overseer. 88. To the Court of Sessions of said county: , 18, in the said county of The undersigned, to whom the annexed warrant is addressed, on the day of , by virtue of the said warrant seized the property of which an inventory is hereunto annexed, and the proceedings of the undersigned, subsequent to the said seizure, are as follows [here state the proceedings]. All which is herewith respectfully returned [Date.] [Signature and title] 1157. Order by the Sessions. At a Court of Sessions held in and for the county of at , present [naming the judges]: Public Relief. In the matter of the application for the support of C. D., town of a poor person. On reading and filing the application of the overseers of the poor of the and after hearing the proof and allegations of both of said parties; and it appearing to the court that A. B. is a poor person residing in the town of is blind [or, old, lame, impotent, or, decrepit], so as to be unable to work, to maintain himself, and E. D., his father [or, his son, he having no father, or otherwise, as the case may be] is of sufficient ability to relieve and maintain the said C. D., but neglects and refuses to do so, although requested by the said overseers: ORDERED, that the said E. D. relieve and maintain the said C. D. in a manner approved by the said overseers; and for that purpose shall pay to the said overseers the sum of day of each week until the further order of the court, which said sum the said court adjudges necessary for the support of the said C. D. And it is further ordered, that the said E. D. pay to the said overseers the sum of the costs and expenses of this application. on 1158. Notice From One Town Liable to Support Its Own Poor, to Another, Requiring the Overseers to Provide for Support of a Pauper. in said for You are hereby notified, that A. B., a pauper, who has gained a settlement in your town, to which he belongs, is in the town of county, and is supported at the expense of the said town of which the undersigned are overseers. vide for his relief and support. [Date.] You are therefore required to pro[Signatures and titles.] 1159. Notice Contesting Alleged Settlement. To the overseers of the poor of the town of : You are hereby notified that the undersigned will appear before the superintendents of the poor of the of at o'clock in the county of at on the day noon, to contest the alleged settlement of A. B., a pauper, stated in your notice of the day of [Signature and title.] 1160. Decision by the Superintendents as to the Settlement of a Pauper. COUNTY of 88. 9 The undersigned, superintendents of the poor of said county, having convened, as required by notice of the overseers of the poor of the town of in said county, to hear and determine a controversy between the |