# Local Government Act 1894, Section 5: †Parish council to appoint overseers.


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(b) references in any Act to the churchwardens and overseers shall, as respects any rural parish, except so far as those references relate to the affairs of the church, be construed as references to the overseers,
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/56-57/73/section/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1894/section-5
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