Poor Law of 1601. By this act, two or more substantial householders were to be yearly nominated by the justices of the peace to serve as overseers of the poor in each parish. The overseers were to raise weekly or otherwise, by taxation of every inhabitant, such competent sums of money as they shall think fit,.inally, the Poor Law of 1601 provided a clear definition of the poor and articulated services that they were to receive. This legislation is the foundation for the current social welfare system existing today in Great Britain.
Later the term came to encompass large motor boats for primarily private pleasure purposes as well. Yacht lengths normally range from 10 metres (33 ft) up to dozens of meters (hundreds of feet). A luxury craft smaller than 12 metres (39 ft) is more commonly called a cabin cruiser or simply a cruiser.
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