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Guardians incorporated, &c.
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27. The board of guardians for every union; including all persons herein-before empowered to act as guardians, while so acting, shall be and are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate, and shall be called by the name of “The Guardians of the Poor of the Union,” and are hereby authorized and enabled by that name to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in law and in equity, take and hold goods and chattels, and to enter into and execute all such contracts connected with the relief of the destitute poor, and with the purposes of this Act, as shall be enjoined or permitted by the orders of the commissioners; and all the monies levied by rates under the provisions of this Act within each union, and all goods and chattels purchased with such monies, or otherwise taken and held for the purposes of this Act within such union, shall be deemed at law to be the property of the board of guardians; and such boards of guardians shall have power to govern and manage the workhouses of their respective unions, and to direct the officers of such unions in the execution of their duties, subject to the orders of the commissioners; . . .
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