A  man  acquires  a  settlement  by  remaining  in  possession  of  his  wife's  estate
for  forty  days  after  marriage,  where  the  estate,  though  determinable,  remains
undetermined  for  that  time.     Regina  v.  Thornton,  cv.  788 ;  2  E.  &  E.  788.
344  POOR,  I.  (e)— III.
A  settlement  will  be  thus  acquired  when  wife's  tenancy  is  from  week  to  week.
Ibid.
Under  9  &  10  Vict.  c.  66,  explained  by  11  &  12  Vict.  c.  3,  a  residence  of  five
years  exempts  pauper  from  removal  from  that  parish  to  the  parish  of  his  settle-
ment.    Regina  v.  Overseer  of  St.  Giles,  cvii.  224 ;  3  E.  &  E.  224'.
Held,  therefore,  under  16  &  17  Vict.  c.  97,  s.  102,  that  expenses  could  not  be
imposed  on  the  parish  of  settlement.     Ibid.
And  this  though  the  pauper  was  an  unemancipated  minor  child  of  an  irremov-
able father.    Ibid.
Quaere,  whether  this  is  so  when  the  father  had  ceased  to  be  irremovable.    Ibid.
When  by  subsequent  statute  a  clearer  form  of  proviso  is  substituted  for
another  in  older  statute  they  are  to  be  read  as  one.     Ibid.
Methodist  minister  holding  house  rented  by  circuit  stewards  and  at  their
pleasure,  does  not  acquire  settlement.  Regina  v.  Tiverton,  cvii.  555 ;  3  E.  &  E.
555.
And  this,  though  he  paid  the  rent  and  taxes  and  had  them  refunded  to  him.
Ibid.
And  the  payment  of  poor  rates  by  him  did  not  give  a  settlement,  under  6  Geo.
4,  c.  57,  s.  2  ;  4  &  5  Wm.  4,  c.  76,  s.  66.     Ibid.
tinder  6  Geo.  4,  c.  57,  s.  2,  it  is  necessary  to  pay  a  rent  of  10Z.  for  one  year  to
gain  a  settlement.     Regina  v.  West  Ardsley,  cxvi.  95 ;  4  B.  &  S.  95.
