to be paid by the High Constable to the person who apprehended the
parties so said to be wandering abroad and having no place of
habitation wandering abroad and destitute of habitation

It appears likewise to the Committee that out of the
Sum of £56..2..6 abovementioned the sum of Seventeen Pounds and five
Shillings hath been paid pursuant to the orders are warrants of the
said two Justices for the apprehending of Thirty one persons who
although called in the said orders Rouges and Vagabonds have neither
been Committed passed our any other manner dealt with according to
law

It appears to the Committee also that by an Act of
Parliament made and passed in the Seventeenth year of the Reign of
King George the Second "that where any Rogues or Vagabonds apprehended
"by any Constable or other person in the same Act mentioned shall be
"brought before a Justice he shall inform himself by the Examination
"upon Oath of the person apprehended or of any other person of the
"Condition and Circumstances of the person so apprehended and of the
"parish or place where he or she was last legally settled the substance
"of which shall be put into Writing and be signed by the Person or
"persons so Examined and the Justice shall likewise sign the
"same and transmit it to the next Sessions of the peace and shall
"order such person so apprehended to be publickly whipped or to be
"Sent to the House of Correction till the next Session or for a less time
"and after such whipping or Confinement such Justice may by a pass
"under hand and Seal cause such person to be conveyed to the place
"of their last legal Settlement and by the said act of Parliament it
"further appears that the Justice shall make a duplicate of the pass
"and Examination and Sign the same and shall afterwards commit
"the duplicate of the pass annexed to the Examination to the next
"Sessions there to be filed and kept on Record and shall annex the
"duplicate of the Examination to the pass and send it with the
"same and the said pass Examination and Duplicates thereof
"shall and may be read in any Court of Record as Evidence"
Yet upon Examination of Mr Carleton the deputy Clerk of the peace
for the City and Liberty of Westminster it appears he hath not received