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Her Maties Justices of the peace for this County now assembled at this
Generall Quarter Sessions of the peace holden for this County doe in
pursuance of the late Statutes relateing to the punishing & passing of
vagrants hereby Order ascertain & Sett down that he severall Rates-
which hereby are & shall be allowed by any Justice or Justices of the
peace for this County to any Constable or other such Officer of this
County for maintaining and conveying & carrying of such
Vagrants as shall be passed or carryed through their respective
Divisions in this County for this yeare 1703 and untill the End of the
then next Quarter Sessions of the peace to be held for this County
after Easter next shall be as followeth.

(That is to say) For maintaining of all & every such Vagrants the Rate of
Six pence for each Vagrant pton for four & twenty hours & Soe after
that Rate ford longer or shorter time And for conveying & carrying
of any Vagrant or Vagrants whose Names are contained One Pass
conveyed or carryed alone or together at One time or turn by Clerk
or Horse Carriage the Rate of Six pence p Mile and noe more And
for conveying of such Vagrants on Foot under & less then Six pence p
Mile according to the discretion of the respective Justice of the peace
for this County who shall Sign any such Passes or Certificates
of Allowance But if any of the Justices of the peace of this County
shall think fit & see good cause to allow & Order more or greater
Rates for the maintaining conveying & carrying of any such
Vagrant or Vagrants to be conveyed & carryed as aforesaid by
reason of such Vagrants Sickness or Impotency or by Occasion of
any other exterordnary Accident that then See much of the Said
greater Rates as shall exceed the Rates hereby before ascertained
shall not be paid unless the same be first comunicated & certified
to the Justices of the peace of this County at the next Generall
or Quarter Sessions of the peace held for this County after
the maintaining conveying & carrying of such Vagrants and shall
be approved & allowed of by the said Court of Sessions And this-
Court is of the Opinion & doth declare that noe pson or psons
whatsoever except such as are Vagrants by Law ought to be
received maintained conveyed & carryed through this County
by vertue of the said Acts of Parliament for passing of Vagrants
as aforesaid.