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May 1751

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Image 43 of 4911th June 1751


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At a Meeting of the Committee of Justices of the peace of Middx at Hicks Hall on Tu: 4th. day
of June 1751

This Committee Judge that it will greatly conduce to the efectual
Execution of the Laws against Rogues & Vagabonds; to have the Concurrence
and Approbation of the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London . And Also
of the Justices of the Peace of the County of Surry , and of the Justices
for the City and Liberty of Westminster ; and therefore are of Opinion
that the Report of this Committee, if approved by the Quarter Sessions,
ought to be transmitted to the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London
the Justices of the County of Surry and the Justices of the City and
Liberty of Westminster .

Resolved that this Committee will in the first place take into
consideration the Methods of Executing the Laws now in Force for the
Apprehending and punishing Disorderly Persons Rogues & Vagabonds
and Incorrigible Rogues.

It is the Opinion of this Comittee that the Justices in each Division
be desired to appoint convenient places & frequent times of meeting for
the more effectually puting these Laws in Execution.

It is the Opinion of this Committee That Advertizements be printed
and fixed up in all publick places of resort containing the contents of
the Statute of 17th. George 2d. Chapter. 5th. and to give Notice to the
Constables in their General Divisions On a Certain Day therein to be
named to Apprehend all Offenders against That Act and to being them
before the Justices in their Several Divisions at the Several Places Appointed
for that purpose.

Tu: 11th. June 1751


It is the Opinion of this Committee that the most convenient places for of the first meeting
of the Justices for Holbourne Division is the Vestry Room of St. George Bloomsbury , for [..]
of the Justices for HolbDivision is Hicks Hall, and for the Tower Division is the
Room in Spittlefields , and they to adjourn to such places as they shall find to
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