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<p n="99">any Sum not exceeding five pounds nor less then ten Shillings or<lb></lb>
be Committed to the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50461_geo79">House of Correction</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50461_geo79" type="placeName" value="House of Correction"></interp>
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for any time not exceeding Two Months</p>
<p n="100">That if any persons shall be found Offending against the said Act<lb></lb>
it shall be lawfull for any person to Apprehend such Offenders and to<lb></lb>
Convey them to Some Justices of the Peace and such Justice of the Peace<lb></lb>
is impowered by the sd Act to Order a reward of ten Shilling to the Apprehender.</p>
<p n="101">And this Court taking Notice that notwithstanding the<lb></lb>
Reward directed to be paid as an incitement to Constable and others to<lb></lb>
do their duty in this Respect and the<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
punishment directed<lb></lb>
to be inflected upon Offenders against the said Act Yet by the<lb></lb>
Negligence and<obscured></obscured>
onissness of such Officers in the discharge of their<lb></lb>
duty the Streets of this Metropolis and Towns and places in this County<lb></lb>
are<obscured></obscured>
Pestered<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
with numbers of Beggars resorting here from<lb></lb>
all parts of the Kingdom<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
which are a Public Nusance and<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
brings a<lb></lb>
great<obscured></obscured>
then & expence upon<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
this County Contrary to the intent of the said Act</p>
<p n="102">This Court doth therefore Recommend<obscured></obscured>
it to the<lb></lb>
Magistrates of this County to Cause the said Act to be Strictly &<lb></lb>
Speedily put in Execution Against all persons who shall be<lb></lb>
found Wandering and Begging in their Several Parishes Divisions and<lb></lb>
Districts and inflect the punishment prescribed by the Sd: Act<lb></lb>
upon such Offenders And this Court being resolved as much as in them<lb></lb>
<obscured></obscured>
th Strictly to inforce the Execution of the said Act<obscured></obscured>
do hereby<lb></lb>
Charged and Command all thigh and Petty Constables and other Peace<lb></lb>
Officers within this County to be very Carefull and diligent in<lb></lb>
Apprehending all persons found Wandering and Begging in the<lb></lb>
Streets and places in this County and to Convey them before some of<lb></lb>
his Majestys <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50461_occ48">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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And all persons are hereby<lb></lb>
injoyned to aid and assist the Peace Officers in the Execution of<lb></lb>
the Said Act as they will Answer the Contrary at their Peril<lb></lb>
And this Court doth recommend it to the several Magistrates to reward<lb></lb>
such persons as shall be Active and diligent in their duty as by the<lb></lb>
<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
sd Act they are impowered<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
And all Constables and others injoyned to put the<lb></lb>
said Act in Execution are to take Notice that they will be<lb></lb>
prosecuted for their negliosence or refusal so to do<del>be put the said Act in<lb></lb>
Execution</del>
with the almost Severity of the Law And to<obscured></obscured>
any<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
Parish<lb></lb>
<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
Peace Officer or other person required to put the said Act in<lb></lb>
Execution<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
pleading ignorance in the premises It is Ordered</p>
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