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THAT the Magistrates of the different Counties, and other Jurisdictions, be
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requested to make orders at their Quarter Sessions for regulating the mode and
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ascertaining the allowances for apprehending and conveying Vagrants in their
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respective Districts.
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THAT it also be requested of the Magistrates granting Passes, that they do in the
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examinations of all Vagrants, specify the places of their last Settlement or Residence,
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and the circumstances which occasioned them to become Vagrants.
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THAT it be recommended to the Magistrates granting Passes, to adhere to the
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directions of the Act of Parliament, as to the form of the Pass; and not to prescribe
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the particular mode of conveyance in the Pass, but leave the same to the discretion of
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the Magistrates, in the several Counties through which the Vagrants are conveyed,
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according to the condition and circumstances of the Vagrants when they arrive in
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such respective Counties. And that it also be recommended to the Magistrates in
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the Counties where Vagrants shall be brought by Passes, not to attend or confine
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themselves to any mode of conveyance which may be directed by the original Pass,
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but to vary the same as they in their discretion think proper.
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THAT it be also to recommended to Magistrates granting Passes for the convey-
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ance of Irish Vagrants, to order that they shall be sent to the nearest Port to the
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place where they are apprehended, and from whence they may be most conveniently
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shipped for Ireland.
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THAT it also be represented to the different Magistrates, that when a man, his
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wife and child, or children, are apprehended and taken before a
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Justice of the Peace
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to be passed, one sum of ten shillings only, ought to be allowed in any such case to
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the Constable, or other person apprehending them, and not ten shillings for each of
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them; the wife in the first instance being under the influence of the husband, and
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the children in the other instance being under the direction of their parents.
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THAT it be also recommended to the said Justices not to allow a reward for
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apprehending any person who applies for a Pass, or wants to be conveyed to the
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place of his or her Settlement, or to his or her native country, or for apprehending
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any person who has asked relief merely on account of his or her having been delayed
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in his or her journey by bad health, or accidental misfortune, and who is in the
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direct road to his or her place of settlement or native country, and can give a
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good account of him or herself; the service done by the Constable in such cases
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being not to the public, but to the person who is to have the benefit of being carried
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home at the expence of the public.
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THAT the Magistrates of the several counties and districts be desired to consider
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how far they are bound by the before-mentioned Statute, to allow ten shillings each
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for apprehending rogues, vagabonds, and incorrigible rogues, as a matter of course;
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or whether the power of allowing that reward is not meant by the legislature to be
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discretionary in the Magistrates; and whether it ought to be extended farther than as
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a suitable encouragement for Constables or other persons to do their duty, and so as
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to be a proper recompence to any Constable or other person for his trouble in appre-
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hending such rogues or vagabonds as appear to be common beggars, and dangerous
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vagrants,
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