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such Whipping or Confinement such Justice or Justice may and are hereby
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impowered is they think convenient, by a pass under Hand Seal, in the
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manner and form hereafter directed, to cause such persons to be conveyed to the
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place of their last legal settlement but if it cannot be found, then to the place of then
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Birth; or if such persons, or any of them, I under the Age of fourteen Years, and
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have any Father or Mother living, then to the place of the Abode of such Father
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or Mother, there to be delivered to some churchwarden, Chapel Warden or
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of such Parish Town or Place, which Pass shall be in the form or
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to the Effect following
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And Whereas divers Vagrants have been conveyed from County
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to County, in order to be sent to places in reland, the Isles of Man, Jersey
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Guernsey or Sailly (their last legal Settlement) but for want of Authority to
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compel Masters of Shipe and Vessels to take them on Board, in order to be
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carried thither at reasonable Rates, they may be very chargeable to there
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Martin Countries, Towns and Places in
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, where they may
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he for such Exportation; be it therefore Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That
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all and every Master and Master of any Ship Vessel or Pacquet Boat, bound
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for
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, thall, And they and each
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of them is and are hereby required, upon warrant to him or them directed under
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the hand and Seal of
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Justice of the Peace
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of the County, Town or Peace Where
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such ship Vessel or pacquet Boat shall be to take on board the same such
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Vagrant and Vagrants as shall be named and expressed in the said Warrant,
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and convey him her or them to such place in Ireland, the Isles of Man
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Jersey guernsey or Scilly, as such ship Vessel or Pacquet shall be bound to
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or shall arrive all and for the charges thereof such Master shall take and
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the Constable or person who serves him with the said Warrant shall, pay him
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such Rate per head, as the
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at their Quarter Sessions shall
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from time to time appoint for every such Vagrant so brought and delivered
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to him, And such Master shall and is hereby required, on the back of the said
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Warrant to sign a Receipt for the money so paid, and also for the Vagrant
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or Vagrants os brought and delivered; Which Warran so indorsed shall
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then be produced to the
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who Signed and Sealed the same
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and upon his Allowance thereof under his hand, the Money so paid shall be
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repaid by the County, in such manner as by this Act the Money to be paid
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for conveying Vagrants from County to County is directed; and every Master
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of such Ship, Vessel or Pacquet Boat neglecting or refusing to receive on
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Board, or to Transport such Vagrant or Vagrants, or to indorse and sign
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such Receipt as aforesaid, shall forfeit Five Pounds to the use of the poor of the
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