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But the Law being lately Determined to be otherwise And that
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no Justice on a Supposition of his being Interested can Acts for the
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parish in which he resides in passing the poor to their proper
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Settlements And by the same reason No Justice as an Inhabitant
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can pass Vagrants Or do any other parochial Business wherein
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he may in the remotest Consequence be affected however Minute
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or Inconsiderable his Interest may be
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Your petitioners are apprehensive that the Law as it is now
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Declared will produce many Inconveniences in all parts of the
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but especially in this Town and County to which the
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Loose Idle & disorderly persons resort from all places And if they
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cant be passed away by those Justices Who are likely to be the
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greatest Sufferers by them It is not to be Expected others will
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Exert themselves with the same diligence to Remove a Nusance
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which does not Affect themselves nor the parish in which they
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Reside.
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That many parishes will be put to great & unnecessary Expences
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& their Officers to needless Trouble in Carrying their poor from Justices
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to Justice to be Examined & passed which Justice will probably Live
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in many Instances at a great Distance from each other as well as
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from the parish from whence the poor are to be Carried.
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Since the Law is thus Construed there must be a failure of
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Justice For the Laws relateing to the poor cannot be Executed in
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many Corporations, Who according to their Constitution can have no
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Justices of the peace qualifyed to Act unless they are Resident
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within the Corporation.
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That if a Constant & uniform practice for many Years is
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not Sufficient to determine or ascertain the Law Justices cannot
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know how to Act And this Difficulty added to the many Intricacies
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& Defects in the Laws relateing to the poor as well as in other
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Laws & the Danger every Justices is exposed to in Executing of
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them are found by Experience greatly to discourage Gentlemen
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of Fortune & Character from acting as Justices. It not being a
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Sufficient Security to them that they Act according to the Letter
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or true meaning of the Law (wherein only They desire to be secured
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unless They are also Critically exact in every form & Nicety
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which the greatest Lawyers will hardly pretend to
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That your petitioners cannot on this occasion but Lament
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the want of proper Forms to be Setled and approved of by the Judges
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of the proper Courts in these as well as in many other Cases which
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would as we Humbly Conceive tend very much to the Due Execution
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of the Laws And Incourage Gentlemen to Act without these Tears
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& apprehensious They now so Justly lye under.
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They beg leave also to represent the very many Suits in Law
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that arise from Doubts about Settlements & the exorbitant
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Expences parishes are put to on this Account which your petrs.
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Accribly Conceive might be prevented by a Clear & more Effectual
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Declaration where & in what places the poor shall be settled.
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Your petrs. beg leave also to observe that the present Law
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relateing to Rogues & Vagabonds And the methods therein prscibed
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found by experience to be very Inconvenient & excessively expensive
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witht. answering the purposes Intended.
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Your petrs. therefore humbly pray this Houble House
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would take the prmes into consideracon & do therein
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as in their great Wisdom They Shall think
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and your petrs. shall ever pray Etc.
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