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<p n="2052">But the Law being lately Determined to be otherwise And that<lb></lb>
no Justice on a Supposition of his being Interested can Acts for the<lb></lb>
parish in which he resides in passing the poor to their proper<lb></lb>
Settlements And by the same reason No Justice as an Inhabitant<lb></lb>
can pass Vagrants Or do any other parochial Business wherein<lb></lb>
he may in the remotest Consequence be affected however Minute<lb></lb>
or Inconsiderable his Interest may be</p>
<p n="2053">Your petitioners are apprehensive that the Law as it is now<lb></lb>
Declared will produce many Inconveniences in all parts of the<lb></lb>
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but especially in this Town and County to which the<lb></lb>
Loose Idle & disorderly persons resort from all places And if they<lb></lb>
cant be passed away by those Justices Who are likely to be the<lb></lb>
greatest Sufferers by them It is not to be Expected others will<lb></lb>
Exert themselves with the same diligence to Remove a Nusance<lb></lb>
which does not Affect themselves nor the parish in which they<lb></lb>
Reside.</p>
<p n="2054">That many parishes will be put to great & unnecessary Expences<lb></lb>
& their Officers to needless Trouble in Carrying their poor from Justices<lb></lb>
to Justice to be Examined & passed which Justice will probably Live<lb></lb>
in many Instances at a great Distance from each other as well as<lb></lb>
from the parish from whence the poor are to be Carried.</p>
<p n="2055">Since the Law is thus Construed there must be a failure of<lb></lb>
Justice For the Laws relateing to the poor cannot be Executed in<lb></lb>
many Corporations, Who according to their Constitution can have no<lb></lb>
Justices of the peace qualifyed to Act unless they are Resident<lb></lb>
within the Corporation.</p>
<p n="2056">That if a Constant & uniform practice for many Years is<lb></lb>
not Sufficient to determine or ascertain the Law Justices cannot<lb></lb>
know how to Act And this Difficulty added to the many Intricacies<lb></lb>
& Defects in the Laws relateing to the poor as well as in other<lb></lb>
Laws & the Danger every Justices is exposed to in Executing of<lb></lb>
them are found by Experience greatly to discourage Gentlemen<lb></lb>
of Fortune & Character from acting as Justices. It not being a<lb></lb>
Sufficient Security to them that they Act according to the Letter<lb></lb>
or true meaning of the Law (wherein only They desire to be secured<lb></lb>
unless They are also Critically exact in every form & Nicety<lb></lb>
which the greatest Lawyers will hardly pretend to</p>
<p n="2057">That your petitioners cannot on this occasion but Lament<lb></lb>
the want of proper Forms to be Setled and approved of by the Judges<lb></lb>
of the proper Courts in these as well as in many other Cases which<lb></lb>
would as we Humbly Conceive tend very much to the Due Execution<lb></lb>
of the Laws And Incourage Gentlemen to Act without these Tears<lb></lb>
& apprehensious They now so Justly lye under.</p>
<p n="2058">They beg leave also to represent the very many Suits in Law<lb></lb>
that arise from Doubts about Settlements & the exorbitant<lb></lb>
Expences parishes are put to on this Account which your petrs.<lb></lb>
Accribly Conceive might be prevented by a Clear & more Effectual<lb></lb>
Declaration where & in what places the poor shall be settled.</p>
<p n="2059">Your petrs. beg leave also to observe that the present Law<lb></lb>
relateing to Rogues & Vagabonds And the methods therein prscibed<lb></lb>
found by experience to be very Inconvenient & excessively expensive<lb></lb>
witht. answering the purposes Intended.</p>
<p n="2060">Your petrs. therefore humbly pray this Houble House<lb></lb>
would take the prmes into consideracon & do therein<lb></lb>
as in their great Wisdom They Shall think<obscured></obscured>
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and your petrs. shall ever pray Etc.</p>
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