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<p n="791">of One Year to commence from Monday the Twenty fifth day of July instant<lb></lb>
and doth agree that upon the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55603_n791-1">James Sturgis Adams</rs>
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's due performance of all<lb></lb>
the Matters contained in his said Proposals there shall be paid to him by the<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55603_occ1001">Treasurer</rs>
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of this County after the Rate of Ten pounds a Month over and besides <lb></lb>
the Allowance of Six pence a Head for the Subsistance of every such Rogue<lb></lb>
or Vagabond in their Passage to be inserted in the Certificate as in the said<lb></lb>
Proposal is mentioned And it is hereby recommended by this Court to the<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55603_occ1002">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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of this County that they do as far as in them lieth promote <lb></lb>
the said Method of conveying of Rogues and Vagabonds according to the said<lb></lb>
Proposals; and for that Purpose that the said Justices who reside next the City<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55603_geo1203">London</rs>
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and to whom Vagabonds are brought in their Destination through<lb></lb>
this County would order such Vagabonds to be lodged in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55603_geo1204">Clerkenwell Bridewell</rs>
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<lb></lb>
to be from thence conveyed by the said James Sturgis Adams or any other<lb></lb>
Contractor to the next County and instead of inserting the Allowance as<lb></lb>
heretofore <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55603_occ1003">in</rs>
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the Certificate to mention only an Allowance of Six pence for <lb></lb>
Subsistance according to the said Proposal. And the Keeper of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55603_geo1205">Bridewell</rs>
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is <lb></lb>
to allow such Vagabonds Two pence a Day for their Subsistance during their<lb></lb>
Continuance there and is to produce at every Sessions his Account of such<lb></lb>
Vagabonds and the Expence of maintaining them according to such Allowance<lb></lb>
of Two pence a Day during their Continuance in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55603_geo1206">Bridewell</rs>
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.</p>
<p n="792"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">3d. allow'd to Adams<lb></lb>
fe 28 Feb 1760.<lb></lb>
3d. Chad. in Keep of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55603_geo1207">Tothill Fields</rs>
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Bridewells<lb></lb>
Accot. from 4 Apr 1761.<lb></lb>
Keeper's of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55603_geo1208">Clerkenwell</rs>
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's<lb></lb>
Charge contins. a 2d.<lb></lb>
No Order for the<lb></lb>
Above augmentation<lb></lb>
appears.</note>
And this Court being of Opinion that the Reward of Ten Shillings for the <lb></lb>
apprehending every Vagrant Beggar (especially in Town and the Parishes next <lb></lb>
adjoining) is more than adequate to the time and trouble of the Apprehender<lb></lb>
and which has created Frauds and brought a heavy Expence upon the County, doth<lb></lb>
therefore recommend to the said Justices to ease the County in this respect by a <lb></lb>
frugal Distribution of such Reward and to proportion it to the time and trouble <lb></lb>
such Apprehender may have.</p>
<p n="793">And it is further recommended by this Court to the said Justices not to sign<lb></lb>
any Vagrant Pass without Oath first made before them of the Confession of the<lb></lb>
Party that an Act of Vagrancy hath been committed and upon such Proof if the<lb></lb>
Party so accused<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
be a sturdy Beggar or shall appear to be a counterfeit<lb></lb>
Object of Distress the Justice is desired to order such sturdy Beggar or Counterfeit<lb></lb>
to be publickly whipped and to take the Examination of such Vagrant in Writing <lb></lb>
upon Oath touching the Place of his or her Settlement and transmit it to the next<lb></lb>
Sessions to be recorded in order to prove such Vagrant an incorrigible Rogue<lb></lb>
upon his or he Commission of the like Offence after such Punishment <lb></lb>
But where such Vagrant shall appear to be a real Object of Compassion that <lb></lb>
the Justice would commit him or her to <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55603_geo1209">Bridewell</rs>
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and in the Commitment order</p>
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