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