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December 1784
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Adams succeeded his late Father
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James Sturges Adams
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as Contractor
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for conveying Vagrants in through and out of this County at a Salary
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of £250 P Annum, that in the Year 1775 in consequence of some
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Regulations being made by the Court and of the then cheapness
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of Hay and Straw the said
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Henry Adams
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relinquished £50 P
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Annum (part of the said Salary) which reduced the same to £200
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£100 alld for
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extra Care
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That in January Session 1777 the Price of Hay
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and Straw being vastly increased the said
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Henry Adams
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Petitioned the Court for an Augmentation of the allowance then
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made to him for executing his said Contract and upon consideration
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of his Petition the Court allowed him a further Sum of £50
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which again brought his Salary to £250 P Annum, and which
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Sum has been allowed him ever since, That during the first
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Three Years of the said
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's Contract he removed
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annually upon an Average 1245 Vagrants, that of late the
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number of Vagrants removed by the said
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Henry Adams
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has
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greatly increased in so much, that during the last Three Years
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Ending at April 1784 he has removed annually upon an
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Average 2637 which is above double the number he removed
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during the three first Years of his Contract It is therefore the
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opinion of your Committee that the Sum of £100 ought to be paid
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the said
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Henry Adams
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for the extra Care Attention Trouble and
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Expence which has been brought upon him in consequence of
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the great increase of Vagrants that have been removed by him
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during the three Years last past Ending April 1784
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All which the Committee Submit
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Joseph Faikney
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Report confirmed
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It is Ordered that the said Report be and
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the same is hereby confirmed.
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