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& of the penaltys therein contained & of severall Orders made
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at the Generall & Qur. Sessions of the peace held for this County,
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For that the sd Constables & Headboroughs have been
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remiss in their duty in observance of the sd. Orders &
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not carrying the Offenders before one or more of his
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Maties. Justices of the peace for this County to be punished
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according to their demerits, And alsoe upon reading
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of a prsentmt. made unto this Cort by the Grand Jury
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for this County representing to this Cort that of late
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there have been & still daily are divers loose idle &
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disorderly boys who wander about in severall streets & passages within the weekly
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Bills of mortality in this County under prtence of
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cleaning shoes, and wth. the money they gett thereby
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frequently game useing at their games most bitter Oaths
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& execracons, and that they humbly conceived them to
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be Vagrants & for the most part thieves or their spies
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& thereby very dangerous & prjudiciall to his Maties. Subjects
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& a Nusance likely to increase if not timely prvented,
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and that they hoped this Cort would make an order for
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the redressing such a growing evill, And If It further
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appeareing to this Cort by the complaint of severall
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Inhitants of this County, that severall Psons ride on
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carts, drays carrs or waggons not haveing any pson or psons
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on foot to guide
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or conduct the same, In contempt of
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one Act of parl made in the first yeare of the reign of his
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now Matie King George, Intituled, An Act for better
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regulateing hackney coaches, carts, drays carrs &
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waggons within the Citys of London & westmr. & the
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weekly Bills of mortality, and for prventing mischiefs
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occasioned by the Drivers rideing upon such carts
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drays, carrs & waggons, whereby every offender
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being thereof convicted before one or more of his
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Maties. Justices of the peace for the County wherein such
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offence is comitted by the Oath of one or more credible
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witness or witnesses, is for every such offence to forfeit
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the sume of ten shillings to be levyed & disposed of
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in such manner as is appointed by the sd. Act and in
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default of paymt. of such for feiture to be comitted to the
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house of Correccon there to be kept at hard labour for
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the space of three days, It is thought fit & Ordered by
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this Cort that the respcive high Constables of the severll.
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Divisions in this County doe forthwith issue out their
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prcepts to all the Petty Constables & Headboroughs
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within their respcive Divisions thereby requireing
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them forthwith to give publique notice of the sd prsentmt. within
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their respcive districts, and to apprhend & carry
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before one or more of his Maties.
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Justices of the peace
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for this County all
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Offenders
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that they shall find
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guilty of any
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of the an the like
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offences aforesd or other like offences & an acct. of their
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Christian & sir names & places of aboad, And for the
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better & more effectuall execucon of this order It is
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