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in the said County
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& to each & every of there
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W Booth
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Whereas Complaint hath been made by you the Church-wardens
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and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Saint Luke
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unto us whole Hands
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and Seals are hereunto set, two of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace
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(whereof one is of the Quorum) for the Countyaforesaid,
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That
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Sarah Jones
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is
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lately intruded & Cameinto your said Parish of Saint Luke
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there to inhabit as a Parishioner-contrary to the Laws relating to
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the Settlement of the Poor, and is there like to become charge-
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able, if not timely prevented: AND WHEREAS, upon due Examinati-
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on and Enquiry made into the Premises, upon oath and other
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Circumstance
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it appears unto us, we accordingly adjudge, That the said
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like to become chargeable unto the said Parish of Saint Luke
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and that the last legal Place of
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settlement of the said
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Saint Jones
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These are therefore in his Majesty's Name, to order and require you
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the said Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of
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Saint Luke aforesaid, that you
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or some of you, do forthwith remove and convey the said
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from your said Parish of Saint Luke
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and her deliver
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to the Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor there, or some or
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one of them, together with this our Warrant or Order, or a true
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Copy hereof; whereby they are likewise required in his Majesty's
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Name and by Virtus of the Statutes in Such Cafe made, forthwith to
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into their said parish Care-and provide for her
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as their own Parishioner-Given under our Hands and seals, the
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sixth Day of October in the Year of our
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Lord One Thousand seven Hundred and thirty seven
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