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<p n="1271">undertaken and executed by a person of trust for an annual allowance,<lb></lb>
which, added to a few contingent charges attending the supporting<lb></lb>
them during their conveyance, does not amount to more than<lb></lb>
£250 per annum. The Contractor by his agreement clears the<lb></lb>
Bridewells of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50652_geo462">Clerkenwell</rs>
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and <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50652_geo463">Tothill fields</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50652_geo463" type="placeName" value="Tothill fields"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50652_geo463" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50652_geo464">Westminster</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50652_geo464" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
and<lb></lb>
other Lodgements for Vagrants four times<obscured></obscured>
Week vizt those<lb></lb>
to the North and East twice every Week, and those to the West<lb></lb>
also twice every Week; and he calls at Staines and <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50652_geo465">Colnbrooke</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50652_geo465" type="placeName" value="Colnbrooke"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50652_geo465" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
<lb></lb>
twice every Week and the same at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50652_geo466">South Mimms</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50652_geo466" type="placeName" value="South Mimms"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50652_geo466" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
and <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50652_geo467">Enfield</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50652_geo467" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
<lb></lb>
and from those places receives, and Conveys in covered Carriages through the County<lb></lb>
all such Vagabonds as are there lodged<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
whose Passes<lb></lb>
shall so direct, and delivers<obscured></obscured>
whose settlements are in this<lb></lb>
County at the places mentioned in their respective passes.<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
<lb></lb>
<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
The annual number so conveyed on an average is near<lb></lb>
Twelve hundred.</p>
<p n="1272"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Observ 3d.</note>
<lb></lb>
The disparity of the number of Persons committed to the House of Correction<lb></lb>
at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50652_geo468">Clerkenwell</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50652_geo468" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
within these three Years for correction or employment in hard Labour may be attributed to The<lb></lb>
Rebuilding of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50652_geo469">Newgate</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50652_geo469" type="placeName" value="Newgate"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50652_geo469" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
, the County Goal, and the repair of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50652_geo470">New<lb></lb>
Prison</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50652_geo470" type="placeName" value="NewPrison"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50652_geo470" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50652_geo471">Clerkenwell</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50652_geo471" type="placeName" value="Clerkenwell"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50652_geo471" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
, a Prison belonging to the Justices, both<lb></lb>
which have been in execution in the course of the time above<lb></lb>
mentioned. From the consequent in security of these prisons<lb></lb>
during this period many persons have been committed to the House of Correction<lb></lb>
at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50652_geo472">Clerkenwell</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50652_geo472" type="placeName" value="Clerkenwell"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50652_geo472" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
who would otherwise have been sent to one of the<lb></lb>
other Goals. For notwithstanding it may be more strictly regular<lb></lb>
to commit persons who fall within such descriptions as may warrant<lb></lb>
the<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
Keeper upon their Committment</p>
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