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undertaken and executed by a person of trust for an annual allowance,
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which, added to a few contingent charges attending the supporting
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them during their conveyance, does not amount to more than
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£250 per annum. The Contractor by his agreement clears the
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Bridewells of
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and
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other Lodgements for Vagrants four times
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Week vizt those
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to the North and East twice every Week, and those to the West
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also twice every Week; and he calls at Staines and
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twice every Week and the same at
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South Mimms
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and from those places receives, and Conveys in covered Carriages through the County
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all such Vagabonds as are there lodged
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whose Passes
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shall so direct, and delivers
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whose settlements are in this
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County at the places mentioned in their respective passes.
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The annual number so conveyed on an average is near
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Twelve hundred.
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Observ 3d.
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The disparity of the number of Persons committed to the House of Correction
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within these three Years for correction or employment in hard Labour may be attributed to The
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Rebuilding of
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, the County Goal, and the repair of
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, a Prison belonging to the Justices, both
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which have been in execution in the course of the time above
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mentioned. From the consequent in security of these prisons
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during this period many persons have been committed to the House of Correction
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who would otherwise have been sent to one of the
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other Goals. For notwithstanding it may be more strictly regular
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to commit persons who fall within such descriptions as may warrant
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the
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Keeper upon their Committment
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