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Rogues and Vagabonds within the said County; and to all
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Videlicit Wandering abroad & begging there
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together with his Wife
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before me in Writing, and upon Oath; which Examination is hereunto annexed
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Constable, or other Officer to convey the said
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, from
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whence the said Contractor is to convey them to the Parish of
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that being the first Parish in the next
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Precinct, through which they ought to pass in the direct Way to the said
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to which Parish they are
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in such next Precinct, together with this Pass, and the Duplicate of the Examination
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of the said
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taking his Receipt for the same: And
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& his sd Wife & Child are to be thence
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conveyed on in the like Manner to the said
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there to be delivered to some Church-warden, Chapel-warden, or Overseer of the
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Poor of the same Parish, to be there provided for according to Law. And you the
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said Church-warden, Chapel-warden, or Overseer of the Poor are hereby required
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to receive the said Person and provide for them as aforesaid. Given under my
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Hand and Seal this Nineteenth Day of November1783
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J Hawley
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