By adjournment on Thursday the twenty first day of April 1757 .

Order for putting in
Execution the Laws agt.
Rogues & Vagabonds

Whereas by an Act of Parliament made in the Seventeenth Year of his present
Majesty' s reign commonly called the Vagrant Act among other things It is Enacted
That all Persons going about as Patent Gatherers or Gatherers of Alms under pretence
of Less by Fire or other Casually or as Collectors for Prisons Goals or Hospitals and all
Persons wandering abroad and lodging in Alehouses Barns Outhouses or in the open
Air not giving a good Account of themselves and all other Persons wandering abroad
and begging shall be deemed Rogues and Vagabonds within the true intent and meaning
of the said Act and all Persons who after having been punished as Rogues and Vagabonds
and discharged shall again commit any of the said Offences shall be deemed
incorrigible Rogues.

That when any Rogues or Vagabonds are apprehended and brought before any
Justice such Justice is required to order all such Persons to be publickly whipt by the
Constable or to send such Offenders to the House of Correction untill the next Sessions
or lesser time and if the Justice at such Sessions shall adjudge such Persons Rogues
and Vagabonds or incorrigible Rogues they may order such Rogues and Vagabonds
to be kept to hard labour for any time not exceeding Six Months and such incorrigible
Rogues for any times not exceeding two years nor less than Six Months and during
the time of such Persons confinement to be corrected by whipping in such manner
and at such times and places as the Court shall think fit and in Case any incorrigible
Rogue shall offend again he shall be deemed guilty of Felony and Transported
for any time not exceeding seven years

That if any Person shall knowingly permit any Rogue Vagabond or incorrigible
Rogue to lodge or take shelter in his or her House Barn or other Building
and shall not apprehend and carry them before some Justice of the Peace such
Persons shall forfeit any Sum not exceeding Forty nor less than ten Shillings and
in Case any Constable or other Person directed to put the said Act in Execution shall
be remiss or negligent in his or their Duty or in Case any Person or Persons shall
disturb or hinder the Execution of the said Act such Persons shall forfeit and
pay upon Conviction any Sum not Exceeding five pounds nor less than ten
Shillings or be committed to the House of Correction for any time not exceeding
two Months

That if any Person shall be found offending against the said Act it shall be lawfull for
any Person to apprehend such Offenders and to convey them to some Justice of the
Peace and such Justice of the Peace is impowered by the said Act to order a Reward
of ten Shillings to the Apprehender.

And that all Persons begging in the Parishes or Places where they dwell are deemed
by the said Act idle and disorderly persons and are on Conviction to be committed to the
House of Correction there to be kept to hard Labour for any time not exceeding One
Month and the Justice of Peace is by the said Act impowered to order payment of
the Sum of five Shillings to the Person who shall apprehend such Offenders to be
paid by the Overseers of the said Parish.

And this Court taking Notice that notwithstanding the Reward directed to be