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July 1789
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Resolved Unanimously It is the Opinion of this Court
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that the complaint of these Mischiefs is well founded and one of the
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Magistrates present having declared that he had communicated the
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substance of this Letter to several Masters in different branches of,
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Business that in consequence of such Representation they had desisted
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from the practice and that their Workmen had already experienced
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much benefit from a discontinuance of it.
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Ordered that Extracts from the above Letter be printed and
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a Copy sent to each of the Magistrates of this County recommending to
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their serious consideration the necessity of their Application to the
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Masters of the respective Workmen within their Influence and also of
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their admonition to the Publicans at the time of renewing the Licences.
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The Clerk of the Peace laid before the Court a Letter
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which he had received from His Grace the Duke of Montage
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President of the Society for giving effect to His Majestys Proclamation
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against Vice and Immorality and the same being Read as follows.
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London 5th. June 1789.
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"To the Clerk of the Peace for the
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County of Middlesex
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"Sir,
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"It appears to this Society that great mischief and
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"expence have arisen by not enforcing generally the Laws against
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"Vagrants and by the abuse of granting walking or begging passes
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"indiscriminately to any Person applying for the same, and that
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"it will be impossible to correct such Abuses but by the general
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"execution of the Law throughout each County; for which purpose
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"this Society beg leave to recommend to the Justices at their Quarter
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"Sessions to depute two Magistrates to meet in London after
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"Christmas during the Session of Parliament. to consider of the
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"proper Steps to enforce generally the Laws against Vagrants, and
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"to correct such Abuses in future.
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