such Whipping or Confinement such Justice or Justice may and are hereby
impowered is they think convenient, by a pass under Hand Seal, in the
manner and form hereafter directed, to cause such persons to be conveyed to the
place of their last legal settlement but if it cannot be found, then to the place of then
Birth; or if such persons, or any of them, I under the Age of fourteen Years, and
have any Father or Mother living, then to the place of the Abode of such Father
or Mother, there to be delivered to some churchwarden, Chapel Warden or Overseer
of the poor of such Parish Town or Place, which Pass shall be in the form or
to the Effect following

Feet 14

And Whereas divers Vagrants have been conveyed from County
to County, in order to be sent to places in reland, the Isles of Man, Jersey
Guernsey or Sailly (their last legal Settlement) but for want of Authority to
compel Masters of Shipe and Vessels to take them on Board, in order to be
carried thither at reasonable Rates, they may be very chargeable to there
Martin Countries, Towns and Places in England and Wales , where they may
he for such Exportation; be it therefore Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That
all and every Master and Master of any Ship Vessel or Pacquet Boat, bound
for Ireland , the Isles of Man , Jersey , Guernsey or Scilly , thall, And they and each
of them is and are hereby required, upon warrant to him or them directed under
the hand and Seal of Justice of the Peace of the County, Town or Peace Where
such ship Vessel or pacquet Boat shall be to take on board the same such
Vagrant and Vagrants as shall be named and expressed in the said Warrant,
and convey him her or them to such place in Ireland, the Isles of Man
Jersey guernsey or Scilly, as such ship Vessel or Pacquet shall be bound to
or shall arrive all and for the charges thereof such Master shall take and
the Constable or person who serves him with the said Warrant shall, pay him
such Rate per head, as the Justices of th peace at their Quarter Sessions shall
from time to time appoint for every such Vagrant so brought and delivered
to him, And such Master shall and is hereby required, on the back of the said
Warrant to sign a Receipt for the money so paid, and also for the Vagrant
or Vagrants os brought and delivered; Which Warran so indorsed shall
then be produced to the Justice of the Peace who Signed and Sealed the same
and upon his Allowance thereof under his hand, the Money so paid shall be
repaid by the County, in such manner as by this Act the Money to be paid
for conveying Vagrants from County to County is directed; and every Master
of such Ship, Vessel or Pacquet Boat neglecting or refusing to receive on
Board, or to Transport such Vagrant or Vagrants, or to indorse and sign
such Receipt as aforesaid, shall forfeit Five Pounds to the use of the poor of the