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April 1786
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From April Session 1775 to April Session 1776. 1307 Persons by 893 Passed
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April Session 1776 to April Session 1777. 1397 do. by 990 do.
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April Session 1777 to April Session 1778. 1450 do. by 1027 do.
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April Session 1778 to April Session 1779. 1806 do. by 1179 do.
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April Session 1779 to April Session 1780. 1392 do. by 956 do.
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April Session 1780 to April Session 1781. 1873 do. by 1321 do.
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April Session 1781 to April Session 1782. 2189 do. by 1589 do.
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April Session 1782 to April Session 1783. 2516 do. by 1701 do.
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April Session 1783 to April Session 1784. 3206 do. by 2375 do.
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April Session 1784 to April Session 1785. 4244 do. by 3329 do.
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That your Committee having interrogated the said Contractor as
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to the Cause to which he attributed the great increase of Vagrants he
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Replied that he thought the same arose from the case with which Passes
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were obtained from the Magistrates of the
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That your Committee thinking this a Matter of Great
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Importance to this County did by Letter request the Lord Mayor and
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Aldermen of the
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to appoint a time and Place for a
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Conference with your Committee on this Subject to which they received an
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Answer dated the 12th. of November last informing them that their request
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should be laid before the next Court of Aldermen. In Consequence of which
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William Mainwaring
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Esquire
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of the Sessions in December last
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informed the Court that he had received a Letter from the Lord Mayor informing
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him that he had communicated to the Court of Aldermen the Letter he had
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received from the Committee and that the Court had desired the Lord Mayor
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to have an Interview with him on the Subject and in January last mr.
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Mainwaring informed the Court that he had seen the Lord Mayor on the
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subject of the Vagrants passed from the
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into this County and
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that his Lordship had promised to Inquire into the manner of passing the
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Vagrants and that the same should be corrected if any thing Improper was
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found to be Practiced therein, but no other Conference has yet been had
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Therefore Your Committee have thought it proper to Report to the
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Court the following Resolutions which have been Come to by them
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