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elsewhere: Therefore, We the said Justices, upon the Proof aforesaid, and other
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Circumstances, do Adjudge and Deem the Place of the last legal Settlement
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THESE are therefore, in his Majesty's Name, strictly to Change and
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Command you the said Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor
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and deliverthem(together with his Precept) to the Churchwarden and
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Overseers of the Poor there, or some, or one of them, who are hereby
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required to receive and provide forthemaccording to Law. Given
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under our Hands and Seals, the
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twenty sixthDay ofMayin the
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sixthYear of the Regin of our SovereignLord George the second
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by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland,KingDefender
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of the Faith
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