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in their Quarter Sessions
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to Contract
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for the Conveying all such Rogues and Vagabonds By Passes as
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Vagabonds as shall be directed thorough the
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and the said City in the way to their respective Settlements who
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shall be Lodged either at
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or such other Place in Town as
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That the said Sturgis Adams will Provide himself with a Covered Cart &
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Proper Howes and Clear the Bridewells of all such Vagabonds whose Passes are
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there Lodged as well as those other Vagrants whose destination is thorough this
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County & the said City from the Place where they shall be lodged in Town twice every
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and these to the
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on some other day every Week and Safely
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deliver such Vagabonds to the Several Parishes and Places they are destined
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to by their Passes For the Sum of Ten Pounds a Month to be Paid Monthly
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and the allowance of Six pence for the subsistence of every Vagrant in their
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by the
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certificate with a Receipt upon the Back of the Delivery of the Vagrant &
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Oath made by the sd. Adams before some Magistrate of the Delivery of such Vagabond
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in
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a true list of the
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and Sessions distinguishing the
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or other Place from whence such
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Vagabonds were taken the date of the Pass the Place where delivered Place of
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Settlement of such Vagrants and the Name of the Magistrate who signed
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the Pass and if required will Verify such list upon Oath.
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And the said Adams is Willing to Contract for such time & under
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such other regulations as shall seem meet to the Courts of Session of the
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said County and City and Liberty And will give undeniable Security to
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Perform his Contract if required
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July the 14th. 1757
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