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£.s.d
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Ditto the Year of Contract.
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1240 Orders 325 19 0
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131 Rewards 67 17 6
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The Contract 120 0 0
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Extra Maintenance 40 0 0
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553 16 6
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The Difference of the two Years is
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in Favour of the Order of Sessions £370.15s
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3d. but if the Money be taken off which has
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been ordered by some Magistrates, contrary
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to the Order of Sessions, which amounts to
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£149.13s the Decrease of the Expence would
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then have been upwards of £500.
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Your Committee must also observe,
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that if the Recommendatory Order of July
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1757, had been attended to by the Magi-
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strates in general, as it will appear by the re-
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ferring to the general Account it has been
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by many of the Justices by proportioning
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the Sums to the Distance of Places and Trou-
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ble the Apprehender might have, a much
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greater saving might have been made upon
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that Article.
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Your Committee observe that the
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Constables of Galss
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-house Yard Liberty, to
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whom the Vagabonds from the East, and
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London
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, and
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Southwark
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, are generally de-
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livered in their Passage to the North, as their
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pecuniary Intrest was greatly affected by the
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Contrast
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Contract for passing Vagabonds: The said
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Constables have tryed every Effort in their
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Power, to defeat the said Contract; and
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when they found themselves unable to pre-
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vail upon any Magistrate in Town to sign
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Orders for Conveying contrary to the Orders
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of Sessions; the said Constables have art-
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fully prevailed upon a Magistrate at upwards
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of Ten Miles distance, to sign such Orders,
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to a large Amount, and upon inspecting the
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said Orders, it appears that the said
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did not deliver such Vagabonds
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themselves, but employed one
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Matthew
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Dean
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to deliver them, and swear to their
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Delivery, but the Money was received by the
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said Constables, as appears by their Receipt
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upon the Back of their respective Orders,
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what Profit has accrued to the said
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from this Practice, may be judged by
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the
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Affidavit of
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Arthur Lander
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,
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and upon the Confession of the said Con-
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stables, it appears that they have made a Sine
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Cure of upwards of £50. per ann. and your
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Committee are of Opinion, that notwith-
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standing such Orders, do recite a Pass granted
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by the Justice therein mentioned, no such
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Pass was produced to the said Magistrate, but
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that the Vagabonds were conveyed, and the
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Passes delivered Prior to the making out such
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Orders, and your Committee considering
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the large Temptation (the least of the Or-
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ders
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