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ders being ten Shillings) are of Opinion that
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such Practices, may subject this County to
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most gross Impositions, for if a Fraudulent
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Collusion be between the Constable who
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delivers, and him that receives Vagrants, the
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Expence to the County may be carried to
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dangerous Lengths, as the Passes themselves
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are the only Check to Imposition.
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Your Committee are obliged to ob-
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serve, that some of the Orders which have
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been produced before them, are so de-
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fective in Form, that your Committee are
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not able to judge whether the Sums upon
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such Orders, are what ought to be charged
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upon the County, as they do not mention
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the Places such Vagabonds were conveyed
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from, others for paying the Reward to the
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Apprehenders of Vagabonds, are not under
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Hand and Seal, as by the Statute directed,
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neither has that Part of the Act of Parlia-
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ment, which requires that Duplicates of the
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Pass and Examinations be return'd to Sessions
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been in General observ'd and complied with.
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The Committee find 711 Orders for
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passing Vagabonds less the last, then the
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preceding Year, which your Committee ap-
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prehend may justly be ascribed to the said
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Order of Sessions, having put an effectual
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Stop to the granting Vagrant Passes for
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Casual Poor, where no Act of Vagrancy had
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been committed.
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The
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The Difference between the Orders
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for paying Rewards for apprehending Va-
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gabonds for the Year preceding the said Or-
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der of Sessions, and the Year the said Order
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took Place is in Favour of the last Year £178.
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2s.6d, which your Committee think may
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also be justly ascribed to the Cautions given
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in this Respect, in the said Order of Sessions,
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and this Saving, as hath been observed, would
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have been more considerable, had every Ma-
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gistrate paid that Difference to those Cau-
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tions which the Interest of the County, and
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Decency to the Sessions demanded; and your
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Committee are of Opinion, that if any Ma-
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gistrate will take the Advantage of the
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Power given him by the Statute of the 17th.
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of the King to the Injury of the County, it
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ought to be demanded of him to shew that
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such Vagabonds were dealt with, as the said
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Statute directs, and that Duplicates of the
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Passes and Examinations of such Vagabonds
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on whose Account such Orders are issued,
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are regularly returned to Sessions, as proper
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Vouchers for such Money. By which
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Means also incorrigible Rogues would be
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more easily Convicted, because when such
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Duplicates are regularly returned to Sessions,
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as the said Statute positively requires; and
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the Order of Sessions so strongly recom-
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mends such Returns, would be Records to
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prove
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