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prove the former Punishments of such Va-
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gabonds.
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Upon the Examination of your Con-
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tractor Mr.
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Adam's Account
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, it appears
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that he hath conveyed 1159 Persons by 622
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Orders, within his Years Contract, which
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upon a Computation of Seven Shillings an
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Order, amounts to £217.14s. (such Compu-
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tation being justified by an Inspection of
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the Gross of the Orders the preceding
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Year) but if the Sum of £149.13s, which
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was ordered contrary to the said Order of
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Sessions be added, it makes the Sum £367.7s,
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when deducting £120. the contractors Salary
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and Extra Maintainence, the Saving to the
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County is sufficient to Demonstrate the Util-
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ity of the said Order of Sessions.
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Upon the Whole, your Committee duly
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considered the Premises, think them
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selves
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fully justified in declaring their Opinion,
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that the Order of Sessions of July 14th. 1757.
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hath been productive of good Consequences
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to this County, by saving a large Sum of
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the Public Money; and in many Respects
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it hath produced more regular Proceeding
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upon the Vagrant Act, and your Committee
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report it their Opinion, that the Interest of
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this County is greatly, concerned in the full
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and explicit Compliance of the Magistrate
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to the said Order, and that the said Order
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ought to be inforced by the Sessions by all
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lawful
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lawful Means, and your Committee are of
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Opinion that if any Opposition should con-
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tinue to the Efforts of the Sessions to save
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the Public Money, considering that the great
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Sums of Money thus expended, hath not in
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the least answered the Intention of the Legi-
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slature, the Nuisance of Beggars still con-
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tinuing as great as ever. This Court are
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possessed of Facts sufficient to justify an Ap-
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plication to Parliament, for an Alteration of
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the Law in this Respect to prevent the
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sipation of the Public Money
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; and that such
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Application would be beneficial to this and
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other County's.
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Your Committee then proceeded to
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take into Consideration, the Proposal of
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John Sturges Adams
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referred to them, rela-
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ting to the Conveying Vagabonds from the
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North, East, and West Parts of this County
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to their respective Settlements in this Coun-
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ty, and forwarding those whose Destination
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is through this County; and to clear the
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Bridewells and other Places of Lodgment of
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Vagabonds four Times every Week, (that is
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to say) twice a Week to the North and East,
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and twice to the West, and regularly go to
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Colnbrooke
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twice a Week, and the
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same to
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South Mims
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and
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Endfield
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, to receive
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and convey Vagabonds there lodged, to their
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respective Settlements, Etc. All which the
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said Adams proposes to do for £200. per ann.
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B and
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