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the Expence this County hath been put to
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on that Account.
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And your Committee are of Opi-
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nion, that for want of a proper and regular
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Method in laying before this Court an an-
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nual Account of the Expence this County
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had been put to on the Article of Vagabonds
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many Irregularities have arisen and passed
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unobserved to the great Detriment of the
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County, to prevent which Inconvenience for
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the future, and to render the passing of Ac-
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counts of Vagabonds more certain and more
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easy to the Magistrates, your Committee
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recommended the following Method to the
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Court.
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That the
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Treasurer
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of this County
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do provide a proper Book, and from Michael-
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mas Day last, enter therein Abstracts of all
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Orders or Certificates for conveying Vaga-
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bonds from and through this County, num-
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bering the said Orders or Certificates dated
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from that Time, and entering such Numbers
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in the said Book, distinguishing the Place
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where such Vagabonds were conveyed to
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the
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of the Order or Certificate, the
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Money ordered, and the Name of the Ma-
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gistrate who signed such Order or Certificate.
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That in the said Book be in the like
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Manner entered seperately all such Orders as
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shall be issued for paying Rewards to the
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Apprehenders of Vagabonds, distinguishing
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them
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them into Numbers as aforesaid, together
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with the Names of the several Vagabonds,
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the Persons Names to whom they are pay-
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able, the Money ordered, the Date and the
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Magistrate's Names by whom the Orders are
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signed.
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That the
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High Constables
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of this
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County do give their respective Petty Con-
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stables Notice, that for the future they are
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to deliver to the
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of this County
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all such Orders for conveying Vagabonds,
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and Orders forwards as shall be in their
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Hands twice every Year at least that is to
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say at the Quarter Sessions in April, and
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October and that the
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and
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Contractors do the same, and that the Trea-
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surer do not receive into his Account any
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Orders not delivered in the Time above-
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mentioned without special Direction of the
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Court.
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That the said Account be finally
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closed on Michaelmas Day next, and an Ab-
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stract thereof be presented by the
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on the County Day in December Sessions,
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distinguishing the Number of Orders of Con-
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veying and Orders for Rewards
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by
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every Magistrate, and the Gross sum such
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Orders amount to.
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That upon passing the Treasurer's Ac-
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count in respect to Vagabonds, the several
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Orders be checked with their Entry in the
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said
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