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great Benefit to this County in the following
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Instances, viz.
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By lessening the Expence of this
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County on the Article of Vagabonds up-
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wards of £350. the Year the said Order took
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Place, compared with the preceeding Year;
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and if the whole Magistracy of this County
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had conformed themselves to the said Order,
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the Expence then would have been lessened
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full 500 Pounds.
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By the Cautions given in the said Order
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of Sessions respecting Frugality in disposing
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of the Publick Money paid to the Appre-
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henders of Vagabonds that Article decreased
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upwards of £178. the last Year compared
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with the preceeding one.
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By putting the effectual Stop to the grant-
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ing Vagrant Passes to the casual Poor, where
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no Act of Vagrancy had been committed,
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or otherwise the Orders of conveying are
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thereby lessened upwards of £700. compared
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with the Year preceeding.
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By producing more regular Proceed-
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ings upon the Vagrant Act, particularly as
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much larger Number of Duplicates of Passes
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and Examinations appear to be returned to
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Sessions in Proportion to the Orders issued
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for Rewards to the Apprehenders of Vaga-
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bonds, whereby the Conviction of incorrgi-
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ble Rogues is rendered more certain.
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And
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And this Court are of Opinion, that the
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accepting the further Proposal of
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James Sturges Adams
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for receiving and conveying
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Vagabonds from
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, and clearing the
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of
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and
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other Lodgment of Vagabonds four Times
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a Week, as mentioned in the 18th Article of
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the said Report will produce a further fav-
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ing to this County upon the Article of Va-
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gabonds. And by conveying such Vaga-
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bonds by the Means of one Person instead of
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the Constables at large, the Detection of in-
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corrigible Rogues will be rendered more cer-
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tain, and this County will be relieved from
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the repeated Expence occasioned by the Re-
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turn of Vagabonds after being punished and
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passed.
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Ordered. That the said
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James Sturges
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Adams
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be contracted with under the
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Regulations proposed by the 18th
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Article of the Report of the Com-
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mittee, such Contract to take place
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when the said
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James Sturges Adams
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hath procured a proper Lodgment
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at
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, and shall produce Orders
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of conveying to the Treasurer exe-
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cuted by him from the before-men-
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tioned Places.
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And
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