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To His Majestys
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(by adjournment) on Thursday the Eleventh day of
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January 1781 Assembled
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the Repair of
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The Said Committee Report
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That in pursuance of the Order of reference to them
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made at the last Session of the peace holden for this County Vizt. "To
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the Contractor for Conveying Vagrants
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"and attendance in Receiving and Providing for Vagrants delivered to
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"10th day of November last and whether such vagrants shall continue
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Henry Adams
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or be lodged in the
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"House of Correction as heretofore' They proceeded to Examine Mr.
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Adams by whom it appeared that since the Order of the Commee
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of the 10th. of November he had received and Provided for Eighty
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Nine Vagrants who would otherwise have been committed to the
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and that he had been obliged
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to employ an additional Servant to take care of the said Vagrants
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Your Committee are therefore of Opinion that Mr Adams
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is deserving of a Compensation for his Extraordinary Trouble and
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attendance in receiving and Providing for the Vagrants delivered
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The said Committee further Report
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That they proceeded to examine Mr Hall Governor of the
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as to the number of Prisoners in his Custody
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by whom it appeared that notwithstanding the number of Debtors
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were decreased there still remained many in Custody and your
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Committee imagining that the Prisons for the Reception of Debtors
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Receive and Provide for the Vagrants till then without great
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inconvenience Your Committee are of Opinion that
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their Resolution of the 10th. of November last concerning the delivery
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