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THAT great difficulties may occur in obtaining an amendment of
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the present laws; and therefore the Committee apprehend that the first
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and most proper step towards reducing those expences which this Com-
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mittee hath been appointed to inquire into, will be by making a full
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and open representation of the facts which have occurred to them, and
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of the observations arising thereupon to the Magistrates of every other
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County at their Quarter Sessions, in hopes that by a more particular
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attention of the Magistrates of different Counties to the regular exe-
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cution of the present Vagrant Laws, the burden which now lies so
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heavy on the Counties of
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, and is in various
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degrees felt by the public in general may be so far alleviated as to re-
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main no longer an object of such serious complaint.
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THAT if it shall be found upon experience, that such representa-
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tions to the Magistrates of other Counties has not the desired effect,
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it will then be proper for the Magistrates of the
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Counties of Chester
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to consider in what manner the present Vagrant Laws
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may be altered or amended so as to afford effectual relief to those
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Counties from the burdens they at present labour under.
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THAT this Committee recommend it to the Magistrates of the Coun-
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ties of
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at their respective Quarter Sessions of
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the Peace, for the said several Counties to present the foregoing Facts,
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and to make the following requests to the Magistrates of the several
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other Counties and inferior Jurisdictions in this Kingdom.
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THAT the Magistrates of the different Counties and other Ju-
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risdictions be requested to make orders at their Quarter Sessions
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for regulating the mode and ascertaining the allowances for ap-
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prehending and conveying Vagrants in their respective Districts.
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THAT it also be requested of the Magistrates granting Passes
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that they do in the examinations of all Vagrants specify the
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places of their last Settlement or Residence, and the circumstances
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which occasioned them to become Vagrants.
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THAT it be recommended to the Magistrates granting Passes,
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to adhere to the directions of the Act of Parliament as to the
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form of the Pass, and not to prescribe the particular mode of
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conveyance in the Pass, but leave the same to the discretion of
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the Magistrates in the several Counties through which the Va-
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grants are conveyed, according to the condition and circum-
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stances of the Vagrants when they arrive in such respective Coun-
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ties. And that it also be recommended to the Magistrates in
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the Counties where Vagrants shall be brought by Passes, not to
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attend or confine themselves to any mode of conveyance which
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