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may be directed by the original Pass, but to vary the same as they
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in their direction think proper.
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THAT it be also recommended to Magistrates granting Passes
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for the conveyance of Irish Vagrants, to order that they shall be
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sent to the nearest port to the place where they are apprehended,
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and from whence they may be most conveniently shipped for
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Ireland.
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THAT it also be represented to the different Magistrates, that
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when a man, his wife, and child or children are apprehended and
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taken before a
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Justice of the Peace
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to be passed, one sum of ten
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shillings only ought to be allowed in any such case to the Con-
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stable or other person apprehending them, and not ten shillings
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for each of them, the wife in the first instance being under the
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influence of the husband, and the children in the other instance
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being under the direction of their parents.
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THAT it be also recommended to the said Justices not to allow
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a reward for apprehending any person who applies for a Pass, or
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wants to be conveyed to the place of his or her Settlement, or
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to his or her Native Country, or for apprehending any Person
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who has asked relief merely on account of his or her having been
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delayed in his or her journey by bad health, or accidental mis-
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fortune, and who is in the direct road to his or her place of Set-
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tlement or Native Country, and can give a good account of him
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or herself; the Service done by the Constable in such cases being
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not to the public but to the person who is to have the benefit of
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being carried home at the expence of the public.
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THAT the Magistrates of the Several Counties and Districts
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be desired to consider how far they are bound by the before-men-
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tioned Statute, to allow ten Shillings each for apprehending
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rogues, vagabonds, and incorrigible rogues, as a matter of course,
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or whether the power of allowing that reward is not meant by
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to be discretionary in the Magistrates, and whether
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is ought to be extended farther than as a suitable encouragement
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for Constables or other persons to do their duty, and so as to be
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a proper recompence to any Constable or other person for his
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trouble in apprehending such rogues or vagabonds as appear to
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be common beggars, and dangerous Vagrants, or who either can-
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not, or shall refuse to give a good account of him, her, or them-
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selves.
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THAT it be also earnestly recommended to the Justices, in the
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respective Counties, to consider whether the fees to their Clerks.
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and.
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