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<p n="2072"> may be directed by the original Pass, but to vary the same as they<lb></lb>
in their direction think proper.</p>
<p n="2073">THAT it be also recommended to Magistrates granting Passes<lb></lb>
for the conveyance of Irish Vagrants, to order that they shall be<lb></lb>
sent to the nearest port to the place where they are apprehended,<lb></lb>
and from whence they may be most conveniently shipped for<lb></lb>
Ireland.</p>
<p n="2074">THAT it also be represented to the different Magistrates, that<lb></lb>
when a man, his wife, and child or children are apprehended and<lb></lb>
taken before a <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50809_occ892">Justice of the Peace</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50809_occ892" type="occupation" value="Justice of the Peace"></interp>
to be passed, one sum of ten<lb></lb>
shillings only ought to be allowed in any such case to the Con-<lb></lb>
stable or other person apprehending them, and not ten shillings<lb></lb>
for each of them, the wife in the first instance being under the<lb></lb>
influence of the husband, and the children in the other instance<lb></lb>
being under the direction of their parents.</p>
<p n="2075">THAT it be also recommended to the said Justices not to allow<lb></lb>
a reward for apprehending any person who applies for a Pass, or<lb></lb>
wants to be conveyed to the place of his or her Settlement, or<lb></lb>
to his or her Native Country, or for apprehending any Person<lb></lb>
who has asked relief merely on account of his or her having been<lb></lb>
delayed in his or her journey by bad health, or accidental mis-<lb></lb>
fortune, and who is in the direct road to his or her place of Set-<lb></lb>
tlement or Native Country, and can give a good account of him<lb></lb>
or herself; the Service done by the Constable in such cases being<lb></lb>
not to the public but to the person who is to have the benefit of<lb></lb>
being carried home at the expence of the public.</p>
<p n="2076">THAT the Magistrates of the Several Counties and Districts<lb></lb>
be desired to consider how far they are bound by the before-men-<lb></lb>
tioned Statute, to allow ten Shillings each for apprehending<lb></lb>
rogues, vagabonds, and incorrigible rogues, as a matter of course,<lb></lb>
or whether the power of allowing that reward is not meant by<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50809_occ893">the legislature</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50809_occ893" type="occupation" value="the legislature"></interp>
to be discretionary in the Magistrates, and whether<lb></lb>
is ought to be extended farther than as a suitable encouragement<lb></lb>
for Constables or other persons to do their duty, and so as to be<lb></lb>
a proper recompence to any Constable or other person for his <lb></lb>
trouble in apprehending such rogues or vagabonds as appear to<lb></lb>
be common beggars, and dangerous Vagrants, or who either can-<lb></lb>
not, or shall refuse to give a good account of him, her, or them-<lb></lb>
selves.</p>
<p n="2077">THAT it be also earnestly recommended to the Justices, in the<lb></lb>
respective Counties, to consider whether the fees to their Clerks.<lb></lb>
and.</p>
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