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<p n="2141"> it be an Order form this Court, that such Person be not discharged or passed before the Sessions, not-<lb></lb>
withstanding the Warrant of Commitment; at which Sessions the Keeper shall produce his Prisoner, and<lb></lb>
the Record being with the Court, the Conviction will be rendered certain and easy; and that a Re-<lb></lb>
ward, at the Discretion of the Court, should be paid the Keeper of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50809_geo1891">Bridewell</rs>
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for every Person by<lb></lb>
him so detected and proved an incorrigible Rogue.</p>
<p n="2142">Your Committee are of Opinion, that the Knowledge of the large Sums gained by the Constables<lb></lb>
out of the Rates allowed by Sessions for conveying Vagabonds, may be applied to the Benefit of the<lb></lb>
County, the effectual Conveying and Delivery of such Vagabonds being the sole Object of the Law,<lb></lb>
and the cheapest Manner of doing it is left to the Discretion of the Court; and as the Method of<lb></lb>
conveying by Stage Waggons, or Returning-Carriages, is to all Intents and Purposes as effectual as Carts<lb></lb>
or Horses, which are generally appointed by the Justice, if it can be done by Means of Returning-<lb></lb>
Carriages with less than Half the Charge, the County certainly ought to avail itself of this Saving,<lb></lb>
and not suffer the Constable to raise a Kind of yearly Salary at the Expence of the publick. And<lb></lb>
your Committee are of Opinion, that if a proper Person was appointed by the Court for this Purpose<lb></lb>
of conveying Vagrants; and if Vagabonds apprehended in this Town, and adjoining Villages, were<lb></lb>
committed to <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50809_geo1892">Bridewell</rs>
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, (as by far the greatest Part of the Expence to this County arises<obscured></obscured>
n the<lb></lb>
Beggars apprehended in this Town, and Villages adjacent) such Vagabonds might, under the Care<lb></lb>
of such Person, once a Week, or oftner if need were, be conveyed from thence by the Means of<lb></lb>
Stage Waggons Etc. to the great Saving of the Publik Money; but if this should not be thought a<lb></lb>
proper Method, your Committee are of Opinion that the passing of Vagrants might be contracted for<lb></lb>
by the Keeper of Bridewell, unde such Regulations as may be directed by this Court, so as to<lb></lb>
make it an Object worthy his Consideration; and the County may be greatly benefited.</p>
<p n="2143"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Proposal for<lb></lb>
Conveying<lb></lb>
Vagrants,<lb></lb>
Etc.</note>
<lb></lb>
AND WHEREAS Mr. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50809_n2143-1">James Sturgis Adams</rs>
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hath in Writing made the following Proposal; To Con-<lb></lb>
tract for the Conveying all such Rogues and Vagabonds by Passes, as shall be sent to the several<lb></lb>
Bridewells of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50809_geo1893">Clerkenwell</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50809_geo1894">Middlesex</rs>
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, and <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50809_geo1895">Tothill Fields</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50809_geo1896">City and Liberty of Westminster</rs>
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, as well<lb></lb>
as such Vagabonds as shall be directed through the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50809_geo1897">County of Middlesex</rs>
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and the said City, in the Way<lb></lb>
to their respective Settlements, who shall be lodged either at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50809_geo1898">Bridewell</rs>
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, or such other Place in Town<lb></lb>
as shall be appointed by the said Justices; that is to say,</p>
<p n="2144">That the said Sturgis Adams will provide himself with a Covered Cart and proper Horses, and cear<lb></lb>
the Bridewells of all such Vagabonds whose Passes are there lodged, as well as those other Vagrants<lb></lb>
whose Destination it through this County and the said City, from the Place where they shall be<lb></lb>
lodged in Town, twice every Week; that is to say, those whose Destination is to the North, on one<lb></lb>
Day every Week; and those to the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50809_geo1899">South and West</rs>
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, on some other Day every Week, and safely de-<lb></lb>
liver such Vagabonds to the several Parishes and Places they are destined to by their Passes, for the<lb></lb>
Sum of Ten pounds a Month, to be paid Monthly, and he Allowance of Six-pence for the Sub-<lb></lb>
sistance of every Vagrant in their Passage. the said Sum of Six-pence to be inserted in the Certificate,<lb></lb>
and payable by the Trea<obscured></obscured>
said Ad<obscured></obscured>
with<lb></lb>
some Magistrate of the Delivery of such Vagabond And the said Adams engages to deliver, on the<lb></lb>
County Day of every Sessions in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50809_geo1900">Middlesex</rs>
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, and to every Quarter Sessions at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50809_geo1901">Westminster</rs>
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, a true List<lb></lb>
of the Names of such Vagabonds who have been conveyed by him between Session and Sessions, di-<lb></lb>
stinguishing the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50809_geo1902">Bridewell</rs>
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or other Place from whence such Vagabonds were taken, the Date of the<lb></lb>
Pass, the Place where delivered, Place of Settlement of Such Vagrants, and the Name of the Ma-<lb></lb>
gistrate ho signed the Pass, and, if required, will verify such List upon Oath.</p>
<p n="2145">And the said Adams is willing to contract for such Time, and under such other Regulations, as that<lb></lb>
seem meet to the Courts of Sessions of the said County and City and Liberty, and will give undeniabe<lb></lb>
Security to perform his Contract, if required.</p>
<p n="2146"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Order of<lb></lb>
Court.</note>
<lb></lb>
Now, upon reading and considering the said Report and Proposals, this Court is of Opinion, that a<lb></lb>
considerable Saving of Expence, in passing and conveying of such Rogues and Vagabonds, will arise o<lb></lb>
this County by the Regulations pointed out by the said Committee, and conveying Rogues and Va-<lb></lb>
gabonds according to the said Proposal. THIS COURT doth therefore approve of the same, and doh<lb></lb>
hereby appoint the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50809_n2146-1">James Sturgis Adams</rs>
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to convey all such Rogues and Vagabonds according to <lb></lb>
his said Proposal, for the Space of one Year, to commence from Monday the 25th Day of July Instant,<lb></lb>
and doth agree, that, upon the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50809_n2146-2">James Sturgis Adams</rs>
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's due Performance of all the Matters concerned<lb></lb>
in his said Proposal, there shall be paid to him, by the Treasurer of this County, after the Rate of every<lb></lb>
Pounds a Month, over and besides the Allowance of Six-pence a Head for the Subsistance of every<lb></lb>
such Rogue or Vagabond in their Passage, to be inserted in the Certificate as in the said pro-<lb></lb>
posal is mentioned: And it is hereby recommended by this Court to the Justices of the F<obscured></obscured>
of<lb></lb>
this County, that they do, as far as in them lieth, promote the said Method of conveying of Rogues<lb></lb>
and Vagabonds according to the said Proposals; and<obscured></obscured>
that Purpose that the said Justices<obscured></obscured>
e<lb></lb>
next the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50809_geo1903">City of London</rs>
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,<obscured></obscured>
to whom Vagabonds<obscured></obscured>
brought in their Destination to<obscured></obscured>
s<lb></lb>
County, would order such Vagabonds to be lodged in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50809_geo1904">Clerkenwell Bridewell</rs>
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, to be from thence carried<lb></lb>
by the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50809_n2146-3">James Sturgis Adams</rs>
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, or any other <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50809_occ917">Contractor</rs>
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, to the next County; and instead or<obscured></obscured>
rt-<lb></lb>
ing the Allowance, as heretofore, in the Certificate, to mention only an Allowance of Six-pence for<lb></lb>
subsistance, according to the said Proposal. And the Keeper of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50809_geo1905">Bridewell</rs>
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is to allow such Vagabonds<lb></lb>
Two-pence a Day for their Subsistance during their Continuance there, and is to produce, at every<lb></lb>
Sessions, his Account of such Vagabonds, and the Expence of maintaining them, according to fu<obscured></obscured>
Al-<lb></lb>
lowance of Two pence a Day, during their Continuance in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50809_geo1906">Bridewell</rs>
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.</p>
<p n="2147">And this Court being of Opinion, that the Reward of Ten Shillings for the apprehending every<lb></lb>
Vagrant Beggar especially in Town and the Parishes next adjoining) is more than adequate the <lb></lb>
Time and Trouble of the Apprehender, and which has created Frauds, and brough a have six-<lb></lb>
pence upon the County, doth therefore recommend to the said Justices to ease the County i<obscured></obscured>
this<lb></lb>
respect by a frugal Distribution of such Reward, and to proportion it to the Time and Troble<lb></lb>
such Apprehender may have.</p>
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