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And it is farther recommended by this Court to the said Justices not to sign any Vagrant-Pass
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without Oath first made before them, or the Confession of the Party, that an Act of Vagrancy have
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been committed, and upon such Proof, if the Party so accused be a sturdy Beggar, or shall appear
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to be a counterfeit Object of Distress, the Justice is desired to order such sturdy Beggar or Counterfeit
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to be publickly whipped, and to take the Examination of such Vagrant in Writting upon Oath
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touching the Place of his or her Settlement, and transmit it to the next Sessions to be recorded, in
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order to prove such Vagrant an incorrigible Rogue, upon his or her Commission of the like Offence
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after such Punishment.
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But where such Vagrant shall appear to be a real Object of Compassion, that the Justice would
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commit him or her to
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Bridewell
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, and in the Commitment order the Imprisonment to be till the
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next Sessions, unless sooner passed, when the Justice may, upon sending down the Pass, determine the
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Imprisonment, and also promote the regular Conveyance of such Vagrants by the Contractor, accord-
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ing to the said Proposal.
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And it is farther recommended to the said Justices to be punctual in sending to the next
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Sessions, Duplicates of the Passes and Examinations, as is by Law reqired, in order that incorrigi-
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ble Rogue may be the easier convicted and punished as the Law directs.
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And it is hereby ordered, That the
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Keeper of Bridewell
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do, in a proper Book, enter the
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Christian and Sir-names, alphabetically, of all Vagabonds that shall for the future be committed to his
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Custody, together with the Time of Commitment, the Place of Settlement, their Age and such brief
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Description of their Persons, as may enable him, or his Agent, to recollect any Person who shall
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be a second Time committed for the like Offence; upon Discovery of which, the Keeper, or his
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Agent is hereby required to apply to the committing Magistrate for a Detainer until the next Session
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as an incorrigible Rogue, and upon such Conviction the said Keeper shall have an Order of the Court
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upon the
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Treasurer of the County
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to be paid the Sum of
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as a Reward for the Detection and Conviction of such incorrigible Rogue.
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And it is farther ordered, That the
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Clerk of the Peace
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do cause Five Hundred Copies of the Re-
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port in April last, which the said Proposal and the Resolutions of this Court thereupon, to be printed,
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and that one of such Copies be delivered by the Cryer of this Court to each of the Justices of this
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County, and also of the
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City and Liberty of Westminster
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By the Court,
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WALLER.
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