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 5*3 C. 5. Anno decimo feptimo Ge org ii II. A.D. 1744 with the Duplicate of Examination, taking their Receipt for the fame ; and if the Churchwarden o other Perfon, who fhall receive any Perfon io fent, fhall think the Examination to be falfe, he is hereb< impowered to carry the Perfon fo fent, before fome Juftice of the Peace, who, if he fee Caufe, mai commit fuch Perfon to the Houfe of Correction till the next Quarter-Seffions, and the Juftices there, ii they fee Caufe, may deal with fuch Perfon as an incorrigible Rogue ; but the Perfon fo fent fhall not be removed from the Place to which fent, but by Order of two Juftices, in the fame Manner as other pooi Perfons are removed to the Place of their Settlement. ' XII. And whereas it often happens that Perfons commit Acts of Vagrancy when they are in Circum- 1 fiances fufficient to pay for their Journey home ;' Be it therefore enacted by the Authority aforefaid. T-ttCons fhall pay That it fhall and may be lawful for any Juftice of the Peace before whom any Vagrants (hall be carried PaiTa e if °thc to orc ^ er f ucn Vagrants to be fearched, and their Bundles to be infpected by the Conftable, Tythingman, are found able. Churchwarden or Overfeer of the Poor, in the Prefence of the (aid Juftice ; and if it fhall appear that any fuch Vagrant fhall be found to have fufficient wherewithal to pay for their Paffage, either in the Whole or in Part, to the Parifh to which they belong, then the faid Juftice or Juftices fhall order fo much of the Money to be paid, or other Effects found with or upon fuch Vagrants, to be fold and em- ployed for and towards the Expence of taking up and paffing fuch Vagrants as aforefaid, returning the Overplus (if any be) after deducting the Charges of fuch Sale, to fuch Vagrants. Reeubtions for XIII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the Conftable or other Officer of parting Vagrants any Parifh or Place, within the Counties of Cumberland, Northumberland, Durham, or Town of Berwick into Scotland. u p 0ll Tweed, fhall, and they are hereby authorized and required, upon any Perfon or Perfons being deli- vered to them by a Pafs and Examination, who fhall have been apprehended within the faid Counties or Town, or brought to them according to the Direction of this Act, whofe Place of legal Settlement is in that Part of Gruat Britain called Scotland, to deliver the faid Examination to the Clerk of the Peace for fuch refpective County, to be kept among the Records of the Seffions of that County, and to convey or caufe to be conveyed, fuch Perfon or Perfons, with the faid Pafs, into the next adjoining Shire, Stewar- try or Place in that Part of the United Kingdom ; and to deliver him, her or them to fome Conftable or other Officer of the next Parifh, Diftrict or Place within the faid Shire, Stewartry or Place, taking his Receipt for him, her or them ; and fuch Officer is hereby required to receive fuch Perfon or Perfons, and give fuch Receipt, and to difpofe of him, her or them according to Law ; and in cafe any fuch Vagrant, after being fo fent and conveyed into that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, fhall, after being fo fent as aforefaid, be found wandering, begging or mifbehaving him or herfelf within that Part of Great Britain called England, contrary to the true Intent and Meaning of this Act ; every fuch Perfon fo offending fhall be deemed an incorrigible Rogue, and be punifhed as incorrigible Rogues are to be punifhed by this Act. ' XIV. And whereas divers Vagrants have been conveyed from County to County, in order to be ' ried thither at reafonable Rates, they may be very chargeable to the Maritime Counties, Towns and ' Places in England and Wales, where they may lie for fuch Exportation ;' Be it therefore enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all and every Mafter and Matters of any Ship or VeiTel or Packet Boat bound for StcgulatTons for I r. e l me l^ the Ides of Man, Jerfey, Guernfey or Scilly, fhall, and they and each of them is and are hereby requi- iaw Ueland' &c! rec *' upon Warrant to him or them directed under the Hand and Seal of a Juftice of the Peace of the County, '" Town or Place where fuch Ship, Veffel or Packet Boat fhall lie, to take on Board the fame fuch Vagrant and Vagrants as fhall be named and exprefl'ed in the faid Warrant, and convey him, her or them to fuch Place in Ireland, the Ifles of Man, 'Jerfey, Guernfey or Scilly, as fuch Ship, Veffel or Packet Boat fhall be bound to or {hall arrive at ; and for the Charges thereof fuch Mafter fhall take, and the Conftable or Perfon who ferves him with the faid Warrant fhall pay him fuch Rate^r Head, as the Juftices of the Peace at their Quarter-Sefiions fhall from time to time appoint for every fuch Vagrant fo brought and delivered to him ; and fuch Mafter fhall and is hereby required, on the Back of the laid Warrant, to fign a Receipt for the Money fo paid, and alfo for the Vagrant or Vagrants fo brought and delivered ; which Warrant fo endorfed fhall then be produced to the Juftice of the Peace who figned and fealed the fame, and upon his Allowance thereof, under his Hand, the Money fo paid fhall be repaid by the County, in fuch Manner as by this Act the Penalty on Maf- Money to be paid for conveying Vagrants from County to County is directed ; and every Mafter of fuch ^trsof Ships re- Ship, Veffel or Packet Boat, neglecting or refufing to receive on Board, or to tranfport fuch Vagrant or Va'-rants on " Vagrants, or to indorfe and fign fuch Receipt as aforefaid, fhall forfeit five Pounds to the Ufe of the Poor Solid. °f the Parifh or Place where the Offence (hall be committed ; to be levied by Diftrefs and Sale af the laid Ship, or any Goods within the fame, by Warrant under the Hand and Seal of any Juftice of the Peace for the' fame County, City or Town Corporate, returning the Overplus (if any be) upon Demand, after the faid Penalty and Charges of levying the fame are fatisried. v Ia j ers n f **" XV. Provided always, and it is hereby declared, That no Mafter of any fuch Packet Boat, Ship or Board'rnor^han Veffel, fhall be compelled to take on Board more than one Vagrant for every twenty Tons Burthen of one Vagrant for any fuch Boat, Ship or Veffel. every 20 Tans Burthen. XVI. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the Juftices of the Peace of any Juftices to limit County, Riding, City, Borough, Town Corporate, Divifion or Liberty, fhall and may at the General Itfte'f"" Jr r or Quarter-Seffions of the Peace from time to time, limit, appoint and direct what Rates and Allowances Va,Erants Pa &c! 8 P er Mile, or otherwife, fhall be made for the paffing, conveying or maintaining of Rogues, Vagabonds or incorrigible Rogues, to be pafled or conveyed as aforefaid ; and may likewife make fuch other Orders, Rules and Directions, for the more regular proceeding or acting therein, within their refpective Limits and Jurifdictions, as they in their Discretion {hall think proper; which Rates, Allowances, Orders, 1 Rules
 * fent to Places in Ireland, the Ides of Man, Jerfey, Guernfey or Scilly (their laft legal Settlement) but for
 * want of Authority to compel Matters of Ships and Veffels to take them on Board, in order to be car-