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 224 Cases ruled and adjudged in the 179;. It was ruled, nr me Corner, that the defendant (zhelagent) l Hub for the  I!'il¢¢¢l·.r and Rawkfor ¤l¤ dd-¢¤• (hllh Aprxl Term, 1 795. J The Gunouxs of the Poor of R“"!"·'°* ”"f“’ E pzsnaapna. THIS was a motion for a numdamur, commanding the de· feudants to proceed to another eleélion of the managers of the Houfe of Employment. By the a& of Allembly, pal`- ° fddthe zgth of March r78z {2 Fd. DaIL Edit. p. 17.] it was declared, that •• the Guardians of the Poor in the City of " Plibdehbbxb {hall half-yearly appoint li: of their number, to •¢ fnperintend the Alms·Hou!`e and Houfc of Employment ;" and it was agreed, in point of faé}, that the Guardians of thc Poor had uniformly made the half yearly appointments; but, withaview to enfure the bcnelit of experience, they had al- ways taken care to keep three of the lix old managers in ollice, ’till the lall: eleftion, when li: managers entirely new were ap- pointed. ` Brauyird and Ingerjl in fupport of the motion, contended,· ` that the ufage of re-appointing three of the old managers, was beneficial, and ought to be eonlidered as the genuine eonllrue- tion of the law. Rau-le, inoppoling the motion, admitted the ufage, but in- lilled, that, on the terms of the aét of Allbmhly, the defendants were aurhorifed to appoint lix new members at every half-year eleftion. '1`ma Couwr, after advifement, rejeélcd the motion. Resruuxca ewjlrx Rrexmzm. THIS was an indiélment, on the 7th lisélinn of llC-Elfli {inp- plcmental to the ai} for the gradual abolition of llavcry {2 Vo!. Dall. EA`!. p. 589] which is expreiled in the following words
 * lrvw was not anfweralrle for the damages fultained by thc phmtlil-

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