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Vagrancy Act 1698

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II.Justices to tax Allowance to Constable on the Back of Certificate, to be paid as herein mentioned.

And to the Intent that every such Constable or other Officer may be fully paid and satisfied for his Losse of Time and his Expences in Execution of this Act Be it enacted That the said Justices of Peace shall tax on the Backside of such Certificate such Constable a reasonable and sufficient Allowance for his Trouble and Expence which Certificate the said Constable shall deliver to the Chiefe Constable of that Divison who is hereby ordered forthwith out of the Summs of the Goal and Marshalsea Money he shall receive to pay such Constable the Summ soe taxed upon each Certificate and take a Receipt of such Constables for the same which Receipt the said Chiefe Constable shall deliver to the Treasurer of the County at the next Quarter Sessions who shall discount the same with the said Chiefe Constable takeing in the said Receipts and Certificates which shall alsoe be allowed him upon the generall Account of the said Treasurer

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