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<NAME>TCP Staff (Michigan)</NAME>
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<HEAD>At a Court of the Right Honourable THE PRESIDENT and GOVERNORS FOR THE POOR of the City of London,</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE>Holden at <HI>Guild-Hall,</HI> on <DATE><HI>Thur&s;day</HI> the 25th day of <HI>May,</HI> 1699.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>FOra&s;much as frequent Complaints have been made to this Court, of the daily Encrea&s;e of Beggers, within this City and Liberties, to the great Di&s;honour thereof, and to the no &s;mall Prejudice, and Annoyance of the &s;everal Inhabitants therein, and to the manife&s;t Di&s;couragement of that U&s;eful and Nece&s;&s;ary Art of Spinning, and other Imployments de&s;igned for &s;etting the Poor at Work, and at this time, by this Court, earne&s;tly endeavoured, to be advanced in the &s;aid City: For that few, or none will be willing to Work, as is evident from daily Experience, while they have any hopes left, of getting more Money by Begging.</P>
<P>For Prevention therefore of the&s;e growing Evils and Mi&s;chiefs, and that the Streets may not be Annoyed and Pe&s;tered as heretofore, by Rogues, Vagrants, and &s;turdy Beggers; All Con&s;tables of this City and Liberties, are hereby &s;trictly Charged and Required, to Ap|prehend all Rogues, Vagrants, and &s;turdy Beggers, that &s;hall be Begging or Wandering within the &s;ame, and to &s;end them after Whipping of them, to the Pari&s;h where they were Born, if known, or if not, to the Pari&s;h where they la&s;t Dwelt, for the &s;pace of one whole Year; or if that be unknown, then to the Place, where they pa&s;&s;ed la&s;t through, with|out Puni&s;hment.</P>
<P>And for the better Information of all Con&s;tables, of their Duty herein, they are hereby required to take Notice, That by the 39 <HI>Eliz. Cap.</HI> 4. every Con&s;table that doth not his be&s;t Endeavour, to Apprehend Rogues, Vagabonds, and &s;turdy Beggers, and to cau&s;e them to be Puni&s;hed, Forfeits Ten Shillings for every Default. And that every Per&s;on, hindering any part of the Execution of that Law, Forfeits Five Pounds, and is to be Bound to the good Behaviour.</P>
<P>And that by the Fir&s;t of King <HI>James</HI> 1. <HI>Chap.</HI> 7. all Con&s;tables refu&s;ing to Puni&s;h and Convey Vagabonds, Forfeit Twenty Shillings, And that for the future, all the &s;aid Forfeitures &s;hall be con&s;tantly Levyed.</P>
<P>And that nothing may be wanting, to put a &s;top to the Growth and Increa&s;e of Beggers within this City, The City-Mar&s;hals, and all their Men, as well Beadles of the &s;everal Ho|&s;pitals, as others, are hereby al&s;o &s;trictly Charged and Required, to Apprehend all Per&s;ons Begging in the Streets, and to carry them before &s;ome of his Maje&s;ty's Ju&s;tices of the Peace, for this City and Liberties, to be farther dealt with, according to Law, And that of &s;uch their Proceedings, they bring unto this Court, a true Account in Writing, every <HI>Thur&s;day</HI> Morn|ing, at Eight of the Clock.</P>
<P>And the Beadle of each and every Ward within the City afore&s;aid, is hereby al&s;o Required and Enjoined, Weekly and every Week, to call upon all and every the Con&s;tables within that Ward, to which he the &s;aid Beadle doth belong, for a true, full, and perfect Account, of the Proceedings al&s;o of every of the &s;aid Con&s;tables, relating to the Matters afore&s;aid, and each and every of them, is hereby required to Deliver the &s;ame accordingly.</P>
<P>And the &s;aid Account and Accounts &s;o received, the &s;aid Beadle is further required and en|joined to bring unto the &s;aid Court, at the Day and Hour afore&s;aid: And al&s;o to be Aiding and A&s;&s;i&s;ting to every of the &s;aid Con&s;tables, in the Apprehending and Puni&s;hing all Beggers, according to Law. And likewi&s;e to give an Account of all &s;uch Con&s;tables, as have not their Staves or Laths painted and put up at their Doors, according to the antient U&s;age and Cu&s;tom of this City.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Augu&s;ti<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters"> Ballowe,</HI> Sec.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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