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Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
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gether with a printed Copy of this Act, to every High Constables or
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where there shall be no High Constable, to such other proper Officer,
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who hath the Execution of Precepts from Justices of the Peace within
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such respective Jurisdictions, and also to the Town Clerks or other
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proper Officers of every City, Borough, Town Corporate, or Place, in
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which Quarter Sessions of the Peace are usually holden, situate within
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the County, Riding, Division, City, Liberty, Soke, Franchife, Town
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Corporate, and Place, for which the said
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, or Town
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Clerk, shall respectively act; and the said Clerks of the Peace and
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also to receive the Answers and Returns to be made by the Ministers and
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Churchwardens, or other Persons, pursuant to the Directions hereinafter
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given; and the said Town Clerks and other Officers shall, as soon as
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conveniently may be after receiving the said Answers and Returns, sub-
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scribe and deliver the same to the said several Clerks of the Peace from
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whom they received the Schedule, and the said several Clerks of the Par-
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liaments, with all convenient Speed, in order that the same may be
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inspected by the Parliament, upon Pain of forfeiting, for every Neglect
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or Default, a Sum not exceeding Ten Pounds, nor less than Five
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Pounds, at the Discretion of the Justice or Justices before whom Com-
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plaint thereof shall be made.
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