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to keep the Peace in the County aforesaid and also to hear and determine
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in this
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setting forth That by Virtue of a Pass Warrant or Order under the hands and Seals
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day of June 1767
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in
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the said Liberty and County as the place of their last legal Settlement
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of the said Appeal in the presence and hearing of the Churchwardens
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and they consenting by their Council to the Allowing of the said Appeal It
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is hereby Vacated and set a side And it is further Ordered that the
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his wife and Child (together with a Copy of this Order) unto the Churchwardens
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or to some or one of them who are hereby required to receive and provide
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for them until they can Free themselves from the charge thereof by due
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By the Court
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