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deliver fuch perfoii to the churchwarden or other perfon 

 ordered to receive him, fhall at the fame time deliver the 

 faid pafs, with the duplicate of the examination, taking 

 their receipt for the fame. And whereas the prefent mode 

 of conveying vagrants in the cullody of a conftable is fre- 

 quently infufficient, it is enafted, that the juftices in feflions 

 may order that all rogues and vagabonds apprehended within 

 their hbertics, and ordered to be conveyed by pafs, fhall be 

 conveyed by the mafter of the houfe of correftion, or his 

 fervants, or by a conftable, as they fhall think proper ; and 

 they may make an order, that all conftables, to whom 

 rogues and vagabonds brought from another county are de- 

 livered, (hall forthwith convey them to the n'jareft houfe of 

 correftion or within their liberty, to be afterwards removed 

 by fuch mafter or his fervants as aforefaid, and according to 

 the provifions of the aforefaid aft. 32 Geo. III. c. 45. 



The pafllng of vagrants may be fufpended on account of 

 ficknefs by 35 Geo. III. c. loi. 



By 49 Geo. III. c. 124. it is enafted, that in all cafes 

 whenever the execution of any order of removal, or of 

 any vagrant-pafs, fhall be fufpended by virtue of the 

 35 Geo. III. c. loi. any other juftice of the peace of the 

 county, or other jurifdiftion within which fuch removal or 

 pafs fhall be made, may direft and order the fame to be 

 executed, and the charges incurred to be paid, and may 

 carry into execution any fuch amended orders, as fully as 

 the fame can be done by the juftices who fhall make the 

 order of removal, or the juftice who fhall grant the pafs. 



Any juftice before whom a vagrant fhall be carried may 

 order him to be ftarched, and his bundles to be infpefted, 

 by the conftable or other officer in his prefence ; and if it 

 fhall appear that fuch vagrant fhall be found to have fufB- 

 cient wherewithal to pay for his paffage, either in whole or 

 in part, the juftice fhall order fo much of the money to be 

 paid, or other effefts found upon fuch vagrant to be fold, 

 and employed towards the expence of taking up and 

 paffing fuch vagrant, returning the overplus, after dedufting 

 the charges of fuch fale. 17 Geo. II. c. 5. 



The juftices in feffions fhall limit what rates and allow- 

 ances, by the mile or otherwife, fhall be made for con- 

 veying or maintaining rogues, vagabonds, or incorrigible 

 rogues ; and make fuch other orders for the more re- 

 gular proceeding therein, as they ftiall think proper. 

 32 Geo. III. c. 45. 



If any petty conftable or governor of any houfe of cor- 

 reftion ftiall counterfeit any fuch certificate or receipt, or 

 knowingly permit any alteration to be made therein, he 

 (hall forfeit 50/. And if he fhall not convey or caufe to 

 be conveyed fuch vagrants, or not deliver them to the 

 proper perfon ; or if any conftable fhall refufe to receive any 

 fuch perfon, or to give fuch receipt, he ftiall forfeit 20/. by 

 diftrefs and fale, by warrant of the juftices in feffions, 

 where the offence ftiall be committed ; half to the informer, 

 and half to the treafurer, to be appUed by him as part of 

 the public ftock ; returning the overplus upon demand, 

 charges of diftrefs being firft fatisfied. 17 Geo. II. c. 5. 



The parifti or place to which any rogue, vagabond, or 

 incorrigible rogue, fliall be conveyed, ftiall employ in work, 

 or place in fome work-houfe or alms-houfe, the perfon fo 

 conveyed, until he ftiall betake himfelf to fome fervice or 

 other employment ; and if he fhall refufe to work, or not 

 betake himfelf to fome fervice or other empluvment, the 

 overfeers may caufe him to be carried to fome jul'lice, to be 

 fent to the houfe of correftion, there to be kept to hard 

 labour. 17 Geo. II. c. 5. 



But if the churchwarden, or other perfon who fhall re- 

 ceive any perfon fo fent, fhall think the examination to be 



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falfe, he may carry the perfon fo fent before a juftkc, who, 

 if he fee caufe, may commit fuch perfon to the houfe of 

 correftion till the next feffions ; and the juftices there, if 

 they fee caufe, may deal with fuch perfon as an incorrigible 

 rogue : but the perfon fo fent fhall not be removed from 

 the place to which fent, but by order of two juftices, in the 

 fame manner as other poor perfons are removed to the place 

 of their fettlement. 



If any perfon fhall knowingly permit any rogue, vaga- 

 bond, or incorrigible rogue, to lodge or take fhelter in his 

 houfe, barn, or other out-houfe or building, and ftiall not 

 apprehend and carry him before a juftice, or give notice to 

 the conftable fo to do ; and (hall be convifted thereof by 

 confeffion, or oath of one witnefs, before one juilice, he 

 fhall forfeit not exceeding 40J. nor lefs than ioj-., half to 

 the informer, and half to the poor, by diftrefs and fale ; 

 and if any charge fhall be brought on any parifh or place by 

 means of fuch offence, the fame fhall be anfwered to the faid 

 parifh or place by fuch offender, and be levied by diftrefs 

 and fale of his goods as aforefaid. And if fufficient dif- 

 trefs cannot be found, fuch offender fhall be committed to 

 the houfe of correftion by the juftice, for any time not ex- 

 ceeding one month. 17 Geo. II. c. 5. 



To defray the expences of apprehending, conveying, and 

 maintaining rogues, vagabonds, and incorrigible rogues, and 

 defraying all other expences neceflary for the execution of 

 this aft not hereinbefore provided for, the juftices in feffions 

 may caufe fuch fums as fhall be neceffary to be raifed in the 

 fame manner as the general county rate. 



Any perfon aggrieved by any aft of any juftice out of 

 feflions, in or concerning the execution of this aft, may 

 appeal to the next general or quarter-feflions of the county, 

 riding, liberty, or divifion, giving reafonable notice thereof; 

 whofe order thereupon fhall be final. 



Perfons fued for any thing done in the execution of this 

 aft may plead the general iffue ; and if they recover, fhall 

 have treble cofts. 



In all cities and towns, where by virtue of fpecial afts of 

 parliament the charge of paffing vagrants is to be defrayed 

 in other manner than is by this aft direfted, or where fuch 

 vagrants, by virtue of fpecial ftatutes, are to be apprehended 

 and conveyed by any perfon or officer, other than thofe 

 named in this aft, the fame fhall not be altered hereby. 

 And perfons conveyed in London, fhall not be delivered in 

 any other precinft within the city, but in the next county. 

 17 Geo. II. c. 5. 



VAGAI, in Geography, a river of Rulfia, which runs into 

 the Irtifch, 8 miles S.E. of Tobolfjc. 



VAGAL, in Ancient Geography, a town of Africa, in 

 Maui-itania Csefaricnfis, on the route from Rufucurrum to 

 Catama, between Gadaum Caftra and Caftellum Tingitanum, 

 according to the Itinerary of Antonine. 



VAGENI, Bageni, or Fagknni, a people of Italy, in 

 Liguria, towards the fources of the river Eridanus, accord- 

 ing to Sihus Italicus. Pliny calls them Vagienni Ligures. 



VAGERA, in Geography, a town of Arabia, in the pro- 

 vince of Nedsjed ; 90 miles N.E. of Mecca. 



VAGESA, in Mythology, a name of the Hindoo god 

 Siva. He is alfo called Vagefwara, or the lord Vagefa ; 

 fometimes pronounced Bagis, and Bagifwar. His confort 

 Parvati, as his energy or fakti, is named Vagefwari. (See 

 Parvati and Siva.) In the latter article, it will be feen 

 that fome etymologifts, from this limilarity of name, flrcngth- 

 ened by other charafteriftic coincidences, conceive Bagcfa 

 and Bacchus to be names of the fame perfon. 



VAGESWARA, a name of the Hindoo god Siva; 

 meaning the lord Vsgefa, as noticed under that article. 



VAGINA, 



