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<head>TURNP. A. Procedure. New. | <head>1</head> | ||
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<p>So <add>Thus</add> oft hath the Legislature by force of ill consider'd<lb/> | <p>So <add>Thus</add> oft hath the Legislature by force of ill consider'd<lb/> | ||
bounties, father'd those hands it meant to put in<lb/> | bounties, father'd those hands it meant to put in<lb/> | ||
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<p>At any rate it must be admitted that <del>these</del> <add>the</add><lb/> | <p>At any rate it must be admitted that <del>these</del> <add>the</add><lb/> | ||
<del><sic>Burthens</sic> <add>are</add> often rest on so | <del><sic>Burthens</sic> <add>are</add> often rest on so | ||
<gap/> <gap/> <add>small a</add></del> number of persons<lb/> | |||
on whom these <sic>burthens</sic> rest is often-times so small<lb/> | on whom these <sic>burthens</sic> rest is often-times so small<lb/> | ||
that the proportion <del>of the same</del> <add>which devolves</add> upon each of a <lb/> | that the proportion <del>of the same</del> <add>which devolves</add> upon each of a <lb/> | ||
sum given in case of those <sic>burthens</sic> becomes<lb/> | sum given in case of those <sic>burthens</sic> becomes<lb/> | ||
a palpable object.</p> | a palpable object. <note>These penalties thus loosely appropriated are not always brought to account</note></p> | ||
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<p>At the same time it ought not to be dissembled,<lb/> | |||
that the bias towards untruth is not so great as<lb/> | |||
at first sight it may appear: <note><gap/> of this <unclear>interest</unclear> consider'd as a <unclear>motive</unclear> to untruth</note> for in exact proportion<lb/> | |||
as the temptation becomes great <add>increases</add> in itself, the<lb/> | |||
presumption of it's influence decreases:<lb/> | |||
<note>for it is the ratio <add>always</add> of a sum <add><unclear>equitable</unclear></add> to a man's actual property & not it's absolute amount that is the measure of it's influence on him</note> for £5 is not more to a man who has a thousand<lb/> | |||
a year than <del><unclear>40</unclear></del> <unclear>10'</unclear> is to one who has but an<lb/> | |||
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acquainted with the other, both of them <unclear><sic>physicall</sic></unclear> able to <gap/><lb/> | |||
the offender or offenders if there are several,<lb/> | |||
& each of them acquainted <add>apprized of</add> | |||
<gap/> therefore propose a general Law whereby all | |||
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1 TURNP. A. Procedure. New.
So Thus oft hath the Legislature by force of ill consider'd
bounties, father'd those hands it meant to put in
motion.
I know it is not unexampled and I believe, it is
not very uncommon, for one man, occupying the
whole Parish, to be charged with the whole burthen
of the maintenance of the Poor: of that fund on which the maintenance of the Poor is charged In this case
& therefore to the entire profit we see the interest is as strong and as entire, as if
the penalty had been given to the Witness.
It often happens The same may be said with regard to the
Roads.
At any rate it must be admitted that these the
Burthens are often rest on so
small a number of persons
on whom these burthens rest is often-times so small
that the proportion of the same which devolves upon each of a
sum given in case of those burthens becomes
a palpable object. These penalties thus loosely appropriated are not always brought to account
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At the same time it ought not to be dissembled,
that the bias towards untruth is not so great as
at first sight it may appear: of this interest consider'd as a motive to untruth for in exact proportion
as the temptation becomes great increases in itself, the
presumption of it's influence decreases:
for it is the ratio always of a sum equitable to a man's actual property & not it's absolute amount that is the measure of it's influence on him for £5 is not more to a man who has a thousand
a year than 40 10' is to one who has but an
hundred.
acquainted with the other, both of them physicall able to
the offender or offenders if there are several,
& each of them acquainted apprized of
therefore propose a general Law whereby all
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