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the name of constable’s deputy shall be returned to vestry,
and if disapproved, vestry shall appoint one.
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V. And whereas persons chosen into the office of constable are some times permitted to execute the same by deputies, which deputies are often unfit for so great a trust: be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That every constable so chosen, who shall desire to act by a deputy, shall return the name of such deputy to the parish in vestry assembled, who may approve or disapprove of the same, and if the person so returned shall be disapproved, the vestry shall nominate and appoint a deputy-constable at their discretion.
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