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without any previous Order of the Board to justify the same
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The Clerk being examined hereupon alledged that Messen
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had altered the warrants after they were delivered. The
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Messenger as firmly denied it so that Your Committee must
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leave it to be decided by this Court observing only that between
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the two the parishes have been drawn in to pay a years rate in
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their wrong. Your Committee therefore though it necessary
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to require of the Treasurer of the Trophy money to give them
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an account of what money he had reced as Treasurer who after
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much pressing was at last prevailed upon to send them the
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annext account which confirmed their suspicion for he there
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charges himself to have reced for the year 1720 the Sum of
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£127:18s:7d: and for the year 1721 the Sum of £144:13s:6½d
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New if by the years 1720 and 1721 is to be understood the
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years begining at Midsummer 1720 and Midsummer 1721
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then the first Sum of £127:18s:17d was unwarrantably reced
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if by the year 1720 and 1721 is to be understood the years
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ending Midsummer 1720 and Midsummer 1721 then the last
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Sum of £144:13s:6½d was unwarrantably reced and one or
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other of them ought to be charged to his Debet which is not done
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in his Account brought to be passed by this Court. The
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Treasurer being sumoned to solve this difficulty appeared
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and told your Committee that by the year 1721 in his account
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was meant the year ending Midsummer 1722 and said the
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mistake was occasioned by the Collectors themselves who
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desiring receipts for the year 1721 He (not having notice that
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no Trophy money was ordered to be assess'd that year) gave
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them receipts accordingly. Which was a gross neglect in those
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who should have appriz'd him thereof and has made it
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difficult for your Committee to direct how the severall
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parishes who have paid their money upon such wrong
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receipts shall be made sensible that nothing is due from
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them for any time before Midsummer 1722 The warrants
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now out being for a year ending Midsummer 1722 which
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is a different year from what they have already paid for
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and consequently they are liable to pay the same unless
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care be taken to the Contrary. Your Committee cannot
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leave this head without an observation which they think
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very extraordinary Viz: that not withstanding the great
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encrease of building lately made in the parishes adjacent
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to the
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and suburbs The proportion payable
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