Your Comittee take the Liberty in this place to
informe the Court that Mr.Hatchett hath been
high Constable of part of Spelthorne Hundred for
severall Years, & hath received severall Sumes of
Money out of the Rates for Maimed Soldiers Goales
and Vagrants, particularly £5.17s.0d each Year from
1717 inclusive on accot. of Maimed Soldiers of wch.
no accot. hath been rendred and he being very Lame
and unable to Travell could not attend us, and the
there hath been an order made for his accounting
in Petty Sessions Yet it does not appear that any
thing was done thereupon nor can your Comittee
propose any other method to bring him to accot.
Unless some of the Gentlemen in the Comission in
that part of the County will give themselves the
trouble to send for him to their speciall Sessions
Or if he be so Lame as not to be able to Shi
from home, to goe to his House and take his Accots.
there and this is the more necessary if some
Reports are to be Credited Concerning his
Circumstances. And in taking his accots. Wee
believe it will be necessary to goe back to the
beginning of his being appointed high Constable
and to Charge him with all the Rates within
his Collection.

Bridges

The Rates for repaires of the County Bridges are
also within our Inquiry, but we cannot find that
any such Rate has been made since the Year 1713
which we presume have been long since accounted
for, and therefore We have only to Observe on the
Laws no in force, That by 1mo. Anne (18. wch. is
the principall Statute power is given to the general
or quarter Sessions to made a Rate and assess the
severall parishes in proportion as they have been
usually Assessed towards Repaires of Bridges
That the Rate is to be Collected by the Constable or
others as Sessions shall appoint who hath power