the Year 1756 it was referred to a Committee to see what further should be
done in regard of the Haymarket
but from that time there appears no orders
in the Books either concerning the determination of the said Committee
or in anywise relative to the Haymarket
Articles of Agreement however
seem them to have been Entered into by the Committee of Justices with one
John Wilkins< no role >
a Paviour his Executors Administrators and Assigns
a Copy whereof is hereunto annexed whereby £100 a Year is allowed
him for the Term of 21 Years in consideration of his Paving and
repairing the said Haymarket
and it is agreed that if a larger Sum
should be annually collected by the said Toll than the aforesaid £100
and An Allowance of 4s/ in the Pound for collecting the same then the
said Wilkins was to pay the Overplus at the End of his Term to the
Justices which Term will expire on Lady day 1777 and under these
Articles of Agreement the Haymarket
has from that time past been paved
and Repaired
That it appears to this Committee said Wilkins is dead
and that the said Agreement are now Executed by Mr. William Davis< no role >
the Executor of the said John Wilkins< no role >
That the Committee have obtained from Mr. Weaver
the Collector an Account of all Monies by him received and distributed
out of the Toll of the Haymarket
Vizt. from January 1756 to April 1773
which account is likewise hereto annexed
That it appears to the Committee Mr. Weaver has four
Shillings in the Pound for collecting the Toll of the Haymarket
under
the 8th & 9th of William the Third and that he has also the advantages of
the Toll under the 31st. of George the 2d. both which Tolls are collected at
the same time
The Committee further Report That upon
the Examination of Mr. Davis the Executor of the late Contractor for
paving and Repairing the Haymarket
he acknowledges a balance