9th December 1773

The great inconveniency and want of Room so much complained of by
several of the Magistrates have likewise been considered by the Committee and it
appears to them that they arise from an improper distribution in the forming
of the several parts of the present Building whereby too great a Share of the
Business in Necessarily confined to the Ground Floor and too Small a part to the
upper Floor

The Committee therefore think it expedient that the present Court
Room should be moved and the whole of the Ground Floor allotted to the
Business of the Grand Jury, Witnesses, Clerk of Indictments, Record Office,
Bail Docks Etc. Etc. And the upper Floor should contain the Court Room
where the Magistrates are to sit, and accomodations for all such Persons
whose Business is immediately before the Court.

And Whereas in the present State of the Building it is difficult to
get to the Court and the Magistrates are under the Necessity of passing through
the Groud to get to one side of the Bench, it is thought expedient by the Committee
that necessary Stair Cases should be continued in proper places, that there should
be a particular Entrance for the Magistrates and a convenient passage made
for going therefrom to the Bench on either Side of the Chair.

The Committee not willing to Trespass on the Time of the Court
by a longer Narrative of Particulars Ordered Plans and written Description
of the whole to be made out by Mr Rogers which they have annexed hereto
and Recommend to the Court as the most proper method of Effectuating the
Business committed to their Charge. The whole Expence deducting the Value of
the Materials of the present Building will not exceed £3600 and it is hoped will
be less

The Committee thought it adviseable to give Public Notice by Advertisemt
to the Justices of this County that the Report on this Business would be made on
this day.

Sign'd Charles Dodd< no role >