Resolved that the Silver Mallet presented to the Justices of the peace
for this County by his Grace the Duke of Northumberland,
be careful [..]
preserved for the use of the Chairman of the Sessions of the Peace
for
County, for the time being as a Hammer or Instrument for the pu [..]
of keeping Order; and that the said Mallet be delivered to the
Housekeeper accordingly
Resolved unanimously that the Thanks of the Court be given to [..]
Grace the Duke of Northumberland
for the very great honour his
Grace did the Justices of the Peace
for this County in laying the
first stone of their intended New Session House, and also for his
polite and obliging present of the Silver Mallet with which his
Grace performed the Ceremony
Resolved that the Clerk of the Peace
do wait upon his Grace
the Duke of Northumberland with the above Vote
of Thanks
By adjournment same day
The following Minutes of a Meeting of his Majestys Justices
of the Peace
for the Counties of Surrey
and Middlesex
in order
to confer upon the utility and expediency of erecting a New Bridge
in lieu of the present County Bridge known by the name of
Chertsey Bridge
being laid before the Court. Vizt.