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February 1762.
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A Motion was made that this Court do disagree with the Committee in the
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following part of the Report Vizt. "And it further appearing to Your
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Committee that more
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for this County do usually
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attend the Sessions since the date of the last Commission of the Peace
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for this County than did before that upon an Average Forty six different
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Justices are present at each Session of which number more than Twenty
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three daily attend that since the allowance heretofore made to Twenty
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four Justices the Price of all worth of Viands have greatly increased
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it is and it also appearing by the Examination of Mr. Hall the House Keeper
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at
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Hicks Hall
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that since he has been in Office though he cannot take upon
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himself to say he has been out of Pocket by providing the Dinners for
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his Majestys Justices of the Peace each day of the Session for the
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allowance made to Twenty four Justices and the Clerk of the Peace yet
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he has not Reaped any Emolument thereby and has great reason to
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apprehend form the Daily increase of Magistrates that he shall soon be
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a looser."
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and the Question being put it passed in the Affirmative
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A Motion was then made that the following Words Vizt. And it
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"further appearing to the Committee that the Number of Justices
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"attending the Sessions of the Peace for this County is greatly
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"increased since the Year 1691 the tone when the allowance for
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"Twenty four Justices was granted" be inserted in the said
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Report in the place of the words left out under the above resolution
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and the Question being put it passed in the affirmative
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A Motion was now madethat the word Twelve in the last
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paragraph of the said Report stand part of the said Report and
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the Question being put it passed in the Negative.
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