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<p n="1967">February 1762.</p>
<p n="1968">A Motion was made that this Court do disagree with the Committee in the<lb></lb>
following part of the Report Vizt. "And it further appearing to Your<lb></lb>
Committee that more <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55607_occ838">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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for this County do usually<lb></lb>
attend the Sessions since the date of the last Commission of the Peace<lb></lb>
for this County than did before that upon an Average Forty six different<lb></lb>
Justices are present at each Session of which number more than Twenty<lb></lb>
three daily attend that since the allowance heretofore made to Twenty<lb></lb>
four Justices the Price of all worth of Viands have greatly increased<lb></lb>
it is and it also appearing by the Examination of Mr. Hall the House Keeper<lb></lb>
at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55607_geo1714">Hicks Hall</rs>
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that since he has been in Office though he cannot take upon<lb></lb>
himself to say he has been out of Pocket by providing the Dinners for<lb></lb>
his Majestys Justices of the Peace each day of the Session for the<lb></lb>
allowance made to Twenty four Justices and the Clerk of the Peace yet<lb></lb>
he has not Reaped any Emolument thereby and has great reason to<lb></lb>
apprehend form the Daily increase of Magistrates that he shall soon be<lb></lb>
a looser."</p>
<p n="1969">and the Question being put it passed in the Affirmative</p>
<p n="1970">A Motion was then made that the following Words Vizt. And it<lb></lb>
"further appearing to the Committee that the Number of Justices<lb></lb>
"attending the Sessions of the Peace for this County is greatly<lb></lb>
"increased since the Year 1691 the tone when the allowance for<lb></lb>
"Twenty four Justices was granted" be inserted in the said<lb></lb>
Report in the place of the words left out under the above resolution<lb></lb>
and the Question being put it passed in the affirmative</p>
<p n="1971">A Motion was now madethat the word Twelve in the last<lb></lb>
paragraph of the said Report stand part of the said Report and<lb></lb>
the Question being put it passed in the Negative.</p>
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