October 1787

Whereupon a Motion was made that the said John
Jagger is duly Elected Surveyor or Supervisor of the Parish of
St Luke Old Street and the Liberty of Glass House Yard in this
County to see the Rules and regulations contained in the act of Parliament made in the fourteenth Year of the Reign
of His present Majesty for the better Regulation of Buildings
and party Walls well and truly observed during the will and
pleasure of the Court pursuant to the said Act which being agreed
to Resolved that the said John Jagger< no role > is duly Elected Surveyor
or Supervisor of the said District under the said Act of Parliament
And then the said John Jagger< no role > was called in and acquainted with
his Election and took the Oath directed by the said Act for the true
and Impartial Execution of the said Office.

It being Stated to the Court by Sir Robert Taylor< no role > That the
Certificates and Affidavits of the Surveyors of the several Districts in
this County of their having duly Surveyed Buildings and Party Walls
were not regularly filed with the Clerk of the peace for this County as
directed by the Act of Parliament of the 14th. Year of the Reign of His
present Majesty for the better Regulation of Buildings and party Walls

Resolved that a Committee be appointed to inquire into the same
and also whether the Duty of the Surveyors for this County hath
been and is duly executed agreeably to the directions contained in
the said Act of Parliament and that Sir Robert Taylor< no role > Knight ;
William Bleamire< no role > , Nathaniel Conant< no role > , Thomas Gordon< no role > , James Croft< no role > ,
Henry Holland< no role > , Edward Gray< no role > , William Hyde< no role > , James Paine< no role > and
Thomas Collins< no role > Esquires and such other Magistrates as may think
proper to attend or any three of them be such Committee.

By adjournment same day

The Clerk of the Peace informed the Court That in pursuance
of the Advertisemts. inserted in the Publick News Papers for that purpose
he had received several proposals Sealed up from persons willing to
contract for Work to be done in building the intended House of
Correction for this County-Ordered that the said Proposals be received
and opened.