after the Sessions (& some not at all) & the Memorundums therein made from loose Scraps
instead of being imediately Minuted, as the Business proceeded in CourtHow then could
Mr. Jefferson with an Propriety make up & deliver this Estreat upon Oath; We therefore
signified his Doubts & difficulty in Court & observed it was necessary the Parties should be
previously warnedTo this it was thrown out (by Baron Perrott) that the Warning of them was
asinister Application for the Sake of Fees without considering the Expediency of it in the least
which will fully appear in the schedule herewith left

Besides the Objection to Mr. Jefferson's returning the Estreat of Mr. Waller's Time
there are divers others; to mention a few, Mr. Jefferson who has been his Deputy in quitting that
Employment had effectually discharged himself of all Obligations of that Sort, & his
undertaking to execute it again at a distant at a distant Time under Mr. Butler does not reconnect him with
Mr. Waller or his Office, Therefore' tis submitted that either Mr. Waller as the late Officer, or Mr. Butler
as the present, was the [..] Person to be called upon foreturn that Estreat as being A mercible
or Amenable to the Court within the Provision of the Law, And then the Question might which of
them. And to decide that it was urged on the Part of Mr. Waller that the Clerk of the Peace for
the time being (not that there's any such Description found in the Books) was the Person;
& he was Mr. Butler, We say No, The Clerk of the Peace who transacted the Business & made
the Minutes & Entries, is the Clerk of the Peace for the Time being, Altho' he were displaced
at the Time appointed for the returnd. And with that Idea corresponds Mr. Wells Opinion
& the Sheriffs Application.

It was thrown out or insinuated by Mr. Waller, that he had been turned out shortly
before the Time of Licensing; which is looked upon as a benneficial Article to the Office
And also to Make Jefferson a better Place of it vizt. to double his Salary.

If it were necessary to clear up these Matters, the Fees of Licensing do not make a
Penny difference in Jefferson's Favour, but far otherwise for the making the Register
thereof, a very long & laborious Business fell upon hisBusinessClerks at an Expence to him
of 40sh: P Week & besides Mr. Waller by hisrightcontending for the right to them (through
those Fees become Payable to the Clerk of the Peace for the making out the Register for the
Year following which was done by Mr. Jefferson as Mr. Butler's Deputy yet) either recd,
several of them or hindred Mr. Butler from the Receipt thereofAnd as to Mr. Jefferson's
double Salary, Mr: Waller allowed him £:100 & Fees called Deputys or Clerks Fees together
with £20: for Office Rent, Coals, Candles & Laundress (which he before found for his former
Deputies) & £7: or £8: for stationary Etc & twelve Guineas for the Estreat besides other
annual Expences (all which was little enough) And now on Mr. Butler's Accession Mr.
Jefferson receives the Deputies Fees or Clks, £200. for Salary but has no Allowance for
Office Rent Fire Candle & Stationary so that all Thing considered tis so far from double
Mr. Wallers's Allowance, that tisnot possibleg not £10: more, And yet is as much as Jefferson
himself desired of Mr: ButlerBesides had it not been & expedient to have the Office
supplied with a Deputy who had been Conversant in the Duties & with the Justices
Inclinations as well as Mr. Butler's Jefferson would have rested contented without the
Place having sufficiently experienc'd the Toil & Vexation of it

Waiving the foregoing Objections Mr. Jefferson to shew his Obedience to the Courts
Injunction imediately set about this difficult Tavk (tho' pressed much with differentAvocations