Middlesex

At the General Quarter Session of the
Peace of our Lord the King holden in and for
the County of Middlesex at Hicks Hall in Saint
John Street by adjournment on Thursday the
Eleventh day of July in the Sixteenth Year of the
reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third King
of Great Britain Etc.

The Chairman said before the CourtAn Act of Parliament lately passed
intituled An Act to authorise for a Limited time the Punishment by
hard Labour of Offenders who for certain Crimes are or shall become
liable to be Transported to any of his Majesty's Colonies or Plantations
being laid before this Court and the same being read and it appearing that the Justices of the
Peace for the County of Middlesex at their Quarter or other General
Sessions of the Peace are directed by the said Act to appoint an overseer
or Overseers to take the Management and direction of such Persons
who under the Authority of the said Act shall be punished by being
kept to hard Labour in the raising Sand Soil and Gravel from and
cleansing the River Thames or any other Service for the benefit of
the Navigation of the said RiverandThe Chairman recommended Mr. Duncan
Campbell< no role > of the City of London Merchant as a fit and proper Person to
be appointedone of thean Overseer [..] under the said Act. Mr. Campbell
attending was called in and being asked what he had to propose to
the Court he offered himself to the approbation of the Justices and
solicited to be appointedone of thean Overseer [..] under the said Act and being
also asked whether if he were appointed he should or would look to or
expect from the County of Middlesex any part of the Expence that may
attend the Execution of the Office in any respect whatever or should or would
make any Claim hereafter upon the County or Their Treasury for or
in respect of the same Mr. Campbell said that he only looked to the
Justices for an Meer appointment and not that they or the County Treasurer
were to defray any part of the Expences attending the execution of
the Office of Overseer under the said Act he having contracted with By [..] appointment in all respect to the expences wh. may attending the execution of the Office and that if he were
appointedthathe should not nor would at any time hereafter
apply to or claim of the Justices of the peace for the County of Middlesex
or the Treasurer for the said County any Sum or Sums of Money
that might be paid or Expended by him in the Execution of the said office
of Overseer in any respect whatsoever Whereupon Mr.
Campbell being desired to withdraw it was moved and Seconded
that this Court do appoint the said Duncan Campbell< no role > [..]
an Overseer [..] under the said Act of Parliament and the same being [..]
unanimously agreed to [..] Whereupon Mr. Campbell being called
in he was acquainted with this resolution of the Court and
accepted of the Appointment [ButIt being observed that there