ThreeTwoof his Majesty's Justs.
of the peace added of the
above Commee}
Resolved that Sir Sampson Wright< no role >
Knight Sr. Robert Taylor< no role >
Knight
and John Barnfather< no role >
Esquire
three of His Majesty's Justices of the
Peace
for this County be of the above Committee
By adjournment same day
Order requisting High
constables strictly to
levy the County rate}
It appearing unto this court by the Examination of several of the High
Constables of and for this County that they have duly made demand of
such Sums of Money as by an Order of the Court of Quarter Session for this
County made in the month of April last under and by virtue of an act of
Parliament made and passed in the Twelfth year of the Reign of his late
Majesty King George the Second entitled "An Act for the more Easy
"Assessing Collecting and Levying County Rates" they were required to levy
within their respective Divisions but that the said Sums of Money have
not yet been paid unto them and great inconveniencies arising thereof from It
is Ordered that the High Constables of the respective Hundreds and
Divisions within this County do forthwith on sight hereof demand in
Writing of the Churchwardens and Overseers of the poor or other proper
persons of the parishes and places within their respective Hundreds or
Divisions such Sum and Sums of money as has been respectively assigned
upon such parish or place by virtue of the said Order of his Majesty's Justices
in their General Quarter Session of the Peace holden in the month of april
last assembled and in case such Churchwardens and Overseers of the poor
or any of them shall neglect or refuse to pay such Sum and Sums
of Money so assessed as aforesaid such High Constable do levy the same
by distress and sale of the Goods and Chands of such Churchwardens and
Overseers or either of them so refusing or neglecting to pay the same as
aforesaidaccording to the directions in the said Act contained
By adjournment same day
Proceedings relative to
the Report of the Commee
appd. to take into Considn.
the Building a New
House of Correction
for
this County.
The Order of the day being called for vizt. To lake into further Consideration
"the Report from the Committee appointed in February Session last to take