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To the Worshipfull His Majestys
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Justices of the Peace
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for the City and Liberty of
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in the
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in their Christmas Quarter Session Assembled
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The Humble Petition of
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George Smith
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Governor
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or Master of the
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Tothill Fields
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Sheweth
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That your Petitioner was by an Order of the General Quarter Session of the
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Peace for the said City and Liberty appointed by your Worships to the keeping
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of the said
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That the Sum of Fifty pounds Per Annum has been constantly received by
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your Petitioners predecessors from the several Parishes in the said City and
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Liberty until the Act of Parliament made in the Twelfth year of the Reign of
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His late Majesty King George the Second Intituled an Act for the more Easy
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Assessing Collecting and levying of County rates Whereby it was among
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other things Enacted that the
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for the said City and Liberty
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shall have the full power to Appoint the Governor or Master of the said
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who should have the like Sum of Money yearly as had
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been accustomed for and towards the support and maintenance of the
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Prisoners in his Custody who should be sick and unable to Work not
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Exceeding the then Allowance of Fifty pounds by the year And the
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of the
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is required to Obey all Orders which shall be
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made by the
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of the said City and Liberty or the greater
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part of them Assembled in their General Quarter Session, for the payment
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of any Sum or Sums of Money for the Allowance Allotted to such Governor
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or Master of the said
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That there hath not been any Sum Allowed or Allotted for the Support
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or Maintenance of such poor Prisoners (Except the Allowances from
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) since Midsummer last And that there is now due for the
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same to Christmas last the Sum of Twenty and Five pounds
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Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays your Worships
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to Order Mr. Jefferson the Treasurer of the
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to pay to your Petitioner the said Sum of Twenty and Five
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pounds for the purposes aforesaid.
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And your Petitioner shall ever pray Etc
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G Smith
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