St Clement Danes Parish:
Minutes of Parish Vestries
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23rd December 1760 - 14th September 1767

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Image 337 of 39726th December 1766


Decr. 26th. 1766, Continued

Ordered that the Vestry Clerk provide several
of the Acts of Parliament for Establishing a regular
and Nightly Watch and for Maintaining Regulating
and Employing the Poor within this Parish and
make Marginal Notes therein and wait on [..] sevl.
Gentlemen of the Law resident in this Parish with
the same to beg the favor of them to peruse it and make
such Amendments therein as to them shall seem
necessary.

Resolved and Agreed that a Committee of the following
Persons Vizt. the Churchwardens Mr. Heath Mr. Bird
and Mr. Rainforth be appointed to wait on the Member
in Parliament for Middlesex and Westminster
together with Mr. Blackstone and Mr. Barrow
Members resident in this Parish to desire their
Interest in procuring an Amendment of the above
mentioned Act.

Ordered that the Scavengers Books 1766,
be made out forthwith in order to consider what
Rate will be necessary to defray the Charge of
cleansing such parts of this Parish as are not at
present under the Jurisdiction of the Commissioners
for paving &c.




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