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These Merchants are rated to the Poor's
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Rate, which they refuse to pay alledging
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they are Inmates only and not Liable.
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Under the Circumstances of this Case
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your Opinion therefore is desired.
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Whether these three Merchants and
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Partners are Inhabitants or In mates only.
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If Inhabitants and liable to pay what Remedies
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and Powers have the Parish by Law to recover
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and in force the Payment of this Rates. And
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what Method would you advise the Church Wardens
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to take for that Purposes.
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Where an Houses so divided that one part has no
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communication with the other & has separate
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doors, the Occupier of each Part is severally
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ratable to the Poor during such separation &
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subject to service Parochial Offices. But in the
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present Case this Houses is to be considered
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only as one Entire Tenemt, & the Merchts Inhabit
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ing therein merely as Inmates, & so not Liable
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to the Poor's rate Etc for if the Lair was otherwise
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every Man that had a Lodging might be rated,
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which he certainly cannot be and the Nature
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of these Persons business does not make them
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Subject to the Penalty influted by any of the
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By Laws of the City
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Th. Nugent
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Guild hall
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Apr. 14th 1759
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