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Mr. Vickery having been summoned to appear before the
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of the Ward of Vintry
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who pleaded a similar Exemption attended when the following Proceedings
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Clark Mayor.
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Tuesday the
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and in the
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Twenty fifth Year of the Reign of King George the
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Third of Great Britain Etc.
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This Day
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being convened before this
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for the said Wards to which they were elected on Saint Thomas's
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Day last attended as also Mr. Deputy Wilson and Mr. Pickwood Common
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pleaded that they were not eligible to the said
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Office being Citizens and Barbers of London and exempted therefrom by an
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Act of Parliament of the Eighteenth of his late Majesty King George the 2d.
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for making the Surgeons of London and the Barbers of London two seperate
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and distinct Corporations and the two Clauses in the said Act being read
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and they producing a Case with the Opinion of Council thereon This
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Court doth refer it to Mr. Recorder and Mr. Common Serjeant to consider
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thereof and report their Opinion thereon to this Court.
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Rix
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The Case & Opinions above
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referred to are herewith left
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No: 1 & 2}
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In Compliance with the Direction of the Court the Solicitor prepared
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a Case and obtained the Opinions of the Recorder & Common Serjeant thereon
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Mr. Recorder's
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I am of Opinion that the Exemption now claim'd by the
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is not warranted by Law The Terms of the Charter do not extend to it
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the Act of Parliament grants no new Priviledge and under the Circumstances
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the Usage appears to me decisive against the Claim.
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J. Adair.
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I agree entirely with the above Opinion.
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