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P adjorn die Martis
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27o. die Augusti 1723
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Upon reading the humbe Petition of
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in this County exhibited
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unto this Court setting forth that one of the main brick
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Walls in the said prison is so very ruinous and in danger
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of falling that not only the persons passing by the
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same daily to the house of the said prison go in great
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danger of their lives, but the prisoners there who usually
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inevitably make their escapes, And that the Inner
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therefore praying that the same may be viewed by
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such a Comittee as this Court shall appoint that the
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thought fit and Ordered by this Court that it be And
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it is hereby recomended and referred unto
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William
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for this County or
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any three or more of them to take a view of the said
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prison, and to see if the same or any and what part
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thereof is out of repair, and if any and what repairs
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are wanting and necessary to be done thereto, And to
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take to their Assistance such able Workman or Workmen
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as they shall think fit, and to make an estimate of
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what it will cost to repair the same, And to make a
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Report of the Matters aforesaid unto this Court.
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