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To his Majties: Justices of the Peace for the County
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of
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in their General Quarter Sessions Assembled
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Report of the
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Comittee
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touching the
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Accounts of the
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Oct Sessions
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1723}
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In pursuance of the Order hereunto annexed made at
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the General Quarter Sessions held the 18 of January 1722.
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Whereby it was referr'd to several Justices therein named,
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or any three or more of them to Examine and Settle the
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Accounts of the Several Treasurers High Constables, and all
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other Persons accountable to the Sessions Wee whose Names
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are Subscribed beingof the said Justices & Referrees
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having met together several times & proceeded as far as
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wee were Capable in the Matters referred to us, have Agreed
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upon the following Report, as the result of our Inquiries,
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Wee beg leave to begin with observing That all the Rates
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Rents & Collects Subject to the Inquiry of Sessions & accountable
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therein consist in the following particulars Vizt. The County Estate
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& Rents, Maimed Soldiers & Mariners Marshalsea Kings
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Bench & Hospitals House of Correction Vagrants, Bridges
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, Colt money & Robberies And that of these the
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County Rents
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& Colt money are reced by the Clerk of the peace
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Maimed Soldiers & Mariners Bridges
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& House
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of Correction by Treasurers appointed by the Sessions who are
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generally Justices, Marshalsea Kings Bench & Hospitalls &
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Vagrants by Treasurers who are Generally High Constables
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and Robberies by a particular Justice or Justices of the
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Hundred where the Robberies are Committed.
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No. (1)
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No.
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Sever
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repe
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In Order to lay before you the Account of the County
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Rents, Wee directed the Clerk of the peace to draw up a
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particular of all the Estate belonging to the County wch. haveing
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reced accordingly from him, is annexed to this our Report,
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that it may be preserved for the Information & use of the Justices
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And having on this occasion inspected the Originall Grants from
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King James the 1st. of
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, & of the Ground where on New
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Prison,
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are built, Wee find that
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was built & given to the Justices by Sr. Baptist Hicks,
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purchased & built
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at the Charge of the County, and therefore there being noe
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Direction in those Grants for any particular application,
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Wee are of Opinion that the Rents & profits may be applyed to the
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Repairs of
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, or to such other Use for the benefit of the
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County as the Sessions shall think fit. Wee have also annexed
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the Accounts of Mr.
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Robert Hardisty
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the
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of all his receipts out of the County Estate & otherwise
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as also of his Disbursmts. as far as brought in Whereby it
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appears that he has reced out of the County Rents £403.10s.1d.
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by Costs paid £5. In all £403.10s.1d. & has Disbursed on Accot. of
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Law Charges and otherwise £449.16s.7d. so remaines due to
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