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Whereas a Presentment was made by the Grand Jury
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for the County of Middx unto the Court of General
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Quarter Sessions of the Peace holden at
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St. John Street
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in and for the said County by
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adjornment on the sixth day of April in the Seventeenth
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year of his present Majesties Reign That such part
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of a certain Publick Bridge called
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as is in the same County (which part of the same
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Bridge hath been heretofore usually rebuilt repaired
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and maintained at the Charge of the Inhabitants of
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the same County) is very much out of Repair
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And that it is necessary that the aforesaid part of
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the same Bridge should be forthwith repaired or
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new built And that at a Court of the General Quarter
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Session of the Peace held for the County of Middx
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at Hicks Hall in
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by adjornment
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on Friday the sixth day of April in the Seventeenth
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year of his present Majesty's Reign It was then Ordered
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that the said part of the said Bridge should be
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forthwith repaired at the Costs and Charges of the
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Inhabitants of this County And it now appearing
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to this Court that the said part of the said Bridge
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called
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has been Contracted for by
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of this County for the repairation
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of the same And that a great part of the Works
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has been carried on and Compleated in a good and
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work in alike manner And that there are Several Sums
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of Money one and owing for Timber Iron Lead Etc
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And to Several Workmen for the Several Works
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already done and to be done to compleat and finish
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the same And it also appearing to this Court that three
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fourths of the Money of the last Rate made in April
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Sessions last being the preceeding Rate had been paid
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and expended to answer the Ends and Purposes mentioned
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