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By adjournment on Tuesday the
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16th. day of April, 1751
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Order for reducing the
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Sessions be of 6s.8d. as being
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too much to 3s.4d. and that
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2s. Only be taken for drewing
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Copy & delivering Notice of
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an Indictment to a Deft.}
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This Court observing that Attorneys & Sollicitors practising at the
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Sessions of the Peace for the County of Middx who have been concerned
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for Persons Standing Indicted at Such Sessions, or for the Prosecutors of
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Persons Indicted there have frequently in their Bills charged Six Shillings
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and eight pence each Sessions as a Sessions Fee, This Court being of
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opinion that the Same is too much Doth Order that the Said Sum of Six
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Shillings and eight pence be reduced to three Shillings and four pence, and
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that no greater Sum than three Shillings and four pence be allowed or
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taken by any Attorney or Sollicitor practising in this Court for his Sessions
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fee, And this Court Doth further Order that no greater Sum than two
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Shillings be allowed or taken for drawing Copy and delivering Notice in
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writing to any Defendant of his or her being Indicted at the Session of
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the Peace for the Said County.
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By Adjournment on Thursday the 18th. Day of April 1751.
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Order of Sessions printed
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in the Daily Advertiser
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giving Notice to Workmen
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to leave their Proposalls
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for the repairing
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Chertsea
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Bridge}
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Whereas that Part of
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Chertsea. Bridge
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which is in the
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County of Middlesex
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,
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being Very much damaged, and being a County Bridge, is to be repaired
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at the Costs and Charges of the Inhabitants of the Said County, This
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Court Pursuant to the Statute in Such Case made and provided, do
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give Notice to all workmen that Ore Willing to contract for repairing
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the said Bridge, that a Particular of the Repairs wanting and Necessary
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to be done to the said Bridge is left with Mr.
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John Higgs
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,
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Treasurer
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of the said County, at his House in
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Southampton Buildings
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Chancery Lane
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, where may Workmen may apply. and take a Copy of
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the said Particular, in order to make their Proposals for the doing
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the said Several Works therein Specified, And such Workmen as Shall
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be willing to contract for the Reparation of the said Bridge, are
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desired to leave their Proposals Sealed up, with the said Mr. Higgs,
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On or before the eighth Day of May next.
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By Adjornment On Thursday the 18th: day of April 1751.
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Order appointing a Committee
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to meet to receive Proposalls
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of Such Workmen as are
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Willing to Contrast for
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repairing the Middx part
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of
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Chertsea Bridge
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Whereas by An Order of General Quarter Sessions of the peace for the
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County of Middx of the Seventeenth day of January last It was
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(Amongst other things) Ordered that the Matters therein mentioned.
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Necessary to be done for the Security of the Middx part of
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in the said County (which was Very much out of repair
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And part thereof in danger of falling) Should be forthwith
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done & performed, And it was desired by the Court of the Same
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