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<p n="345"> <rs type="date" id="LMSMGO55606_date55">9th December 1773</rs>
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<p n="346">The great inconveniency and want of Room so much complained of by<lb></lb>
several of the Magistrates have likewise been considered by the Committee and it<lb></lb>
appears to them that they arise from an improper distribution in the forming<lb></lb>
of the several parts of the present Building whereby too great a Share of the<lb></lb>
Business in Necessarily confined to the Ground Floor and too Small a part to the<lb></lb>
upper Floor</p>
<p n="347">The Committee therefore think it expedient that the present Court<lb></lb>
Room should be moved and the whole of the Ground Floor allotted to the<lb></lb>
Business of the Grand Jury, Witnesses, Clerk of Indictments, Record Office,<lb></lb>
Bail Docks Etc. Etc. And the upper Floor should contain the Court Room<lb></lb>
where the Magistrates are to sit, and accomodations for all such Persons<lb></lb>
whose Business is immediately before the Court.</p>
<p n="348">And Whereas in the present State of the Building it is difficult to<lb></lb>
get to the Court and the Magistrates are under the Necessity of passing through<lb></lb>
the Groud to get to one side of the Bench, it is thought expedient by the Committee<lb></lb>
that necessary Stair Cases should be continued in proper places, that there should<lb></lb>
be a particular Entrance for the Magistrates and a convenient passage made<lb></lb>
for going therefrom to the Bench on either Side of the Chair.</p>
<p n="349">The Committee not willing to Trespass on the Time of the Court<lb></lb>
by a longer Narrative of Particulars Ordered Plans and written Description<lb></lb>
of the whole to be made out by Mr Rogers which they have annexed hereto<lb></lb>
and Recommend to the Court as the most proper method of Effectuating the<lb></lb>
Business committed to their Charge. The whole Expence deducting the Value of<lb></lb>
the Materials of the present Building will not exceed £3600 and it is hoped will<lb></lb>
be less</p>
<p n="350">The Committee thought it adviseable to give Public Notice by Advertisemt<lb></lb>
to the Justices of this County that the Report on this Business would be made on<lb></lb>
this day.</p>
<p n="351">Sign'd <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55606_n351-1">Charles Dodd</rs>
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