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<p n="803"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">October 1777</note>
that every expence whatsoever attending the Execution of the Act <obscured></obscured>
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respects to the Convicts employed upon the Thames would and was to be<lb></lb>
born and defrayed by government</p>
<p n="804">The said Committee further Report th<obscured></obscured>
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having taken into Consideration the application made by Mr. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55607_n804-1">James<lb></lb>
Elmore</rs>
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Keeper of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55607_geo801">New prison</rs>
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at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55607_geo802">Clerkenwell</rs>
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for the payment of Ten<obscured></obscured>
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pounds Ten Shillings being the amount of the Expences incurred by<lb></lb>
him in Conveying such Convicts as were Sentenced to hard labour on<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55607_geo803">River Thames</rs>
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on board the Vessels appointed for their Reception pursua<obscured></obscured>
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to the Act of Parliament in that Case and having perused the said Act<lb></lb>
and Examined Mr. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55607_n804-2">James Elmore</rs>
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touching the said Claim and it<lb></lb>
appearing that the said demand is reasonable It is the Opinion o<obscured></obscured>
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the Committee that the said demand be paid and that Mr. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55607_n804-3">James Elmore</rs>
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be Allowed the Sum of Thirty Shillings very Session for conveying such<lb></lb>
Convicts on board the said Vessels as shall be sentenced to hard Labour<lb></lb>
on the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55607_geo804">River Thames</rs>
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and that the said allowance of Thirty Shillings a<obscured></obscured>
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Session shall in lieu of all other charges that may be incurred in the<lb></lb>
Conveyance of the said Convicts and whether the number be large a sma<obscured></obscured>
</p>
<p n="805">The said Committee also Report That ha<obscured></obscured>
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Examined Mr. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55607_n805-1">Joseph Wood</rs>
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Contractor for the repairs of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55607_geo805">New Prison</rs>
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<lb></lb>
and <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55607_geo806">Clerkenwell</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55607_geo807">Bridewell</rs>
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and Mr. Rogers the Committees Surveyor<lb></lb>
being present and having declared and Certifiyed that the Several Charge<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
are agreeable to the terms of his Contract the Committee do recommend<obscured></obscured>
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that the Court do order the payment of the Sum of £1475..11..3¾<lb></lb>
being the balance due to the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55607_n805-2">Joseph Wood</rs>
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upon his said<lb></lb>
Account</p>
<p n="806">The Committee do also further Report<obscured></obscured>
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that as the Womens Court Yard at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55607_geo808">New Prison</rs>
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hath not since the<lb></lb>
Alterations and repairs made in the said prison been paved and that the<lb></lb>
same ought to be done and the Committee having Enquired into the<lb></lb>
Expence of doing the same and Mr. Brayne the person who performed<lb></lb>
the Masons Work in the said Repairs having offered to pave the said<lb></lb>
Court Yard in the same manner as the Mens Court Yard in the said<lb></lb>
prison at 5s/6d per Yard The Committee ordered Mr. Rogers the Committee<obscured></obscured>
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Surveyor forthurth to employ the said Mr. Brayne to pave the said<lb></lb>
Court Yard in manner aforesaid</p>
<p n="807">The said Committee also Report that it ha<obscured></obscured>
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been represented to them that the Reverend Mr. Richards Chaplain to<lb></lb>
New</p>
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