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By Adjournment 17th. September 1778
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His Majestys
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for this County in this
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present Session of the peace assembled Do Unanimously reelect
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and
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General Quarter Sessions of the peace for this County for and
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during the Half Year now next Ensuing
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By adjournment same day
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The Following Report from the Committee appointed to
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take into Consideration the Merits of a Petition from Mr.
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To His Majestys
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(by adjournment) on
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Thursday the 17th. day of September 1778 assembled
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into Consideration and report their
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Opinion whether any and what Compensation
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for
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the Services therein mentioned
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The said Committee Report
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That having in pursuance of the Order of reference
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to them made Examined an Account of the number of Convicts
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from whence it appears that at the time
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Mr. Hall delivered his Petition to the Sessions the number was
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Eighty Nine And having Examined Mr Hall who said that in
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Consequence of the number of Convicts in his Custody he had been
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obliged for the safety of their Confinement to employ two additional
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Men at the Expence of Twelve Shillings per Week and which
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Expence he said must necessarily now increase to Eighteen Shillings
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as their whole time would be occupied in that Employment
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It is the Opinion of Your Committee that the Sum of
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Twenty
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