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<p n="1758">Generall Court. Mercur:<lb></lb>
<rs type="date" id="LMTHMC55201_date106">12 o: May: 1725</rs>
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.</p>
<p n="1759">The Orders and Proceedings of the Last General Court were<lb></lb>
Read and Approved</p>
<p n="1760">The Accompt of <rs type="persName" id="LMTHMC55201_n1760-1">William Cole</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMTHMC55201_occ495">Esqr</rs>
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. the late <rs type="occupation" id="LMTHMC55201_occ496">Treasurer</rs>
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of this<lb></lb>
Hospital for the Year Ending at Lady Day 1724 and from that<lb></lb>
time to the 6th. of May following (when he Resigned his said<lb></lb>
Place of Trear) having been duly Audited and the Ballance<lb></lb>
having been duly paid by him to our present <rs type="occupation" id="LMTHMC55201_occ497">Treasurer</rs>
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was<lb></lb>
presented approved and allowed.</p>
<p n="1761">The Report from the Grand Committee of their Proceedings<lb></lb>
since the last General Court was Read and is as follows<lb></lb>
Vizt.</p>
<p n="1762">To the Worshipfull Etc.</p>
<p n="1763">After the Reading of which Report that part of it which<lb></lb>
relates to the future Surgeons having a Lycence from this<lb></lb>
Court or the Grand Comittee before they shall be permitted<lb></lb>
to Cutt for the stone in this Hospital And that such Licence<lb></lb>
should not be Granted within less than One Year after their<lb></lb>
respective Elections was particularly Considered and the<lb></lb>
same was made a standing Order of this Court and Ordered<lb></lb>
to be Observed according to the purport and true meaning<lb></lb>
of the said ReportAnd the Gratuity for our Steward was<lb></lb>
Agreed to and Ordered to be paid And then the Rest of the<lb></lb>
said Report and of all the Matters and things therein contained<lb></lb>
was Approved and Allowed by this Court And the said Report<lb></lb>
was Ordered to be Entred in the Reportory of the proceedings<lb></lb>
of this Court.</p>
<p n="1764">Upon Mr. Presidents recommending the Great and<lb></lb>
extraordinary Charges of the Hospital to the Consideration<lb></lb>
of the Gentlemen now present in Court Several of theme<lb></lb>
Subscribed liberally towards the Support thereof.</p>
<p n="1765">Mr. President Acquainting the Court That <rs type="persName" id="LMTHMC55201_n1765-1">Henry Lovell</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMTHMC55201_occ498">Esqr</rs>
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<lb></lb>
One of the four Standing Auditors is lately Dead And <rs type="persName" id="LMTHMC55201_n1765-2">John<lb></lb>
Kenrick</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMTHMC55201_occ499">Esqr</rs>
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. another of the said Standing Auditors Acquainting<lb></lb>
the Court That by reason of his Age and Infirmities he is not<lb></lb>
able longer to Discharge the Duty of that Place And Praying<lb></lb>
that some other person might be Chosen in his Room And the<lb></lb>
Court having Consented to his request <rs type="persName" id="LMTHMC55201_n1765-3">Moses Raper</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMTHMC55201_occ500">Esqr</rs>
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&<lb></lb>
Mr <rs type="persName" id="LMTHMC55201_n1765-4">Samuel Lessingham</rs>
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were thereupon Chosen to be Two of<lb></lb>
the standing Auditors of the Accompts of this Hospital</p>
<p n="1766">The Eight following Gentlemen vizt Mr. <rs type="persName" id="LMTHMC55201_n1766-1">Benjamin Braines</rs>
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