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<p n="2973">and has been for a great number of years past<lb></lb>
conducted with the greatest care and attention to<lb></lb>
the interest of the said respective Hospitals The<lb></lb>
same having been and being let by and before<lb></lb>
the Treasurers and Committees of the Governors.<lb></lb>
of each Hospital after Surveys have been previously<lb></lb>
made by able Surveyors for that purpose elected in the<lb></lb>
said several Hospitals And upon each letting<lb></lb>
contracts have been and are prepared and entered<lb></lb>
in the Books of the said Hospitals and signed<lb></lb>
by such Contractors And in Pursuance of such<lb></lb>
Agreements Leases are and have been prepared<lb></lb>
by or by the orders of the Clerks of the said<lb></lb>
Hospitals And being approved of, examined<lb></lb>
and afterwards subscribed by the President<lb></lb>
or Treasurer and some of the Governors of<lb></lb>
such several Hospitals respectively The same<lb></lb>
are and have been left at the Chamberlain's<lb></lb>
Office with a Docquet expressing the dates<lb></lb>
Parties names, situation of the premises intended<lb></lb>
to be demised, Term of Years to be granted, Rent<lb></lb>
to be paid and money (if any) agreed to be laid<lb></lb>
out in building or repairs And the same being<lb></lb>
afterwards carried into the Court of Aldermen<lb></lb>
by the Chamberlain his Clerks or Officers, or<lb></lb>
one of them have been immemorially and<lb></lb>
invariably sealed with the aforesaid Hospital<lb></lb>
Seal of or belonging to the aforesaid Hospitals<lb></lb>
without any objection or delay and pursuant<lb></lb>
to the said Order of the 4th.. day of November<lb></lb>
aforesaid without any reading or further<lb></lb>
examination until several resolutions or<lb></lb>
Orders were made by the Court of Common</p>
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