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<p n="7"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">City Borough and Town<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65428_geo3">Westminster</rs>
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in the<lb></lb>
County of Middx}</note>
<lb></lb>
The General Quarter Session of the peace held at the Town Court House<lb></lb>
near Westmr. Hall in and for the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the<lb></lb>
Collegiate Church of St. Peter Westmr. the City Borough and Town of<lb></lb>
Westmr. in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65428_geo4">County of Middlesex</rs>
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and St. Martin Le Grand London<lb></lb>
on Wedneday the Sixth Day of April in the Sixteenth Year of the<lb></lb>
Reign of our <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65428_n7-1">Sovereign Lord</rs>
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George the Second by the Grace of God of<lb></lb>
Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith Etc<lb></lb>
before <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65428_n7-2">Thomas Deveil</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65428_n7-3">Richard Farwell</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65428_n7-4">James Fraser</rs>
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<lb></lb>
and others their Fellows Justices of our said Lord the King Assigned<lb></lb>
to keep the peace within the Liberty aforesaid and <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65428_geo5">St. Martin Le Grand</rs>
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London and also to hear and determine divers Felonys Trespasses and<lb></lb>
other Misdeeds done and Committed within the Liberty aforesaid.</p>
<p n="8">Whereas by the Statute of the Twelfth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty<lb></lb>
King George the second Intituled and Act for the more easy Assessing Collecting and<lb></lb>
Levying of County Rates it is Enacted that the <rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65428_occ4">Justices of the peace</rs>
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for the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65428_geo6">City and Liberty of Westminster</rs>
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shall have full power to appoint the <rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65428_occ5">Governour</rs>
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<lb></lb>
or Master of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65428_geo7">House of Correction</rs>
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within the said City and Liberty who<lb></lb>
shall have the Sum of Money Yearly as had been Accustomed for and towards<lb></lb>
the Support and Maintenance of the prisoners in his Custody Etc (not Exceeding<lb></lb>
Fifty pounds by the Year) and to direct the Treasurer or Treasurers of the<lb></lb>
County of Middx to obey all order which shall be made by the said Justices<lb></lb>
of the said City and Liberty on the Greater part of them Assembled in their<lb></lb>
General Quarter Sessions for the payment of any Sum or Sums of Money<lb></lb>
for the Allowance allotted to such Governour or Master of the House of<lb></lb>
Correction And it appearing to this Court that there is due to Samuel<lb></lb>
Attersoll Master or Governour of the said House of Correction the Sum<lb></lb>
of Twenty Five pounds for half a Years Salary due at Lady Day last<lb></lb>
past it is Ordered and Directed by this Court that Mr. <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65428_n8-1">John Higgs</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65428_occ6">Treasurer</rs>
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of the County of Middx do pay to the said <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65428_n8-2">Samuel Attersoll</rs>
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the said Sum of<lb></lb>
Twenty five pounds for his half years Sallary as Governour or Master of<lb></lb>
the said <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65428_geo8">House of Correction</rs>
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and that this Receipt with this Order shall be a<lb></lb>
Sufficient discharge to the said Mr. Higgs for the Sum</p>
<p n="9">By the Court</p>
<p n="10">Forbes</p>
<p n="11">Reced April 14th 1743 of the sd Mr Higgs the above menconed Sum<lb></lb>
of Twenty five pursuant to the above menconed order by one</p>
<p n="12">Saml. Attersoll</p>
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