Ordered that the Clerk of the Vestry Do provide a Book to Enter from time to time.
therein the Minutes of the Vestry And that the same Do remains in his Custody to be psented
by the Antients of the parish And that the Orders of Vestry be fairly drawn out from the
said Minutes and Entered in the Vestry Book.
Ordered and Agreed that the Burial mony be continued to be paid into the hands
of the Treasurer, And that the Titasurn Do forthwith out of the said Burial mony pay the
parish Rent for the Burial Ground now due Mr. Benthams Bills, the Clerks Salary and
what shall appear to be laid out by Mr. Groves the Sexton for the use of the parish
Ordered and agreed that the Church wardens for the time being and the Comittee
appointed by an Order of Vestry of the Eighth of December 1726
be a Committee for auditing
the Treasmers Account touching the Receipts and payments of the said Burial mony and
that any Five of them have power to act and that upon Auditing and settling such accounts
the said Committee Do Report the Same to the Vestry.
A Motion being made by severall of the Vestry that frequent Fines
haveing of late happened there was a necessity of provideing a parish Engine and
Bucketts. Whereupon the Question was put whether there should be such Engine and
Bucketts and it was carried in the affirmative.
Ordered and agreed that a large continued Stream hand Engine be bought by
the Churchwardens for the use of the whole parish with a sufficient Number of Buckett
not exceeding four dozen The half of which to be hung in the Church and the other half
in the Lower Engine or Quest House and that the moneys for the purchase of the said
Engines and Bucketts be paid by the Treasurer out of the moneys that shall arise
by the said Burialls.
Ordered and agreed that (after payment of the severall matters and
things in this Order of Vestry directed to be paid) the Treasurer Do upon auditing
and settling his Accounts with the Committee pay all such Overplus of the Burial
mony which shall then be in his hands to the Renter Churchwardens
Ordered that the Renter Church wardens Do from time to time Sumon
the Committee for Auditing the Treasurer Accounts.