day of November 1740 in the Forenoon (above a weeks
notice of Such meeting for the purpose aforesaid being first
given in the Daily Advertiser) And that William Butler< no role >
Carpenter then attended them concerning an Account by
him delivered at the said last Sessions, the title of which
Account is as followeth-Moneys due to ye. Several persons
following for the gravelling Chertsea Campshots & keeping
the Same in repair for Several years, repairing Brentford Bridge
with Carpenters work & gravel Etc by Orders of ye Several
Gentlemen under written-And that upon inspecting the
Said Account and hearing of what was alledged by the Said
William Butler< no role > the Said Justices are of opinion that there is
nothing justly due to him from the Said County And that
one Michael Purse also produced before them an account of
moneys alledged to be due to him for Surveying the repairs of Chertsea
Bridge Etc, And that they do find that he has not given to them any
Satisfactory account of cleared to them that there is any thing due
from this County to the Said Michael Purse, And that Peter
Creswell Keeper of the House of Correction at Clerkenwell also laid
before them an account of moneys which he prays may be
allowed him for the passing & receiving of Vagabonds pursuant to
the late Act of Parliament, which account they examined with
the Vouchers by him produced, And find that he has from the
first of June last to the first day of November Following
inclusive reced four hundred and twenty three Vagrants Past
and conveyed them to the respective places directed by their
respective passes, and having examined him on Oath touching
his expences in conveying & releiving the Said Vagrants they
are of opinion that the Several Sums by them Set down in
the last Column of his Account are reasonable to be allowed
to him for the Service aforesaid (which Sums with two pounds
two Shillings for writing Certificates) amount in the whole
to the Sum of Seventy two pounds one Shilling and three
pence, And that the Said Justices observe that Anne Bellamy< no role >
and her three children have been thirce passed through the
Said House of Correction (vizt.) first from Chichester in her
way to Ellington in the County of Huntingdon Secondly from
Ellington in her way back to Chichester , and in the third place
from Chichester in the way again to Ellington, And that
Walter Brett< no role > Keeper of the House of Correction for the Liberty
of Westminster also produced & laid before the Said Justices an
account of moneys which he prayed may be allowed to him
for the passing & releiving of Vagabonds pursuant to the late
Act of Parliament, which account they have examined with
the Vouchers by him produced, And find that he his from the
first day of June last to the fourth day of November