By adjournment on Thursday the ninth day of December 1756 .

Order for Mr. Higgs Trearer
to pay the Bills of Mr. Owen
and Mr. Harrison amounting to
£24.2s.0d. for printing Orders of
Sessions Etc.

Upon inspecting a Bill produced before this Court by Mr. Edward Owen< no role > ad Mr.
Harrison Printers beginning the second day of August 1754 and ending the eighteenth
day of September 1756 for printing considerable Numbers of Orders of the Sessions of
the Peace of this County concerning the Justices Clerks Flees and other necessary matters
and also for paper for printing the same amounting in the whole to the Sum of
Twenty four pounds and two Shillings This Court doth allow of the said Bill and
the said Mr. Owen and Mr. Harrison praying that the said Sum may be paid unto
them or one of them It is Ordered by this Court that Mr. John Higgs< no role > Treasurer of
this County do pay the said Sum of Twenty four pounds and two Shillings unto the said
Mr. Owen or Mr. Harrison in full of their said demand and that the Receipt of
the Said Mr. Owen or Mr. Harrison together with this Order shall be a sufficient
discharge to the said Treasurer for such payment.

By adjournment on Thursday the ninth day of December 1756

Order concerning Players of
Interludes Etc at Hampstead

Information having been given to this Court that divers lease idle and disorderly
Persons being common Players of Interludes have on divers days for some Weeks
last past assembled themselves together at Hampstead in this County and on such
days such Persons for Hire Gain and Reward did act represent and perform and did
cause to be acted represented and performed divers Interludes Tragedies Comedies
Operas Player Farces and other Entertainments of the Stage or some Part or Parts
therein not being authorized by Law Therefore it is Ordered by this Court that
William Watts< no role > Gent High Constable of Holborn Division do go to Hampstead
aforesaid as often as occasion shall be and inquire the Truth of the premisses
abovementioned and if the finds the Information to be true that he forthwith forbid
and use his utmost Endeavour to prevent the like for the future and if after that
there should be any Person or Persons offending in the like manner that he should
see that the Act of Parliament in that respect made be put into Execution And
that the said Mr. Watts do report what he shall do in pursuance of this Order
to such of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said County of Middx
who shall meet at Hicks Hall on the County day of the next General Quarter
Session of the Peace to be holden for the said County to the End that such
further Order may be made herein as shall be then thought necessary.

By adjournment on Thursday the ninth day of December 1756.

It is Ordered by this Court That it be and it is hereby recommended and referred
unto as many of the Justices of the Peace of the County of Middx (or any three of
them) as will please to meet at Hicks Hall in Tuesday in the next Sessions
Week that is to say on Tuesday the eleventh day of January next to consider of
and draw some Order to be printed whereby to recommend the Laws to be more
strictly put in Execution against Rogues and Vagabonds and Persons guilty of
Vice Prophaness Immorality and also Prophaners of the Lords day Gaming and
other disorderly Practices which of late have greatly increased and prevailed