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By adjournment on Thursday the twenty
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fourth day day of February 1757
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Order for Mr. Higgs
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Trearer
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to insure Hicks Hall
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It is Ordered by this Court that Mr.
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John Higgs
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Treasurer
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of this County do insure
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from Loss by Fire the Sessions House called
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Hicks Hall
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in this County in the Sum of
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One Thousand Pounds and that he do from time to time pay all such Sum and Sums of
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money as shall be necessary for keeping such Policy of Insurance in full force.
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By adjournment on Thursday the twenty fourth day of February 1757.
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Order for confirming the
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Report concerning the
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Accounts of Mr. Higgs
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Treasurer
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A Report being made unto this Court by
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Merry Teshmaker
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Francis Bedwell
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Esqrs.
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two of his Majestys
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Justices of the Peace
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of this County that they had inspected perused and
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passed the Account of Mr.
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John Higgs
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of the said County and that by the
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Arrears of the preceding Rate and the Rate charged on
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St. Mary le Strand
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which had
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not been received by Mr. Carne the late
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High Constable
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of
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Westminster
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Division
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but received by Mr. Barnes the present
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High Constable
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of that Division and now
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accounted for being Eight pounds and fifteen Shillings and with the Twelve hundred
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pounds of this present Rate the whole amounted £1259.11s.0d and that it
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appeared to the said Justices that the said Treasurer had paid and disbursed out of
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the same the Sum of Twelve hundred fourteen pounds fourteen Shillings and Six pence
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half penny and that the Ballance remaining in his Hands is forty four pounds
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Sixteen Shillings and Sixpence Farthing and that the said Justices are of Opinion
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that another Rate should be made for the raising of more money to answer the
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Ends and Purposes of passing of Vagrants to pay the Inspectors of the distempered
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Cattle for paying for the Bread for the Prisoners in the House of Correction the
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keepers of the several Prisons Salaries, the repairing of Goals, the Coroners Fees
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for prosecuting of Felows the Paviour of
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Brentford Bridge
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and for other
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purposes and that the said Justices had inspected the Accounts of the County
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Rents of this County since the last audit which was the first day of June 1756
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and did find that the Treasurer had received one Years Rent due at Michaelmas
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last the Sum of forty two Pounds and of
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John White
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House keeper
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at
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Hicks Hall
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the Sum of Six Shillings and eight pence for an Acknowledgment of Hicks
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Hall making together the Sum of forty two pounds Six Shillings and eight pence
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and that he had paid and disbursed thereout the Sum of Twenty eight pounds
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three Shillings and six pence and that there remains in his hands to ballance the
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Sum of fourteen pounds three Shillings and two pence This Court doth agree
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to the said Report and doth ratify and confirm the same and the same is
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hereby ratified and confirmed accordingly.
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