February 1762.

A Motion was made that this Court do disagree with the Committee in the
following part of the Report Vizt. "And it further appearing to Your
Committee that more Justices of the Peace for this County do usually
attend the Sessions since the date of the last Commission of the Peace
for this County than did before that upon an Average Forty six different
Justices are present at each Session of which number more than Twenty
three daily attend that since the allowance heretofore made to Twenty
four Justices the Price of all worth of Viands have greatly increased
it is and it also appearing by the Examination of Mr. Hall the House Keeper
at Hicks Hall that since he has been in Office though he cannot take upon
himself to say he has been out of Pocket by providing the Dinners for
his Majestys Justices of the Peace each day of the Session for the
allowance made to Twenty four Justices and the Clerk of the Peace yet
he has not Reaped any Emolument thereby and has great reason to
apprehend form the Daily increase of Magistrates that he shall soon be
a looser."

and the Question being put it passed in the Affirmative

A Motion was then made that the following Words Vizt. And it
"further appearing to the Committee that the Number of Justices
"attending the Sessions of the Peace for this County is greatly
"increased since the Year 1691 the tone when the allowance for
"Twenty four Justices was granted" be inserted in the said
Report in the place of the words left out under the above resolution
and the Question being put it passed in the affirmative

A Motion was now madethat the word Twelve in the last
paragraph of the said Report stand part of the said Report and
the Question being put it passed in the Negative.