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Image 239 of 4965th July 1792


July 1792

"We doubt not, but should your Worships be pleas'd to make inquiry into
"his Character, and conduct, sufficient causes will appear, why he ought not to
"be continued in the said Office altho he has so far obtained, as to be Sworn in
"for the Liberty of St Johns Clerkenwell by Mr. Justice Clarke.

"We do therefore most humbly submit to Your Worships the
"consideration of the Premises.

"June 29th. 1792.

"Rd. Palmer< no role >
"C, Weaver } Churchwardens of St Johns


"Js. Drury< no role >
"Wm. Cowland< no role >
Sides Men of St. Johns

Ordered that William Weaver< no role > do attend this Court on tomorrow
being the 6th. day of July Instant at the Session House on Clerkenwell Green
at Twelve o Clock precisely.

By Adjournment same day.

Whereas by virtue of an Act of Parliament made and passed in the
Twelfth year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the Second intituled
"An Act for the more easy assessing collecting and levying County Rates". the
Justices of the Peace in that part of Great Britain called England within the
respective Limits of their Commissions at their General or Quarter Sessions or the
greater part of them then and there assembled having full Power and Authority
from time to time to make on General Rate or Assessment for such Sum or Sums
of Money as the Justices in their discretion shall think sufficient to answer all and
every the ends and purposes mentioned in the said Act Now Forasmuch
as it appeareth unto this Court that more than three fourths of the Money of the
last Rate made in March Session last being the last proceeding Rate hath
been paid and expended to answer the ends and purposes mentioned in the
said Act of Parliament and that it is necessary a considerable Sum of Money
should be raised and a Rate made upon the Towns Parishes and Places in the
said County for raising of Money to answer the several ends and purposes
mentioned in the said Act of Parliament This Court upon consideration of the
Premises is of Opinion and doth accordingly Order that a General Rate be
made and assessed upon every Town Parish and Place in the said County.




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