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April 1796.
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to take upon themselves the Office of Inspectors of Weights
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and Ballances under the late Act of Parliament and
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to serve therein gratuitously and for the benefit of the
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poor within their said Parish and the following
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Gentlemen being nominated for that purpose Vizt.
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John Field
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Battle Bridge
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James Bocock
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of Warren Place near
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Kentish Town
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Nehemiah Spicer
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John Sturt
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John Street
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Robert Phillips
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William White
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Resolved that they be appointed Inspectors for
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the said Parish and that they be Sworn in pursuant
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to the said Act of Parliament, and the beforementioned
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Six Persons being present in Court were Sworn
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accordingly.
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By adjournment same day.
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The Revd. Dr. Glasse
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Chairman of the Prison
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Committee laid before the Court a Report from the
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said Committee which he read as follows Vizt.
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To His Majestys
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Justices of the peace
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for the
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in their General Quarter Session of
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the peace Assembled. April 1796.
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The Report of the Committee appointed
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at the General Quarter Session of the peace
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holden by adjournment on Thursday the
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14th. day of January last on which day
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the Court.
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Resolved That a Committee be appointed to inspect
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the General Concerns of the Prisons belonging to this County
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This Committee consisted of Eighteen Magistrates
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specially named to which were to be added such other of
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His Majesty
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