That for these reasons and as it will tend to the
greater improvement of that part of the parish if the
said Watch House was pulled down and entirely removed
and a more convenient one erected and built in some other
part of the parish as well for the better accommodation
of the Officers of the Night as for the securing (without
Sending to Prison) until they can be carried before a
Majestrate all such persons as may be apprehended
or given in Charge as aforesaid But for as much as there
is no suitable and proper place within the said part of the
Parish for that purpose except on the West side of the
Wall of the Court Yard of Hicks's Hall where the Engine
House how stands (or even there without making use
of the said Wall) and your Petitioners are desirous of
erecting a Building there according to the plan hereunto
annexed to answer the purpose as well of a Watch House
as an Engine House which may be of great use in cases of
Fire in the Night time by having people always at hand
to give timely assistance of the Engine

Your Petitioners therefore most humbly pray
your Worships that in erecting such Building
for the purpose of a Watch House and Engine
House where the Engine House now stands
according to the said plan they may beat liberty
to make use of so much of the Wale of the said
Court Yard as may be necessary And your
Petitioners shall ever pray Etc

Signed by order of the said Commissioners
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