That by virtue of an Act of Parliament made in the
14th. year of the Reign of his Present Majesty Every Prisoner charged with any
"Felony or other Crime or as Accessary before any Court holding Criminal
"Jurisdiction within England & Wales against whom no Bill of Indictment
"shall be found by the Grand Jury or who on Trial shall be acquitted
"shall be set at large without payment of any Fee to the Goaler or
"Keeper Etc and no Keeper is to take any Fee in respect of such
"discharge"

And in lien of such Fees abolished as aforesaid the
"Treasurers or proper officers of the several Counties Etc shall on
"receiving a Certificate signed by a Judge or Justice before whom such
"Prisoner shall have been discharged (which Certificate the Judge or
"Justice is required to give) payout of the Rates of such County Etc
"such Sum as has been usually paid upon that Account not exceed-
"ing 13s..4d. for every Prisoner so discharged to the Keeper of the
"Prison from whence such Prisoner shall have been discharged
"Which Sums so paid in pursuance of the Act shall be allowed to the
"Treasurers Etc by the Justices before whom their Accounts shall
"be passed"

It also appears to your Committee That at the
time of the said Saml Newports appointment to the said Office
the Session thought proper to allowthe Keeper of the said Prison
was allowed to take a Fee of 7s. instead of the Antient Fee of 5s..6d. from every
Prisoner discharged upon Indictment by way of Commutation
for the Claim which the said Keeper had under the said Act of
Parliament for the Fees of Prisoners discharged by Proclamation
under the said Act Which appears to your Committee to have been
a great hardship on the prisoners paying the same

That the said Increased Fee of 7s. never having been
confirmed by the Judges could not be legally received by the Goaler
and that the same was very properly reduced by the Court in April Session
1783 to the antient Fees of 5s/6d.