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Image 13 of 3823rd April 1731


To the Right Worshipfull His Majestys Justices
of the peace in their Generall Quarter Sessions Assembled att
Westmr.

The Humble Petition of the Church Wardens and Surveyors of the Highways
of the Parish of St George Hanover Square in the Liberty of Westmr and County
of Middx.

Sheweth


That the comon Highways Causeys and Pavements to
[..] repaired by the said Parish are now so broken & out of Repairs that they
Cannot be Sufficiently Amended and Repaired for this present Year
Commencing from Christmas last att less Charge than four hundred
Pounds and Upwards which may be Raised by or Rate of three pence
in the Pound upon the Inhabitants Owners and Occupiers of
Lands Houses Pavements & Here ditaments within the said Parish

Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray your
Worships to Grant Your Petitioners an Order of this
Court to Enable your Petitioners to make an Assessmt
of Three Pence in the Pound upon all and Every
the Inhabitants of the said Parish for repairing
the said Highways Causeys and Pavements as by the
Statute in that behalf made and provided

And Your Petitioners shall ever pray




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