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<p n="5862">Continued Thursday 25th. November 1779.</p>
<p n="5863">of the 4th. day of March 1778 and of the Resolution or Order<lb></lb>
of the Court of Lord Mayor and Alderman of the 17th. day of<lb></lb>
the same Month and which were afterwards delivered to the<lb></lb>
purport or Effect herein before Stated That the Clerks of the<lb></lb>
said Hospitals not being able to Procure the Seal of or belonging<lb></lb>
to the said Hospitals to the Affixed to the said Leases or either of<lb></lb>
them and the Interest of all the said Hospitals being very<lb></lb>
materially affected and likely to be greatly Prejudiced by the<lb></lb>
withholding the said Seal they again applied to the said<lb></lb>
Chamberlain's Office and left a Lease approved and Examined<lb></lb>
and afterwards subscribed as aforesaid from each of the said<lb></lb>
Hospitals with the usual Dockett for each of such Leases in<lb></lb>
such Office and they severally Attended a Court of Common<lb></lb>
Council held at Guild hall London on or about the 20th. day of<lb></lb>
May last when such last mentioned Leases and Docketts<lb></lb>
were Produced and they being called into that Court severally<lb></lb>
requested to have the said Seal affixed to such Leases as<lb></lb>
thentofore used and Accustomed to be done when (after being<lb></lb>
interrogated by some of the Common Council touching such<lb></lb>
Leases) they were directed to withdraw and a Motion being<lb></lb>
thereupon made for Affixing the aforesaid Seal to such Leases<lb></lb>
the same was superceded by the Previous Question being put<lb></lb>
and carried against putting the former Question and they soon<lb></lb>
after called into the same Court the Recorder declared to them<lb></lb>
that by the direction of the Lord Mayor He was to inform them<lb></lb>
That that Court had referred it to a Committee to Consider of<lb></lb>
Sealing the Hospital Leases and that they should have Notice<lb></lb>
when they met to Attend them or to that Effect but they have<lb></lb>
not received any Notice of such Committee meeting to Attend<lb></lb>
them touching the Sealing such Leases or otherwise relating thereto<lb></lb>
although more than a Year and an half hath clapsed since the<lb></lb>
Application made to the Court of Lord Mayor and Alderman<lb></lb>
and above Six Months have clapsed since the Application<lb></lb>
made to the said Court of Common Council as aforesaid nor have<lb></lb>
they been able to Procure the aforesaid Seal to be Affixed to such</p>
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