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above the amount of Twenty Shillings without previously Consulting the
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Board of Assisstants thereupon and an Order being made and entered upon
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their Minutes for the same And that it is impossible from the Multiplicity
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of Business at the Monthly Audit to read and Examine the several Bills
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for such Provision Cloathing Furniture Repairs and Materials with
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accuracy That all Bills Claims and Accounts of whatever amount
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Nature or Kind soever to be Contracted or incurred after the passing of these
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Regulations be brought to the Board of Assisstants and there Read and
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Examined And if Approved an Order made for the payment thereof and
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that no Bill so incurred be paid or discharged till so Approved and
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such Order made And that when so Approved that the same shall be
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discharged in Regular Order as passed without preference to any one
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Sixthly That the Matron do Visit every Ward in the House daily
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between the Hours of 9 and 10 o Clock in the Forenoon and do Cause
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the Beds to be Regularly made and the Rooms passages and other
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parts of the House to be swept every day before Dinner- washed twice
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a Week in Summer and Once in Winter - And that the Children be all
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Combed washed and Cleaned every Day by 10 o Clock and Callsechised
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twice a Week Vizt Thursday and Sunday Afternoons by the Master
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or Mistress who teaches them
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Seventhly That the Master do take Care that such as are Sick or Lame
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be attended by use
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and do see that they follow his directions and
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inform the Overseers when they are fit to be set to Work or be discharged
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Eighthly That the Master do keep the Key of the Coal Cellar and that
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he do Measure out a Sufficient Quantity every Morning and that no Fired
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be had in any of the Wards except the Sick Ward after the First of May
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unless the Overseers shall give Special directions for the same
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Ninthly, That he do see all Fires out and the People in Bed by
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Eight O'Clock at Night and that no Candles be burning except in the
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Sick Wards after that Hour
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Tenthly, That neither Master or Mistress do quit the House without
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Leave of the Overseers nor that neither they or any other Officer be out of
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the House after Ten o'Clock at Night on pain of being discharged
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