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one pound and fifteen Shillings for the like Sum by him disbursed
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& paid for the passing and releiving of Vagrants and in full of his
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Said demand, And that the receipt of the Said
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Joseph Cook
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together
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with this Order Shall be a Sufficient discharge to the Said
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Treasurer
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for Such payment.
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By Adjornmt. on Thursday the
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25th. day of April 1734
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Order touching the Election
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of a new high Constable of
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Holborne Division
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in the
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place of Mr.
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Alex Clarke
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Alexander Clarke
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Gent
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was appointed
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high Constable
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of Holborne Division within the Hundred of Ossulston in this
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County in Easter Sessions one thousand Seven hundred and
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thirty one, And it being contrary to the tenor of an Order
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made in January Sessions one thousand Seven hundred and
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eighteen that any high Constable in this County Should
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continue in his Office above the Space of three yeares, It is
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therefore Ordered by this Court that it be And It is hereby
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recommended unto his Maties
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Justices of the peace
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for this
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County inhabiting within the Said Division to assemble and
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meet together at the
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Crown Tavern
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in
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Bloomsbury Square
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on
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Thursday the Sixteenth day of May next at ten of the clock in
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the forenoon to consider of a fit person to be returned for high
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Constable of the Said Division in the Stead & place of the Said
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Alexander Clarke
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to the Court of the next General Sessions of the
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peace for this County at
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Hicks hall
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on Thursday the thirtieth
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day of the Said Month of May next, On which day the Court
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will proceed to appoint a
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high Constable
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of the Said Division in
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his Stead, And notice of the Said Meeting at the Said Crown
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Tavern at the time above mentioned for the purpose aforesaid
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is to be given unto all the
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Justices of the peace
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of this County
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residing within Holborne Division aforesaid.
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By the Court
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By Adjornmt. on Thursday the 25th. day of April 1734
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Order that fifteen Justices
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shall be a Sufficient Number
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to Order & direct the publick
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busyness relateing to the
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County of Middx unless
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it relates to the granting
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of any lease of any lands
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or Tenements belonging
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to the Said County}
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Whereas twenty Justices of the peace of this County, and not
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fewer, were heretofore deemed a competent Number to Order,
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transact and direct the publick busyness relateing to the Said
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County, which in Some cases hath been found to be
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inconvenient for want of a Number of twenty Justices
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present, It is Ordered by this Court that fifteen Justices of the
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peace of this County Shall for the future be a competent and
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Sufficient Number to Order, transact, and direct the publick
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busyness relateing to the Said County, unless it doth relate to
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the granting of any lease of any lands or tenements
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belonging to the Said County, In which case no Order Shall
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