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By Adjornment on Thursday the
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22d. day of Feb: 1753
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Order for reviving a former
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order of Sessions against.
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Drivers of wheelbarrows.
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with Dice and throwers at
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Cooks and for printing the
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It is ordered by this Court that an Order formerly made by the Court of
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Sessions of the peace of this County for the suppressing an Evil Practice
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of Persons driving Wheelbarrows and Dice and winning and defrauding
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P
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rentices and other unwary Persons of their money and also of
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suppressing a disorderly Practice of Persons throwing at Cocks in a
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riotous manner to the great Danger of his Majestys Subjects passing
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along the streets be revived and that 500 of the said orders be printed
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and sent to the
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high Constables
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to put the same in Execution and that the
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Charge of printing the same be paid by the Treasurer of this County.
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By Adjornment on Thursday ye. 22d. day of Feb: 1753.
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Order for Mr. Higgs the
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Trearer
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to pay the
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for the Window
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lights of
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Hicks hall
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Information being given unto this Court by Mr.
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Thomas Northcote
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House keeper of the sessions house called
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Hicks hall
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and
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Cryer of the Sessions of the peace
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for
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of
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this County That the sum of two pounds
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four shillings is Charged for the Duty upon the Window Lights of the said
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Sessions house being forty two in number for one year ending at Lady
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day 1753 which Sum the Collector of the said Duty doth demanded And the
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said Mr. Northcote praying that this Court will please to give direction
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for the Payment of the same This Court being satisfyed of the Truth of
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the Premisses doth order that Mr.
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John Higgs
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Trearer
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of this County do
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(out of the rents of the Estate belonging to the said County) pay to the
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Collector of the said Duty the said Sum of two pounds four shillings assessed for the said duty for the window lights of the said Sessions house
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for the said year ending at Lady day 1758 and that the same be allowed to
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him upon his account and also that the said Treasurer do also out of the
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said rents annually pay it to the Collector for the Time being such sums
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of money as shall be assessed for the Duty upon the window lights of the
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said Sessions house as the same shall be come due and that the
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respective Sums of money by him from time to time so paid shall be
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allowd to him upon his account.
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By Adjornmt. on Thursday ye. 22d. day of Febry 1753.
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Order for Mr. Higgs to retain
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to his own use the sum of ten
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Guineas for his trouble and
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pains in transcribing publick
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orders Etc into one volume
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and for Mr. Higgs to pay
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£10.19s.10d. to the Printer for
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printing the same.}
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His Majestys
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Justices of the peace
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for the County of
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assembled in
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Sessions having selected a Considerable number of publick orders made
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by the Court of General Quarter and General Sessions of the peace
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holden for the said County which Mr.
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John Higgs
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by their direction
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transcribe into one volume in order to be printed and 500 of the said
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Volumes are accordingly printed for the use of the said Justices of the
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