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<p n="332"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">April 1775</note>
in the said Bill for the Locks affixed to the Doors of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55607_geo355">the prison</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMGO55607_geo355" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
w<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
too high</p>
<p n="333">The Committee also ordered the payment of £50 to<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55607_n333-1">Thomas Rogers</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMGO55607_n333-1" type="given" value="Thomas"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMGO55607_n333-1" type="surname" value="Rogers"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMGO55607_n333-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
their <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55607_occ142">Surveyor</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMGO55607_occ142" type="occupation" value="Surveyor"></interp>
on account of his Demand in superin<lb></lb>
-tending the Repair of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55607_geo356">New Prison</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMGO55607_geo356" type="placeName" value="New Prison"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMGO55607_geo356" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
and also the like Sum on Acco<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
to Mr. Eyles for Expences incurred under order of this Committee</p>
<p n="334">The Committee further Report That had<lb></lb>
advertised for proposals for Paving the Mens Court Yard at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55607_geo357">New<lb></lb>
Prison</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMGO55607_geo357" type="placeName" value="NewPrison"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMGO55607_geo357" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
they obtained two Which being alike in prices and the one being<lb></lb>
offered by <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55607_n334-1">Joseph Brayne</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMGO55607_n334-1" type="given" value="Joseph"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMGO55607_n334-1" type="surname" value="Brayne"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMGO55607_n334-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
who has Executed the Masons Work in the<lb></lb>
repair of the prison the Committee closed with his proposal Vizt<lb></lb>
To pave the Yard with good Old purbeck Squares from five to Seven<lb></lb>
Inches deep at 4/6 P Yd. to be laid in the best screened Gravel. To<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
pave the Shed with good second hand squared Purbeck paving at<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
4/6 P Yard</p>
<p n="335">They also Resolved to pave that part of the public Str<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
which lies before the front Gate of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55607_geo358">New Prison</rs>
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as far as the Gully <obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
in like manner as the Yard and on the same terms thereby conceiving<lb></lb>
as there will be little or no Wear of pavement that it will be more<lb></lb>
for the Advantage of the County to pave this Spot themselves then<lb></lb>
annually to contribute to the General rate for Paving the Street<lb></lb>
Etc. in the parish in which the said price of Ground lies</p>
<p n="336">The Committee ordered a Pump to be Erected <obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
the Mens Court Yard for the Use of the Prisoners and also that<lb></lb>
Water be laid on the Keepers House and the Tap from the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55607_geo359">New<lb></lb>
River</rs>
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Main</p>
<p n="337">The said Committee further Report There<lb></lb>
fore seeing the good that must necessarily result from the plan that<lb></lb>
had been adapted in the late Repair of the Goal of separating the<lb></lb>
Tap from the Prison whence the too easy and improper access<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
Liqour by the persons confined there will in a great measure be pra<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
and their Confinement by having thence rendered less agreeable <obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
become more exemplary and as the additional help to this importance<lb></lb>
and will be to have the Tap itself under the more immediate<lb></lb>
controul of the Justices the Committee do therefore recommend<lb></lb>
the Court that the House built adjoining to <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55607_geo360">New prison</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMGO55607_geo360" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
<lb></lb>
intended as a <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55607_occ143">public House and Tap House</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMGO55607_occ143" type="occupation" value="public House and Tap House"></interp>
to the said pr<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
be let by the <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55607_occ144">Clerk of the peace</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMGO55607_occ144" type="occupation" value="Clerk of the peace"></interp>
with the approbation of the Justice<lb></lb>
bran Lady day last for the benefit of the County That the sam<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
be let as Will to a proper Tenant for the most improved Rent</p>
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