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April 1775
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in the said Bill for the Locks affixed to the Doors of
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too high
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The Committee also ordered the payment of £50 to
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Thomas Rogers
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their
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on account of his Demand in superin
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-tending the Repair of
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and also the like Sum on Acco
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to Mr. Eyles for Expences incurred under order of this Committee
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The Committee further Report That had
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advertised for proposals for Paving the Mens Court Yard at
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they obtained two Which being alike in prices and the one being
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offered by
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Joseph Brayne
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who has Executed the Masons Work in the
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repair of the prison the Committee closed with his proposal Vizt
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To pave the Yard with good Old purbeck Squares from five to Seven
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Inches deep at 4/6 P Yd. to be laid in the best screened Gravel. To
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pave the Shed with good second hand squared Purbeck paving at
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4/6 P Yard
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They also Resolved to pave that part of the public Str
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which lies before the front Gate of
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as far as the Gully
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in like manner as the Yard and on the same terms thereby conceiving
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as there will be little or no Wear of pavement that it will be more
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for the Advantage of the County to pave this Spot themselves then
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annually to contribute to the General rate for Paving the Street
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Etc. in the parish in which the said price of Ground lies
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The Committee ordered a Pump to be Erected
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the Mens Court Yard for the Use of the Prisoners and also that
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The said Committee further Report There
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fore seeing the good that must necessarily result from the plan that
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had been adapted in the late Repair of the Goal of separating the
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Tap from the Prison whence the too easy and improper access
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Liqour by the persons confined there will in a great measure be pra
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and their Confinement by having thence rendered less agreeable
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become more exemplary and as the additional help to this importance
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and will be to have the Tap itself under the more immediate
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controul of the Justices the Committee do therefore recommend
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the Court that the House built adjoining to
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intended as a
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public House and Tap House
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to the said pr
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be let by the
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with the approbation of the Justice
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bran Lady day last for the benefit of the County That the sam
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be let as Will to a proper Tenant for the most improved Rent
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