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<p n="2014">April 1782</p>
<p n="2015">That the several Works done at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55607_geo1745">New Prison</rs>
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amount to107.5.2<lb></lb>
Those at the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55607_geo1746">House of Correction</rs>
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to67.3.3½<lb></lb>
Those at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55607_geo1747">Hicks Hall</rs>
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to17.14.½<lb></lb>
And those at the Guard House to9.7.6<lb></lb>
making in the whole the Sum of£201..10..-</p>
<p n="2016">That upon the Examination of Mr. Newport <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55607_occ846">Keeper</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55607_geo1748">New Prison</rs>
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in respect<lb></lb>
to the Orders under which the said Work had been done at his Goal it<lb></lb>
appeared that some part thereof had, under particular circumstances of<lb></lb>
Emergency been ordered by himself and other parts under the Order of<lb></lb>
Sir <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55607_n2016-1">George Booth</rs>
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and Mr. Blackborow Magistrates residing in the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55607_geo1749">Vicinity of the Prison</rs>
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.</p>
<p n="2017">That upon the Examination of Mr Williamson the Smith to<lb></lb>
appeared that he had a written Order for some part of the Work under the<lb></lb>
Hands of Sir <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55607_n2017-2">George Booth</rs>
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and Mr Blackborow that the rest had been<lb></lb>
done under applications made to him by the Servants of the Goal and<lb></lb>
that much of the Work had been of so necessary a kind that it had<lb></lb>
been performed at night</p>
<p n="2018">That upon the Examination of Mr Wood the <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55607_occ847">Carpenter</rs>
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it<lb></lb>
appeared that he had not any written Orders but had not done any Work<lb></lb>
except under directions from Sir <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55607_n2018-1">George Booth</rs>
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and Mr Blackborow or <obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55607_occ848">Surveyor</rs>
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</p>
<p n="2019">That upon the Examination of Mr. Rogers the County<lb></lb>
Surveyor it appeared that he could not tell what specific orders he might<lb></lb>
have given but that he had never given any Orders for Work to be done but<lb></lb>
in Cases of the utmost necessity</p>
<p n="2020">And it appearing to your Committee by an Order of Court<lb></lb>
made at the General Quarter Session of the Peace holden for this County<lb></lb>
in the month of April 1780 that neither the Keeper of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55607_geo1750">New Prison</rs>
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the<lb></lb>
Governor of the House of Correction at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55607_geo1751">Clerkenwell</rs>
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or the House Keeper at<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55607_geo1752">Hicks Hall</rs>
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ought to give Orders for any Repair to be done to the Buildings<lb></lb>
under their respective care unless in cases of most urgent necessity and<lb></lb>
then only for what shall come within the Expence of Twenty shillings and<lb></lb>
even that in no more than one instance between the County day of One<lb></lb>
Session and the County day of the next immediate ensuing Session<lb></lb>
It is the Opinion of this Committee that neither the Keeper of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55607_geo1753">New<lb></lb>
Prison</rs>
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the <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55607_occ849">Governor</rs>
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of the House of Correction at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55607_geo1754">Clerkenwell</rs>
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or the<lb></lb>
House Keeper at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55607_geo1755">Hicks Hall</rs>
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ought to give Orders for any emendations</p>
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