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April 1782.
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Work in addition to or reparation of the Buildings under their respective
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Care or in or about any matter or thing thereto belonging but by direction
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of this Committee or under an order in Writing to be subscribed by the
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Chairman of the Sessions or the Reverend Sir
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George Booth
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. he
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residing near to the said Buildings which order is not to be given
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unless the Surveyor shall Certify under his Hand the necessity for
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such Work and the probable amount of the Expences of performing the
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same It is the further Opinion of the Committee that the Fetters
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made use of by the Keepers of
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New Prison
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and
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Clerkenwell
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Bridewell
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for the Security of their Prisoners ought not to be provided or repaired at
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the Expence of the County And the Committee directed Mr. Rogers the
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Countys Surveyor to take an exact account of all the Fetters now
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belonging to the County in
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in respect to Weight Number
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and Description and make an Inventory thereof and do also mark
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the said Fetters numerically correspondent with such Inventory
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A Motion was made that in the first Opinion of the Committee
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these Words Vizt. "the probable amount of" be left out which being
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carried in the Affirmative. It Was moved to insert the word "that"
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in the place of the words so left out which was also agreed to A
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Motion was likewise made that at the End of the said first Opinion of
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the Committee the words "will not exceed Five Pounds" be added
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and the same was agreed to. A Motion was also made that at the
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End of the second Opinion of the Committee the words "in future" be
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added which being agreed to A Motion was made that so much of the
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said Report as is above recited amended as aforesaid be confirmed and
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the same being carried in the Affirmative. It is Ordered that such
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part of the said Report amended as aforesaid be confirmed and the
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same is hereby ratified and confirmed accordingly.
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The second Article of the said Report being now read as follows Vizt.
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And the said Committee further Report that having
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taken into Consideration the order of Referrence to this Committee made in
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January Session last Vizt. To examine what damage had been done to
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the Roofs of the Houses adjoining
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belonging to one Mr Sharp
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by the escape of some Prisoners out of
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and whether the Wall
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of the said Prison near the said Houses right to be raised lowered or
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altered to prevent the Escape of Prisoners in future Your Committee
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directed Mr. Rogers to view the Roofs of the Houses adjoining
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belonging to Mr. Sharp and report at their next Meeting if any
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and what damage appears to have been done thereto by the Prioners
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