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<p n="2021">April 1782.</p>
<p n="2022">Work in addition to or reparation of the Buildings under their respective<lb></lb>
Care or in or about any matter or thing thereto belonging but by direction<lb></lb>
of this Committee or under an order in Writing to be subscribed by the<lb></lb>
Chairman of the Sessions or the Reverend Sir <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55607_n2022-1">George Booth</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMGO55607_n2022-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55607_occ850">Bart</rs>
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. he<lb></lb>
residing near to the said Buildings which order is not to be given<lb></lb>
unless the Surveyor shall Certify under his Hand the necessity for<lb></lb>
such Work and the probable amount of the Expences of performing the<lb></lb>
same It is the further Opinion of the Committee that the Fetters<lb></lb>
made use of by the Keepers of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55607_geo1756">New Prison</rs>
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and <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55607_geo1757">Clerkenwell</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMGO55607_geo1757" type="placeName" value="Clerkenwell"></interp>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55607_geo1758">Bridewell</rs>
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<lb></lb>
for the Security of their Prisoners ought not to be provided or repaired at<lb></lb>
the Expence of the County And the Committee directed Mr. Rogers the<lb></lb>
Countys Surveyor to take an exact account of all the Fetters now<lb></lb>
belonging to the County in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55607_geo1759">New Prison</rs>
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in respect to Weight Number<lb></lb>
and Description and make an Inventory thereof and do also mark<lb></lb>
the said Fetters numerically correspondent with such Inventory</p>
<p n="2023">A Motion was made that in the first Opinion of the Committee<lb></lb>
these Words Vizt. "the probable amount of" be left out which being<lb></lb>
carried in the Affirmative. It Was moved to insert the word "that"<lb></lb>
in the place of the words so left out which was also agreed to A<lb></lb>
Motion was likewise made that at the End of the said first Opinion of<lb></lb>
the Committee the words "will not exceed Five Pounds" be added<lb></lb>
and the same was agreed to. A Motion was also made that at the<lb></lb>
End of the second Opinion of the Committee the words "in future" be<lb></lb>
added which being agreed to A Motion was made that so much of the<lb></lb>
said Report as is above recited amended as aforesaid be confirmed and<lb></lb>
the same being carried in the Affirmative. It is Ordered that such<lb></lb>
part of the said Report amended as aforesaid be confirmed and the<lb></lb>
same is hereby ratified and confirmed accordingly.</p>
<p n="2024">The second Article of the said Report being now read as follows Vizt.</p>
<p n="2025">And the said Committee further Report that having<lb></lb>
taken into Consideration the order of Referrence to this Committee made in<lb></lb>
January Session last Vizt. To examine what damage had been done to<lb></lb>
the Roofs of the Houses adjoining <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55607_geo1760">New Prison</rs>
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belonging to one Mr Sharp<lb></lb>
by the escape of some Prisoners out of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55607_geo1761">New Prison</rs>
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and whether the Wall<lb></lb>
of the said Prison near the said Houses right to be raised lowered or<lb></lb>
altered to prevent the Escape of Prisoners in future Your Committee<lb></lb>
directed Mr. Rogers to view the Roofs of the Houses adjoining <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55607_geo1762">New<lb></lb>
Prison</rs>
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belonging to Mr. Sharp and report at their next Meeting if any<lb></lb>
and what damage appears to have been done thereto by the Prioners</p>
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