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Reported by the Comittee appointed to inspect the accounts & the Repairs
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of the
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That The Dwelling house of the Sd. Prison
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Lodge, & other appurtenances
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thereunto belonging, contain Seventeen Square of building, the Roofs whereof
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be taken down the intirely made now
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are intirely decayd', the
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principal Girders rotten even three feet within side of the house,
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appears
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in
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the floors
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are so
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much Sunk out of Square
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vis
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Suspected
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if the Sd. floors attemped
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to be repaird', t'will be found they are intirely decayd' also. That the
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foundations of
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the
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walls of
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each front are very much decayd and
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bellyd' out, that part
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of the walls are falln down, the floors, which they Supported, Shored up
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and the premisses now laid open, That in our
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the Repair
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of these buildings, to make them Substantially habitable, is impracticable,
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at least, without laying out more money than will build now of Sufficient conveniencies
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containing but eleven Square of building which is not quite
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two thirds of what
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the premisses are now inumberd
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with, That we have treated with Workmen who will pull down the old premisses & build the Sd eleven
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Square of new work according to the model herewith produced for about three
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hundred &
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sixty
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pounds allowing them the old materials, That there are
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eight Wards in the prison which
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be new floord of will cost about
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Sixteen pounds. That there remains due to Workmen
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as appears
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by their bills for work formerly done, and not yet paid for, about the Sum of
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Seventy pounds
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All which is humbly
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