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A PLACE SELECTED FOR BUILDING A BRIDEWELL.
left as pledges for payment of gateage, ordered, that Mr. Miles Martin do gage deliverance for said goods, and that the City indemnify him, and that Martin employ Council and Attorneys to defend the same. Mr. Robt. Hoare having produced his bill of costs, £781s. 4cl., expended by • him in several suites, ordereu, that £40 be paid him. Present-1\Ir. 1\fayor, 1\Ir. Sheriff Huleat; Ald~ 0 • Crone, Delahoid, Perdrian, Phillips, Ph. French, Ab. French, Morley, Terry, Lavit; Mr. Masters, Wilson, Morrison, Foucault, Austen, Mr. Com. Speaker. 3 July, 172-!. That the report of the Mayor, &c., relating to the Weighmasters and their Deputies, with the Citie's petition, &c., be entered in the book. That William, son of William Page, dec., be admitted into the Blue Boys Hospital on the recommendation of Ald. Phil. French. That Daniel, son of Archil.mld Car, be also admitted, recommended by Ald. Ed wd. Browne. Present-Mr. Mayor, Sheriff Cramer; Alden. Crone, Morley, Terry, Lavit; Mr. Masters, Morrison, Croker, Austin, Foulks (postea), Ald. Ab. French, Mr. Wilson, Foucauld, Phillips. 24 July, 1724. That James, eldest son of Amos Godsell, dec., be admitted a freeman. That the ground at the lower end of the quay near Mr. Hargrove's be the place for building a Bridewell, and that it be so built as to prevent any passage at the North end of the said quay, and that Ald. Ab. French, Mr. Morrison, Sheriff Cramer, Sam. Croker, and Mr. James Austin, do make an estimate of the building and report. Ordered, on the report of Ald. Ph. French, Allin, Mr. Rob. Atkins, J. Foucault, and Sheriff Cramer, that Mr. Will. Lane have liberty to build a quay without the present _quay near the Globe, to extend six feet from the West end of Mr. Field's dung quay, and so gradually to a point at the East end of said Lane's holdings, and that Ald. Ph. French have liberty to carry on said quay to the upper part of the front of his slip. That £200 be taken up at interest for the necessary occasions of the Cor• poration. Present- Mr. Mayor, Mr. Sheriff Cramer ; Alden. Crone, Delahoid, Phillips, 56
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