ACCOUNT OF LA..'IDS OF CAPT. BRETRIDGE TO BE LAID BEFORE COUNCIL. 449
That every member of the Common Council have a proportion of tho \ -- Bibles to he disposed by them to such charitable uses as they think fit, , \ each member returning an account to the Council of the persons to whom the same are given. The Common Speaker's petition in relation to the Augmentation of the Mayor's Sallery was read in Council and passed the first reailing. Present-1\Ir. 1\fayor, Loth Sheriffs; Alden. Phillips, Lavit, Terry, Brock- lesby; Mr. Wilson, Croker, Austin, Atkins, :Mr. Com. Speaker (postea), Ald. Morley. 23 Dec., 1724. That the order of the Court of Deer hundred confirming tho Bye-law in relation to the election of officers, who are first to be freemen before such election, also the order in relation to the Augmentation of the present . y Mayor's Sallery to £365 pe)• annu'm, read a second time, and also in v \ Council, both orders to be confirmed. That the Corporation bonds to ~Ir. 'Vill. Spread for £150 each be changed into two bonds of the like sum to 1\Ir.•John Spread, and that tho sum of £18 interest due on said bonds Le paid 1\fr. 'Villiam Spread in full for inte- rest due 6 inst. That £15 be paid Ald. Pierse for an entertainment given by him 281\Iay, 1723, being the King's birthday. That £7 68. 5d. be paid Ald. J>ierse for an entertainment at Blackrock, also 538. 9d. expended by him on the manor of Faha. Present-Mr. Mayor, two Sheriffs; Alden. Crone, Phillips, Terry, Lavit, Broklesby; 1\Ir. Wilson, Addis, Atkins, Mr. Com. Speaker (postea), Mr. Croker. 1 Feb., 1724. That Mr. Masters lay before the next Council an account of the profits arising out of the lands given by Capt. Bretridge towards supporting several poor persons. That £5 be paid Mr. Somerville for a year's attendance at North Gaol. That £7 58. be paid Mr. John Croker, law expenses at the suit of the Corporation. 57
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