Rich. Caulfield Council Book of Cork & early annals

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REGULATION OF THE LAMPS FOR THE CITY AND SUBURBS.

Water Bailiff for one year, at a salary of £60 (duties as usual) ; It., £6 to Andrew Peace, Apothecary, one year's attendance on the Boys of S. Ste- phen's Hospital, and a further sum of £4 11s. 2d. for medicines; It., · £28 9s. to Timothy Mulcahy, painter, for painting the Council Chamber _and windows white, whitewashing the ceiling, and g:uilding the frames of the looking-glass, pictures, and balls of the clock, and cleansing and var- nishing the pictures. Present-Mr. Mayor, Mr. Recorde:r; Sher. Kingston and Allen; Alden. Wrixon, Maylor, Baker, Travers, Butler, Owgan, Harding; Mr. Bro-wne, .and Rowland. 25 A U[J., 1781. That John Cole,.junr., Cooper, eldest son of John C~, do-.,. be admitted a freeman. Present-Mr. Mayor, Sher. Kingston and Allen; Alden. Wetherall, Wrixon, Maylor, Baker, Travers, Butler, Owgan; Mr. Browne,. Rowland, ·and Robinson, C. S.

14 Sep., 178.L No business done this day.-Wm. Snowe, Clk. of the Council~

Present-Mr. Mayor,· Sher. Kingston and Allen ; Alden. Bury, Wethera11, Wrixon~ Maylor, Webb, Travers, Owgan; Mr. Browne, Travers, and Row- .land. 25 Sep., 1781. In pursuance of an Act of.Parliament for the regulation of the City of Cork, &c., we; the Mayor, &c., do fix 900 globe lamps with single burners, with a good Turkey cotton wick yarn of eight threads, as necessary for said City and suburbs thereof, and we fix that 269 of said Lamps shall be erected in the Parish of the Holy Trinity, 173 in the Parish of S. Peter, 90 in the Parish of S. Paul, 210 in the Parishes of S. Mary and S. Ann Shandon, 158 'in the Parishes of St. Finbarry and S. Nicholas, and that said Lamps shall be erected in the places in the said several parishes ·and suourbs which have been lately marked out for the erecting the same ; and we fix that said lamps shall be lighted on the night of the 1 Oct. next, at sun-settin& and continue lighted to sun-rising until! April, and on every succeeding year,

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