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Notoriety - New Year- Books 2
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On the one hand the Revisors might be encumber'd by a multitude the relevancy of
which is questionable, on the other, on the other, natural relevant ones might be witholden
(and in consequence finally disauthenticated) under the apprehension of their being not so that they were not so.
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In order to make it as near as may be a matter of indifference in point of pecuniary Interest to the Readers
whether the Collection were published speedily or otherwise, so that they may be
left free to use that degree of expedition which their judgement embrassed by
any consideration but that of anything but the exigencies of the business matter committed to them shall
pronounce competent, their appointments may consist of a yearly Salary to a
certain amount and adequate <add>proportional</add> a gross Sum to be paid at completion, from apportioned to the
time which the undertaking it may be estimated to require. Medal Wallets Judge 10-5 —
As great nicety could not be attained
on this head, nor is great nicety it required. — For persons will not be appointed
who are likely to be wrongly biased influenced by a small & questionable emolument advantages. — But the
tendency should rather be toward to accelerate than retard: for thus it will have
two in weights considerations, indolence and a regard for reputation which would suffer by an
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hasty performance, to counterbalance it. — This provision being established, therefore
the persons were made choice of, would hurt the delicacy of give offence to no one.
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7 Suppose it were judged that 5 years was the longest time it would probably take up, and 600£ yearly salary for that time payable quarterly were to be annexed apposited to the employment
together with £2000 once paid for two or 3 Revisers as shall be agreed
for temporary services The a disposition of the appointment analogous to that which is here suggested might be of general use in preventing guarding against abuses what is called a Job where there is more danger of it than [is] here.
on, I mean that the whole some of the emolument of the composed of the quarterly payments
received at the time of final when the last publication shall have been made and the gross Sum
Premium be equal to the to the present worth of 200£ a year for 5 years from the time of the appointment
together with the 2000£ at the end of 5 years. — The annual Salary
at any rate to continue no longer than fo to that period.
8.
It will probably often happen that many more reports of the same case may often be produced so nearly
equal in point of merit that two or 3 persons competent judges may not agree nor even a single
person be able to satisfy himself that one is better than another; the Persons
therefore should have power to determine their reception the preference by Lot. — The power of publishing
which the competition rejected contractors would retain would be a check upon against partialities.
9.
9.The reports will be furnished either directly by the Authors themselves or some others: by <add>the transmission of others who have come into possession
of them by Deaths</add> and the
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