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for by the words of the Act at very opening of it
your Lordships are not only empowered but "required"
to do one of two things, and that "soon" "as soon
"after the passing thereof as conveniently may be": to
"fix" either "upon the said piece or pieces of ground"
"or" else "upon" some other as convenient & proper
" spot.

Your Lordships will be pleased to observe: it is
not any body else who is bound to find this other
convenient & proper spot, it is not your Memorialist,
it is your Lordships therefore who are to find it, it is
your Lordships who are to have found it already if
there be one. If the plan of it does not lie already
upon your Lordships table, your Lordships in
waiting for it would run counter to the requisition
of the Act. For the Act which describes the present
spot, and gives your Lordships the option of it, is
already upon your Lordships table: and knowing
of that spot which the Act has pronounced convenient
at least as convenient as any other, and
knowing of no other, if your Lordships do not take
that, you do not perform what the Act requires, you
do not make your choice as soon after the passing
thereof as conveniently may be. In vain would any
one say to your Lordships, Wait a little, & I'll
shew you a fitter spot;— a fitter spot does not
exist:

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Box	118	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	098	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f47 / f48 / f49 / f50
Penner		Watermarks
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Notes public		ID Number	39152
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