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and the submission of the Inhabitants, to the payment of such Fees, is a proof
(it is added) of their not considering themselves as possessing and independent
right, a right that can stand without a permission from the Keeper, which
to that purpose is the same thing with a permission from his principals.
Painted Boards are likewise frequently seen (though they frequently disappear)
forbidding Rubbish to be deposited, but under direction of the Keeper, and —.—
forbidding absolutely the carrying off the Soil: which however is oftentimes —
carried off, in Carts, by persons, some of whom have been known
to pay the Keeper so much a Load for his permission or connivance.—
Copy what follows notwithstanding the lines across.
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A sort of antipathy towards the Dean & Chapter seemed to prevail <add>at one time [+]</add> prevails among
some of the leading people in the parishes: who complained of the body as
disposed to exaction, and as manifesting something supercilious in their
Carriage, towards the persons interested with the management of the Parochial
concerns: but no specific Grounds for any such charge present themselves. The Dean
& Chapter represent themselves as averse to litigation; & the truth of this —"—
representation seems to be confirmed by appearances. Many instances occur, of
either indulgence, or inattention to their rights: no instances of a contrary tendency
have as yet reached the writer of this paper
the possession of the Dean and Chapter;&
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