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Minutes of General Meeting of Gentlemen and Clergy of the County

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Third    That the Money subscribed and paid in the several Towns above mentioned
         shall be transmitted weekly to the Treasurer of the County or to one of the
         Banks in Newcastle on his account

Fourth   That the Agents of Noblemen and Gentlemen having property in this County
         and are not at this Time resident therein be desired to transmit to their
         Masters the Resolutions of this meeting

Fifth    That a Committee of Thirty three Gentlemen and Clergymen residing near to
         the River Tyne where the principal Damage was done be appointed and
         authorized to distribute amongst the Sufferers by the late Inundation all the
         Money which shall be raised by this Subscription and that the Committee be
         desired to use their Endeavours to be truely informed not only of the Loss
         which Individuals have suffered but also of the present Condition and
         Circumstances of the Sufferers that the Distribution of the Money to be
         collected may bear proportion to the Necessity of the Receivers

Sixth    That the Committee be desired to meet on Monday first in the Grand Jury
         Room in Hexham in order to get the accounts delivered to them by the
         Sufferers as well authenticated as the nature of the Case will admit and to
         adjourn from time to time as they shall judge necessary --

Seventh  That any Seven of the Committee be empowered to transact all Business
         relative to this Charity, excepting the Disposal of Money, on which occasion
         Eleven at the least must be present --

Eighth   That the Committee or the major part thereof may at their first or second
         meeting draw upon the County Treasurer or one of the Banks in Newcastle
         for any sum not exceeding two hundred pounds to be immediately --
         distributed amongst the most necessitous of the Sufferers for their
         present Support ---

Ninth    That the Books for Subscriptions be kept open to the Twentieth of January
         next and no longer

Tenth    That the Committee be desired to meet as soon as may be after the Books
         of Subscription are shut that they may when they know the whole Sum
         collected settle the distributive Shares to be paid to the respective objects of
         this Charity --

Eleventh That as soon as all the Money shall be distributed, the Committee be
         desired to publish in the Newcastle Newspapers an account of their
         Receipts and Disbursments

                The names of the committee appointed to enquire into and settle
                and pay Damages according to the Resolutions of Hexham  --
                19th December 1771.
         The Revd Mr. Rickman      Captain Smith           Mr. Henry Tulip
         Mr. Blackett - Wylam      Captain Bainbridge      Mr. William Tulip
         The Revd Mr. Gregson      Sir Lanct Allgood       Doctor Dockwray
         Mr. Fenwick - Bywell      Mr. Riddell. Swinburn   Mr. Bacon Wastell

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