Document 76, p 3, Gawen Aynsley continued
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| [2nd Excon] | For that the sd Deft Gawen Aynsley hath not in manner afsd answd | |||
| and set forth Wher it wod not for the reasons in ye sd Bill for that | ||||
| purpose mentd be for the ultimate good and safety of the Coy of Northland | ||||
| and its Inhabitants that a new Bridge upon a more extensive & enlarged | ||||
| Plan shod be erected and built capable of withstanding any possible | ||||
| Floods. | ||||
| [3rd]Excon | For that the sd Deft Gawen Aynsley hath not in manner afsd [answd] | |||
| and set forth Whether the sd Complt did not actually lay out and [expend?] | ||||
| in erecting and building the Bridge built by him as in ye sd Bill | ||||
| mentd & in making and finishing the Road thereto much more than th[e] | ||||
| sum of £5,400 besides the old Matles as in ye sd Bill mentd And | ||||
| Wher it wod not so appear if an Account were taken of what was [?] | ||||
| laid out and expended And wher the sd Complt was not consid[bly?] | ||||
| or somewhat and how much out of Pocket on the Acct in the [??] | ||||
| set forth by building of the said Bridge. | ||||
| [4th] Excon | For that the sd Deft Gawen Aynsley hath not in manner afsd [??] | |||
| ansd and set forth Wher in order to build a Bridge over the river | ||||
| Tyne capable of withstanding any possible flood which may arise | ||||
| such a Flood as arose in the month of March 1782 as in [the sd] | ||||
| Bill set forth a much greater [or?] sums and what sum of mo[ney] | ||||
| must not necessarily be expended and laid out than what was | ||||
| allowed and paid to |
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| And wher such a Bridge must not and ought not to be bui[lt] | ||||
| upon a more extensive and consequently more expensive plan [??] | ||||
| the Plan accdg to which the former Bridge in the sd Bi[ll] [??] | ||||
| was built by the sd Complt as therein set forth And wh[er] [??] | ||||
| former Plan is suffict and effectual for answering the [Plan?] | ||||
| of making a safe and lasting Bridge. | ||||
| [5th] Excon | For that the sd Deft Gawen Aynsley hath not in ma[nner afsd] | |||
| answd and set forth Wher it is for the reasons & [??] | ||||
| ye sd Bill mentd reasble & just that ye sd Complt shod be bo[und] | ||||
| strictly by the Arts of Agreemt in ye sd Bill set forth as to be | ||||
| compelled to build anor Bridge on the same Plan as in the sd Bill | ||||
| in that Behalf mentd & to uphold the same for the term of 7 Years | ||||
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Note: Complainant's Exceptions p 3; edge of page missing
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