Draft of MINT00868 (Mint 19/1/450-51)

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1. That the Warden of the Mint find out a person whoell qualified to attend him {illeg}as a Clerk & Sollicitor for drawing up Informations & Warrants & entring them in books, & seing {sic} the Warrants executed when there ais occasion, & for attending Prosecutions at the Old Bayly & Assizes

2. That this Clerk & Sollicitor be allowed a Salary of    li per an by a Warrant under his Mats signe Manual directed to ye Master & Worker of his Mint to pay the same quarterly as it shall become due.

3. That the Mr & Worker be imp{illeg}owered by the same Warrant to imprest further to the said Clerk & Sollicitor any for carrying on the p for bearing the Charges of the Prosecutions any summ or summs desired for {illeg}demanded by him from time to time by the Wardens Order in writing or& not exceeding in the whole the summ of per an including the said Salary in any one year And that the Auditor {sic} {illeg} of the Mint be directed to allow these payments in the Masters {sic} Accts. {sic}

4 That the said OSollicitor upon being sent to apprehend or prosecute criminalls in the country be allowed 10s per diem for his hose & himself & six pence per mile travell{illeg} travelling charges. And that such others as shall be necessary to accompany him be allowed such travelling charges as the Warden shall approve of not exceeding 7s 6d pr diem for a man & a horse.

6 That the said Sollicitor do lay before the board{illeg} at the end of the every half year lay before the Master & Worker at& Comptroller of the Mint an account of the services performed by him & his Assistants with a certificate from the Warden that they were done by his Order. And that he do also lay before them at the end of every year an Accoutdnt of lay before the Warden Master & Comptroller an Account of all his travelling charges. Councellours fees & other expences for wch he can produce Receipts of other good Vouchers to be examined & signedallowed by the said Warden Master & Comptroller under their hands as a Voucher to his Accounts.

5. That for in lie{illeg}u c{illeg}oach hire, pocket expences, & Court-fees, & such other expences as cannot be ascertained by good Vouch{illeg}ers, he {illeg}be further all{illeg}dowed 1li for every person brought to his trialindixted {illeg}& & tried & actually tried whether the person be convicted or acquitted,.& 10s for every person co{illeg}omitted to prison in order to be tried.

7. That at the end of every year or every two years, he lay his Accounts first before {illeg}the Warden of the Mint & then before the Attorney &or Sollicitor of the Treary or any of them to be examined & stated & then {illeg}laid before ye Chancellour of the Excheqr or Lord H. Tr. or Lords Commrs of the Treary for be ing order to be allowe allowed &{illeg} sent to ye {illeg}Mr & {illeg}Wr to be paid off.

8 And that the Mr & Wr aforesaid be {illeg}ordered authorized by the {illeg}Warrant above mentioned to pay off all such Bills Accounts so allowed, & the Auditors of the Mint be directed to allow allow in the Mr & Wrs Acct all payments {illeg} made by vertue of the said Warrant, the whole not exceeding in the whole the summ of 400li per annum.

5 That in recompence for pocket expences, coach hire, Court fees & such other expen{illeg}ces as cannot be ascertained by good vouchers, the Sollicitor be further allowed for every person committed to prison in order to be tried, &       for every person indicted & triesd, whether the persons be convicted or coacquitted. or convicted. And that every person who by the Wardens order shall assist the Sollicitor or be otherwise imployed in the apprehanding of people persons accusedsearching of housesexecuting of Warrants, or searching of houses shall be allowed         a piece for every person apprehended &         a house for every h{illeg}ouse searched.