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receave or Intoiinoddlc with tlie Eecoue'liiy of any monv 

 l)elonging' or to belong to the Towiie aforesd. But that the 

 Mayor, Aldermen, and Capitall Burgesses on or after the election 

 of every new Mayor are to and shall chuse twoe of the Capitall 

 Burgesses of the sd Borough to Ijee Stewards and Keceauors of 

 the Incom and Eeveniue of the said Borough, And wbich 

 Stewards are to continew During the continewance of such 

 mayors mayoralty wherein they shalbee elected. And the said 

 Stewards are to be accountable for the sd Incom vnto tlie sd 

 Mayor, Aldermen, Capitall Burgesses at the vsuall tyme for 

 accountying for the same." Tlio hrst two Stewards elected were 

 Henry Gregor, alderman, and William Gribble, gent. 



To make the corporation's revenues still more secure from 

 fraud, a committee of seven was appointed in 1686 " to examine, 

 correct, adjust, and past (sic) every Mayors accompt from yeare to 

 yeare after the expiracon of his mayoralty." 



The mayor's allowance was a matter of much debate and of 

 frequent modification. In 1678 the sum of twenty pounds was 

 voted for the extraordinary charges of his mayoralty ; and eight 

 years later, twenty pounds were added " towards pvision for his 

 kitchen." In 1689 it was "ordered, constituted and ordained, 

 that every mayor of the sd Borough for the tyme being shalbe 

 allowed and paid for every yeare oiit of the stocke of the Towne 

 the some of forty poundes towards the charge of his kitchin." 

 Towards the close of the 18th century the Borough finances were 

 in a most unsatisfactory state, and among the suggestions 

 adopted in 1790 for retrenchment in expenditure was the follow- 

 ing : "That the allowance to the Mayor for Serjeants Cloaks, 

 Gloves, Cravets, Hats, Fee of one shilling p. week each to the 

 Serjeants, Passes, Expences of Serjeants, Constables and Petit 

 Juries, all Dinners and Entertainments of every kind whatever 

 shall be £40 p. annum, and that every further expence incurred 

 by any Mayor beyond the said sum shall be paid out of his own 

 pocket, and not allowed to be discharged out of the Corporation 

 revenue without an Order expressly made for that purpose by a 

 majority of the Corporation." Nine years later the allowance 

 Avas cut down to twenty-five pounds, and " the money paid by 

 him with passes was to be repaid by the Corporation which shall 

 not be less than sixpence to each person." This sum was con- 



