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Alderman Lawrence acquainted the Board that the Sum of One Hundred Pounds is due to him from this Corporation, being his Salary as Mayor of this City for the last Year, pursuant to a Vote of this Board of the 1 8th of September, 1747, whereby it was resolved that such Salary should be paid to the Mayor of this City for the three Years then next ensuing; And that, as some late Mayors, in lieu of an Entertainment, had given a Sum of Money for some publick Use, he was inclined to follow the Example, and proposed to give the Sum of One Hundred Pounds for the Use of the Academy in this City; which Proposal was approved of by a great Majority; And at Alderman Lawrence's Request, the Treasurer of this Corporation is order' d to pay the said Sum to William Coleman in Behalf of the Trustees of the said Academy, for the Use aforesaid.