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always to be had, when they have any Business to transact
or do before any of the Magistrates of the Town or else
where, and that they are often wronged for the want of a
clear Apprehension of their Case or Causes before them And
that Messrs Gay, Rogers Aisquith Owings and Richard Rich-
ards have hitherto required taken and exacted Exorbitant
Fees from the Petitioners for Services done by them as
Magistrates.
We the Subscribers whose names are hereto affixed think
it Our Duty to acquaint your Excellency, That the Complaint
of the German Inhabitants of the Town as to their not Under-
standing the English Language, is in some Respects true;
But there are but few of them but can Speak English so as to
be understood and Interpreters are always to be had when
Occasion required them, there being a great Number that un-
derstand both Dutch and English especially in Town and we
very believe whenever Occasion has required Mr. William Ais-
quith One of the Magistrates Complained of calls them in, in
Order to have matters explained, and as to the Complaint as
set forth in the Petition against Mr William Aisquith, for
taking exorbitant fees for doing any Services as a Magistrate
We do hereby Certifie to your Excellency that Mr Aisquith at
all Times when we had any Business to do before him as a
Magistrate never demanded exacted or received from Us for
doing any Services whatsoever in the Duty of his Office any
fee or Reward from any of Us more than he was Justly intitled
to.
And we humbly beg leave to make this Remonstrance to
your Excellency at the Request of Mr William Aisquith Who
has served us in the Station of a Magistrate these several
years past and always behaved himself in such a Manner as
gave General Satisfaction to Us all.
Thomas Chase James Mayes
John Stevenson Robt Manley
Andrew Buchanan Jas Kelley
Robert Alexander Inones Dorling
Alexander Steuart John Wilkinson
Joseph Burgess David Humphrey
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