Fifteen months having expired, ten months
which
more will complete the period, after the Rent will be received into the Treasury.
From the auditor's report it appears that besides the 2,500 Dollars expended in the addition of several Rooms and other improvements to the building, there is a
Lum
of 425 Dollars, 90 cents, or about. £88, laid out in repairs to the older portion of the building, which, in consideration the very high rent. of 2.1 Per cent charged. to the Chief Justice, it is recommended by
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the Auditor should be carried to the
account of repairs of Government- buildings.
this
It appears to me
of
equitable that
charge for repairs should not fall
upon the Tenant who pays so high a Pent;
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but. I did not think it proper to authorize- the outlay, until I had obtained
your Lordship's
Lordship's sanction, although the
a
advantageous
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Government has made an bargain, after paying the £88._ for repairs_
I have the honor to be, With the highest respect,
Your Lordship's
Most Obedient
Humble Servant