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House on the north, east and south sides of the same, for the pur-
pose of repairing or fitting up the said House, or for the erection of
a new Court House on the premises at all times," '' for the express
purpose of erecting, keeping and having a Court House for the
County of Addison aforesaid, on the said premises, where the same
is now erected, so long as the premises shall be used for the purpose
aforesaid, and no longer," with a quit claim of the right to erect
buildings on the neighboring lands within certain distances. The
width of the " free passage ar(Mnd " the House was fixed by a deed
from the Corporation of Middlebury College, who received the land
by will from Judge Painter to R. and J. Wainwright, at one rod.
TheCourt House having so high a room for the sessions of the
Courts, having been much racked by the removal, and being other-
wise out of repair, was found to be not only inconvenient, but so
cold that it could not be kept comfortable in the cold weather in
winter, when most of the Courts were held ; and for that reason the
Supreme Court held its sessions, for several winters, at the public
houses. The County Court therefore, in the year 1829, ordered
Samuel Swift the Clerk, and Seymour Sellick the Sheriff, to
divide the building into two stories. The Agents accomplished this
purpose during that season, finishing the upper story for the ses-
sions of the Courts, with one room adjoining for a consultation room,
and three rooms below for Jury rooms and other uses, in the