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Commers of Treasury with Bentham
it is also therein also provided that after the removal
of any offender under the same such overseer
shall during the term have the powers incident
to the office of Sheriff and or Gaoler, and be
answerable for the any escape of any such offender,
and also during such custody shall feed and
clothe such offender and shall keep him to
labour at such places and under such directions
as his Majesty [or three such justices] shall
by order directed to such overseer appoint Now
therefore it is farther agreed that in pursuance
to the said Act of the 7th of July 1794 the
said Lords Commissioners shall humbly recommend
to his Majesty that he would be graciously
pleased to appoint the said Jeremy Bentham
to be Governor of the said hereby intended Penitentiary
House or Houses when it when erected with their appurtenances
when erected during his natural life with
the same powers as those which his Majesty
is enabled to give to such Overseer as abovementioned
in manner abovementioned Remainder
to any Assignee or Assignees jointly or severally successively
for the life of the said Jeremy Bentham for
and during the natural life of him the said
Jeremy Bentham or for any term or terms determinable
upon his life
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