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1400 ANNO REGNI DECIMO NONO Cap. 74.

cordingly, as the said Committee from Time to Time
shall direct.

Salaries of Governors and Taskmasters to arise as much as possible from the Profits of Work done in the House.
18 Provided always, That the Salaries of the respective
Governors and Task-masters shall totally, if possible, or
at least in great Measure, arise from the Profits of the
Work that shall be done and performed in each several
Penitentiary House; and the said Committee is hereby
required, with such Approbation, Confirmation, and Allowance,
as aforesaid, so to order and appoint such Salaries,
that the same may bear and constant Proportion to
the Quantity of Labour performed in each several House,
and that it may become the Interest, as well as Duty,
of each Governor and Task-master to see that all persons
under his and their Custody and Direction be regularly
and profitably employed.

Committee may, with such Approbation as aforesaid, vary the Number of Officers.
19 Provided nevertheless, and be it further enacted, That
it shall be lawful for the said Committee, from Time to
Time, with such Approbation, Confirmation, and Allowance
as aforesaid, to increase, diminish, discontinue,
or vary, the Number of Officers to be appointed for any
such House in pursuance of the Directions aforesaid, except
by taking away or discontinuing any of the Offices of
Governor, Matron, Chaplain, and Surgeon or Apothecary
to the same.

The Governor of each House to be a Body Corporate, and accountable for the Conduct of his Servants.
20 And be it further enacted, That the Governor of every
such Penitentiary House shall be a Body Corporate, and
shall due and be sued, by the Name of The Governor of
the Penitentiary House for Males (or for Females, as the
Case shall require), in the Parish or Place wherein it
shall happen to be situated; and shall from Time to
Time employ such Servants, Overseers, and Assistants,
as he shall think proper and necessary, and for whose
Conduct he shall be answerable; provided that the said
Governor do employ no other but Males, in the Houses
set apart for Male Convicts, and Females, where the
Work can be performed by Females, in such as shall be
set apart for Female Convicts.

Governor impowered to contract for Clothing, Diet, &c. ne-
21 And be it further enacted, That the said Governor shall
also have Power to make Contracts with any Persons
whomsoever, for the Clothing, Diet, and all other Necessaries

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Identifier: | JB/116/650/018 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 116.
Date_1	1779	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	116	Main Headings	panopticon versus new south wales
Folio number	650	Info in main headings field
Image	018	Titles
Category	printed material	Number of Pages
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	(1387-1428)
Penner		Watermarks
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public	enclosed within a wrapper and annotated by bentham	ID Number	38183
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