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Cap. 74. GEORGII III. REGIS.
31. And it be further enacted, That after Delivery of any such Offender as aforesaid into the Custody to which he or she shall be ordered or adjudged, such Governor or Superintendant, or other Person having the Custody of Offenders under his Direction, shall, during the Term for which such Offender shall be ordered to Hard Labour, have the same Powers over such Offender as are incident to the Office of a Sheriff or Gaoler; and in case of any Abuse of such Custody, or other Misbehaviour or Negligence in the Discharge of his Office, shall be liable to the same Punishment as a Gaoler is now liable to by Law.
Governor or Superintendant to have the same Power over Offenders in his Custody as a Sheriff or Gaoler.
32. And be it further enacted, That every such Governor of each and such Penitentiary houses shall, during the Term prescribed for the Imprisonment and Hard Labour of such Offender, keep him or her, so far as may be consistent with his or her Sex, Age, Health, and Ability, to Labour of the hardest and most servile kind, in which Drudgery is chiefly required, and where the Work is little liable to be spoiled by Ignorance, Neglect, or Obstinacy, and where the Materials or Tools are not easily stolen or embezzled, such as treading in a Wheel, or drawing in a Capstern, for turning a Bill or other Machine or Engine, sawing Stone, polishing Marble, beating Hemp, rasping Logwood, chopping Rags, making Cordage, or any other hard and laborious Service; and those of less Health and Ability, Regard being also had to Age and Sex, in picking Dakum, weaving Sacks, spinning Yarn, knitting Nets, or any other less laborious Employment : And if the Work to be performed by any such Offenders shall be of such a Nature as may require previous Instruction, proper Persons shall be provided to give the same, by Order of the said Committee, to whom a suitable Allowance shall be made.
and those of less Ability are to be employed in the less laborious work
33. And be it further enacted , That such Offenders as shall be sent to either of such Penitentiary Houses shall, during their Hours of Rest, be kept entirely separate and apart from each other, and be lodged in separate Rooms or Cells, not exceeding Twelve feet in Length, Eight feet in Breadth, and Eleven feet in heighth, nor less than Ten feet in Length, Seven feet in Breadth and Nine
Offenders, during the Hours of Rest to be lodged in small Rooms, separate from each other;
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