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ANNO REGNI DECIMO NONO Cap.74.
by Forfeiture of Office, by any fine not exceeding Ten Pounds, and by Imprisonment for any Term not exceeding Six Months, or by any One or more of such Punishments, as the said Committee shall, in their Discretion, think proper.
who may Punish him by Fine and Imprisonment
37. And be it further enacted, That when any Offender, who shall be ordered to Hard Labour in either of such houses as aforesaid, shall be brought thither in pursuance of the Powers contained in this Act, he or she shall be separately lodged, and washed, cleansed and purified, and shall then be examined by the Surgeon or Apothecary, and shall continue in such separate Lodging until it be certified by such Surgeon or Apothecary that he or she is fit to be received among the other Convicts, and the Clothes in which he or she shall then be clothed shall be burnt, if necessary, or otherwise shall be sold and disposed of, at the Discretion of the Governor, and the Produce thereof shall be accounted for to the Committee aforesaid; and such Offender shall not be dismissed at the End or other Determination of his Term, unless at his own Request, if he shall then labour under any acute or dangerous Distemper, nor until he can be safely discharged;and when discharged, to be furnished with decent Clothing and Money, and when such Offender shall be finally discharged, such other decent Clothing as shall be judged necessary and proper by the Committee aforesaid, shall be delivered to such Offender, and also such Such of Money, for his or her immediate Subsistence, as the said Committee shall think proper, so as such Sum shall not exceed Three Pounds, nor be less than Twenty Shillings, in case such Offender shall have been confined in such Penitentiary House for the Space of One Year, and so in Proportion for any shorter Term of Confinement; and if such Offender, and after having continued in a reputable Service for One Year, to be intitled to a further Sum of Money. at the End or other Determination of his or her Term, shall procure any reputable Master of a Ship or Tradesman, or other Substantial Housekeeper, to take him or her into Service, or provide him or her with proper Employment for One Year then next ensuing, the same to be approved by the Committee aforesaid, he or she, having served accordingly, shall be entitled at the End of the Year to another Sum of Money,
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panopticon versus new south wales |
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enclosed within a wrapper and annotated by bentham |
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