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ANNO REGNI DECIMO NONO Cap.74
or Years, shall and may, if they shall think proper, shorten the Confinement of such Offender, on Condition that such Offender, being a Male, shall engage himself to serve in the Sea or Land forces, or without any Condition, as to them in their Discretion shall seem meet; and if the Offender shall be committed for Life, in pursuance of a conditional Pardon, such Justices shall, if they think proper, report him or her to his Majesty as an Object of Royal Mercy.
Male convicts, after they are delivered to the Superintendant, shall be washed, and their Clothes changed, &c.
50. And it be further enacted, That after the Delivery of any such Male Offender into the Custody of any such Superintendant or Superintendantsas aforesaid, he shall be confined in some secure Place or Vessel, to be provided for the sole Purpose of receiving such Offenders on their first Arrival, and shall be washed and cleaned, and his Clothes shall be burnt, if it is deemed necessary, and others provided for him; and he shall remain there for the Space of four Days at the least, unless, during that Time, he shall be found to be infected with any putrid or contagious fever, or other Disease; in which Case he shall immediately sent to the Hospital or Infirmary, till such Time as the Surgeon or Apothecary attending the same shall think it safe to remove him on Board One of the Vessels appointed for the Confinement of Offenders in general, and to lodge him among the healthy Convicts.
An Hospital to be provided for the Sick, etc. 3
51 And be it further enacted, That there shall be provided for the Reception of such Offenders, in the Custody of every Superintendant, as shall happen to be sick, or to be disabled by any Wound or Accident, a secure Place or Vessel, to serve as an Hospital or Infirmary, with such proper Assistants as may be necessary for their speedy Recovery, but the Whole to be under the Charge and Controul of such Superintendant aforesaid, who shall be liable to answer for the Escape of any Offender so removed to such Hospital or Infirmary; and there shall also be provided, by the said Superintendant, a large Piece of Ground, securely fenced and inclosed, for a Garden and Airing-ground, in which shall be raised proper Vegetables for the Use of the Offenders under the Custody of every such Superintendant; who shall be at Liberty to employ Likewise a large Garden for raising Vegetables for the Use of the Offenders.
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enclosed within a wrapper and annotated by bentham |
38183 |
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