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Cap.74. GEORGII III. REGIS

employ such of the invalid Offenders, recommended for that Purpose by the Surgeon or Apothecary , as the said Superintendant shall think proper, and for whole Escape he shall be liable to answer, in the Culture and Management of such Garden.

52 And be it further enacted, That, subject to the Exceptions and Prohibitions aforesaid, every such Superintendant or Superintendants shall, during the Term prescribed for the Imprisonment and Hard Labour of every such Offender, keep him to Hard Labour, either in raising Sand, Soil, and Gravel, or in any other laborious Service, for the Benefit of the Navigation of the Thames, or of such other Navigable Rivers, Ports, Harbours, or Havens, as aforesaid, or in any other publick Works upon the Banks or Shores of the same; but when the said laborious Service shall be for the Navigation of the Thames, then at such Places only, and subject to such Limitations and Restrictions, as the Master, Wardens, and Assistants of the Trinity-house shall, from Time to Time, prescribe. Offenders in the Custody of the Superintendant, to be employed in raising Sand, etc. for the Benefit of the Navigation of the Thames, &c.3

but not in delivering Ballast to Masters of Ships

53. Provided nevertheless, That such Offenders shall in no Case be employed in delivering Tonnage or Ballast to Masters and Commanders of Ships, but only in digging, raising, and taking up the Gravel, Sand, and Soil, from the Shelves and Sand-banks of the Said Rivers, Ports, Harbours, or Havens, and in discharging the same upon the Shore, above the High-water Mark, except in such Cases where any Embankment on Sea-wall shall be directed to be made or repaired, or in some other laborious Service for the Benefit of such Navigations, or for completing such other publick Works as aforesaid.

Offenders to be fed with Bread, coarse Meat, etc. and Water or Small Beer.

54 And be it further enacted, that every Offender who shall be ordered to Hard Labour in the custody of such Superintendant or Superintendants as aforesaid, shall, during the Time of such Service, be fed and sustained with Bread, and any coarse Meat, or other inferior food, and Water or Small Beer, and also clothed, at the Discretion and under the Direction of such Superintendant or Superintendants; and such Offender shall not, during the Term of such Service, be permitted to have any

Identifier: | JB/116/650/037 "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	037	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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