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ANNO REGNI DECIMO NONO Cap.74.

any other food, Drink or Clothing, than such as shall be so directed; and if any Person shall supply any such Offender, at any Time during the Term of his said Service, with any Drink, Food or Clothing, other than such as shall be so directed, or with any Money , he or she so supplying shall, for every such Offence, forfeit a Sum not exceeding Ten Pounds, nor under forty Shillings. Penalty on Persons supplying them with any other Food, etc.

55. And be it further enacted, That if any Offender, who shall be so delivered to such Superintendant or Superintendants to be kept to Hard Labour, shall, during the Term of such Service, refuse to perform any Labour authorised by this Act, or shall be guilty of any other Misbehaviour or disorderly Conduct, it shall be lawful for the Superintendant or Superintendants, having the Custody of any such Offender, to order such Whipping, or other moderate Punishment, to be inflicted upon him, as may be inflicted by Law on Persons committed to a House of Correction for Hard Labour. Offenders who refuse to work, or otherwise misbehave themselves, may be whipped, etc.

56 And be it further enacted, That every Offender, who shall be delivered to such Superintendant or Superintendants to be kept to Hard Labour in Manner aforesaid, shall, at the End of the Term of such Service, and upon being restored to his Liberty, receive from the Superintendant or Superintendants , under whom he shall have so served, such Sum of Money, not being less that Twenty Shillings, nor more than Three Pounds, in case he hath been confined for One Year, and so in Proportion for any shorter Term, together with such decent Clothing as the Court, into which such Returns shall be made, as herein-after mentioned, shall appoint; And if any such Offender, whilst confined to Hard Labour in Manner aforesaid, shall, by his Industry and other good Behaviour, shew such Signs of Reformation as shall induce the said Court to Recommend him as an Object of His Majesty's Mercy, and it shall be thereupon signified, by a Letter from One of His Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, to the Superintendant or Superintendants as aforesaid, that his Majesty thinks fit, in Consideration of such good Behaviour, to shorten the Duration of such Offender's Term, such Offender shall

Identifier: | JB/116/650/038 "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	038	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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