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1223 Cap. 84. GEORGII III. REGIS.
the several Persons interested therein such Sum and Sums of Money as by
this Act is directed to be paid for the same.
II. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That a Copy of such
Copies of Contracts to be laid before Parliament, &c.
Contract or Contracts, as shall be entered into in pursuance of this Act,
shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament within Thirty Days after
executing the same, if Parliament shall be then sitting, and if Parliament
shall not be then sitting, within Fourteen Days after the First Meeting
of Parliament next ensuing, and all Expences attending the Execution of
this Act shall be defrayed in such Manner as shall and may be agreed
upon and expressed in such Contract or Contracts ; or in case the same
shall not be so agreed upon, then the same, or such Part thereof as shall
be necessary, shall be defrayed by the Lord High Treasurer, or Commissioners
of the Treasury for the Time being, and in such Case shall be
laid before, and annually provided for the Parliament, or otherwise as Parliament
shall direct.
III. And be it further an acted, That when the said Penitentiary House
His Majesty may appoint Governors of Penitentiary Houses.
or Houses shall be erected in pusuance of, and according on, such Contract
or Contracts as aforesaid, or sooner, if Occasion shall require, it
shall and may be lawful for His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors,
from Time to Time, by an Order, in Writing, to be notified by the
Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, to appoint One
or more fit and discreet Person or Persons to be Governor or Governors
of the said Penitentiary House or Houses, to continue in such Office or
Offices respectively, for such Time, and under such Conditions, as His
Majesty shall direct, who, being so appointed thereunto, shall have the
Care, Management, Superintendence, and Controul of the same, and of
their Custody, by the Direction of His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors,
under such Powers, Directions, Limitations, and Restrictions, as are contained
in an Act, made in the Twenty-fourth Year of His present Majesty's
Reign, intituled, An Act for the effectual Transportation of Felons
and other Offenders, and to authorize the Removal of Prisoners in certain
Cases, and for other Purposes therein mentioned, or under such other Directions,
Limitations, and Restrictions, as His Majesty shall, under the
Powers of the said Act, from Time to Time, appoint.
IV. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for
Corporations, etc. may convey Land.
all Corporations Aggregate or Sole, Ecclesiastical, Civil, or Eleemosynary,
Husbands, Guardians, Committees, Executors, and all Trustees,
not only on Behalf of themselves, but also on Behalf of their Cestuique
Trusts, whether Infants or Issue unborn, Lunaticks, Idiots, Femes Convert,
or other Person or Persons under any Disability whatsoever, and
also for all other Persons who are or shall be seised or possessed of, and intreated
in, such Piece or Pieces of Ground, or any Part thereof, on which
the said Penitentiary House or Penitentiary Houses shall be to be erected
in pursuance of this Act, to convey and assure such Piece or Pieces of
Ground, with the Appurtenances, unto such Person or Persons as shall
be appointed Feoffee or Feofees of the said Penitentiary House or Houses
to be erected according to the Directions of this Act ; and all such Sales,
Conveyances, and Assurances shall be binding and effectual in the Law,
to all Intents and Purposed whatsoever ; any Laws, Statutes, Usages, or Custom,
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sheet extracted from the penitentiary contract act 34 g.3.c.84 § 6 as referred to in a letter from mr bentham to mr secretary long dated 31st january 1800 |
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annotated by bentham; see note 10 to letter 1494, vol. 6, of which this is the original annotated copy of the act |
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