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promise and agree to and with the said Lords
Commissioners, as also the said Lords Commissioners
for themselves and successors to and with the said
Jeremy Bentham his Heirs Executors and Administrators
and Assigns in manner following: viz:
Article 1. The said Jeremy Bentham, for
and in consideration of the sum of £ ,000 to be
paid in manner hereinafter mentioned as also of
his being to be appointed Governor of such Penitentiary
House or Penitentiary Houses when built
with such powers and allowances as are hereinafter
mentioned, with such remainders as are also
hereinafter mentioned, shall within one year from
his obtaining full and peaceable possession of the
such spot of ground ground as aforesaid aforesaid, at his
own expence cause to be erected, fitted up, properly
stocked, and otherwise in every respect properly
adapted to the purpose aforesaid, a Penitentiary
House of proper form and sufficient magnitude
for the confining maintaining and employing [ ]
Male Convicts at the least, as also for the lodging
and maintaining of a Chaplain, Surgeon, Taskmaster
or Schoolmaster and such other officers
with their Subordinates as shall be found necessary
for the said purpose, in which said Building, or in
some Building or Buildings adjoining adjacent, a Chapel
fit for the use of such Prisoners Officers and Subordinates,
as also a proper and sufficient Infirmary
shall be included.
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