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Land: and that being the case, a clause for giving fresh
powers in the room of those expended (by the supposition) on the Land in
separate ownership, would occasion no additional trouble
or delay.

If you will have the goodness, Sir, to turn to §3
of Stat. 7 July 1794 (being 34 Geo: 3. ch. 84 the
Statute passed on my account) you will I flatter myself
agree with me that there can not be a doubt
but that the proposed Temporary Penitentiary House
would be capable of being not only begun upon,
but compleated and governed and managed (so long
as fresh compulsory powers for the purchase of land
are not wanted) without fresh recourse to Palriament.
By §3 power is given to "his Majesty" ... not only
"when the said Penitentiary House .... shall be erected
in pursuance of and according to such Contract or
Contracts" as therein mentioned, but "sooner, if occasion
shall require" .... to appoint one or more
... "person or persons to be Governor or Governors of
the said Penitentiary House or Houses ... who ...
shall have the ... management .... of the same, and
of all and every Offender and Offenders who shall
be delivered unto his or their custody, by the direction
of his Majesty ... under such powers, directions,
limitations and restrictions as are contained in" [the
Act 24 Geo. 3. ch. 56]" or under such other directions
limitations, and restrictions as his Majesty shall under

Identifier: | JB/117/087/004 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 117.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	117	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	087	Info in main headings field
Image	004	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f9 / f10 / f11 / f12
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	tw 1794
Marginals		Paper Producer	francis hall
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1794
Notes public	not sent; see note 7 to letter 1348 and note 2 to letter 1357, vol. 6	ID Number	38704
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