JB/118/109/002

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Memorial

Mr Dundas would as early as might be more for leave
to bring in a Bill for that purpose.

That a Bill having been brought in accordingly did on
the 7th of July last receive the Royal assent and forms the
84th Chapter of the Statute of the late Sessions under the title
of An Act for erecting a Penitentiary House or Houses for confining
& employing Convicts.

That by Sections 1 and 3 of the said Act powers are
given to your Lordships in the first place for making
choice of ground for the said purpose and appointing a Feoffee
or Feoffees by whom & in whose name the purchase
thereof should be made, and in the next place for contracting
for the erection of any number of Penitentiary Houses, &
afterwards for the remuneration of a Governor or Governors of
such Houses when erected.

The object of this Memorial is therefore humbly to pray —
1. That your Lordships would in execution as well of
the aid Act, as in pursuance as his Majesty's service will
admit to be pleased to take the requisite steps for bringing
the said treaty to a conclusion: &#x2014

2. Moreover that in the mean time, and without waiting
for such conclusion, your Lordships would also be pleased
to make appointment of your Memorialist in quality of
such Feoffee for the purpose of obtaining possession of the
said Land as speedily as may be under the said Act —

3. Lastly, that in the like manner & without waiting for the
signature of the said treaty your Lordships would also be
pleased to take the requisite measures for obtaining his
Majesty's

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