JB/118/253/001

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17 June 1812
Panopt.

There exists in this case a contract to the performance of
which on the part of the public, the public faith stands engaged.
True: but salus populi suprema lex esto
and to fulfil the contract if and when by such fulfilment the
public interest would be prejudiced would be to sacrifice
the end of government to the means.

Although there exists a contract to which Government
has been bound for these 16 years yet for this course
Government at at liberty to proceed just exactly as if there were
no such contract.

In and by such contract the experiment of a certain plan of management
therein described was to have been tried. But if in
the opinion of government as it stands at present, any
other plan of management superior to this can be discerned,
ought Government to hold itself debarred from giving to the
the public the benefit of such improvement? by no means.
Therefore the Contract ought not to be considered as binding upon
government or as a bar to any other scheme of management
which to government in its wisdom may seem preferable.

Identifier: | JB/118/253/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 118.
Date_1	1812-06-17	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	118	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	253	Info in main headings field	panopt.
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	c3 / e8
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	john dickinson & c<…> 1809
Marginals		Paper Producer	a. levy
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1809
Notes public		ID Number	39307
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