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from such a place of Confinement, or shall have been discharged from
thence by Order from one of His Majesty's principal Secretaries of State
or otherwise; from which Books Returns shall be made of the Particulars
mentioned above, on the first day of every Term, to His Majesty's
Court of King's Bench, and shall be verified on the Oath of the Person
making the same. Reports to be
laid before the
King in Coun-
cil and to both
Houses of
Parliament

And be it furthest Enacted, That the said Committee shall, at the
beginning of every Session, make a faithful Report to the King in
Council, and to both Houses of Parliament, specifying the state of the
Buildings, the behaviour and conduct of the respective Officers, the treat-
ment and condition of the Prisoners, the amount of the several Earnings,
and the Expenses attending every such place of Confinement; and also
in matters of extreme of pressing necessity, shall and may make a
special Report thereof to the Justices of His Majesty's Court of King's 28
Bench, who shall immediately take Order therein, and regulate or
redress the same.

Bye Laws,
Rules, &c. to
be reported to
the King in
Council and to
both Houses of
Parliament.

And be it further Enacted, That the said Committee shall report to
His Majesty in Council, and to both Houses of Parliament, all Bye
Laws, Rules or Regulations made under the Authority of this Act, and
all alterations therein or Additions thereto, within (gap)days after
the commencement of the next Session of Parliament, after such Bye
Laws, Rules and Regulations or Alterations or Additions shall have
Been confirmed by the Justice of the Court of King's Bench, as herein-
before is directed. Expenses of
executing the
Act to be laid
before the
Houses of Com-
mons. <p>And be it further Enacted, That the Expenses of carrying this Act into

execution, not hereinbefore specially provided for, shall be annually laid
before the House of Commons, and after deducting thereout the net
Profits, if any, arising from the Earnings of the Offenders who shall be
confined in the said House, shall be provided for in the next supplies
to be granted to His Majesty by Parliament. Punishment of
Persons break-
Prison or
escaping.

And be it further Enacted, That if any Person who shall be ordered

to hard Labour in the said Penitentiary House, shall at any time during
the term of such Confinement,break Prison or escape from the place
of his confinement, or in his or her Conveyance to such place 29
of Confinement, or from the Person or Persons having the lawful
custody of such Offender, he or she so breaking Prison or escaping,
shall be punished by an addition of (Gap) to the Term for
which he or she at the time of his or her Breach of Prison or Escape
was subject to be confined; and if such Person so punished by such
addition to the term of Confinement, shall afterward be convicted of a
second Escape or Break of Prison, he or she shall be adjudged guilty
of PunishingPer-
sons rescuing
or attempting
to rescue Of-
fenders

And be it further Enacted, That if any Person shall rescue any
Offender who shall be ordered to be confined within the said Peniten-
tiary House, either during the time of his or her Conveyance to the said
Penitentiary House, or whilst such Offender shall be in the custody of
the Person or Persons under whose care and charge he or she shall be
so confined, or if any Person shall be aiding or assisting in any such 30
Rescue,

Identifier: | JB/118/457/012 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 118.
Date_1	1812-02-14	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	118	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	457	Info in main headings field
Image	012	Titles	a bill for the erection of a penitentiary house for the confinement of offenders, male and female, who have received sentence of transportation within the city of london and county of middlesex
Category	printed material	Number of Pages	15
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	(2-14)
Penner		Watermarks	[[watermarks::[britannia with shield emblem] kg 1808]]
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year	1808
Notes public		ID Number	39511
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