JB/119/131/002

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Panopticon Bill Contents I

Sections

I

General Preamble.

II

Contract.

III

Purchase of Land.

IV

Governor's Checks.

V

Vacation Superintendence.

VI

Superannuation Annuities.

VII

Post-liberation Options.

VIII

Metasylum.

XI

Friendly Guardianships.

X

Identification-marks.

XI

Escape.

XIII

Felony-Indemnification-Money

XIII

Prisoners' Settlements

XIV

Correspondence facilitated.

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I
General Preamble

1
Powers for choosing Ground given
by 19. Geo: 3:C.74 —

2
Ground chosen —

3
Expence of purchasing grounds &
building as per Estimate —

4
Offer by Jeremy Bentham

Form A

Valuation Verdict of Battersea Rise
Ground — 8 Septm. 1782 —

II. Contract

1
Lords of the Treasury may contract
for the institution of a Panopticon
Penitentiary Establishment.

2
Obligations to the included in
the Contract —

3
Nomenclature

4
Governor a Corporation Sole —

5
Provision for the temporary
filling up of sudden vacancies
in the Governorship —

6
Sexes to be kept separate —

7
Governor may employ Prisoners
for his own benefit —

8
Duplicate of Contract to be lodged
in the Crown-Office —

9
Indemnification-money to be
paid by the Governor for Post-
liberation Offences —

10
— to be multiplied (to the extent of
the sum specified) by the number
of each man's offences —

11
What, on the footing of ordinary
Prisoners —

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III
Purchase of Land.

1
Entry as against Owners, on
payment of the original purchase-
money, and publication
of notice on the premises —

2
Payment to be made to the Accountant
General —

3
Court of Chancery to provide
for the re-investment of the
money in the purchase of Land,
and for the intermediate investment
of it in the funds —

4
Supplemental purchase-money
to be accessed by a Jury —

5
Instructions as to the striking
of the Jury —

6
Forms for the Charge & Verdict

7
Costs of Verdict to be borne by
the Purchaser —

8
New Inquest, if prayed —

9
Supplemental Purchase-money
to be disposed of as the original —

10
Redintegration in case of non-
payment of Supplemental purchase
-money —

11
So in case of non-application of
the Land to the purpose —

12
Purchaser to have the Title
Deeds or Copies —

13
Entry as against Occupiers —

14
Compensation for sudden dispossession —

15
Measure of damages in such case —

16
Powers to make a Cut to the Thames —

17
Panopticon Hill Estate charged
with the repair of the requisite
New Bridge —

18
Compensation to parties damnified —

Forms B.1.

Entry, as against Owners —

B.2.

Entry, as against Occupiers —

B.3.

Sheriff's Charge respecting Supplemental
Purchase-money —

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III
Purchase of Land B.4.

Verdict for Supplemental
Purchase-money

IV. Governor's Checks.

1
Governor — his periodical Report
to the King's Bench —

2
—and examination —

3
So at any time, upon Order or
Warrant —

4
Others examinable as Witnesses —

5
Court may proceed on View —

6
Governor may thereupon be
summarily connected —

7
— and suspended or removed —

8
On suspension, Trustees to
be appointed by the Court —

9
On a motion, Governor to be
appointed by the Crown —

10
Regulations, relative to the
formerly intended Penitentiary
House, not to extend to
the present one —

V. Vacation Superintendence

1
Occasional Court for superintending
the Governor's conduct
in the absence of the
judges of the King's Bench —

2
Crown or King's Bench may
make a different appointment —

3
Powers of the Court —

4
Appeal to the King's Bench —

5
— from the King's Bench to
the House of Lords —

6
No evidence to be received
above, for which admittance
could have been obtained
below —

7
For frivolous Appeal to
the Lords, punishment as
for Contempt —

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VI
Superannuation
Annuities.

1
Superannuation-Annuity
Grant, to have the effect of a
Bond, to ten times the annual
sum —

2
— may be on paper &c. unstampt

3
— not to be alienable —

4
— But forfeitable —

5
Triplicates to be executed:
viz. for
1 — The Annuitant
2 — The Penitentiary House —
3 — The Court of King's Bench —

6
Annuity fund to continue
in the hands of Jeremy Bentham
— subject to the superintendency
of the Courts —

7
Power to him to make settlement
of it by Deed or
Will — and, in his default,
to the Courts —

8
Annuity-moneys to be paid
in course at the Penitentiary
House, and by the Governor
for the time being — saving
his recourse against private
Representatives of former
Governors —

9
Annuity-money payable
by weekly or other instalments —

10
Annuity-money payable,
for the accommodation of
distant Annuitants through
the medium of the Post Office —

11
Blank Petitions for Remittance
from the Annuitant,
with Blank Identity Certificates
from a Country
Post Master, to be provided
by the Governor —

12
Post-Master, on application
of the Annuitant, to
transmitt to the Governor,
by Post, such Petition and
Certificate filled up —

13
Governor to pay in the Annuity-
money to the Post-
Office, taking a Receipt —

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