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Contents I. Panopticon Bill.VI
Superannuation
Annuities.

14
Sending Instructions for the
payment, to be backed by Order
from the Office —

15
Post-Master to pay the money
accordingly, deducting his fee —

16
Triplicates of the receipt to be taken:
for
1 — The Post-Master —
2 — The Governor —
3 — The Post-Office —


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Forms

C. 1.
Grant of Superannuation Annuity
C. 2.
Petition for Remittance —
C. 3.
Identity — Certificate —
C. 4.
Post-Office Receipt for Annuity
-money
C. 5.
Instructions for payment of Annuity-
-money —
C. 6.
Post-Office Order, backing the
Instructions —
C. 7.
Annuitants Receipt —


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VII. Post-liberation Options.

1
Options to be given to Penitentiary
men on discharge: viz:
1 — Metasylum
2 — Warship under Friendly Guardian
3 — King's Land Service —
4 — King's Sea Service —
5 — E. India Company Service —

2
Time, information, and means of
correspondence, for the purpose of
such election, to be allowed —

3
Before the erection of the Metasylum,
timely notice of such election to be
given the Governor, that he may
prepare room accordingly —

4
In default of election, Prisoner
bound to the Metasylum for a year

5
Guardian's consent to be signified
in time —

6
Provision for substitution of
Guardians in case of death or
insufficiency —


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VII
Post-liberation Options.

7
Prisoner, on the expiration
of his term, to be delivered in
charge, according to his Election.

8
Prisoner bound to the Metasylum,
on the insufficiency or
non-appearance of the Guardian.

9
— or on the non-appearance of the
King's or Company's Officer —

10
Power to the Governor to
relinquish his right in that
behalf —

11
Prisoner insisting, to have a
Certificate of discharge and
inlistment — Governor keeping
a copy —

12
Prisoners, to be called upon
for their election, a year
before-hand —

13
During the engagement
under the Crown, or the Company,
Governor's Bondsmanship
to remain suspended —

14
But to revive, on the King's
consigning his man over to
the Metasylum —

15
The Company, on their man's
return after quitting their
Service, bound so to consign
him, on pain of unlimited
Bondsmanship —

16
Competency restored to the
testimony of Penitentiary-men

17
Governor empowered to grant
them Recreditation-Certificates —

18
— and Reformation Certificates —


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Forms.

D. 1.
Recreditation Certificate —
D. 2.
Reformation Certificate —


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VIII
Metasylum.

1
Metasylum-Service Engagement
to
be executed by Metasylum
man & Governor —

2
Triplicates thereof — for
1 — Metasylum-man —
2 — Metasylum —
3 — Penitentiary House —

3
Power to the Governor to give
annual Good Behaviour
Certificates
to Metasylum-men —

4
— and after three such Certificates
running, declarations of
absolute emancipation

5
— their right to the Metasylum
remaining —

6
— also the Governor's
Bondsmanship.

7
Governor may emancipate a
woman from the Metasylum,
in consideration of her marriage

8
— her right thereto remaining,
subject to the husband's consent.

9
Governor may receive a married
woman therein, so it be not to
the Husband's prejudice —

10
Power to Penitentiary Prisoners
forever with their wives &
children to exercise any employment,
notwithstanding the
Statute of Apprenticeship &
local customs —

11
So to the Governor & all under
him —

12
Penalty for refusal to work in
the Metasylum — domestic
correction or committment to the
Penitentiary House —


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Forms

E. 1.
Metasylum-man's Good-Behaviour
Certificate —
E. 2.
Metasylum man's Emancipation.


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+of delivery of re-executed
Wardship assignment
to Friendly Guardian
or Ward.


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IX
Friendly Guardianship

1
Powers of a Master go to the
Friendly Guardian of course —

2
— subject to be remitted by
Emancipatory Release or Licence

3
revocable at any time with
the concurrence of the Governor —

4
In default of such emancipation,
the Ward may be surrendered at
any time to the Metasylum —

5
Warrant of Assistance
grantable for that purpose —

6
— So after revocation, on joint
notice of recall from Guardian
and Governor —

7
— or may be passed, as under
the Vagrant Act, 17. Geo: 2. C. 5
though at the Guardian's expence.

8
— or by Water —

9
Guardian's Bond: Penalty and
Conditions —

10
Assignment of Wardship to be
executed by Governor, Guardian
& Ward —

11
Conditions of acceptance on the
part of the Guardian —

12
Examination to be passed by him —

13
— with an Accreditation-Certificate
from a Justice, Minister,
or two Parish Officers present
or past —

14
— to be presented 6 weeks before
the Prisoner's Election day —

15
Examinant's fitness appearing doubtful
on report of the Examining
Magistrate, power to Governor to accept or
not —

16
— also to accept or not the proffer of
another —

17
Examinant living within ten miles
of the Penitentiary House, Governor
may require him to be there
re-examined —

18
— by any Officer there with the
attestation of the Chaplain —


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F. 13+
Post Master's Instructions
relative to delivery of
renewed Wardship assignment
to Ward

F 14
Post Master's Certificate of+


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IX
Friendly Guardianship

19
Appeal from rejection to a Judge
of the King's Bench with vivâ voce
examination and costs at discretion
— Appeal rejectable in the first
instance —

20
Events in which the Guardianship
ceases —

21
— whereupon the Ward becomes bound
to the Metasylum —

22
Forms for the instruments
mentioned in this Section —

23
— exempt from Stamp-duty, as
also the Bond on renewal —

24
Renewal of Wardship-Assignment
and Bond — how performable
through the medium of Country
Post-Masters —


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Forms

F. 1.
Guardian's previous Examination —

F. 2.
Guardian's Accreditation Certificate —

F. 3.
Guardian's Bond —

F. 4
Assignment of Wardship —

F. 5.
Emancipatory Release —

F. 6
Emancipatory License —

F. 7.
Revocation of Release or Licence

F. 8
Notice of Recall thereon —

F. 9
Warrant of Assistance for
Conveyance of a Ward never
emancipated —

F. 10
Warrant for Caption & Conveyance
after emancipation revoked —
*


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X. Identification Marks.

1
Identification Mark to be made on
the body of each Prisoner, on his
reception —

2
— if impaired, restorable —

3
Punishment for forgery in respect
thereof, with intent to defraud —

4
— to procure other undue advantage,
or to do injury —


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* F 11.
Petition for Renewal of
Wardship Assignment

F 12.
Post Master's Instructions
relative to a renewed Wardship
Assignment & Bond —

F 13+




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