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Panopticon Bill.Settlement.

Art. 27. The Wife of every such Prisoner shall in case neither husband
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So the wives of unsettlemented
nor Wife have any known Settlement stand also chargeable upon the said Governor,
unless she have been previously relieved by some Parish as aforesaid.

Art. 28. So of the children every such one as shall not of itself have gained
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-- and every unsettlemented child --
a Settlement by birth or otherwise.

Art. 29. And for the removal of all doubts with respect to the cases in which
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The father's Parish, or failing
that the mother's charged with the
eventual maintenance of families
(existing and future) of Penitentiary
Prisoners --
Parishes may remain or become eventually chargeable in relation to the Families of
quondam Penitentiary Prisoners, Be it enacted and declared as follows, viz:
1. If to a quondam Penitentiary-man who at the time of his discharge is already
married, issue be born after his discharge, the burthen of the eventual maintenance
of such issue shall be upon the Father's Parish: if he be known to have none,
or have none that is know then upon that of the Mother.
2. If a quondam Penitentiary-Man having a Settlement, marry during his
engagement in the Metasylum, the burthen of the eventual maintenance of such Wife
shall lie upon the Husband's Parish: if he be known to have none or have none that
is known then upon that of the Wife.
3. If of such marriage there be issue, the burthen of the eventual maintenance
of such issue shall lie upon the Father's Parish, if he be known to have none
or have none that is known, then upon that of the Wife.
4. If a quondam Penitentiary Woman be during her engagement in the
Metasylum delivered of a Bastard, the burthen of the eventual maintenance of
every such Bastard shall lie upon her Parish, saving the recourse against the
putative Father of such Child.*
*Friendly Society
Act. 34 Geo: 3. ch. 54
§ 35. accord.

Art. 30. And for alleviating as much as may be in favour of every such
Place of Settlement the burthen of such maintenance Be it enacted that as often
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A Justice may make an Order
for Stoppage out of a Metasylum
man's pay for maintenance of
his family --
as the Family of any Metasylum-Man or Woman or any part thereof becomes
actually chargeable any Justice of the Peace for the County in which the same is
situated may enquire & adjudge whether the Wages together with whatever other
means of subsistence may chance to be then in possession of such man or woman
are such as to afford a deduction from such Wages sufficient to supply the
amount of such charge or any part thereof: and if any such deduction can accordingly
be afforded, may thereupon adjudge the amount of the same: and also
make an Order of Stoppage commanding or empowering the Governor to
make deduction and application of such deductable part accordingly.

Art. 31.

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Folio number	292	Info in main headings field	panopticon bill
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