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And whereas Penitentiary Houses for England and Wales
have not been erected in pursuance of the said recited Act,
and it will be of great public Utility that a Penitentiary
House or Penitentiary Houses should be built for the particular}
Purpose of confining transportable and other Convicts}
within the same:}

true generally
but may have
been erected for
different counties
at a great expence

May it therefore please your MAJESTY,

That it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the King's
most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and
Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons;
in this present Parliament assembled, and by the
Authority of the same, That it shall and may be lawful
to and for the said Lord High Treasurer, or Commissioners
of the Treasury for the Time being, and he or they is or See Clause to
are hereby required, as soon as the passing of this Act as
conveniently may be, to fix upon the said Piece or Pieces SO
of Ground herein-before described, or upon any other as
convenient and proper Spot of Ground which may be lawfully
purchased under the Powers of this Act, which
shall be situated within any of the respective Counties in
the said Act mentioned, upon which shall be erected One or
more Penitentiary House or Houses for the Purpose of confining
and employing in Hard Labour such Convicts as
shall be removed thither by Order of His Majesty, His
Heirs or Successors, under the Powers herein mentioned;
and to contract and agree with any Person or Persons for
the erecting and building One or more Penitentiary House
or

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Identifier: | JB/123/263/005 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 123.
Date_1	1794-06-06	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	123	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	263	Info in main headings field
Image	005	Titles
Category	printed material	Number of Pages	15
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	1-14
Penner		Watermarks	[[watermarks::m gresham [britannia with shield emblem]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	41689
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