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20 March 1810
Sinecures

f Ch. 1. Four subjects of the Committees enquiry – 1. Sinecures. 2. Reversions – 3. Joint-life
Offices. 4. Members Offices.

§. 1. Nature of those first explained.

So far as it is here proposed to be taken for the subject of
observation. The enquiry information afforded by the Committee
of 1807-8 embraces includes four distinguishable objects distinct objects subjects i.e.
1. Sinecure Offices. 2. Offices granted in Reversion(a) (a) Tenure is for an endless chance of diversions.. 3. Offices
granted for Joint lives with Survivorship' 4. Offices held
by Members of the House of Commons.† † do held by Members of Lords omitted, as if they had plainly none but
a separate and sinister interest.

The more closely it is looked into, the more close
will the relation be seen to be betwixt those four objects.
However of a reversion of a Joint life interest affords as will be seen a strong presuption of a
sinecure already established, and here if not already established has a strong
and proportionable tendency to establish the office in that character: and a sinecure
is one of the most tempting
baits which can be held
out for corrupting the
probity of the agents
of the people.

A Sinecure Office is an Office in which nothing is
done: and though by the import of the word it does not
expressed that in respect of this office in which nothing

is done money public money is by him who hold it received, yet
forasmuch as a man would scarcely give himself the
trouble to assume an office in virtue of which money or some
other object of desire, such as power or dignity or reputation
at least were to be received, the receipt of emolument
by the Office in question, by the Sinecurist
is a circumstance which in the import of the word
unless where any thing appears to the contrary is generally
understood to be included.

A Sinecure Office then is an office by colour of which
public money is received, received and that on a false pretence,
to wit a pretence of rendering to the public the a service
of a particular description, as appears apparent upon the face of
the denomination attached to the Office, which service is
in fact not rendered.

Identifier: | JB/147/438/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 147.
Date_1	1810-03-20	Marginal Summary Numbering	1-3
Box	147	Main Headings	Sinecures
Folio number	438	Info in main headings field	Sinecures
Image	001	Titles
Category	Text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	D1 / E1
Penner		Watermarks	TH 1806
Marginals	Jeremy Bentham	Paper Producer	Andre Morellet
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1806
Notes public		ID Number	49663
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