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21 Decr 1810
Prizes Acts of 1805 & 1809

Such being the quantity of work dispatched by the legislator
of 1805 in his 102 lines, that the legislator of
1809 for the amendments just above mentioned requires the legislator of 18009, notwithstanding the additional
number of efficient persons and others whom he has upon his hands
requires no more than 75 additional lines: and with the help of in
these ulterior lines he has contrived to in the customary
form to give include both parts directive and sanctionative
in the compass of one Section.

Of Section 77 in the business in relation to each prize and its object is to declare what should
be reccord or evidence of Agency. Belonging to the subject
or procedure it belongs to the general title of evidence, and
would it under that title might with rather more propriety have found its place.

Of To Section 78, bounty-money together with a Newspaper
notification of the intended time of distribution corresponding
to that required in the case of prize money, constitutes
the sole subject. In §. comes another regulation section
which doing this much this and more renders this section useless. While
penning this 77th Section, he knew not as yet that it was he was predestinated
his destiny to pen the th: and when penning the

he remembered not that it had fallen to his lot
to pen this 78th.

No wonder: so long as laws are penned upon the
plow. –
No only plain one that would not be started from
with a sensation of horror equal to that which would be
struck by a doubt respecting the immaculation of the Blessed Virgin
would be by into the nerves of a Spanish Priest – the wonder is – not
that they forget some many things, but that they remember
any thing.

Happily for all who have any call to understand upon them to look at it,
§ 79. The next Section §. 79 being of a temporary nature
is very happily expired. Peace be to its !

Identifier: | JB/547/308/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 547.
Date_1	1810-12-21	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	547	Main Headings
Folio number	308	Info in main headings field	Prizes. Acts of 1805 &1809.
Image	001	Titles
Category	Text sheet	Number of Pages
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Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
Marginals	Jeremy Bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
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