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5<lb/><lb/><head>Panopticon Bill</head><note>Metasylum</note><p>Art. | 5<lb/><lb/><head>Panopticon Bill</head><note>Metasylum</note><p>Art. 4. When any Metasylum man or woman<lb/><note>4<lb/>-- and after three such<lb/>certificates running,<lb/>declarations of <hi rend="underline">absolute</hi><lb/><hi rend="underline">emancipation</hi> --</note><lb/>has obtained for three years without interruption three such<lb/>certificates of good-behaviour as aforesaid, the Governor may<lb/>at any time at his discretion annex to such Certificates a<lb/>Declaration of absolute emancipation or discharge, which<lb/>may be according to the Form marked [E. 3.] and of<lb/>which the effect shall be that such certificated person<lb/>shall no longer be bound to make up any such election<lb/>as aforesaid.</p><p>Art. 5. Notwithstanding such emancipation<lb/><note>5<lb/>-- their right to the<lb/>Metasylum remaining --</note><lb/>the emancipated person's right of being engaged in the<lb/>Metasylum from year to year shall continue.</p><p>Art. 6. Also the Governor's Bondsmanship<lb/><note>6<lb/>-- also the Governor's<lb/>Bondsmanship --</note><lb/>for him or her in respect of Post-liberation Felonies:<lb/>and that although no such engagement in the<lb/>Metasylum should have taken place.</p><p>Art. 7. In respect to women, the Governor may<lb/><note>7<lb/>Governor may emancipate<lb/>a woman from the<lb/>metasylum, in consideration<lb/>of her marriage --</note><lb/>at any time at his discretion <sic>remitt</sic> to a Penitentiary<lb/>or Metasylum Woman already married her obligation<lb/>to serve in the Metasylum: so also to a single woman,<lb/>upon or after her marriage.</p><p>Art. 8. But the right of every such woman<lb/><note>8<lb/>-- her right thereto<lb/>remaining subject to the<lb/>husband's consent --</note><lb/>to be provided for therein shall revive at any time with<lb/>the consent of her husband: and at any rate upon her<lb/>becoming a widow.</p><p>Art. 9.</p> | ||
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Panopticon BillMetasylum
Art. 4. When any Metasylum man or woman
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-- and after three such
certificates running,
declarations of absolute
emancipation --
has obtained for three years without interruption three such
certificates of good-behaviour as aforesaid, the Governor may
at any time at his discretion annex to such Certificates a
Declaration of absolute emancipation or discharge, which
may be according to the Form marked [E. 3.] and of
which the effect shall be that such certificated person
shall no longer be bound to make up any such election
as aforesaid.
Art. 5. Notwithstanding such emancipation
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-- their right to the
Metasylum remaining --
the emancipated person's right of being engaged in the
Metasylum from year to year shall continue.
Art. 6. Also the Governor's Bondsmanship
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-- also the Governor's
Bondsmanship --
for him or her in respect of Post-liberation Felonies:
and that although no such engagement in the
Metasylum should have taken place.
Art. 7. In respect to women, the Governor may
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Governor may emancipate
a woman from the
metasylum, in consideration
of her marriage --
at any time at his discretion remitt to a Penitentiary
or Metasylum Woman already married her obligation
to serve in the Metasylum: so also to a single woman,
upon or after her marriage.
Art. 8. But the right of every such woman
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-- her right thereto
remaining subject to the
husband's consent --
to be provided for therein shall revive at any time with
the consent of her husband: and at any rate upon her
becoming a widow.
Art. 9.
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