JB/115/110/001

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Panopticon Answer to Ford

Extract from Mr Ford's "Observations upon
"a Contract between the Lords of the Treasury
"and Jer. Bentham Esq: for building a
"Penitentiary House &c" — being his Observation
on Art. 22 - relative to the satisfaction
to be made to Mr Bentham's Representatives.
— together with Mr Bentham's answer.

Mr Ford's Observation — As this Article now stands , after the decease
of Mr B. & his Successor , Government are to
pay Mr B's Representatives for all the Buildings,
Stock, &c upon the premises , notwithstanding
Government supply a large sum, viz: £1315,000
towards such Building on the commencement of
the undertaking , and eventually a much larger
sum, by paying him £18 for every person
committed to his care, above the stipulated number
of 1000 , for the express purpose of providing an
habitation and enlarging his premises . This appears
much too hard upon Government , and it
would be fairer to let that matter be referred to
Arbitrators, one to be chosen by Government,
the other by Mr B's Representatives, with
power for them to choose an Umpire in case
of a variance in Opinion. Such Arbitrators to

Identifier: | JB/115/110/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 115.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	115	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	110	Info in main headings field	panopticon
Image	001	Titles	extract from mr ford's "observations upon a contract between the lords of the treasury and jer. bentham esq: for building a penitentiary house &c"
Category	collectanea	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	/ f2 / f7 / f8
Penner		Watermarks
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	37485
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