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Hard-labour Bill - Supplemental Observations

the servant's being forthcoming at any time, and
not being more than going ever beyond a certain distance from the
master's house.

Servants might be assignable from
one master to another with the consent of the servant
and the of the Ministers or the Committee.

If the servant died or chose to quit his master and
return to the Labour-house or the master died or became insolvent a proportionable part of
the purchase - money should might be returned.

If it should
be thought advisable upon the principle
adopted/adapted in to affix a humiliating
stigma on such a servant to distinguish him from
others, the master/marker proposed in the observations on
that section might be employ'd.

The master might
be bound by the terms of his recognizance to apply then as often as should be accepting, and the servant's
being seen at any time without the mark should be
sufficient evidence to subject the master to a fine.

Thus much may serve for a general outline
of the plan; it would need were it thought worth
paying attention to, it would need to be pursued
to a much greater detail, in order to guard it on every
side against accidental inconvenience and abuses.
There are [arrow up] several particulars in it which I appre-
hend will distinguish it to its advantage from
the plan of servitude incident to Transportation.
It bears a nearer likeness to a plan of servitude
adopted in some foreign certain other foreign states. In Russia At Tobolsk in Siberia convicts
doomed to servitude and confined for the most part in

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	119	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	011	Info in main headings field	hard-labour bill supplemental hints and observations
Image	003	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f75 / f76 / f77 / f76
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::r williams [britannia with shield emblem]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	c. hamilton
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	39522
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