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<head>Panopticon Bill.<lb/> | |||
Superannuation Annuities</head> | |||
<p>Art. 6. And Whereas the adjustment of the plan of the said Annuities<lb/> | |||
in the most beneficial manner to the situations and exigencies of different descriptions of<lb/> | |||
individuals is a business that may require the aid of experience to bring it to maturity,<lb/> | |||
And Whereas the idea of establishing a fund for this purpose at the expence of the<lb/> | |||
Governor originated with and was spontaneous on the part of the said Jeremy Bentham<lb/> | |||
And Whereas the same being to be raised out of a portion of the earnings of<lb/> | |||
the said Prisoners the productiveness thereof must depend upon the success of his endeavours<lb/> | |||
to reap a profit from their labour, Be it enacted that during the continuance of<lb/> | |||
the said Jeremy Bentham in the office of Governor the funds for the payment of the<lb/> | |||
said Annuities shall continue in his hands subject nevertheless to the superintending<lb/> | |||
power of the Courts ordinary and extraordinary as aforesaid.</p> | |||
<note>6<lb/> | |||
Annuity fund to continue<lb/> | |||
in the hands of Jeremy<lb/> | |||
Bentham — subject to the<lb/> | |||
superintendency of the<lb/> | |||
Courts —</note><lb/> | |||
<p>Art. 7. The said Jeremy Bentham on the expiration of his Governorship whether<lb/> | |||
by death or amotion, may moreover make settlement of the said funds to the said<lb/> | |||
uses either by Deed or Will, subject always to he superintending power of the said<lb/> | |||
Courts as aforesaid: which Settlement shall, in default of the said Jeremy Bentham,<lb/> | |||
be made by order of the said Courts.</p> | |||
<note>7<lb/> | |||
Power to him to make settlement<lb/> | |||
of it by Deed or Will<lb/> | |||
and, in his default, to the<lb/> | |||
Courts —</note><lb/> | |||
<p>Art. 8. To the end that the Annuitants may constantly and at all future<lb/> | |||
times have a certain place and person to apply to Be it enacted that payment<lb/> | |||
of such annuities shall in course be made at or from the said General Panopticon Penitentiary<lb/> | |||
House wherever situated and through the Governor thereof for the time being,<lb/> | |||
who shall accordingly stand charged therewith as towards the Annuitants, saving to<lb/> | |||
him his timely recourse against the private Representatives of the said Jeremy<lb/> | |||
Bentham or of any future Governor, or any other persons who may stand charged<lb/> | |||
with the same in chief.</p> | |||
<note>8<lb/> | |||
Annuity moneys to be paid<lb/> | |||
in course <hi rend="underline">at</hi> the Penitentiary<lb/> | |||
House, and <hi rend="underline">by</hi> the Governor<lb/> | |||
for the time being — saving<lb/> | |||
his recourse against private<lb/> | |||
Representatives of former<lb/> | |||
Governors —</note><lb/> | |||
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Panopticon Bill.
Superannuation Annuities
Art. 6. And Whereas the adjustment of the plan of the said Annuities
in the most beneficial manner to the situations and exigencies of different descriptions of
individuals is a business that may require the aid of experience to bring it to maturity,
And Whereas the idea of establishing a fund for this purpose at the expence of the
Governor originated with and was spontaneous on the part of the said Jeremy Bentham
And Whereas the same being to be raised out of a portion of the earnings of
the said Prisoners the productiveness thereof must depend upon the success of his endeavours
to reap a profit from their labour, Be it enacted that during the continuance of
the said Jeremy Bentham in the office of Governor the funds for the payment of the
said Annuities shall continue in his hands subject nevertheless to the superintending
power of the Courts ordinary and extraordinary as aforesaid.
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Annuity fund to continue
in the hands of Jeremy
Bentham — subject to the
superintendency of the
Courts —
Art. 7. The said Jeremy Bentham on the expiration of his Governorship whether
by death or amotion, may moreover make settlement of the said funds to the said
uses either by Deed or Will, subject always to he superintending power of the said
Courts as aforesaid: which Settlement shall, in default of the said Jeremy Bentham,
be made by order of the said Courts.
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Power to him to make settlement
of it by Deed or Will
and, in his default, to the
Courts —
Art. 8. To the end that the Annuitants may constantly and at all future
times have a certain place and person to apply to Be it enacted that payment
of such annuities shall in course be made at or from the said General Panopticon Penitentiary
House wherever situated and through the Governor thereof for the time being,
who shall accordingly stand charged therewith as towards the Annuitants, saving to
him his timely recourse against the private Representatives of the said Jeremy
Bentham or of any future Governor, or any other persons who may stand charged
with the same in chief.
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Annuity moneys to be paid
in course at the Penitentiary
House, and by the Governor
for the time being — saving
his recourse against private
Representatives of former
Governors —
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