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the part of the the masters, let the servant have it in <lb/> | the part of the the masters, let the servant have it in <lb/> | ||
his option at any time allowing a proper time for <lb/> | his option at any time allowing a proper time for <lb/> | ||
warning, to return to the labor | warning, to return to the labor-house as/insofar <lb/> | ||
to <hi rend="superscript">industry on the part of</hi> the servant <del>to be industrious</del> let the master have<lb/> the power at any time of sending him there. <lb/> | |||
<p>paragraph</p> | |||
The disposal of the thees servants might be by a kind <lb/> | |||
of <hi rend="underline">Auction</hi>, of which the masters should be given at <lb/> | |||
the place or places when the convict has last served<lb/> | |||
for any length of time. | |||
<p>paragraph</p> | |||
<del>By lowest terms upon which</del> Servants of this sort might <lb/> <del>they should</del> be made assignable for nothing, upon the <lb/> | |||
presumption that they profit of a convict's labour <lb/> | |||
can not upon an average be made quite equal to the ex- <lb/> | |||
-penses of his maintenance.<lb/> | |||
<p>paragraph</p> | |||
Security should be taken from the Master together with two Bonds-men for the | |||
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Hard-labour Bill - Supplemental observations.
It is plain therefore that the difference, between the value
of the work they might do if at large and that of
the work they are to be put to in these houses, is
for the time their confinement lasts so much loss to the public. The public
as well as they
themselves suffer likewise in another view: if their
confinement is long they may have lost a good deal
of their skill by the time it is over, a good deal
of their skill.
paragraph
The following expedient if it answers the purpose
in other respects will obviate the inconvenience above-stated
Let the service of the convict for the term
specified in his sentence be assignable to any mas-
-ter that will have him: the powers of such masters
to be the same as a master in common has over
his apprentice.
paragraph
As a check upon undue severity on
the part of the the masters, let the servant have it in
his option at any time allowing a proper time for
warning, to return to the labor-house as/insofar
to industry on the part of the servant to be industrious let the master have
the power at any time of sending him there.
paragraph
The disposal of the thees servants might be by a kind
of Auction, of which the masters should be given at
the place or places when the convict has last served
for any length of time.
paragraph
By lowest terms upon which Servants of this sort might
they should be made assignable for nothing, upon the
presumption that they profit of a convict's labour
can not upon an average be made quite equal to the ex-
-penses of his maintenance.
paragraph
Security should be taken from the Master together with two Bonds-men for the
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