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National Penitentiary Houses Cap.74. GEORGII III. REGIS. 1391
shall and may be lawful for His Majesty, in His Privy
Council, to appoint Three Persons to be Supervisors
of the Buildings to be erected in pursuance of this Act,
and from Time to Time to remove them, or any of them,
and appoint others in the Place of such as shall be so
removed, or shall die, or resign their Trust; and the
said Supervisors, or any two of them, shall, as soon as
conveniently may be, fix upon any Common, Heath, or
Waste, or any other Piece or Pieces of Ground, which may
be lawfully purchased under the powers of this Act, and
which shall be situated within any One of the Counties of
Middlesex, Essex, Kent, or Surrey, upon which they, or
any Two of them, shall erect, or cause to be erected, Two Two plain, strong, and substantial Edifices or Houses, which
shall be called the Penitentiary Houses, for the Purpose of
confining and employing in Hard Labour, in One of the
said Houses, such Male Convicts, and in the other, such
Female Convicts, as, in pursuance of the Powers hereinafter
contained, shall be ordered to Imprisonment and
Hard Labour: Provided always, That in fixing upon
In the Choice of the Ground; special Regard to be had to Healthiness and Accommodation of Water, &c.
such Piece or Pieces of Ground as aforesaid, Regard
shall be especially had to Healthiness and the Accommodation
of Water, avoiding, as far as possible, and Place
where other Buildings are or may be erected contiguous
to, or within a small Distance from the outward Fence
or Inclosure of such Houses, or a Situation within any
populous Town:
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