JB/119/289/001

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Panopticon Bill Settlement

the lightening of such burthen as far as in him lies and that not only by
taking measures in as far as he shall by Law be enabled for deducting from the
pay every such Metasylum man or woman who shall have a family such part
as can and ought to be spared for the maintenance of such part of the said family
as would otherwise be chargeable but also to take upon himself exclusively the
charge of maintenance of maintenance in respect of every such family which shall
chance to be unprovided with any known settlement as aforesaid. And whereas
in exoneration as well as of any such Parish where the said Metasylum may come
to be situated as of all other Parishes throughout England the said intended Governor
hath also offered and by the said Superannuation Annuity scheme will be more
or less enabled to make provision for all such Metasylum men & women themselves,
to with not only during the time and on condition of their earning such their
maintenance but also in the event of their becoming either for a time or for ever
incapable thereof. And whereas after all that can or ought to be done by the said
individual in the premises a charge may in respect thereof remain to be borne by
the respective distant Parishes as aforesaid. And whereas although in divers
instances the place of Settlement of such Metasylum man or woman and thence
of his or her family or the chargeable part or parts thereof will have been already
ascertained (inasmuch as before the opening of the said Metasylum and during
the abode of such Metasylum man or woman in the said Penitentiary House
his or her family will in and by the proper Parish have been habitually relieved
or maintained) yet in other instances (either by reason that no part of such
family hath as yet become chargeable or that such man or woman hath had
as yet no family) the business of ascertaining such Place of Settlement will unless
timely measures be taken before hand be at a time when any such charge
may take place an operation as yet unperformed: whereby such single Parish as
aforesaid might on the sudden find itself charged with a heavy and growing buthen,
and that not only in respect of the maintenance of such chargeable persons
but in respect of the charge of proceeding at Law for the exonerating itself at the
expence of the several other Parishes supposed to be chargeable, from which several
burthens it might not for a long time have been able to obtain full relief. Therefore
for the better and more timely ascertaining of all such unascertained
settlements

Identifier: | JB/119/289/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 119.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	4-6
Box	119	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	289	Info in main headings field	panopticon bill
Image	001	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d5 / d6 / d7 / d8
Penner		Watermarks
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	39800
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