JB/150/464/002

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Panopticon Bill Preamble

Chap.

General Panopticon Penitentiary Act: or an Act for the punishment
or reformation of Felons, by means of a Penitentiary House of new invention, to be
stiled the General Panopticon Penitentiary House

Sect.I. General Preamble.

Art. . Whereas by a Statute of the 19th year of the reign of his present Majesty Ch.74
it was enacted that a proper spot or proper spots of Ground for the erection of Penitentiary
Houses for the confinement & employment of 600 Male and 300 Female Convicts should be provided,
and such Houses thereon erected at the Public charge: such Ground (having been chosen by
three persons therein mentioned under the name of Supervisors or any two of them and approved
by a Board composed of the Lord Chancellor, the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Lord
Mayor of the City of London, and the twelve Judges or any eight of the said fifteen persons) to
be paid for (unless otherwise agreed) according to the Verdict of a Jury, and conveyed to the
Clerk of the Home Council for the time being to be holden by him and his Successors as a
Corporation sole for the purposes therein mentioned, and at any time thereafter on payment
made of such Purchase Money in manner therein mentioned, and at any time thereafter on
payment.

Identifier: | JB/150/464/002"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 150.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	24-26
Box	150	Main Headings	police bill
Folio number	464	Info in main headings field	police revenue bill
Image	002	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	b6 / f36
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	50685
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