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by tlie surgeon or apothecary, and shall 

 Coritimie in siicli separate Iodising until it 

 T)e certified tliat he or she is fit to be re- 

 ceived ainona; the other convicts ; and tlie 

 clothes in which he or she shall then bo 

 clotlfed shall be burnt, if necessary, or 

 otherwise shall be sold and disposed of; 

 and sncl! convict shall not be dismissed at 

 the end or other determination of his 1 r 

 her term, if he or she shall then labour 

 under any acute or dangerous distemper, 

 unless at his or her request ; and when such 

 convict shall be finally discharged, decent 

 clothint; shall b« delivered to such convict; 

 and also a sum of money for immediate 

 jubsistence, not exceeding 31. ; and if inch 

 convict shall prdcure any substantial 

 housekeeper, or other reputable person, 

 to take liini or her into service, or provide 

 liim or her with proper employniwit for 

 ©lie year, he or she having served accord- 

 ingly, shall be entitled at the end of the 

 year to such other sum of money, not ex- 

 ceeding the like sum of 31. as the conmiit- 

 tee shall think (it. 



Every governor of the Penitentiary 

 shall, during the term for uliicli a convict 

 shall remain in custody , keep bim or her 

 to labour of such kind as the committee 

 shall direct and appoint; anl, if the work 

 to be perl'ormed I.-y any such convicts 

 thall be of such a nature as may require 

 previous instruclion, proper persons shall 

 be provided to give the same. 



Convicts shall, during the hours of la- 

 bour, be separated from each other, or 

 shall work together in companies, com- 

 posed of more or fewer persons in utmi- 

 Der : and all convicts, not confined in tlie 

 infirmary, shall, during their hours of lest, 

 be kept entirely separate and apart from 

 eacli other, and be lodged in separate 

 rooms or cells ; except in cases in vviiicli it 

 liiay be deemed ex|iedicnt to place two 

 er more prisoners together on account of 

 the hcaltii or stale of ntiud of one of 

 thera. 



Convicts shall be employed in work at 

 the said Penitentiary every day in the 

 year, except Sundays, Clnistnias Day, 

 Good Friday, Ascension day, and any day 

 appointed for a general fast or thanks- 

 Kivmi', and alio except such days when ill 

 Lealiti wid not .dtovv of tlieir working ; and 

 the hours of w ork in each day shall not ex- 

 ceed eight hours in the months of Novem- 

 ber, l>eceud)er, and January; nine hours 

 Ui the inonihs of February and October ; 

 and ten hi.'Uis and an halt' in the rest of 

 the year (exclusive of thu time allowed for 

 Bieals). 



'I'lie committee to allow to any of the 

 coBvicts coiitiiicd ill the said Penitentiary, 

 «!i a rewani and encoiiiat;ein('nt, any part 

 or portion of the protits arising tVom their 

 labour. 



The convicts shall be divi(|e4 '1''' ^^^''* 

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classes, which shall be called the first and 

 second classes ; foi' which purpose, the 

 time for which such convicts shall be seve* 

 rally ordered to be coiitiiied, shall be di» 

 vided into two equal parts, and during the 

 first part of the time of the imprisonment, 

 he or she shall be ranked in the first class, 

 and during the second part of such time, 

 he or she shall be ranked in the second 

 class ; and the confinement of such con- 

 victs as shall from lime to time be ranked 

 in the first class shall be more strict, and 

 the confinement of the convicts in the se« 

 cond (lass shall be more moderate ; whicli 

 several degrees of confinement for eacl^ 

 class shall be settled by the coinmittee. 



If the committee shall at any time ob« 

 serve, or be satisfactorily informed, of any 

 extraordinary diligence or merit in any of 

 the convicts nnder their inspection, who 

 shall be ranked in the second class of con« 

 victs, the committee shall report the sani» 

 in writing to the principal Secretary of* 

 Stale for the home department, in order 

 that he may recommend such convict as ant 

 object of mercy. 



Every cunvict shall, during the time of 

 bis or her coufinemcnt, be fed and sus- 

 tained- with a suliicient quantity of coarsa 

 but wholesome food, and also be clothed 

 with a coarse and uniform apparel, witU 

 auy distinguishing marj<s which may ba 

 deemed useful to facilitate discovery ia 

 case of escape ; and no such convict shall, 

 dining the time of his or her confinement, 

 be permitted to have any other food, 

 drink, or clothing, than such as shall be s6 

 appointed. 



No person except the ofBcers, or sen-, 

 vants of the Penitentiary, or such person 

 or persons as shall be authorized accord- 

 ing to the regulations established by tha 

 committee, shall be permiticd at auy time 

 to enter any of the apartments or court« 

 yards allotted to the convicts, or to hold 

 conversation or commiinicatioii with any 

 of thera. 



Tho governor may employ, with tb« 

 consent of the committee, any of the con- 

 victs, who shall bo tanked m the second 

 class, as overseers, or assistants, in the ma- 

 nagement of the works, and the care o£ 

 their fellow convicts. 



The chaplain shall read prayer* an4 

 preach a sermon both morning and even- 

 ing, in the chapel of such Penitentiary, on 

 every Sunday in the year, and also on 

 every Christmas Day, Good Friday, and 

 Asc«?nsion Day, and on every day appoint- 

 ed for a general fast or thanksgiving ; and 

 all the convicts shall attend tiis said piayeri 

 and sermons. 



The coinmitlce sliall, at the beginning 

 of every sf>ssioi), make a faithful report tit 

 the k'ug in council, and to both hoiisci of 

 Piirliameiit, specifying the state of tho 

 buiJdiugs, xlis behaviour and condu<;t of 

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