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the prisoners, which security demands, as well Cor the sake of the public as for themselves, be fully depended on, if the inspection is to be divided among so many scattered prisons.”
Of course exceptions in this respect must be allowed in consequence of different local circumstances. If, for instance, one or two districts surround a town, where both the temporary prisons can be united in a central position, this ought to be done, for the sake of economy both in building and superintendence.
The duty of building and supporting temporary prisons has hitherto rested on the district itself, and by the law now in force it is determined, under the head building, 26 Chap., 4 §. that: “Near every place where the assizes are held there shall be a prison, where delinquents may be kept in security. No one can be exempt from contributing to this building, excepting manor-houses, farms, allodial lands, as also the residences of clergymen and parish clerks.” To lay, however, the whole weight of the expense for building the new temporary prisons, on a more expensive plan than heretofore, on those who are liable, would probably meet with difficulties. Many districts have, within the last few years, built new district-jails, and several of these prisons are in such a condition, according to the views hitherto prevailing, that the burden of building new can scarcely be laid on
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