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municipal arrangements, and the union formed for the inspection of the prisoners, when these well-intentioned proposals are to be put into execution.
The latter part, on the other hand, demands the undivided attention of a superintendent, who ought to give himself up exclusively to his equally noble as responsible calling. The election of this man is of the greatest importance and presupposes a nice discernment, without any other motive than the important aim: the accomplishment of the object. This superintendent ought to have a good salary, at least a certain support for himself and family, and the prospect, if he perform his duties well, of obtaining, when age limits both strength and activity, another situation or a proper pension, in order to make way for a more vigorous successor.
The jailers ought to be trustworthy, serious and not quite without education. They ought also to have some knowledge of different trades, in order to enable them at the same time to be the guides and teachers of the prisoners in their work. This circumstance is of importance, and must not at their appointment be considered as a secondary consideration.
The under jailers should also be chosen with judgment and followed with attention, for as they form the last link in the direction they have also most to do with the prisoner, and thus possess a great influence on the condition and state of mind of the latter.
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