Hulks Regulation Act 1825 No 14a (NSW)
No. XV.
An Act for the temporary Regulation of the
Hulk or Float ing Prison in Sydney Harbour.
[10th August, 1825.]
| W H E R E A S in consequence of t he inadequacy of t he publ ic | in Sydney | to t he present s ta te of t h e Colony H i s Excel lency |
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the Governor has provided a H u l k or F l o a t i n g Pr i son for t h e reception and safe keep ing of pr isoners and it is expedient t h a t t he same should be regula ted and placed under t h e management of persons to be appointed by his Excellency the Governor until further provision shal l be m a d e Be it therefore enacted by H i s Excel lency the Governor
| of | N e w South W a l e s w i th t he advice of t h e Council t h a t t he H u l k | or |
F l o a t i n g Pr i son in Sydney ha rbour commonly called t h e Phoenix shall a n d m a y be used as a publ ic pr ison for t he reception and safe keep ing of all pr isoners convicted and sentenced for crimes by any competen t Cour t in N e w South W a l e s and such pr isoners shall be subject and l iable to such and t h e l ike rules regula t ions and discipline as pr isoners confined in t h e publ ic gaol in Sydney now are subject and
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Excel lency t h e Governor to appoin t a super in tenden t or overseer and o ther necessary officers and persons in and for t h e said H u l k or F loa t i ng Pr i son a n d such super in tenden t or overseer shal l have and exercise in t h e said H u l k or F l o a t i n g Pr i son such and t h e l ike powers and au thor i ty as are by law incident to t h e office of a sheriff or gaoler Provided a lways t h a t i t shal l be lawful for H i s Excel lency the Governor b y w a r r a n t unde r his h a n d and seal directed to t he Sheriff of New Sou th W a l e s (in which said w a r r a n t shal l be specified t h e n a m e or n a m e s of t h e pr isoner or pr isoners in tended to be removed a n d the offence or offences for which he or they m a y have been sentenced) a t any t i m e or t imes to order and direct t h e removal of any pr isoner or pr isoners convicted and sentenced as aforesaid from the gaol in Sydney to t he said H u l k or F l o a t i n g P r i son a n d in every such case t h e sheriff or gaoler aforesaid shal l deliver over the pr isoner or pr isoners specified in such w a r r a n t toge ther w i th a copy of t h e w a r r a n t or order of his or the i r c o m m i t m e n t and the reupon shall be released from all fur ther responsibi l i ty as to t h e safe keep ing of every such pr isoner so removed.
3 . A n d be i t fu r ther enacted T h a t th i s L a w or Ord inance shall be
| and con t inue in force u n t i l t h e first | day | of J a n u a r y in t h e year | of |
| our Lord one t housand e ight h u n d r e d and | twenty-s ix . |
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