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RULES AND REGULATIONS 
 
 FOR THE 
 
 nUEON DISTRICT TxAOL. 
 
 S, 
 
 1 . The keeper of the gaol shall resido therein : he 
 shall not be an under-sheriff or bailiiF. 
 
 '2. The male and female prisoners shall he confined 
 in separate cells, or parts of the prison, so as to pre- 
 vent them, as far as practicable, from seeing, con- 
 versing, or holding any intercourse with each other ; 
 and the persons of each sex, divided, as far as the 
 dimensions, plan, and accommodations of the building 
 may allow, into distinct classes, so that prisoners of 
 the following classes shall not intermix— viz., 1st. 
 Prisoners convicted of felony. '2nd. Persons convic- 
 ted of misdemeanors and vagrants. 3rd. Persons 
 committed on charge or suspicion of felony. 4th. 
 Persons committed on charge or suspicion of misde- 
 meanors, or for want of sureties ; and in cases where 
 necessity may require it, and circumstances admit, the 
 sheriff may confine female prisoners in the rooms set 
 apart for debtors. 5th. Debtors and persons con- 
 fined for contempt of court on civil process. 
 
 3. The keeper shall visit every ward, and see every 
 prisoner, and inspect every cell, hall, or room, in which 
 prisoners may be confined, twice at least in every 
 twenty-four hours, once in the morning, and once in 
 the evening. ^ 
 
4. The gaoler shall keep a book, to be provided by 
 the District, containing a register of the persons con- 
 fined, according to the form contained in schedule A, 
 in the report by the commissioners on gaols appointed 
 under the statute 1 Vic. c. 5., which book shall be 
 regularly submitted to the magistrates when in Quar- 
 ter Sessions assembled, for their inspection and exa- 
 mination, at the commencement of each session. 
 
 5. Due provision shall, as far as practicable, be 
 made in the gaol for the enforcement of hard labour 
 in the cases of such prisoners as may be sentenced 
 thereto, and for the employment of other prisoners, the 
 means of hard labour being provided, and the mate- 
 rials requisite for the employment of prisoners being 
 purchased, under such regulations as may be made 
 for that purpose, by the justices in General Quarter 
 Sessions assembled. 
 
 6. Every prisoner sentenced to hard labour shall, 
 unless prevented by sickness, be employed not less 
 than eight, or more than ten hours every day, exclu- 
 sive of the time allowed for meals, being not less than 
 two hours, between six in the morning and six in the 
 evening, except on Sundays, Christmas-day, and 
 Good Friday. 
 
 7. The prisoners who arc mechanics, shall be 
 allowed the exercise of their respective trades in gaol, 
 when the same can be permitted without inconve- 
 nience, or endangering the safe keeping and security 
 of the prisoners confined therein. 
 
 8. A Bible or Testament shall be provided at the 
 expense of the district, for each cell in which one or 
 more prisoners shall be confined. 
 
 y. Divine Service may be performed in the gaol on 
 Sundays, by such clergyman as may be appointed by 
 the Sessions for that duty, or by any other clergyman 
 
who may offer his services or be authorized by tlie 
 sheriff to be admitted, and it is especially ordered 
 that all prisoners shall have the liberty of holding 
 communication with any clergyman of the particular 
 persuasions which they may profess ; and such clergy- 
 men shall at all convenient times have free access to 
 those prisoners who may be of their creed. 
 
 10. Persons under charge or conviction of any 
 crime, shall attend divine service on Sunday?, and on 
 other days when such service is performed, unless pre- 
 vented by sickness or other reasonable cause to be 
 allowed by the keeper, or unless their attendance shall 
 be dispensed with by one of the visiting justices to be 
 hereafter mentioned. 
 
 11. Provision shall be made, as far as practicable, 
 in all gaols, for the religious instruction of prisoners of 
 both sexes, and also for their instruction in reading 
 and writing, under such rules and regulations as shall 
 be made for that purpose by the justices in General 
 Quarter Sessions assembled, or by the visiting justices 
 hereafter mentioned. 
 
 12. No prisoner shall be put in irons by the keeper 
 of any prison, except in case of urgent and absolute 
 necessity ; and the particulars of every such case shall 
 be forthwith entered in the keeper's journal, and 
 notice forthwith given thereof to the sheriff, or his 
 deputy, and to one of the visiting justices ; and he 
 shall not continue the use of irons on any prisoner 
 longer than four days, without an order in writing 
 from the sheriff, or a visiting justice, specifying the 
 cause thereof, which order shall be preserved by the 
 keeper as his warrant for the same. 
 
 13. Every prisoner maintained at the expense of 
 the District, shall be allowed a sufficient quantity of 
 plain and wholesome food, to be regulated by the 
 
justices in General or Quarter Sessions assembled, 
 regard being had (so far as may relate to convicted 
 prisoners,) to the nature of the labour recjuired from 
 or performed by such persons, so that the iillowance of 
 food may be duly apportioned thereto; and it shall be 
 lawful for the justices to order (for such prisoners of 
 every description as are not liable to work, or being 
 able cannot procure employment sufficient to sustain 
 themselves by their industry, or who may not be other- 
 wise provided for,) such allowance of food as the said 
 justices shall from time to time think necessary for 
 the support of health. Prisoners under the care of 
 the surgeon shall be allowed such diet as he may 
 direct. Care shall be taken that all provisions sup- 
 plied to the prisoners be of proper quality and weight, 
 and sufficient fuel for cooking and warmth to be pro- 
 vided by the gaoler for all the cells and wards occupied. 
 
 14. Prisoners who receive no allowan(!0 from the 
 district except as hereinafter mentioned, may procure 
 for themselves, and receive upon all days of the week, 
 and at all reasonable and proper hours, in the discre- 
 tion of the sheriff, and at least from the hour of eight 
 o'clock in the morning till the hour of six in the 
 evening, in the summer, and in winter from ten 
 o'clock in the morning till four in the evening, a rea- 
 sonable quantity of plain wholesome food, as well as 
 clothing, bedding, and other necessaries admitted 
 under this rule into the gaol, shall be strictly examined 
 by the gaoler, or his deputy, in order to ascertain that 
 no such articles are introduced as may facilitate the 
 escape of any prisoner, or be likely to communicate 
 infection. 
 
 15. No prisoner convicted of felony, or any other 
 crime for which imprisonment in tlio Penitentiary 
 might be awarded, who is confined under the sentence 
 
of any court, shall receive any food other than the 
 gaol allowance, as provided by law. 
 
 K). That any prisoner confined for debt, who shall 
 satisfy the sheriff of his inability to support himself, 
 and who may apply for relief, shall receive daily the 
 usual ^raol allowance, in the discretion of the sheriff, 
 for a term not exceeding one calendar month. 
 
 17. A physician shall be employed in behalf of the 
 District to attend the gaol, whose duty it shall be to 
 administer to the medical wants of the prisoners, and 
 to report to the Justices at each Quarter Sessions the 
 state of the health of the prisoners, and the number 
 and nature of the cases in which his services have been 
 called for in the course of each term. Prisoners 
 shall be provided, at the expense of the District, with 
 suitable bedding, and common clothing, when they 
 cannot procure the same at their own expense, and 
 shall satisfy the sheriff and visiting magistrates of 
 that fact. 
 
 18. As much exercise shall be allowed the prisoners 
 as may be deemed proper for their health, and he 
 situation and plan of the gaol will allow, at the dis- 
 cretion of the sheriff. 
 
 19. The walls and ceilings of cells, rooms, and pas- 
 sages used by the prisoners shall be cleansed and lime- 
 washed in the spring and autumn of every year ; the 
 floors of the several cells and rooms in use shall be 
 washed or cleansed once a fortnight, or oftener if 
 required. A reasonable supply of water, soap, and 
 towels, shall be furnished the prisoners daily, for the 
 purpose of washing themsqlves, as the same may be 
 found requisite. 
 
 20. No tap shall be kept in the prison ; nor shall 
 spirituous liquors of any kind be admitted for the use 
 of prisoners, except in conformity to the 15th section 
 
of statute 32, Geo. III. chapter 8, which provides a,, 
 follows : " Provided always, that no license shall be 
 grantcl for retailing any spirituous liquors within any 
 of the said gaols or prisons; and if any gaoler, keeper 
 or oftcer of any gaol or prison, shall sell, lend, use or 
 give away, or knowingly permit or suffer any spirituous 
 l"|uors or strong waters to be sold, used, lent, or given 
 away ,n such gaol or prison, or brought into the same, 
 other than except such spirituous li,,uors or stron-r 
 waters as shall be prescribed or given bv the pre! 
 senptmn and direction of a regular phvsicia'n, surgeon 
 or apothecary, every such gaoler, keeper, or o°her 
 officer, shall for every such offence forfeit and lose the 
 sum ot £ao current money of this province-one 
 nicety thcreot to her Majesty, her heirs and sue 
 eessors for the public uses of said province, and the 
 support of the government thereof, and the other 
 moiety of sa,d sum, with the full costs of suit, to such 
 person or persons as will sue for the same in any of 
 her Majesty's Courts of Keeord in this province bv 
 aefon of debt, bill, plaint, or information ; and in 
 case any such gaoler or other officer being convicted 
 hereof as aforesaid, shall again offend in like manner, 
 
 second r Tr^ ''"" '"f""y ^--'^d- -eh 
 se^eond offence shall be deemed a forfeiture of his 
 
 21. The keeper and his deputy are strictly for- 
 bidden to demand or receive any fees, perquisite or 
 gratuity, from any prisoner or other person, on anv 
 pretence whatsoever, the keeper being allowed a 
 reasonable salary from the funds of the district 
 aceordmg to the 7th section of statute 32, Geo. IIi: 
 ch. (,, by which ,t is enacted, " That it shall and 
 may be lawful for the s.,id justices, within the respec- 
 tive limits of their commission, assembled as aforesaid 
 
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or the greater part of then,, and they arc hereby 
 author.se.1 and empowered to ascertain and appoini 
 a reasonable jeariy .alar,, aeeordin, to their dTs I 
 t.on, to be pa,d to the .aoler ; and that the said 
 salary shall be in place of all fees, perquisites ^ 
 .n>pos,t,ons of any sort or kind uhatsoJver and hal 
 
 or reccue any fee, perquisite or other payment from 
 any prisoner who may he confined in a,^^of thttaH 
 gaols or prisons." •' *"'" 
 
 22. No cards or gaming shall bo allowed amon.. the 
 pnsoners, but harmless amuson.cnts may he permiHed. 
 
 23. Upon the death of a prisoner, notice shall be 
 orthwuh sent by the gaoler to the sheriff or hi 
 
 Ueputy, as well as to the coron,.r of the district, and 
 also to the nearest relative of the deceased if praeticahb 
 M. rhe kee,,er of the prison shall have power to 
 hear all complaints touching any of the following 
 offences ; that .s to say-disobedience of the rules of tbl 
 prison ; assaults by one person confined in such prison 
 upon another where no dangerous bruise or wound 
 
 or ^rT.ct''" ,"?"•'"»" """^ ^'™''""S' ""y i"d^'=»' 
 whi e ^r^^- ^^■''■' = »y -^-ercnt behaviour 
 Jhle attendmg D.vino Service -all of which are 
 declared to be offences against the gaol regulations 
 ■ commuted by any description of prfsoners a^ Z 
 from D,vme Service without leave, idleness or ncli- 
 gcnce n, work, or wilful mismanagement of it_which 
 are also declared to be offences against these regula- 
 tions, f committed by any prisoner under charge or 
 conviction of any crime: and the said keeper may 
 examine any person concerning such offences, and 
 may determine thereupon, and may punish all such 
 offences by ordering any such offender to close con 
 finement in the refractory or solitary cells, and by 
 
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 kccpinrr such offenders upon broad and water only, 
 for any time not cxceedin<r three days, notin^r the 
 particulars of all such cases in his journal, and imme- 
 diately apprisin«r the sheriff or his d( ])uty thereof. 
 
 '25. A li^ht shall be kept burning all ni^ht, at all 
 seasons of the year, by the gaoler, in some convenient 
 and secure place, when more than three prisoners are 
 in confinement. 
 
 2(j. Prisoners, when the fraoler comes to opcm any 
 door of any hall leadin^r to any coll or debtor's room, 
 shall, upon bcinfr so directed by the gaoler or his 
 deputy, go into their respective cell or cells, room or 
 rooms, and not appear in the hall unless the gaoler or 
 his deputy calls them by name, and when so called 
 shall appear. If any other prisoner knowingly pre- 
 sents himself or herself, than the one called, without 
 the permission of the gaoler or his deputy, the prisoner 
 offending to bo punished, if the gaoler or his deputy 
 sees fit, as in the 21.th regidation ; and if thn>e or 
 more present themselvos without being so called, the 
 gaoler or his deputy to stand upon his guard, as the 
 appearance of such number shall be construed into an 
 intention to assault the gaoler or his deputy, with 
 intent to escape, and shall at the least subji>ct the 
 offenders against this regulation to the severities of 
 the 21-th regulation. 
 
 27. No lights to be admitted in the cells, except at 
 the discretion of the gaoler in case of necessity ; and 
 all lights to bo extinguished in the debtor's ward at 
 nine o'clock, except at the discretion of the gaoler, 
 under the like necessity. 
 
 28. These Rules and Regulations shall be printed, 
 and the keeper of every gaol shall cause them, when 
 printed, to be fixed in conspicuous parts of the gaol, 
 for the information and guidance of prisoners and others. 
 
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 29. The gaoler and his assistants shall use their 
 utmost endeavours, by all fair and legal means, to 
 prevent escapes, and shall treat the prisoners under 
 their care with the utmost tenderness and humamitv, 
 as far as may be consistent with the safe custody of 
 such prisoners; and such prisoners shall demean 
 themselves towards the gaoler and others, his deputies 
 and assistants, with that submission and respectful 
 conduct which the law requires. 
 
 30. The justices at the General Quarter Sessions 
 next after the commencement of these regulations, and 
 at every ensuini; General or Quarter Sessions, shall, 
 and they are hereby required to nominate two or more 
 justices who shall consent thereto, to be visitors 
 of the gaol of the district ; and one or more of the 
 visiting justices so appointed shall personally visit and 
 inspect such prison at least three times in each quarter 
 of a year, or monthly, and oftener if occasion shall 
 require, and shall examine into the state of the build- 
 ing and yard walls, so as to form a judgment as to the 
 repairs, additions, or alterations which may appear 
 necessary ; strict regard be^ng had to the classifica- 
 tion, instruction, employment or hard labour required 
 by these regulations ; and shall further examine into 
 the behaviour and condition of the prisoners, the 
 means of setting them to work, the amount of the 
 earnings, and the expenses attending the prison, and 
 of all abuses within the same ; and matters of pressing 
 necessity, and within the powers of their commission 
 as justices, shall take cognizance thereof, and proceed 
 to regulate and redress the same : Provided, neverthe- 
 less, that any justice may visit the prison, and report 
 abuses to the next ensuing General Quarter or Ad- 
 journed Sessions, or to one or more of the visiting 
 justices. 
 
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 31. The sheriff and gaoler shall yearly, in the 
 month of January every year, transmit to the secre- 
 
 ' tary of the province a return signed by them, in the 
 form contained in the schedule marked B., in the 
 report by the commissioners on gaols, appointed under 
 the statute 1 Vic. ch. 5. 
 
 32. That the prisoners sentenced to hard labour be 
 allowed in rations one pound of beef, one pound and a 
 half of bread, with one pound of potatoes daily (to be 
 served out at twice); and that instead of potatoes, there 
 be given half a pound of peas per diem three times 
 per week, to be made up into soup, and three-fourths 
 of a pound of salt pork instead of beef. 
 
 33. With regard to other persons not subject to 
 hard labour, the allowance of provisions per diem 
 shall be, half a pound of pork, or three-fourths of a 
 pound of beef, one pound of bread, and one pound of 
 potatoes, and the same change of diet shall be observed 
 as is directed for hard labour. 
 
 34. The gaoler shall be allowed the sum of £80 per 
 annum as his salary ; and, in addition to the duties 
 that he has hitherto performed, he shall superintend 
 the prisoners at hard labour, as well as all the other 
 duties incidental to his office, and keeper of the court 
 house and gaol. 
 
 35. All orders given by the surgeon in atten- 
 dance to be strictly observed, without the necessity of 
 reference to the sheriff, respecting the treatment of 
 prisoners in the hospital. 
 
 36. TLat such prisoners as shall be under sentence, 
 and to hard labour, be divested of their clothing, to be 
 substituted With clothing furnished by the gaoler, 
 under the direction of the sheriff, at the district 
 
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 expense, until the expiration of their respective sen- 
 tences, when they will resume their former clothing 
 on discharge from gaol. 
 
 37. That the annual salary of £20 be continued to 
 the physician in attendance on the gaol, to include 
 medicines furnished. 
 
 By order of the Court, 
 
 DANIF^ LIZARS, 
 
 Clerk of the Peace, Huron District. 
 
 Office of the Clerk of the Peace, Goderich, 
 24th July, 1846. 
 
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 ROW8ELL8 AND THOMPSON, PRINTERS, TORONTO.