May 1799.

made of such Articles by the Governor as they are Received
into the Prison (except the Bread and Butchers Meat under the
New Regulation adopted by the Committee appointed for that
purpose.) and that due care is not observed in the Ordering
and receiving such Articles Your Committee therefore
recommend that nothing in future should be Ordered for
the use of the Prison or the Prisoners but by the Court or the
Prison Committee before whom the Governor should produce
a Schedule of such Articles as may be wanted but in Case
of Emergency when the Governor should be at liberty to
procure any temporary supply by an Order in Writing
under his Hand that he should cause a Copy of any
such Order to be entered in a Book to be provided for
that purpose and produce the same to the Committee
at their Meetings for their Inspection.

Your Committee are also of Opinion that the
Governor should be directed to Inspect every Article brought
into this Prison and that he should cause an Account
thereof to be entered in a Book on the Day in which the
same shall be received.

And Your said Committee further Report.
That it appearing that the Governor had employed a
Stone Mason who had formerly been a Prisoner in this
Prison to do some Masons Work in the House of Correction
and had not only agreed to allow him a Weekly Salary
for the same but had put him upon the Prison Allowance
in the same manner as other Turnkeys and Servants
of the Prison Your Committee directed the said Stone
Mason to be Discharged and are of Opinion that the
Keepers of the Prison belonging to this County ought not
to be Allowed the Liberty of employing any other Person
to do works for this County but such Workmen as have
been regularly appointed by the Court and that no
Works should be done at the said Prisons but such as
shall be directed by the Magistrates in Session Assembled
and Inspected and Surveyed by the County Surveyor.