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Section 95. of Prisons Act repealed.
Returns to be made by Keepers of Bridewells and Expenses to be paid.
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XXVII. The Ninety-fifth Section of the Prisons Act shall from and after the passing of this Act be repealed, save as to anything heretofore done under the same; and a Return or Record shall be made and kept by the Keeper of every Bridewell in Ireland not being a District Bridewell, in the Form of the Schedule in the Prisons Act mentioned, or in such other Form as may have been already approved of by the Judge of Her Majesty’s Court of Queen’s Bench, or as shall hereafter be approved of by the Lord Lieutenant, of the Committal and Discharge of Prisoners, and of all Expenses incurred in such Bridewells for or in respect of such Prisoners, One Copy of which Return or Record shall be preserved in such Bridewell, and One other Copy shall be transmitted to the Board of Superintendence, within Fourteen Days after the Thirteenth Day of March, Thirteenth Day of June, Thirteenth Day of September, and Thirteenth Day of December in each and every Year; and the said Board of Superintendence shall examine and certify the said Copy, and shall administer to such Keeper an Oath to the Truth of such Return or Record, and thereupon shall pay to such Keeper the Amount of the Expense so incurred and specified in such Return or Record, together with Allowances for Fire, Candles, and Straw; and it shall be lawful for the Grand Jury of the County, and they are hereby required, on the Production of such Return or Record at the next ensuing Assizes, to make Presentment in favour of the Board of Superintendence for the Amount mentioned in such Return or Record, or such Portion thereof as shall be certified to have been properly incurred by the said Board of Superintendence, and the Keeper of every such Bridewell shall, at the Times above specified, furnish to the inspectors General of Prisons a Return certifying the Number of Prisoners confined in the said Bridewell during the preceding Quarter, together with the Number of Meals actually issued to such Prisoners whilst so confined, and the Cost of their Maintenance, and the Number of Prisoners committed thereto for Drunkenness.
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