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Notice of abolition of fees to be affixed in all prisons.
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137. There shall be hung up in a conspicuous manner in every prison in Ireland, a notice in the following words; videlicet,
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‘NOTICE is hereby given, that all prison fees whatsoever are abolished by Act of Parliament; and any sheriff, under sheriff, gaoler, turnkey, clerk of the crown, clerk of the peace, or his or their deputy or deputies, bridewell keeper, or other officer, taking or demanding any fee, gratuity, or reward, is thereby subject to a penalty of five pounds; and that the abolition of such fees extends to all persons confined for debt, and to all prisoners required by their sentence to enter into recognizance after completing the period of their imprisonment.’
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