Description
An act to provide temporary Houses of Correction in several districts, including the District of Quebec, District of Montreal, and District of Trois-Rivières. The act sets a budget for each district's temporary gaol. The act provides an annual allowance to the Committees appointed to superintend the Houses of Correction in the Districts of Quebec, Montreal, and Trois-Rivières for the purposes described and requires the committees to give an annual report of their expenses. The processes by which the committees are to be appointed and proceed are outlined. The act replaces the sentences of "punishment by transportation," "burns in the hand," or "death without the benefit of Clergy," with sentences in the House of Correction at the discretion of the Judges or Justices. This act is to expire in 1819.
