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Duty of chaplains.
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69. Every such chaplain shall read prayers in the said gaol for which he shall be appointed on every Sunday in the year; to wit, the protestant chaplain of the Established Church to such of the prisoners as shall be protestants of the Established Church, and the protestant dissenting minister to such of the prisoners who shall be protestant dissenters, and the Roman catholic chaplain to such of the prisoners as shall be Roman catholics; and every such chaplain shall likewise visit each of the said prisons twice at least in every week, exclusive of his attendance on Sunday; on such visits he shall go into every room and cell in the prison wherein any prisoner so within his charge shall be confined, and converse with and exhort such of the said prisoners respectively as are willing to listen to his admonitions; and each of the said chaplains shall attend every malefactor in their respective prisons who shall be within his charge as aforesaid, or who may desire his assistance, previous to and down to the time of his execution, in order to administer to such prisoner or prisoners the functions of his holy office; . . .
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