Neither the steward, porter, or messen-
ger, shall have any communication with
the wards.

No officer, or servant of the house shall
receive any money, fee, gratuity, or re-
ward, besides their wages.

I.  That the method of admission be by
petition to the committee, the printed
form of which, with proper blanks to be
filled up, may be had gratis by application
at the house.  That every petitioner be
examined as to her health, by the Physi-
cian, Surgeon, and Matron.  When any
petition is approved, it shall be wrote
upon, Found proper, and signed by the
Chairman.  Every person upon admission
shall subscribe to the rules of the house,
and also enter into an agreement to pay
the sum of 10l. per annum for her board,
lodgings, and necessaries, which is to be
void, provided such person continues in the
house three years, or less time, at the op-
tion of the committee.  No person ad-
mitted shall be allowed to go out of the
house without special leave in writing,

II.  One or more wards are to be allot-
ted for persons newly admitted, where
they are to remain some time for a trial of
their behaviour.  There shall be superio-
rity of wards, according to the education
or behaviour of the persons admitted; and
the inferior wards shall consist of meaner
persons, and of those degraded for misbe-
haviour.  In each ward they shall be
classed, and one appointed to preside and
be accountable for the conduct and beha-
viour of the rest; and they shall by rota-
tion do the necessary offices in their re-
spective wards, excepting the person ap-
pointed to preside.  They are also to per-
form the necessary offices of the house, as
they shall be directed by the matron; and
an allowance shall be made to such as per-
form these offices, out of the general pro-
duce of the work done in the house, ac-
cording to the proportion of the value of
their duty and labour.

III.  Each person is to lie in a separate
bed, and have a chest for her cloaths and
linen, under lock and key, to be kept by
herself; and where the rooms will admit
of it, a small closet or apartment is to be
provided for the retirement of the most
serious and best behaved, in the intervals