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each Ship and one Person from among the Convicts shall be appointed to Read the same aloud. The Commanding Officer of each Vessell shall attend and see it performed.
A printed Form of Prayer shall be pasted up in various parts of the Vessells and shall not be defaced or torn down or Scribbled on on penalty of Two Dozen Lashes at the Gang Way.
The Books that shall be given to each Mess (Viz. Two Bibles and Two Prayer Books) on Sunday Morning shall be returned to the Commanding Officer again at Night to be kept till the next Sabbath.
As cleanliness is most commendable in Ships where such Numbers are kept it is Ordered that every Man shall keep himself as clean as his Situation will admit and to regularly every Day Wash and Comb himself the Barber shall Shave them twice a Week and to have a Clean Shirt, Stockings and Shoes, Greased every Sunday and appear decent and respectfull in their Behaviour in