SECTION 3.--_Dormitories._

ART. 1. The bell is to announce the hour of rising from the 1st

of March to the 30th of September at 4 o’clock in the morning,

and from the 1st Oct. to the 28th Feb. at 6. The inspectors

must take care that the inmates immediately rise.

3. After prayers at 6 o’clock in summer, and 7 in winter, the

inmates, accompanied by the inspectors, are to proceed to their

respective workshops. The dormitories are to be swept and

cleaned by two inmates, selected by turns for this employment

out of each dormitory, and then to be kept locked.

4. At 9 in the evening, in all seasons, the bell is to

announce bedtime. The inmates are immediately to proceed to

their respective dormitories; the roll is to be called by the

inspector, and prayers (not lasting more than a quarter of

an hour) are to be said, and listened to attentively; after

prayers each shall go quietly to bed, and perfect silence be

kept in every dormitory.

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