Chapter X: 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.

SECTION 4.--_Refectories._

ART. 1. Breakfast shall take place during the summer six months
precisely at 8 in the morning, and during the six winter months
at 9, and last half an hour. Immediately after breakfast the
inmates are to return to work until precisely half-past 12
o’clock, the dinner hour at all seasons.

5. From half-past 12 till 2 is allowed for dinner and for
recreation, under the inspection, in each division, of a
servant. At 2 o’clock precisely the bell is to summon the
inmates to return to work, and the inspectors are to call the
roll in each workshop.

6. At 8 in the evening, in all seasons, the bell is to be rung
for supper; the inmates may remain in the refectory till nine.

7. The same regulations shall be observed in the dormitories
and refectories of each sex, except that as respects the aged,
sick, and infirm.