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Named governors of the work-house,
may purchase, not exceeding 20000l. per annum.
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III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the said first day of May one thousand seven hundred and thirty six the said lord bishop of Cork, the mayor, recorder, aldermen, sheriffs, common council-men, and common speaker of the said city for the time being, together with the twenty six persons, who shall be annually elected as aforesaid, shall for ever in name and fact be one body politick and corporate in law to all intents and purposes, and shall have perpetual succession, and be called the governours of the work-house of the city of Cork, and shall be enabled to plead, and sue, and be sued and impleaded, by that name, and shall and may have a common seal for their use, and by that name without licence in mortmain purchase, take, and receive any lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods, or chattles whatsoever, not exceeding the annual value of two thousand pounds, for the use and benefit of the said corporation.
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