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If 500l. or upwards be raised by publick subscription, the lord lieutenant may direct the Treasury to add to it an equivalent sum, but not exceeding 1,500l., &c.
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2. And . . . if it shall happen within twelve months after the passing of this Act, that in any county of a city or county of a town in Ireland any sum of money amounting to five hundred pounds at the least shall be raised and advanced by a publick subscription, or otherwise, for the purpose of erecting, establishing, and maintaining a publick infirmary or hospital in such county of a city or county of a town, and such sum of money shall be deposited in the hands of the treasurer of the said county of a city or county of a town, or in the Bank of Ireland in the name of such treasurer, it shall and may be lawful for the lord lieutenant or other chief governor or governors of Ireland for the time being to order and direct the lord high treasurer of Ireland, or the commissioners for executing the said office of lord high treasurer to issue and pay out of the consolidated fund to the said treasurer of such county of a city or town, or into the said bank in the name of the said treasurer, a sum of money equal in amount to such subscription so deposited, but not exceeding in any case the sum of one thousand five hundred pounds, to be paid and applied for the purpose of erecting and establishing such infirmary or hospital in such sums and at such times, and in such manner and proportions, and under such rules, regulations, terms, and conditions, and to annex any such forfeitures for breach of such rules, regulations, terms, and conditions, as to such lord lieutenant or other chief governor or governors of Ireland for the time being shall seem best suited for promoting the beneficial purposes of this Act; and [Rep. 35 & 36 Vict. c. 97. (S.L.R.)] [2
after any such infirmary or hospital shall be fit for the reception of patients, the grand jury of the county of a city or county of a town in which the same shall be erected and established shall and may yearly present such sum and sums of money as the grand juries of counties are by the recited Act empowered and directed to present, to be applied in such manner as in the said recited Act or any other Act or Acts in force in Ireland is mentioned and directed with respect to the county infirmaries or hospitals in the said recited Act mentioned.]
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