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For providing and supporting a house for the reception of fever patients in a county, &c. grand jury may present sums not exceeding double the amount of private subscriptions and donations given for the purpose.
Accounts of treasurer.
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Whenever it shall be made appear, by statement on oath, to the grand jury of any county or county of a city or town, that there has been actually received from private subscriptions or donations any sum or sums of money for the purpose of erecting or hiring any house to be applied to the reception of fever patients, and either attached to and connected with any local dispensary or not, as the case may happen, and upon a certificate by one or more physicians that there is a necessity for providing accommodation for such patients, it shall and may be lawful for such grand jury to present, to be raised on any such county at large, or on any such county of a city or county of a town, as the case may be, any sum not exceeding double the amount of the sum or sums so raised by donation or subscription, and actually received by such treasurer, to be applied by the subscribers to such local dispensary, or such committee of them as aforesaid, together with the monies so received by private donation or subscription, in erecting or hiring and fitting up such house for poor fever patients, in such manner as the said corporation or the said committee shall in their discretion deem most advisable; and it shall and may be lawful also for such grand jury of any such county, county of a city, or county of a town, from time to time to present any such further sum or sums as shall appear to such grand jury to be necessary or required for the support of houses for the reception of fever patients, whether the same shall have been established before or after the passing of this Act, not exceeding double the amount of the subscriptions or donations which by the accounts of such treasurer verified on oath shall appear to have been raised and actually received for the support of such houses; and such treasurer shall account in like manner and under such regulations as are herein-before directed respecting dispensaries.
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