Prisons (Ireland) Act, 1856

Committees appointed shall form joint Committees, and shall draw up Agreements.

XL. Each Committee so appointed shall be deemed to represent respectively the Grand Jury or Council by which it shall have been appointed, and the Committees so appointed shall form One joint Committee, and shall draw up an Agreement distinctly setting forth the Terms and Conditions upon which the said Grand Juries or Grand Jury and Council shall make any such Agreement as aforesaid; which Agreement when subscribed by a Majority of the Members of each Committee, severally representing the Grand Jury or Council by which it shall have been appointed, and approved and confirmed as herein-after directed, shall be binding on the said Grand Juries, or the said Grand Jury and Council, and on all other Persons, to all Intents and Purposes.