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Boards of Superintendence to be appointed for joint Prisons.
Quorum of Boards of Superintendence.
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XLV. It shall he lawful for the Grand Jury or Council of any County or Borough which shall be Party to any such Agreement as aforesaid, and each and every such Grand Jury and Council is hereby authorized and required, at the Assizes, with the Consent and Approbation of the Court or a Judge, or at a Special Meeting of such Council, to appoint so many Persons as it shall have been agreed should be appointed by each such Grand Jury or Council respectively (One Half of whom at the least shall be Justices of the Peace for the County or Borough by the Grand Jury or Council whereof they shall be so appointed) to be and form together One joint Board of Superintendence of such joint Prison; and it shall and may be lawful for any such Grand Jury or Council at any subsequent Assizes, or at any subsequent Special Meeting, to remove any Member or Members of such Board who shall have been appointed by such Grand Jury or Council respectively, and to fill up any Vacancies among such last-mentioned Members occasioned by Death, Resignation, or otherwise; and such Board of Superintendence shall have the same Powers, Authorities, Jurisdiction, and Discretion over and with respect to such joint Prison, and the Appointment of the Officers thereof, and over and with respect to the Prisoners therein, as are or shall be given to or vested in the Board of Superintendence of any County Prison over or with respect to such Prison, and the Officers thereof or the Prisoners therein, by this Act or the Prisons Act, or any Act amending the same; and any Three or more of such Board of Superintendence, One of whom at least shall be a Justice of the Peace for either the said County or the said Borough, shall be in all Cases competent to do and perform any Matter or Thing whatsoever in execution of any Duty required to be done and performed, or which might be lawfully done and performed by the whole Board of Superintendence in virtue of any Powers granted to them by this Act, or the Prisons Act, or any other Act in which there shall not be an express Provision to the contrary; and every Act done or performed by such Three Members of such Board of Superintendence (One of whom at least shall be a Justice of the Peace, and all of whom may have been appointed Members of such Board by the Grand Jury of the County, or, as the Case may be, by the Grand Jury or Council of the Borough) shall be as valid and effectual to all Intents and Purposes as if done by the whole Board of Superintendence.
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