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Power to Grand Jury of Boroughs to present for Amount of Contracts.
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LI. In any Case in which the Grand Jury of any such Borough as aforesaid, or the Council of any such Borough, when such Council shall be the Body having Jurisdiction over the Gaols of the said Borough, shall have agreed with the Grand Jury of an adjoining County for the Maintenance by Contract of the Prisoners committed from such Borough, it shall be lawful for the Grand Jury or Council of such Borough, whether such Contract shall be perpetual or limited to a Term of Years, to present or cause to be paid, if they shall so think fit, any Sum of Money to the Grand Jury of the County with which they shall have made such Contract, to be by such last-mentioned Grand Jury, or any other Persons authorized in that Behalf, expended in or towards enlarging or repairing the Gaol or House of Correction in which it shall have been agreed to maintain the Prisoners to be committed from such Borough, and in or towards preparing such Gaol as a joint Prison for the Accommodation of such Prisoners.
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