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Amount of county contribution.
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2. Subject to the provisions of this section, the county contribution in respect of a certified work shall, where one county only is interested in the work, be such an annual sum as the Lord Lieutenant may fix, being not less than one-and-a-half per cent. of the total cost of the work, and shall, where more than one county is so interested, be such proportionate part of the said annual sum as the Lord Lieutenant, having regard to the prospective benefit to the inhabitants of the county from the work, may fix:
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Provided that, if there is at any time standing to the credit of the general maintenance fund herein-after mentioned a sum of not less than six thousand pounds, the Lord Lieutenant may reduce the county contributions in respect of all certified works by a uniform per-centage; but the reduction shall be so calculated that the contributions, as and when reduced, shall be sufficient for the purpose of defraying the expenses and charges payable out of the general maintenance fund.
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Provided nevertheless that if, at any time after such reduction as aforesaid has been made, the general maintenance fund is, in the opinion of the Lord Lieutenant, insufficient for the said purpose, he may in like manner increase the said contributions; but the amount of any contribution shall not exceed the amount originally fixed by him.
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