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When now gaols are built, old ones to be sold or converted into workhouses or other prisons;
or the site may be applied to the improvement of streets, &c.
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48. After any new gaol, bridewell, house of correction, or other prison, shall be erected and made fit for the reception of prisoners, it shall be lawful for the grand jury of the county, county of a city, or county of a town, at any assizes or presenting term, with the consent of the court, to present the old gaol, bridewell, house of correction, or other prison, or the ground or soil thereof, to be sold by public cant for such estate or interest as such county, county of a city, or county of a town, or any person or persons in trust for them, shall have therein, and the money arising from such sale shall be paid to the county treasurer for the use of the county, county of a city, or county of a town; or it shall be lawful for the said grand jury to present the said old gaol, bridewell, house of correction, or other prison, to be a bridewell, workhouse, house of industry, house of correction, or other prison of any other description for the said county; or if such grand jury shall see fit so to do, it shall be lawful for such grand jury to give, grant, or convey gratuitously the whole of the ground or soil of any such old gaol, bridewell, or house of correction or any part or parts of the same respectively, for the purpose of widening, opening, or otherwise improving any street, way, or passage, or streets, ways, or passages, in any county or city, borough or town, or in any county of a city or county of a town, within or adjoining which such old gaol, bridewell, or house of correction shall be situate; and if the whole of such ground or soil shall not be necessary for such improvement or improvements, then to sell or dispose of the residue thereof in manner herein-before provided.
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