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County buildings may be insured, and premiums, &c. presented.
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114. It shall be lawful for the secretary of the said county for the time being to effect a policy or policies of insurance against fire on any public building or other public property which he shall be directed by the grand jury to insure, and for such sum as he shall be so directed; and such policy shall vest in the secretary for the time being, and the sum thereby secured shall be payable to him as part of the public fund of such county, and shall be lodged by him to the credit of the finance committee, and shall be applied to public purposes, from time to time, as the grand jury shall direct, by any presentment, sanctioned and approved of by the judges of the Court of Queen’s Bench at the presenting term at which such presentment may be made; and the grand jury shall have the power, without any previous application at the sessions, and are hereby required, to present, to be levied off the county at large, the premium and other charges payable on such policy, and for continuing the same; and the finance committee shall from time to time pay such premium.
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