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As to granting Compensations to Officer of Prisons previously existing becoming unnecessary
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LIV. Whenever the Grand Jury of any such Borough as aforesaid, or the Council of such Borough, shall, under the Provisions of this Act, have completed any Contract for the Erection or Adoption of a joint Prison in lieu of the previously existing Prisons of such Borough, or shall, under the Provisions aforesaid, have entered into any Agreement (whether perpetual or limited to a Term of Years) with the Grand Jury of any adjoining County for the Maintenance by Contract of the Prisoners committed from such Borough, and whenever, by reason of the Removal of the Prisoners from the Borough Gaols to the joint Prison or County Gaol, pursuant to such Contract, any Officers of any Gaol or House of Correction of such Borough shall become unnecessary and shall be discharged from their respective Offices, every such Officer shall be entitled during his or her Life to such annual Allowance or Compensation, if any, not exceeding in Amount Two Thirds of the annual Salary to which such Officer shall have been entitled, as shall be fixed and ascertained for that Purpose by the Grand Jury, or, as the Case may be, by the Council of such Borough, at the Assizes next after the Time when such Officer shall become unnecessary and shall be discharged as aforesaid; or in case same shall not be fixed and ascertained at said Assizes, then to such annual Allowance or Compensation, if any, not exceeding the Rate aforesaid, as shall be so fixed and ascertained at the next subsequent Assizes; and the Grand Jury, or, as the Case may be, the Council of such Borough, shall at each Assizes, without Application to Presentment Sessions, present One Moiety of such respective Allowance or Compensation to every or any such Officer so discharged for the Cause aforesaid, during his or her Life, which respective Sums shall from Time to Time be raised, levied, and paid as other Sums raised and levied under Presentments of the Grand Jury at the same Assizes: Provided always, that no such annual Allowance or Sum shall, in any Case, exceed Two Thirds of the annual Salary to which such Officer shall have been entitled at the Time of his Discharge as aforesaid: Provided further, that if any Officer for whom any such Compensation shall be presented shall at any Time afterwards be nominated or appointed to any Office or Employment in or relating to any of the Gaols of the County and Borough which shall be Parties to such Agreement, or of either of them, the Salary and Emolument of which Office or Employment shall be equal to or exceed the Amount of Salary and Emoluments of which such Officer was in receipt at the Time of his Discharge as aforesaid, then and in such Case the Compensation so hereby provided for every Person so nominated or appointed shall cease and determine from the Day of such Nomination or Appointment; and provided further, that if any such discharged Officer who shall be so nominated or appointed as aforesaid shall decline or refuse to accept such Office or Employment, his or her Compensation under this Act shall cease and determine.
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