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Receiver shall contract for any land or buildings that may be required.
Property acquired under this Act to be vested in him, &c.
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16. The receiver for the time being shall make all such contracts and disbursements as shall be necessary for purchasing or renting any land or buildings, or for erecting, fitting up, furnishing, or repairing any buildings for the purposes of this Act, in such manner as the chief secretary, or, in his absence, the under secretary, shall direct, subject nevertheless to such regulations as the Treasury shall from time to time think fit to establish in respect of all such contracts and disbursements; and of all lands and buildings so to be purchased or rented, and of the fixtures and furniture thereof, and of all goods and chattels whatsoever to be from time to time held or purchased for the purposes of this Act, the property acquired therein shall be vested in the receiver for the time being, in whom also shall be vested the property of all watch-houses, watch-boxes, arms, accoutrements, and other necessaries to be given up as herein-after mentioned; and the receiver for the time being may, by the directions of such chief or under secretary, sell, assign, or dispose of the whole or any part of any such property as aforesaid, and shall execute all such lawful matters for carrying this Act into execution as such chief or under secretary shall from time to time direct.
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