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Presentment for erection of fever hospitals of a sum not exceeding double the amount of private subscriptions received for the purpose.
Presentment for support of fever hospital, &c. in Cork.
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82. Whenever it shall be made appear, by statement on oath to the grand jury of any county, that there has been actually received from private subscriptions or donations any sum or sums of money for the purpose of erecting any house to be applied to the reception of fever patients, and either connected with any local dispensary or not, as the case may happen, and upon a certificate by one or more physicians that there is a necessity for providing accommodation for such patients, it shall and may be lawful for such grand jury, and they are hereby required, to present, to be raised off such county, any sum not exceeding double the amount of the sum or sums so raised by donation or subscription, and actually received by the treasurer, to be applied, together with the monies so received by private donation or subscription, in erecting such house for fever patients, in such manner as the subscribers of any sum not less than one guinea, or such committee of them, not fewer than five, as they shall appoint for that purpose at any general meeting of such subscribers, shall in their discretion deem most advisable: Provided always, that the affidavit and certificate herein mentioned shall, together with the application for such presentment, have also been laid before the presentment sessions and approved thereat: Provided also, that it shall and may be lawful for the grand juries of the county of Cork and county of the city of Cork respectively, if they shall think proper, to present for the support and maintenance of the fever hospital or house of industry or lunatic asylum in the city or county of Cork at any assizes any sum not exceeding the sum presented for the support or maintenance of such establishments respectively at any assizes during the last five years.
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