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General maintenance fund.
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4. All certified works shall be vested in the Board of Works, and, for the purposes of this section, that Board shall establish a general maintenance fund, and shall carry thereto all county contributions, and subject as aforesaid, the expenses of the inspection, maintenance and repair of the certified works, and the salaries or remuneration of any harbour constables or collectors of tolls and rates, appointed for the purposes of the certified works, shall be defrayed by that Board out of the said fund, and, in case and so far as that fund is insufficient, out of moneys provided by Parliament: Provided that the Board of Works may, with the sanction of the Treasury, lease the work or the revenue thereof to any county or district council, or public department or person, for such term and subject to such conditions as the Treasury may sanction.
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