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CAP. XX.

An ACT to establish Houses of Correction within the Counties of York and Charlotte.

Passed 8th March, 1830.

Preamble.

WHEREAS great inconvenience arises from the want of houses of correction within the Counties of York and Charlotte, wherein persons convicted of certain offences, and rogues and vagrants might be confined and kept at hard labor, instead of being imprisoned in the County gaols: And whereas there are alms houses and work houses erected and built within the Parishes of Fredericton and Saint Andrews, parts of which might be beneficially appropriated as houses of correction;

Justices of York and Charlotte may establish Houses of Correction at the Alms and Work Houses within the said Counties.

Be it therefore enacted by the President, Council, and Assembly, That the Justices of the Peace of the Counties of York and Charlotte, respectively, or the major part of them in General Sessions assembled, be and they are hereby authorised and empowered, by and with the consent in writing of the Commissioners of the said alms houses and work houses for the time being, to establish houses of correction, at the said alms houses and work houses; and the same, when so established, shall be deemed and taken to be the houses of correction in and for the said Counties of York and Charlotte respectively.

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C. 20. Anno X. & XI. Geo. IV. A. D. 1830.

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Preamble.		WHEREAS great inconvenience arises from the want of houses of correction within the Counties of York and Charlotte, wherein persons convicted of certain offences, and rogues and vagrants might be confined and kept at hard labor, instead of being imprisoned in the County gaols: And whereas there are alms houses and work houses erected and built within the Parishes of Fredericton and Saint Andrews, parts of which might be beneficially appropriated as houses of correction;
Justices of York and Charlotte may establish Houses of Correction at the Alms and Work Houses within the said Counties.		Be it therefore enacted by the President, Council, and Assembly, That the Justices of the Peace of the Counties of York and Charlotte, respectively, or the major part of them in General Sessions assembled, be and they are hereby authorised and empowered, by and with the consent in writing of the Commissioners of the said alms houses and work houses for the time being, to establish houses of correction, at the said alms houses and work houses; and the same, when so established, shall be deemed and taken to be the houses of correction in and for the said Counties of York and Charlotte respectively.