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Governor to give Security for faithful Discharge of Duties.
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XX. Every Person who shall be nominated or appointed as herein-before provided to the Office of Governor of any Prison by the Board of Superintendence shall, immediately after his Nomination to such Office, and before he shall enter upon the Duties thereof as such probationary Officer as aforesaid, enter into a Recognizance, with Two sufficient Sureties to be approved of by the Clerk of the Peace of the County or One of the Counties to which such Prison shall belong, before some Justice of the Peace (and which Recognizance each and every Justice of the Peace is hereby empowered to take), in such Sum as the Board of Superintendence shall direct, the Condition of which Recognizance shall be that such Governor shall duly and faithfully discharge the Duties of his Office in every respect during such Time as he shall continue to hold the same, and shall indemnify and save harmless every Sheriff and every other Person from all Loss, Costs, Damages, and Expenses which any such Sheriff or other Person shall incur, sustain, or be liable to by reason of any Escape of any Prisoner in the Charge of such Governor, or by reason of any Act, Neglect, or Default of such Governor; and every Person who at the Time of the passing of this Act shall be the Governor of any County or joint Prison shall, on or before the Thirty-first Day of December One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, enter into a Recognizance, with Two such Sureties as aforesaid, before some Justice of the Peace (and which Recognizance each and every Justice of the Peace is hereby authorized to take), conditioned as herein-before enacted, in such Sum as the Board of Superintendence shall in manner aforesaid direct; and in case any such Governor as last mentioned shall neglect or omit to enter into such Recognizance as herein-before directed, on or before the said Thirty-first Day of December One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, then and in every such Case the Person thus neglecting or omitting so to do shall, upon and from and after the said Thirty-first Day of December One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, cease to hold the Office of Governor of the Prison theretofore held by him; and the Board of Superintendence of such Prison shall forthwith proceed to appoint a Governor in his Stead, under the Powers and in the Manner in that Behalf herein-before given and directed: Every Recognizance taken under this Act shall be transmitted by the Justice of the Peace before whom the same shall be acknowledged to the Clerk of the Peace of the County, or One of the, Counties, to which such Prison shall belong; and in case the same shall at any Time become forfeited, such Process shall and may issue thereon as in such Cases usual; and any Money that shall be recovered thereon shall belong and be paid to the Sheriff or other Person who has sustained or shall be liable to any Loss, Costs, Damages, or Expenses by the Act or Default in respect of which such Money shall be recovered.
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