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Power to declare Money found on Vagrants, &c. to be forfeited.
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XXIX. When in any Prison any Money shall be found in the Possession or Custody of any Person committed thereto as a Vagrant, or for offending against the Laws in force for the Relief of the destitute Poor, it shall be lawful for the Board of Superintendence of such Prison, or in the Case of Bridewells for the auxiliary Board of Superintendence thereof herein-before recited, if they shall think fit so to do, to declare such Money to be forfeited, and to apply the same towards the Payment of the Expense of the Maintenance of such Person in such Prison, returning to him or her, upon his or her Discharge, the Overplus, if any, of the Money so found.
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