Bills shall be valid and effectual to all Intents and Purposes whatever. Benefit of this XII. And be it further enacted, That where any Joint Stock Joint Stock Companies, having any Joint Stock or Exchequer Bills in the Companies Name or Names of any Person or Persons as Trustees for the may have the Partners forming such Company, shall be desirous of making Act. any Transfer of Stock or Deposit of Exchequer Bills for the Purposes mentioned in this Act, it shall be lawful for them so to do, and all the Provisions in this Act shall apply to Transfers and Deposits so made. Company of the land indemni them in pur XIII. And be it further enacted, That the Governor and Governor and Company of the Bank of England shall be and are hereby indemnified for any Act done or permitted to be done by them in pursuance of this Act; and that all Actions and Suits, both at Law and in Equity, commenced against the said Governor and Company of the Bank of England for and in respect of any such Act or Acts shall be null and void, and shall be quashed and vacated, upon summary Motion, by the Court in which they are commenced; which Court is hereby required to give to the Defendant in such an Action or Suit the full Costs of such Motion, to be taxed as between Attorney and Client. suance of this Act. putes about XIV. And whereas Disputes may arise between Parties Courts at West'making Transfers and Deposits in manner herein-before men- minster to detioned, whether any Default has been made or any Damage has termine Dis• been sustained to the Amount certified in manner herein-be- Defaults; •fore mentioned;' be it further enacted, That all such Disputes shall be determined in a summary Manner in one or other of His Majesty's Courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas, or Exchequer at Westminster, and that there shall be no Appeal against any Decision so made: Provided always, that if it shall and may order seem just to the Judges of any of the said Courts that any Sum the Repayment of Money paid by virtue of this Act should be repaid, to order of Money paid the Receiver General of the Revenue to which it has been paid Act. to repay the same to such Person or Persons and on such Account as the said Judges shall think fit. by virtue of this ceiver General XV. And be it further enacted, That any Sum of Money Sums paid to paid by any Receiver General under such an Order shall be be allowed in allowed to him in account, and such Receiver shall not be again account to Recalled upon for such Sum in any Manner whatsoever; and any paying them. Proceedings instituted to compel such Receiver General to pay such Sum shall be null and void, and shall be set aside by the Court in which the same may have been instituted, upon summary Motion. XVI. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Judges of any of the said Courts to direct that any Question arising before them upon such Proceeding may be tried by Jury in such Manner as such Judges shall direct. a XVII. And be it further enacted, That this Act may be altered, varied, or repealed by any Act to be passed in this present Session of Parliament. Judges may direct Questions to be tried by a Jury. Act may be altered this Session. SCHE SCHEDULE to which this Act refers. FORM OF DECLARATION. It is hereby declared, That has [transferred Stock, or hath deposited Exchequer Bills, as the Case may be] to the Amount of for as a Security pursuant to the Provisions of an Act of Parliament passed, et cætera. FORM OF CERTIFICATE. To His Majesty's Postmaster General, [or to the Chief Commissioner of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings, or Chairman of as the Case may be]. WHEREAS on the Day of Stock [or Exchequer Bills] were transferred [or deposited, as the Case may be] as a Security for [state the Purpose for which the Security was given] The Lord such Security is no longer necessary.] CAP. XXIX. An Act for improving the Police in the District of efficient System of Police within the Limits of the District of Dublin Metropolis, and to constitute an Office of Police, which, acting under the immediate Authority of the Chief Secretary of the Lord Lieutenant, shall direct and control the whole of such new System of Police within those Limits;' be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That it shall be lawful for the Lieutenant may Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireestablish a new land to cause a new Police Office to be established in the City of Dublin, and by Warrant under his Hand and Seal to apTwo Persons as point Two fit Persons as Justices of the Peace for and of the Justices of Po- Police District of Dublin Metropolis, as the same is constituted and defined in and by an Act made in the Forty-eighth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for the more effectual Administration of the Office of a Justice of the Peace, and for the more effectual Prevention of Felonies, within the District of Dublin Metropolis, and for and of the Counties of Dublin, Wicklow, Kildare, and Meath, and of all Liberties therein, to execute the Duties of a Justice of the Peace at the said Office, and in all Parts of those several Police Office, and appoint lice for the Dis trict of Dublin Metropolis and the surrounding the Directions of the Chief or District, under Under Secre tary. Counties, Counties, and the Liberties therein and of said District, together with such other Duties as shall be herein-after specified, or as shall be from Time to Time directed by the Chief Secretary of the Lord Lieutenant, or in his Absence by the Under Secretary for the Time being, for the more efficient Administration of the Police within the said Limits; and it shall be lawful for the said Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors to remove either of the said Justices, if he or they shall see Occasion so to do, and upon any Vacancy in the said Office by Death, Removal, or otherwise, to appoint another fit Person as a Justice of the Peace of the said District, Counties, and Liberties, to execute the Duties aforesaid, in lieu of the Person making such Vacancy; and it shall be lawful so to appoint any Person to be The Justices a Justice of the Peace by virtue of this Act, and for such Per- need not have any Qualificason, during the Continuance of his Appointment, to execute tion of Estate. the Duties of a Justice of the Peace for the said District and Counties and Liberties, although he may not have any such Qualification by Estate as is required by Law in the Case of any other Person being a Justice of the Peace for any County: Provided always, that no such Person shall act as a Justice of the Peace at any Court of General or Quarter Sessions, nor in any Matter out of Sessions, except for the Preservation of the Peace, the Prevention of Crimes, the Detection and Committal of Offenders, and in carrying into execution the Purposes of this Act. II. And be it enacted, That every Person to be appointed a Oath to be taken Justice of the Peace by virtue of this Act shall, before he shall by the Justices, begin to execute the Duties of his Office, take the following Oath before some Justice or Baron of one of His Majesty's Courts of Record at Dublin; (that is to say,) IA.B. do swear, That I will faithfully, impartially, and honestly, according to the best of my Skill and Knowledge, execute all the Powers and Duties of a Justice of the Peace ' under and by virtue of an Act passed in the Sixth Year of the 'Reign of King William the Fourth, intituled An Act for improving the Police in the District of Dublin Metropolis.' III. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Lord Salary of the Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland to Justices. direct that an annual Salary, not exceeding the Sum of Eight hundred Pounds, shall be paid out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to each of the Justices to be appointed under this Act, and that the same shall be payable quarterly. District to be appointed. IV. And be it enacted, That a sufficient Number of fit and A Police Force able Men shall from Time to Time, by the Directions of the for the whole Chief Secretary of the Lord Lieutenant, or in his Absence of the Under Secretary for the Time being, be appointed as a Police Force for the whole of such District, who shall be sworn in by One of the said Justices to act as Constables for preserving the Peace, and preventing Robberies and other Felonies, and apprehending Offenders against the Peace; and the Men so sworn shall, The Justices may make Re- 6 & 7 W. IV. shall, not only within the said District, but also within the Counties of Dublin, Wicklow, Kildare, and Meath, and within all Liberties therein, have all such Powers, Authorities, Privileges, and Advantages, and be liable to all such Duties and Responsibilities, as any Constable duly appointed now has or hereafter may have within his Constablewick by virtue of the Common Law of this Realm, or of any Statutes made or to be made, and shall obey all such lawful Commands as they may from Time to Time receive from any of the said Justices for conducting themselves in the Execution of their Office. V. And be it enacted, That the said Justices may from Time to Time, subject to the Approbation of the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, frame such Orders and Regulations as they shall deem expedient, relative to the general Government of the Men to be appointed Members of the Police Force under this Act, the Places of their Residence, the Classification, Rank, and particular Service of the several Members, their Distribution and Inspection, the Description of Arms, Accoutrements, and other Necessaries to be furnished to them, and which of them shall be provided with Horses for the Performance of their Duty, and all such other Orders and Regulations relative to the said Police Force as the said Justices shall from Time to Time deem expedient for preventing Neglect or Abuse, and for rendering such Force efficient in the Discharge Policemen may of all its Duties; and the said Justices may at any Time suspend be suspended or or dismiss from his Employment any Man belonging to the said Police Force whom they shall think remiss or negligent in the Discharge of his Duty, or otherwise unfit for the same; and when any Man shall be so dismissed or cease to belong to the said Police Force all Powers vested in him as a Constable by virtue of this Act shall immediately cease and determine. dismissed by the Justices. Penalty on Publicans har VI. And be it enacted, That if any Victualler or Keeper of bouring Police any House, Shop, Room, or other Place for the Sale of any men during the Liquors, whether spirituous or otherwise, shall knowingly harHours of Duty. bour or entertain any Man belonging to the said Police Force, or permit such Man to abide or remain in his House, Shop, Room, or other Place during any Part of the Time appointed for his being on Duty, every such Victualler or Keeper as aforesaid, being convicted thereof before any Two Justices of the Peace, shall for every such Offence forfeit and pay such Sum not exceeding Five Pounds as they shall think meet. Powers of VII. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Man belonging to the said Police Force, during the Time of his being on Duty, to apprehend all loose, idle, and disorderly Persons whom he shall find disturbing the public Peace, or whom he shall have just Cause to suspect of any evil Designs, and all Persons whom he shall find between Sunset and the Hour of Eight in the Forenoon lying in any Highway, Yard, or other Place, or loitering therein, and not giving a satisfactory Account of themselves, and to deliver any Person so apprehended into the Custody of the Constable appointed under this Act, who shall be in attendance at the nearest Watch-house, in order that such Person may be secured until he can be brought before a Justice of the Peace, to be dealt with according to Law, or may give Bail for his Appearance before a Justice of the Peace, if the Constable shall deem it prudent to take Bail, in the Manner herein-after mentioned. take Bail for VIII. And be it enacted, That where any Person charged Night Conwith any petty Misdemeanor shall be brought, without the stables may Warrant of a Justice of the Peace, into the Custody of any Appearance Constable appointed under this Act, during his Attendance in of Parties before the Night-time at any Watch-house within the said Police Dis- a Justice, &c. trict of Dublin Metropolis, it shall be lawful for such Constable, if he shall deem it prudent, to take Bail by Recognizance, without any Fee or Reward, from such Person, conditioned that such Person shall appear for Examination before a Justice of the Peace at some Place to be specified in the Recognizance, at the Hour of Ten in the Forenoon next after such Recognizance shall be taken, unless that Hour shall fall on a Sunday, or on Christmas Day or Good Friday, and in that Case at the like Hour on the succeeding Day; and every Recognizance so taken shall be of equal Obligation on the Parties entering into the same, and liable to the same Proceedings for the estreating thereof, as if the same had been taken before a Justice of the Peace; and the Constable shall enter in a Book to be kept for that Purpose in every Watch-house the Names, Residence, and Occupation of the Party, and his Surety or Sureties, if any, entering into such Recognizance, together with the Condition thereof, and the Sums respectively acknowledged, and shall lay the same before such Justice as shall be present at the Time and Place when and where the Party is required to appear; and if the Party does not appear at the Time and Place required, or within One Hour after, the Justice shall cause a Record of the Recognizance to be drawn up, to be signed by the Constable, and shall return the same to the next General or Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the City of Dublin, or for the County of Dublin respectively, as the Case may require, in which the Offence charged should be brought to Trial, with a Certificate at the Back thereof, signed by such Justice, that the Party has not complied with the Obligation therein contained; and the Clerk of the Peace shall make the like Estreats and Schedules of every such Recognizance as of Recognizances forfeited in the Sessions of the Peace; and if the Party not appearing shall apply, by any Person on his Behalf, to postpone the Hearing of the Charge against him, and the Justice shall think fit to consent thereto, the Justice shall be at liberty to enlarge the Recognizance to such further Time as he shall appoint; and when the Matter shall be heard and determined, either by the Dismissal of the Complaint or by binding the Party over to answer the Matter thereof at the Sessions, or otherwise, the Recognizance for the Appearance of the Party before a Justice shall be discharged without Fee or Reward. IX. And be it enacted, That if any Person shall assault or resist any Person_belonging to the said Police Force in the Punishing Execution of his Duty, or shall aid or incite any Person so to assault Assaults on |