County Trea XV. And be it enacted, That the Treasurer of such County shall On Production thereupon, upon the Production to him of such Certificate, give to of such Certificates to the the Person entitled to such Payment a Draft for the Amount thereof, which Draft shall contain a Specification of the Purposes surer he shall for which the same shall have been drawn, and of the Person to give a Draft for whom it is payable, and when so signed it shall be the Authority the Amount for the Bankers in whose Bank the County Funds may be deposited thereof. to pay the Amount thereof, anything in an Act of the First and Second Years of Her present Majesty's Reign, intituled An Act to 1& 2 Vict. c. 53. amend an Act of the last Session of Parliament, for providing more effectual Means to make Treasurers of Counties and Counties of Cities in Ireland account for Public Monies, and to secure the same, to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding, and such Draft shall be as valid to all Intents and Purposes as any Draft for the Payment of any Money given under the said last-mentioned Act; provided that after the Expiration of the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty-eight the Contractors for any such Works shall make Application for and receive Payment subject to the Provisions and Regulations of the Acts relating to the Presentment of Public Monies by Grand Juries in Ireland. XVI. And whereas it may be expedient to complete Public Secretary of • Works in certain Baronies and Half Baronies in Ireland which Grand Jury in have been commenced under the Provisions of the said first- any Barony or ' recited Act, and which still remain unfinished, although the Half Barony where Special Amount, authorized to be applied to the Execution of such Presentment Works by the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury under Sessions have the Provisions of the said Act shall have been expended, or shall been held to ⚫ not be sufficient to complete such Work:' Be it therefore enacted, convene a SpeThat it shall be lawful for the Secretary of the Grand Jury of any ment Sessions County in Ireland in any Barony or Half Barony of which a for the County Special Presentment Sessions shall have been held under the Pro- for the Purposes visions of this Act, and he is hereby required, by Notice under his of this Act. Hand, to be posted at the usual Places of posting public Notices, to convene a Special Presentment Sessions for the County, to be holden in the County Court House, for the Purposes of this Act, at such Time as shall be specified in such Notice, not being sooner than Seven Days from the Time of posting such Notice nor later than Six Weeks after the first Special Presentment Sessions shall have been held for any Barony or Half Barony within such County under the Provisions of this Act. cial Present XVII. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for How such every Justice of the Peace in and for such County, not being a Special PreStipendiary Magistrate, to attend, and all such Justices are hereby sentment Sesrequired to assemble, and with the Cess-payers associated with sions for the them respectively, as herein-after appointed, to hold such Special County shall be County Presentment Sessions for the Purposes of this Act, at the composed. said County Court House, at such Time as shall be specified in the said Notice; and at such Sessions the Secretary of the Grand Jury shall attend; and the said Justices and Cess-payers, or so many of them as shall be present at such Sessions, shall constitute a Special County Presentment Sessions for the Purposes of this Act; and the several Provisions contained in the said recited Act of the Sixth and Seventh Years of the Reign of King William the Fourth relating to the Selection of a Chairman, and the 7 W. 4. & One Cess-payer for every Barony or Half Barony to be associated with Justices of the cial Present- Proceedings at Special County Pre sentment Sessions. the Powers, Duties, and Authorities of such Chairman and of Justices and Cess-payers respectively at County Presentment Sessions, and relating to adjourned Sessions for opening Tenders and the making of Contracts thereat, and relating to the Declarations to be made by the Justices and Cess-payers respectively who shall act at any County Presentment Sessions, and also relating to the Powers, Duties, and Authorities of the Secretaries of Grand Juries, County Surveyors, Clerks of the Crown, Clerks of the Peace, and all other Officers respectively, shall, as amended by an Act passed in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty, intituled An Act to amend an Act passed in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for consolidating and amending the Laws relating to the Presentment of Public Money by Grand Juries in Ireland, as far as the same are applicable, or may be necessary for carrying out the Provisions of this Act, and not inconsistent with such Provisions, extend to all Proceedings respectively to be had at the Special County Presentment Sessions to be held under the Provisions of this Act, in as full and ample a Manner as if the same were herein repeated and enacted, unless where other Provisions are hereby substituted; provided that in any Declaration to be made by any such Justice or Cess-payer the Title of this Act shall be inserted together with the Title of the said Act of the Sixth and Seventh Years of the Reign of King William the Fourth. XVIII. And be it enacted, That the Justices and Cess-payers associated at each Special Presentment Sessions held for any Barony or Half Barony under the Provisions of this Act shall select One of the said Cess-payers for every Barony or Half Barony for which such Sessions are appointed to be associated with the Justices of the County as a Member of the said Special County Presentment Sessions, and the Secretary of the Grand Jury shall make out a List of the Persons so chosen at such Special Presentment Sessions held for such Barony or Half Barony, and shall forthwith notify the same, and the Day appointed for such Special County Presentment Sessions, to them, and shall read out the same List previous to the Appointment of the Chairman for the said Special County Presentment Sessions; and the Secretary of the Grand Jury shall place before such Sessions the Report or Reports made by the County Surveyor to the Special Presentment Sessions held for any Barony or Half Barony, or Baronies or Half Baronies, within the County, as the same shall have been endorsed by the Chairman thereof respectively under the Provisions of this Act; and the Justices and Cess-payers associated in the Business of the said Special County Presentment Sessions shall take such Reports into consideration, as far as the same shall relate to Works in respect of which no Residue or Balance shall remain unexpended of the Amount authorized by the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to be applied to the Execution of the same, under the Provisions of the said first-recited Act, or in respect of which such Residue or Balance shall not be sufficient to complete such Works, and shall decide, by a Majority of Voices, on the Merits of each of such last-mentioned Works, and whether the same ought or ought not to be completed, and whether wholly or in part, or conditionally in the event of the Expense thereof not exceeding exceeding a certain specified Sum, and what Modification thereof, if any, may be proper, and in case of their Approval of the Completion of any of such last-mentioned Works, either wholly or in part, or conditionally, or of any Modification thereof, shall give Directions respecting the Preparations of Forms of Tender for the same; and all and every the Powers, Authorities, or Provisions given or contained in this Act in relation to Works approved of wholly or in part at Special Presentment Sessions held for any Barony or Half Barony, and the Execution of the same, and the Approval of the same by the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, and in relation to presenting Monies or raising or levying Monies presented for the Execution of such Works, and borrowing Money on the Security of such Presentment, and making Advances to Contractors in respect of the same, and otherwise relating to such Monies or such Works, shall extend and be applied, as far as the same are applicable, in relation to all Works approved of wholly or in part at any such Special County Presentment Sessions held under the Provisions of this Act. Five per Cent. Interest to be allowed on all Sums advanced by Treasurer or Bank under XIX. And whereas under an Act passed in the Session held in the First Year of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act to 'provide more effectual Means to make Treasurers of Counties and Counties of Cities in Ireland account for Public Monies, and 'to secure the same, it was enacted, that every Treasurer then ' in Office, and no other, shall have and receive the Interest due the Provisions ' on Exchequer Bills purchased from any Balance standing to the of this Act. 'Credit of such Treasurer's Account, so that such Interest does 7 W. 4. & ' not exceed One Half of the Salary appertaining to his Office: 1 Vict. c. 54. ' And whereas it is just that such Treasurer, and that the Bank which the Grand Jury of any County shall have appointed for ' receiving the Public Monies of such County, should be allowed * Interest on Sums paid or advanced by such Treasurer or Bank under this Act:' Be it therefore enacted, That the Officer whom the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors in Ireland has or have authorized or may hereafter authorize to audit and declare the Accounts of the Treasurers of Counties in Ireland under the last-mentioned Act may and he is hereby required, on being applied to by or on behalf of any Treasurer entitled to receive Interest under said Act, or of any Bank having made any Advance above the Balance at the Credit of such County, to ascertain the Amount of Interest at the Rate of Five Pounds per Centum per Annum which would be due to such Treasurer or Bank on the Amount so from Time to Time advanced under the Provisions of this Act, and remaining unpaid, from the Time or Times at which such Money shall have been paid by the Treasurer of such County or such Bank until the same shall have been discharged, or until the first Day of the Assizes next succeeding such Application, and to certify the same to the Secretary of the Grand Jury, and it shall be lawful for any Grand Jury and they are hereby required to present to the said Treasurer or Bank such Interest so certified to be due, which Interest shall be paid to such Treasurer or Bank out of any Balance in hand, and shall be raised and levied off the Barony or Half Barony liable to pay such Sums. XX. And Definition of " County." Definition of XX. And be it enacted, That the Word "County" shall include County of a City or County of a Town; and that all the Provisions of this Act may extend, and be applied to any County of a City or County of a Town in Ireland. XXI. And be it enacted, That the Word "Treasurer" shall, as to the County of Dublin, mean and include the "Finance Committee," and the Word " Assizes" shall, as to the said County of Dublin, mean and include the "Presenting Term," and the Word "County Surveyor" shall, as to the said County of Dublin, mean and include the "District Surveyor;" and that the Provisions of an Act passed in the Seventh and Eighth Years of Her Majesty's 7 & 8 Vict.c.106. Reign, intituled An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws for the Regulation of Grand Jury Presentments, in the said County, and any Act for amending the same, shall with reference to the raising, applotting, levying, or recovering of Grand Jury Cess, and to the Powers for the Execution of Works, so far as the same are applicable, apply, as to the said County of Dublin, to Sums of Money to be presented and raised and the Works to be executed under this Act. Act may be amended, &c. Provisions of this Act to apply to any Part of Ireland specified in Proclamation issued by Lord Lieutenant, &c. and published in the Dublin Gazette. Power to Lord Lieutenant, &c. to revoke any XXII. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in this present Session of Parliament. CA P. II. An Act for the better Prevention of Crime and Outrage in [20th December 1847.] WHEREAS, in consequence of the Prevalence of Crime and Outrage in certain Parts of Ireland, it is necessary to make Provision for the better Prevention thereof:' Be it enacted by the Queen'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 whenever, in the Judgment of the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, by and with the Advice of the Privy Council of Ireland, it shall be necessary, for the Prevention of Crime and Outrage, that this Act should apply to any County, County of a City, or County of a Town, or any Barony or Baronies, Half Barony or Half Baronies, in any County at large, or any District of less Extent than any Barony or Half Barony, in Ireland, it shall be lawful to and for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, by and with the Advice of the Privy Council of Ireland, to declare by Proclamation to be published in the " Dublin Gazette," that from and after a Day to be named in such Proclamation this Act shall apply to any County, County of a City, or County of a Town, or any Barony or Baronies, Half Barony or Half Baronies, in any County at large, or any District of less Extent than any Barony or Half Barony, in Ireland: Provided always, that it shall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, by a new Proclamation, to be made by and and with the Advice of the Privy Council of Ireland, and pub- Proclamation lished in the "Dublin Gazette,” to revoke any Proclamation issued as to the whole under this Act, as to the whole or any Part of the District named or Part of the in any such first-mentioned Proclamation; and thereupon the ori- District named. ginal Proclamation mentioned therein shall, from and after a Day to be named in such new Proclamation, stand and be revoked so far as such new Proclamation shall purport to revoke the same. claimed Dis II. And be it enacted, That printed Copies of every Proclama- Proclamations tion issued under this Act shall be posted on or near to the Doors and Abstract of of all Places of Public Worship and of every Police Station and this Act to be Barrack within the District named in such Proclamation, and at posted in prothe Foot of every Copy of any such first-mentioned Proclamation tricts. so posted as aforesaid an Abstract of the Provisions of this Act shall be printed, for the Information of all Persons affected by the Enactments herein contained. Power to Lord Lieutenant to increase the Constabulary Force in proclaimed Dis tricts; III. And be it enacted, That from and after the Day named in any such first-mentioned Proclamation it shall be lawful to and for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, for and during the Period for which such Proclamation shall be in force, from Time to Time to appoint such and so many additional Sub-Inspectors, Head Constables and other Constables, and Sub-Constables, as he or they shall think proper, for any County, County of a City, County of a Town, Barony, Half Barony, or District of less Extent than any Barony or Half Barony named in any such Proclamation, or any Part thereof, respectively: Provided always, that it shall be lawful to and for and to withthe Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of draw them from Ireland, if he or they shall think proper, at any Time or Times Time to Time. during the Continuance in force of any such Proclamation to withdraw the said Sub-Inspectors, Head Constables and other SubConstables, and Sub-Constables, so appointed as aforesaid, or any of them, from the District for which they shall have been so appointed. Provisions of the Constables appointed under IV. And be it enacted, That, save as herein mentioned, all and every the Powers, Provisions, Qualifications, Matters, and Things 6&7 W.4.c. 13., mentioned and contained in an Act passed in the Sixth Year of &c. to apply to the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled An Act to consolidate the Laws relating to the Constabulary this Act. Force in Ireland, and any Act or Acts amending the same, shall extend and apply to the Sub-Inspectors, Head Constables and other Constables, and Sub-Constables, appointed under this Act. increase the Reserve Constabulary Force. V. And be it enacted, That in addition to the Number of Sub- Power to Lord Inspectors, Head Constables, Constables, and Sub-Constables which Lieutenant, &c. by any former Act or Acts the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief further to Governor or Governors of Ireland is or are empowered to appoint as and for a Reserve Force, it shall be lawful to and for the said Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors to appoint Two additional Sub-Inspectors, Four additional Head Constables, and any Number not exceeding Two hundred additional Constables and Sub-Constables, who shall constitute and be deemed to be a Part of the said Reserve Force, and shall be subject to all and every the Provisions and Regulations applicable to the said Reserve Force under any Act or Acts now in force. VI. And |