s.27,28,29.34. as relates to Presentments by Grand Juries; so much of an Act passed 66 3 G. 4. c. 103. in the same year, intituled, "An Act for the Appointment of Constables, and to secure the effectual Performance of the Duties of “their Office, and for the Appointment of Magistrates in Ireland in "certain Cases," as relates to Grand Jury Presentments; so much of 4 Geo. 4. c. 33. an Act passed in the fourth year of the same reign, intituled, "An "Act to make more effectual Regulations for the Election, and to S. 11. s. 10. 5 Geo. 4. c 29. 66 5 secure the Performance of the Duties of County Treasurers in Ireland," as relates to Presentments of Money by Grand Juries; an Act 4 Geo. 4. c 43. passed in the same year, intituled, "An Act to regulate the Amount of 10 "Presentments by Grand Juries for Payment of the Public Officers of "the several Counties in Ireland;" so much of an Act passed in the fifth 5 Geo. 4. c. 28. year of the same reign, intituled, " An Act to amend an Act of the third year of his present Majesty's reign, for the appointment of Constables “in Ireland,” as relates to the Superannuation of Constables; an Act 15 passed in the same year, for amending the hereinbefore recited Act of the fourth year of his said Majesty, for making more effectual Regulations for the Election, and for securing the Performance of the Duties of County Treasurers in Ireland; an Act passed in the same year, intituled, "An Act to amend the Acts of the last Session of Par- 20 "liament relating to Presentments by Grand Juries for Payment of "the Salaries of Public Officers of the several Counties in Ireland;" 6 Geo. 4. c. 52. an Act passed in the sixth year of the same reign, intituled, "An Act "to amend an Act of the last Session of Parliament, for amending "former Acts relating to Presentments by Grand Juries for Payment 25 "of the Salaries of Treasurers and Public Officers of the several 5 Geo.4.c.93. (amending 5 G. 4. c. 93.) 6 G. 4. c. 101. s. 5, 6. c. 67. s. 7. "Counties in Ireland;" so much of an Act passed in the same year, intituled, "An Act to provide for the repairing, maintaining and keeping in repair certain Roads and Bridges in Ireland," as relates to 7 & 8 Geo. 4. Grand Jury Presentments; so much of an Act passed in the seventh 30 and eighth years of the same reign, intituled, "An Act for the better "Administration of Justice at the holding of Petty Sessions by Justices "of the Peace in Ireland," as relates to Presentments by Grand Juries; so much of an Act passed in the tenth year of the same reign, intituled, "An Act to amend the Laws relating to Coroners in Ireland," 35 as authorizes the Presentment of Money by Grand Juries; and an Act 1W.IV. c. 57. passed in the last session of Parliament, to explain and amend the hereinbefore recited Act of the fifty-fifth year of King George the Third, for the Payment of Costs and Charges to Prosecutors and Witnesses in Cases of Felony in Ireland. 10 Geo. 4. . 37. s. 3. C. 2. Qualification in point of property as hereinafter mentioned. And be it Enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act it shall and may be lawful to and for every Justice of the Peace in and for any county, county of a city or town, who shall be seised of Freehold Estate or Estates of the annual value of Three hundred Pounds at the least, situate in the same county, county of a city or town, 40 town, or who shall be the heir apparent of a person so seised, or who shall be possessed of a term of years, whereof not less than fourteen years shall be unexpired, of the yearly value of Five hundred Pounds at the least in Lands so situate, or who shall be a Justice of the Peace 5 of a city and liberties, county of a city, county of a town, or city and county, by virtue of any charter or charters incorporating the same; or in cases where in any county of a city or county of a town incorporated by charter, and consisting of a Chief Magistrate, Aldermen and Burgesses, there shall not be more than three such Justices by charter 10 who shall be an Alderman of such corporation; or who shall be a Rector or Vicar of any rectory or vicarage of the yearly value of Three hundred Pounds, within the county, county of a city, county of a town, or city and county wherein he shall be a Justice of the Peace, or who being a Justice in any county, county of a city, county of a town, or 15 city and county really and bonâ fide residing therein, shall be agent to the owner or owners of any estate or estates situate therein, of the annual value of Six thousand Pounds or upwards for the estate or estates therein belonging to such owner, amounting to the said annual value, (whether such agent shall or shall not be seised or possessed in 20 his own right of any estate ;) to attend, and all such Justices are hereby required to assemble from time to time, and to hold a Special Sessions for the purposes of this Act, in such place and places and at such time and times, within any and every such county for which they shall be such Justices, as the Grand Jury of the same shall have appointed 25 pursuant to the provisions hereinafter following. 30 And be it Enacted, That it shall be lawful for the several Grand Juries in every county, county of a city, or county of a town and city and county in Ireland, and they are hereby required, at each Assizes, to make out a List of all Justices of the Peace qualified as aforesaid to attend at the said Special Sessions, and to direct their Secretary to deliver a Copy of such List to each of the Justices named therein; and such Grand Juries shall appoint by Presentment certain places within their respective counties (not being more than one in each barony or half barony) where, and certain times when, Special Ses35 sions shall be successively holden previous to the next Assizes for such counties respectively, for the purposes of this Act, as hereinafter set forth; and such Presentment shall appoint the first Meeting of such Special Sessions to be holden at the County Court House, and direct all applications for works, the expense whereof it may be by such applications proposed to levy off the county at large, or off the barony in which such County Court House may be situate, to be made thereat; and all applications for works, the expense whereof it may be proposed as aforesaid to levy off any division or subdivision of the county, to be made at such subsequent Meeting of Special Sessions as shall be holden in and for the same division or 40 323. subdivision 4. 59 Geo. 3. c. 84. s. 4. gistrate. subdivision; and such Presentment shall appoint and define such divisions and subdivisions accordingly; and it shall also be lawful for the Grand Jury at every such Assizes to direct, by Presentment, what number of Copies of the Schedules of Applications to be made at such Sessions shall be printed. And be it Enacted, That every Justice qualified as aforesaid shall, Oath of Ma- previously to his acting at any such Sessions, take and subscribe the Oath following, in open Court, in the presence of any two other Justices, so qualified; which Oath any one such Justice is hereby authorized and required to administer; (that is to say) 6. I, "I, of "do swear, That I am seised of a Freehold Estate or Estates "of the annual value of [or, that I am heir apparent to 5 10 "who is seised of such Estate, or, that I am possessed of 15 "a term of years, whereof not less than Fourteen years 66 are unexpired, of the annual value of and that such Estate is situate in and that the said Estate or "Estates is or are bonâ fide my property, and not holden in 20 by virtue of the charter or charters incorporating the same, 25 [or, that I am Rector [or, Vicar] of the Rectory [or, "of a city, or county of a town, or city and county of "the Owner of an Estate [or, Estates] in the county, or 66 county of a city, or county of a town, or city and county wherein I am a Justice of the Peace, 35 "of "of the annual value of upon me, I will truly, faithfully and impartially do and 40 "perform all such matters and things as I am authorized and required to do by the said Act, or by any other Act or Law, "without favour, affection, hatred, malice or ill-will, according "to the best of my judgment, upon the information to be "laid 5 "laid before me, and that. I will not at any future Special 66 And be it Enacted, That at every Meeting of such Special Sessions the majority of the Justices present thereat shall choose one of their number to preside thereat; and such Chairman shall have a casting voice in case of an equality of voices, but shall not vote except in case of such equality; and such Chairman shall and is hereby required to 10 deliver to the Secretary of the Grand Jury of the same county, a List of the Names of all the Justices who shall have taken and subscribed such Oath at the Sessions where he had presided; and every such Secretary shall from time to time, without unreasonable delay, deliver the said List, and all the Oaths so made and subscribed, to the acting 15 Clerk of the Peace, to be by him preserved among the records of the same county. And be it Enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Churchwardens of every parish, and they are hereby required to appoint a place for posting the Notices required by this Act; and such appoint20 ment shall be promulgated by advertisements fixed on or immediately adjacent to the doors of every place of public worship within the said parish; and in case any five persons paying Grand Jury Cess within such parish shall be dissatisfied with such appointment, it shall and may be lawful for such persons to require the Minister and Church25 wardens of such parish to convene a Vestry for the purpose of taking such appointment into consideration; and such Vestry may either approve of such appointment, or fix some other place for such purpose, as they shall think fit; and it shall and may be lawful for such Churchwardens to expend any sum, not exceeding Five Pounds, for the purpose 30 of preparing and fitting up the place so appointed; which sum shall and may be raised and levied for the reimbursement of such Churchwardens by vote of any Vestry, in like manner as any other Parochial Rate or Cess which such Vestry may have authority to raise and levy. And be it Enacted, That it shall be lawful for every Grand Jury to 35 appoint a proper person to act as Secretary for them at any Assizes, Special Commission or Sessions; and such person so appointed shall continue to act as such until he shall be removed by the Grand Jury, or until another person duly qualified shall be in like manner appointed; and if any person appointed Secretary shall happen to die, or be unable 40 from illness to do the duty, the Clerk of the Peace or his known Deputy is hereby required to act as such until the last day of the ensuing Assizes; and for his performing all and singular the duties of a Secretary, he shall be entitled, in the place of such Secretary, to receive such sum as such Secretary, if living and acting, would have been entitled to receive. 323. C And 8. 59 G. 3. c. 84. s. 7. Notices of Ap plications to Special Sessions. 9. Applications for Works to be made at Special Ses sions. 10. 59 G. 3. c. 84. s. 8. Applications to be lodged with the Secretary. Secretary to arrange and number them. 11. Manner in plications are to be inade. And be it Enacted, That a Notice in writing of every Application intended to be made at any such Special Sessions as aforesaid, shall be posted, by or on behalf of the person or persons intending to make such application, at the places appointed, in manner aforesaid, within such parish wherein the work to which such application shall relate is pro- 5 posed to be executed, between the hours of in the forenoon on the Saturday next but one previous to the first day appointed for holding such Special Sessions. and And be it Enacted, That the applications for any Works which it is proposed to charge upon Two or more subdivisions of any County, 10 but not upon the County at large, shall and may be made at any Special Sessions for one or more of such subdivisions, without making the same at the Special Sessions for each of such divisions or subdivisions. And be it Enacted, That every such Application, together with the 15 Estimates, Specifications, Maps, Plans, Sections and Elevations severally annexed to the same, shall be lodged with the Secretary of the Grand Jury, Ten days at least before the day appointed for the holding of the Special Sessions whereat such application is to be made; and such Secretary is hereby required to keep an office open for the purpose of 20 receiving such applications, during Fifteen days immediately preceding the last day upon which such applications are required to be lodged with the Secretary; and such Secretary shall, on the receipt of each application, indorse thereupon the time when the same is lodged, and number and arrange all such applications, as the works therein com- 25 prised may be proposed to be defrayed by the county at large, or by any barony or other portion thereof, and shall make an abstract thereof, and an index thereto, referring to the numbers which he shall mark on each application; and such Secretary shall, at every such Sessions of Justices, lay before them all the applications and estimates and other 30 papers relating thereto respectively, which shall have been lodged with him or delivered at his office as aforesaid, respecting the execution of any work which it may be proposed to defray at the expense of the county, or division or subdivision thereof, defined as aforesaid, for the consideration of the applications for works chargeable upon which such Sessions 35 shall be held, together with the Abstract thereof, and the Index thereto. And be it Enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for any Two which all Ap- Persons paying Grand Jury Cess, to make application at the Special Sessions appointed to be held under this Act, for any Public Work for which it may now be or hereafter become lawful or competent for 40 any Grand Jury to make Presentment, and that such application be made in manner hereinafter appointed; (that is to say) such application shall set out the title of the Act authorizing such Presentment, with the Year of the King's reign, Chapter and Section, as printed by His Majesty's |