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(Ireland.)

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BILL

[AS AMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE]

For the further Amendment of the Acts for the
Extension and Promotion of Public Works in
Ireland.

[N. B.-The Clause marked (A.) was added by the Committee.]

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6 & 7 W. 4, c. 108,

HEREAS an Act was passed in the first year of Her Preamble: present Majesty's reign, intituled, "An Act to amend the 1 Vict. c. 21. Acts for the Extension and Promotion of Public Works in Ireland," reciting an Act of the first and second years of his late Majesty 5 King WILLIAM the Fourth, intituled, "An Act for the Extension 1 & 2 W. 4, and Promotion of Public Works in Ireland," the provisions whereof c. 33. were amended and extended by an Act passed in the then last Session of Parliament, and that the Commissioners acting under and in execution thereof were authorized to make advances by way of 10 loan to a certain amount in the said Acts limited, in aid of the execution of Public Works in Ireland, and were also authorized to make advances for the like purpose by way of grant, in aid of the construction of certain Works, to an amount not exceeding in the whole the sum of Fifty thousand Pounds; and that it was expedient, 15 with a view to the further promotion of Public Works in Ireland, and the employment of the labouring population, that the said Commissioners should be enabled to make advances to an additional amount, by way of grant; and that provision should be made for making advances for the execution of Public Works under certain 20 circumstances, partly by way of loan and partly by way of grant, that is to say, by loan to the extent of One moiety of such advances, and by grant to the extent of the other moiety thereof; and by the said

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1 & 2 Vict c. 88.

Sec. 14.

6 & 7 Vict.,

c. 44.

Sec. 17.

said first-recited Act it is enacted, that it should and might be law-
ful to and for the Commissioners for the execution of the said recited
Acts, under the like conditions and regulations, and for the pur-
poses of the said therein recited Acts, and the said first-recited Act,
to make additional advances by way of grant, to an amount not 5
exceeding in the whole the sum of Fifty thousand Pounds; and for
the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, or any Three or
more of them, to cause to be issued from time to time, as they
might find necessary, out of the growing produce of the Consoli-
dated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 10
arising in Ireland (in addition to the sum of Fifty thousand Pounds
therein recited, to which the issues for the purposes of the grants
to be made under the therein recited Acts were limited), any further
sum or sums of money not exceeding in the whole the sum of Fifty
thousand Pounds, to be applied to the purposes of the said recited 15
Acts, and the said first-recited Act:

And whereas by another Act passed in the first and second years of Her present Majesty, intituled, "An Act to authorize a further Issue of Exchequer Bills for Public Works and Fisheries, and Employment of the Poor, and to amend the Acts relating thereto," it is enacted, that it should be lawful for the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to appropriate out of the sum of Five hundred thousand Pounds in Exchequer Bills authorized to be advanced under the authority of said Act, any sum or sums in Exchequer Bills, not exceeding Fifty thousand Pounds in the whole, for the promotion and extension of Public Works in Ireland, to be applied by the Commissioners appointed under the authority of an Act of the first and second years of the reign of his late Majesty King WILLIAM the Fourth, intituled, "An Act for the Extension and Promotion of Public Works in Ireland," to the purposes and under the provisions of the said Act:

And whereas of the said sum of Fifty thousand Pounds so made applicable under the said last-mentioned Act, the sum of Four thousand Pounds was applied to grants, the remaining Forty-six thousand Pounds having been issued by way of loan :

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And whereas by another Act passed in the sixth and seventh years of Her present Majesty, intituled, "An Act to amend the Acts for carrying on Public Works in Ireland," after reciting as therein recited, it is enacted, that it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to order that out of such monies as at 40 or after the passing of said Act may be in the Exchequer, or as may be thereafter paid into the Bank of England to the credit of

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Her Majesty's Exchequer, in repayment of loans made for Public Works in Ireland, any sum or sums of money not exceeding the sum of Twenty-one thousand Pounds, may be set apart and appropriated for grants by the said Commissioners of Public Works, with the approval of the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, in such and the same manner as the said sum of Twenty-one thousand Pounds might have been used and applied for grants, if the same had not been, as therein mentioned, inadvertently applied for the purposes of loans:

And whereas of the said several sums so authorized to be advanced under the said recited Acts, a sum of One hundred and eighteen thousand and ninety-three Pounds Nineteen Shillings and Eightpence has been advanced and paid and applied for the purposes of the said Acts, in the way of grant, leaving a sum of Six thousand nine hundred and six Pounds and Four-pence still unapplied and available for such purposes, and it is expedient to increase the sum so available, and to authorize the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to issue a further sum from the Consolidated Fund for the purposes of the said Acts and this Act, or any of them, and it is 20 also expedient to amend the said recited Act of the first year of Her present Majesty, and extend its provisions to other cases;

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Be it therefore 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 it shall and may be lawful for the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, acting in execution of the said recited Acts, under the like conditions and regulations (save as hereinafter provided), and for the purposes of the said recited Acts and this Act, to make additional advances, by way 30 of grant, to an amount not exceeding in the whole the sum of Fifty thousand Pounds, and for the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or any Three or more of them, to cause to be issued from time to time, as they may find necessary, out of the growing produce of the Consolidated 35 Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in addition to the said several sums hereinbefore mentioned, any sum or sums of money, not exceeding in the whole the said sum of Fifty thousand Pounds, to be applied for the several purposes of the said Acts, and this Act, or any of them, in relation to grants.

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And be it Enacted, That all and every the provisions, regulations, powers, privileges, advantages, forfeitures and disabilities contained or expressed in the said recited Acts, or any Act amending the same, in

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respect of the grants authorized to be made thereunder, shall (save as hereinafter provided) be applied and extended to the grants to be made 1 Vict., c. 21, under authority of this Act, as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes as if the same were herein repeated and re-enacted.

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6 & 7 W. 4, c. 116.

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AND whereas by the said recited Act of the first year of Her present Majesty, it is, amongst other things, enacted, that if any Three or more Justices of the Peace, not being stipendiary Magistrates in and for any county, county of a city, or county of a town in Ireland, shall think it expedient to make application for the construction of any Public Work, on the terms and under the regulations thereinafter 10 contained for the re-payment of a moiety of the expense of executing 1 Vict., c. 21, such Work, it shall and may be lawful for them, by notice under their hands, to be posted on the places appointed for posting notices of applications to presentment sessions, in the barony or half-barony, or place in which such Work is proposed to be executed, to convene 15 a special meeting of the Justices and Cess-payers, associated with such Justices, at the last special or presentment sessions held in such barony or half-barony or place, for the purposes of an Act passed in the then last Session of Parliament, intituled, "An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the Presentment of Public Money 20 by Grand Juries in Ireland," and such meeting shall be held at the place appointed for the holding of such special or presentment sessions, at such time as shall be specified in such notice, not being sooner than Seven Days from the time of posting such notice; and the senior Justice present at such meeting shall preside thereat, and 25 shall have, in addition to his vote, a casting voice in case of an equality of voices; and if a majority of such Justices and Cesspayers, assembled at such Special Sessions, shall so think fit, the Chairman shall apply, by memorial, to the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, on behalf of the Justices and Cess-payers assembled at such Sessions, praying that the work described in such memorial may be executed, and that a sum, not exceeding the amount in such memorial mentioned, may be advanced for that purpose, a moiety thereof to be repaid by Grand Jury presentment, as thereinafter mentioned AND whereas, by reason of a deficiency of Magis- 35 trates residing in certain districts, it is difficult to obtain the concurrence of Three Justices of the Peace in convening any such special meeting as aforesaid, and it is therefore expedient to amend the said provision; BE it therefore Enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act it shall and may be lawful for any Two Justices of the Peace (not being 40 a Meeting of stipendiary Magistrates) in and for any county, county of a city, or county of a town in Ireland, and any Three cess-payers associated with the Justices at the then last special or presentment sessions as aforesaid, held in and for the barony, half-barony or place wherein.

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Two Justices and Three Cess-payers

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Justices and Cess-payers for making an application to the Lord

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any Public Work is proposed to be executed under the provisions of the said first-recited Act and this Act (as far as the same are applicable), by notice under their hands, to be posted as in the said lastrecited provision directed, to convene any such special meeting of the Justices and cess-payers, for such purposes and subject to such regulations as in the said last-recited provision mentioned; and every such special meeting so convened shall be as valid and effectual for all and every the purposes of the said first-recited Act as if such meeting had been convened in such manner as in the said first-recited Act pre10 scribed; and the several provisions of the said first-recited Act (subject to the variations thereof contained in this Act), shall extend and be applied to any such special meeting, and to the proceedings thereat, the application for the execution of Public Works, the proceedings in relation to such application, the execution of the Works, the advance 15 of monies, the repayment on account of the same, and to the several other matters and things relating to any such Works applied for at such meeting.

And be it Enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for any such special meeting as aforesaid, convened in the manner in the said first20 recited Act or this Act prescribed, to make an application, in like manner as aforesaid, to the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, for an advance as aforesaid, for the repair, alteration, extension or improvement of any then existing Public Work, as fully and effectually as for the construction as aforesaid of any 25 Public Work; and the provisions of the said first-recited Act shall extend and be applied to any such repair, alteration, extension or improvement of any existing Public Work, as fully and effectually as to the construction of any Public Work.

And be it Enacted, That whenever any such Public Work shall have 30 been constructed, repaired, altered, extended or improved under the provisions of the said recited Acts or this Act, it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners of Public Works from time to time to take such proceedings and exercise such powers and authorities for or relating to the subsequent repairs and maintenance of any such 35 Public Work aforesaid; and such subsequent repairs and works of maintenance shall and may be executed, and the expense thereof shall and may be provided for, raised and repaid, in such manner and subject to such provisions and regulations as by the said recited Act of the first and second years of the reign of his late Majesty King 40 WILLIAM the Fourth, or any Act or Acts amending the same, are directed and provided in relation to the repair or maintenance of any road or bridge, in aid of the construction whereof grants may be made or have been made by the said Commissioners of Public Works.

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