(Ireland.) A BILL To amend an Act passed in the Parliament of 5 W 50 Geo. 3. HEREAS by an Act passed in the Fiftieth year of the Preamble: reign of his late Majesty King GEORGE the Third, intituled, "An Act for repealing the several Laws relating to Prisons, and for re-enacting such of the Provisions thereof as have been found useful, "with amendments," certain Powers were vested in the Commissioners therein mentioned, for the Valuation of Premises intended for the Sites of Gaols, as in the said Act mentioned; and which Act was amended by an Act passed in the Seventh year of the reign of his late Majesty 7 Geo. 4. King GEORGE the Fourth, intituled, "An Act for consolidating and 10" amending the Laws relating to Prisons in Ireland:" AND whereas by an Act passed in the First and Second years of the 1 & 2 Geo. 4. reign of his late Majesty King GEORGE the Fourth, intituled, 66 "An Act to make more effectual Provisions for the establishment of Asylums for the Lunatic Poor, and for the custody of Insane Persons 15 charged with Offences, in Ireland," the Powers and Provisions of the said recited Act of the Fiftieth year of the reign of his late Majesty King GEORGE the Third were extended to the Valuation of Sites for Lunatic Asylums in Ireland: 247. AND in Commis sioners for building Gaols in Ireland, also Commis sioners of Lunatic Asylums in Ireland, vested in the Governors of the Infirinaries and Hospitals in Ireland. AND whereas it is expedient to extend the Provisions of the said recited Acts to the Valuation of Premises for the several Infirmaries and Hospitals established or regulated by authority of Parliament in Ireland; 5 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 Powers vested Authority of the same, THAT all and every of the Powers and Provisions vested in the Commissioners for building Gaols in Ireland by the said recited Act of the fiftieth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Third, and by the said recited Act of the seventh year 10 of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, and that all the Powers vested in the Commissioners for the establishment of Lunatic Asylums in Ireland by the said recited Act of the first and second years of the reign of his said late Majesty King George the Fourth, shall be and are hereby vested in the Governors of the several Infirmaries and Hos- 15 pitals of the several Counties, and Counties of Cities and Towns in Ireland, so far as the same relate to the holding the Court, issuing Warrants or Precepts for Juries, and to the Valuation of the Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments on the Site of which any Infirmary or Hospital shall or may have been or may be erected, regulated or incor- 20 porated under and by virtue of any Act in force in Ireland, or which may be required for any Addition to such Infirmary or Infirmaries or Hospital or Hospitals, or to the Yards or Grounds surrounding or adjoining the same; and that all the Provisions as to Notices, Proceedings, Verdicts, Judgments, Conveyances and Inrolments, and all other matters relating to the Valuation of Premises in said recited Acts mentioned, shall be held to apply to the Valuation of Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments for the Sites or Additions of and to such Infirmaries and Hospitals; and such Verdicts, Judgments and Conveyances shall be binding and conclusive to all intents and purposes whatsoever. |