Case will admit; and the said Commissioners shall at the same Time sign and seal a Memorial of such Memorandum or Instrument, directed to the Registrar for registering Deeds, Conveyances, and Wills in Ireland, and cause the Memorial of such Instrument to be registered in the Office for Registry of Deeds in the City of Dublin; and the Registrar of said Registry Office, his and their Assistant, Deputies, and other Officers are hereby authorized and required to receive and register the same in such and the same Manner as any Deeds or Instruments are registered in said Office, and enter all such Memorials of such Instruments in the Abstract Books and Indexes of or relating to Memorials registered and kept in the said Offices, subject to the Payment of such Fees as may now be lawfully demanded and received upon the Registry of Memorials of Deeds in the said Office. VI. And be it enacted, That the said Commissioners shall, within Three Months from the passing of this Act, draw up Memorandums or Instruments in Writing in the Manner and Form aforesaid, or as near thereto as the Circumstances of each Case will admit, of the several Declarations heretofore by them made under the Provision of the said recited Act, and Memorials thereof respectively, and cause the said Memorials to be entered and registered in the Register's Office for registering of Deeds in the City of Dublin in the same Manner as last aforesaid. VII. And be it enacted, That no Appeal to any Assistant Barrister against any Declaration to be made by the said Commissioners shall be heard, unless a Notice in Writing of such Appeal be lodged with the Secretary of the said Commissioners at their Office in Dublin within Twenty-one Days next after the Publication of such Declaration. VIII. And be it enacted, That when the said Commissioners shall think fit to borrow or raise at Interest or shall have borrowed any Sum of Money under the Powers for that Purpose given by the said recited Act or this Act, it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners, if they shall so think fit, to include in such Loan as well the Principal Sum estimated to be required as all Interest which may be agreed to be paid thereon during the Interval between such Loan and the making of the Award relative to the Works for which such Loan may have been contracted, such Interest to be payable half-yearly or otherwise as the said Commissioners shall think fit; and all Sums so borrowed for Payment of Interest shall be secured in like Manner as the Principal Sum of which the Interest shall have been so provided for as aforesaid. IX. And be it enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act it shall not be necessary that any Transfer of the Right or Interest in or to any Sum secured by any Certificate heretofore issued or hereafter to be issued under the said recited Act or this Act shall be in any specified Form, and that every Person who shall be entitled to the Money secured by any such Certificate may transfer his Right and Interest to the Principal Sum and Interest Money thereby secured to any Person by Endorsement thereon, and that all Rights and Remedies of the Person so endorsing in, to, or in respect of such Certificate shall, after such Endorsement, be vested in the Person to whom such Transfer shall be made, and that it shall not be necessary that the said Transfer or Endorsement shall be produced or certified to the Secretary of the said Commissioners, or for the said Secretary to make an Entry thereof, as in and by the said recited Act directed. Periods. X. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for Commiss... the said Commissioners, in any Case where they shall so deem may make Certificates payable fit, to make any Certificate or Set of Certificates granted under within certain the said Act or this Act for the whole of the Monies required to be borrowed for such Case, payable at any Time (to be fixed as herein-after provided) intervening between Two Periods to be stated in such Certificates; and it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners to alter the Form of the Certificate provided by the said Act to suit the Circumstances of each Case, and such Certificate so varied shall be equally good and effectual as if the same were according to the Form by said Act prescribed. Ballot the Order XI. And be it enacted, That where more than One Certificate Commissioners for any such Case shall be so issued and made payable between to determine by Two such Periods as aforesaid, the Commissioners shall, as soon in which Ceras may be convenient after the final Settlement of their Award, tificates shall give Notice in the Dublin Gazette, and in such other News- be paid. papers and by such other Means as they shall think fit, to the Holders of such Certificates of their Intention, on a Day and Hour in said Notice to be fixed, not sooner than Fourteen Days from the Publication thereof, to hold a Ballot for the Purpose of determining the Order in which such Certificates shall be paid off; and upon the Day and at or after the Hour named the Commissioners shall accordingly proceed to make such Ballot in presence of such (if any) the Holders of such Certificates, or their Agents or Representatives, as shall attend at such Ballot, and if none of such Persons shall attend then in the Absence of such Persons; and the Result of such Ballot shall be recorded in the Office of the said Commissioners, and noted upon all such of the said Certificates as shall be then or subsequently produced to the said Commissioners; and such Record and Notification shall be signed by the Secretary for the Time being of said Commissioners, and all such Certificates shall be paid off in the Order so to be determined by such Ballot. Notice, pay off XII, And be it enacted, That in all Cases of Certificates The Commisissued in the Mode herein-before prescribed, and also in all sioners may, on Cases where, pursuant to the Provisions of the said recited Act, Certificates. the Commissioners are empowered or required to borrow Money at a lower Rate of Interest than the Certificates which for the Time being shall be in force shall bear, and shall issue like Certificates at such reduced Rate of Interest, it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners and they are hereby required to publish a Notice or Notices in the Dublin Gazette, and in such other Newspapers as they shall deem fit, fixing a Time, not Commissioners may invest Funds. Power to sue and be sued. Commissioners may in Decla ration refer to Maps and Sche. dules. Assents to be in the Form in Schedule. Production of not sooner than Six Months from the Date of such Notice, when the Principal Money secured by any or the whole of such Certificates shall become payable, having regard to the Order in which, in pursuance of the Provisions of this Act and the said recited Act, such Certificates shall have been made payable; and in such Notice the Certificates to become payable shall be described by the Name of the District or Work for which they have been issued, and the Number, Letter, or other Mark fixed by said Commissioners on such Certificates; and it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners at the Expiration of the Time in such Notice stated, to pay off the Monies due on account of such Certificates named in such Notice, and from and after the Expiration of the Time appointed by said Notice the Interest on the Principal Monies secured by such Certificates shall cease and determine. XIII. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners from Time to Time to invest in any of the Public or Government Funds or Securities, in their Names as such Commissioners, or in the Name of their Secretary for the Time being, for the Benefit of the Parties interested in such Funds, (but without Risk to the said Commissioners,) any Sums of Money applicable to the Purposes of the said recited Act or this Act which may be in their Hands remaining unapplied. XIV. And be it enacted, That the said Commissioners may and shall in all Cases sue and be sued in the Name of the Secretary of the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland for the Time being for and on behalf of the said Commissioners; and that in all Indictments or Criminal or Civil Proceedings the Name of the Commissioners of Drainage shall be a sufficient Description of the said Commissioners; and that no such Action or Suit at Law or in Equity shall abate or be discontinued by the Death or Removal of such Secretary; and the Secretary for the Time being shall always be deemed the Plaintiff or Defendant in such Action or Suit (as the Case may be). XV. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners, in making any Declaration or Award, or doing any other Act by this Act or the said recited Act authorized, to do so in and by reference to Maps, Plans, and Schedules, or otherwise, as they may think best. XVI. And be it enacted, That the Assents of Proprietors and Owners under the said recited Act shall be in the Form in the Schedule (A.) to this Act annexed, or as near thereto as the Circumstances of each Case will permit, and that the Assent of every Proprietor given under his Hand in such Form shall, to all Intents and Purposes, be conclusive against and binding upon such Proprietor of and all Persons interested in the Lands of such Proprietor in respect of which such Assent shall be given, and also upon and against the same Lands respectively. XVII. And be it enacted, That the Production of such Assents by or from the Office of the said Commissioners shall be deemed and taken in all Courts of Law and Equity as good and sufficient Proof thereof, and of the due Exccution thereof, without without any further or other Evidence of the Execution of same. XVIII. And be it enacted, That every Clerk, Collector, Officers to Receiver, or other Officer to be appointed or employed under give Security. the said recited Act or this Act, shall, when required so to do by the said Commissioners, give such Security to the Secretary for the Time being of the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland in such Sum as shall be determined on by the Commissioners acting in execution of the said recited Act and this Act, conditioned for the due Performance and Execution of such Duties and Works for which such Person or Persons shall respectively be so appointed or employed as aforesaid, or in such other Condition as the Commissioners of Drainage may think proper and require; and each Security shall and may be sued upon and enforced by the Secretary of Commissioners of Public Works for the Time being for and on behalf of the said Commissioners of Drainage. XIX. And be it enacted, That the respective Sums of Money Security for which shall become chargeable under any Award to be made by Sums heretothe said Commissioners in respect of any District as to which fore advanced. the said Commissioners have heretofore made a Declaration, and as to which Money has been borrowed and taken up by them for the Execution of any Work in such District, shall, for the Purpose of securing the Money so borrowed and taken up by the said Commissioners, be Charges on the Lands to become chargeable therewith as in said Act mentioned, but with Priority over all Charges created on such Lands after the passing of this Act. XX. And be it enacted, That the Extent in Value of the Value of Lands. Land drained or improved before the Improvements were effected in said Act mentioned shall be construed, deemed, and taken to be the Value thereof before the Improvements were commenced. XXI. And be it enacted, That the said recited Act shall Interpretation continue and be in full Force and Effect, save and except so far of Act. as the same is altered by or inconsistent with this Act, and that the said recited Act and this Act shall be construed together as One Act; and that in the Construction of this Act, except where the Nature of the Provision or the Context of this Act shall exclude such Construction, the Words "Lands," "River," “Person" or "Persons," "Proprietor" or "Proprietors," "Quit or Chief Rent," and "Counties," shall be construed to extend and be applied as in said recited Act is directed and provided; and every Word importing the Singular Number only shall extend and be applied to several Persons and Things as well as one Person or Thing; and every Word importing the Plural Number shall extend and be applied to one Person or Thing as well as several Persons or Things; and every Word importing the Masculine Gender only shall extend and be applied to a Female as well as a Male; the Words "said. Commissioners shall mean the Commissioners or any Two of them acting in execution of the said recited Act and this Act; and the Word [No. 42. Price 2d.] Proprietor" Tt Alteration of 8 & 9 VICT. "Proprietor" in the said recited Act and this Act, in addition to the Meanings in the said recited Act applied to it, shall also mean the reputed Proprietor. XXII. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in the present Session of Parliament. WHEREAS, under the Provisions of an Act passed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled " An Act to promote the Drainage of Lands, and Improvement of Navigation and Water Power in connexion with such Drainage, in Ireland," and of another Act passed in the Eighth and Ninth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty amending the same, it is proposed to drain and improve by Drainage certain Lands within the District designated by the Commissioners for the Execution of the said Act the District of in the of County at And whereas I, the undersigned, am a Proprietor, within the Terms of said Act, of some of the Lands within said District, and comprised in said Schedules; that is to say, in the Townlands of Now these Presents witness, that I have assented and do hereby assent, as such Proprietor, to the Execution of the Works for the Drainage and Improvement by Drainage of the Lands within said District by the said Commissioners, pursuant to the Provisions of the said Acts. Witness my Hand, this Present Day of The undersigned, being Tenant of 184 of the above Lands, whose Concurrence in the above Assent is re- Witness my Hand, this Day of 184 SCHE |