jury.

Appeal may di rect Revaluation, or amend original Valua

or confirm the

answer upon Oath or Affirmation as aforesaid to all Questions which shall be put to them by such Committee or any Member thereof; and if any Person or Persons shall, upon his, her, or their Exami- Persons giving nation before such Committee, wilfully and corruptly give false false Evidence Evidence, every such Person so offending, and being thereof duly liable to Punishconvicted, shall be and is hereby declared to be subject and liable ment for Perto such Pains and Penalties as by Law in force and effect in Ireland Persons guilty of Perjury are subject and liable to. LVIII. And be it enacted, That if upon the hearing of such Committee of Appeal it shall appear to such Committee of Appeal that there is any just Cause of Complaint against such Valuation or any Part thereof, either by reason of the Disproportion of the Valuation of any Parish or Townland, as compared with the Valuation of any other Parish or Townland, or by reason of the Valuation not having tion. been made with reference to the relative Scale of Value fixed for such Valuation by this Act, it shall be lawful for such Committee of Appeal, if they shall think fit, to alter or amend such Valuation, or, if they shall consider a new Valuation to be necessary, to direct that a new Valuation shall be made of any Parish or Townland or Parishes or Townlands contained in such Valuation, by some Valuator or Valuators, not being the same who were employed or engaged in making the Valuation appealed against; and such Committee shall order that such new Valuation shall be made, and produced before such Committee on a Day to be appointed for that Purpose by the said Committee, to which Day it shall be lawful for such Committee of Appeal to adjourn accordingly; and at such adjourned Meeting of such Committee of Appeal it shall be lawful for the said Committee of Appeal, and they are hereby authorized and required, to compare such new Valuation with the former Valuation of the same Parish or Townland or Parishes or Townlands appearing in the Field Books made on the first Valuation thereof respectively, and to make such Alterations or Amendments in the Amount of such first Valuation, or otherwise to confirm the same in such Manner as to such Committee of Appeal shall appear to be consistent with the Justice of the Case.

LIX. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for such Com- Costs by Pamittee of Appeal to ascertain and allow the Amount of any Costs rishes on Appeal incurred by or on behalf of any Parish in the bringing and hearing tained by Commay be ascerof any such Appeal; and the Amount of all such Costs, so ascer- mittee, and tained and allowed, shall be assessed and applotted by the Church- levied as other wardens or Churchwarden of such Parish, either on the Inha- Parish Rates. bitants of the whole of such Parish, or on the Inhabitants of any Townland or Townlands within such Parish in respect of which such Appeal shall have been made, and shall be levied on such Inhabitants in like Manner and in such Proportions as any Assessment or Applotment on any such Inhabitants in respect of any Church Rates or other Parish Charges may be assessed, applotted, and levied.

clusive, if Com

LX. And be it enacted, That in case of Appeal the Decision of Decision of such Committee of Appeal shall be conclusive in all Cases where Committee of such Decision shall be concurred in and approved of by the Com- Appeal conmissioner of Valuation, or in his Absence by the Assessor to be missioner or appointed as aforesaid, and sitting as Chairman of such Committee Assessor assent, of Appeal: Provided always, that in case it shall happen that such otherwise to be Commis- subject to the

Review of the
Committee of
Revision.

Committee of Appeal may direct a new

Valuation to be

made of certain Parishes, &c. although no Appeal shall have been lodged in respect thereof.

Except in a certain Case,

Valuation to be

conclusive.

When the Va. luation of any Barony has been

made and de

cided on, a List

of the several
Parishes, and
the Divisions of

Land within
the same, shall
be prepared and
published.

During the
Period herein

Commissioner of Valuation or Assessor respectively sitting as such Chairman as aforesaid shall disagree from the Decision of such Committee of Appeal, it shall and may be lawful for such Commissioner or Assessor to submit such Decision to the Committee of Revision for such County, at the Time when the Valuation of all the Baronies within the County shall be submitted to the Review of such Committee of Revision in manner herein-after mentioned; but until the Decision of such Committee of Revision shall have been obtained the Valuation determined on by the Majority of the Committee of Appeal shall be acted on in the same Manner as if such Appeal to the Committee of Revision had not been made by the Commissioner of Valuation or his Assessor.

LXI. And be it enacted, That where an Appeal shall have been made to any Committee of Appeal, under the Provisions of this Act, by or on behalf of any Parish, or the Owners or Occupiers of Land within any Townland of any Parish, against the Valuation or any Part of the Valuation of the same, or of any other Parish or Townland or Townlands within the same Barony, and it shall appear to such Committee of Appeal that just Cause has been shown to warrant such Committee to direct that a new Valuation shall be made of any such Parish or Parishes, Townland or Townlands, in respect of or on behalf whereof such Appeal may have been made, then and in such Case it shall and may be lawful for the said Committee of Appeal, with the Consent of the Commissioner of Valuation for such County or of his Assessor, to direct that a new Valuation shall in like Manner be made of any other Parish or Parishes, Townland or Townlands, within the same Barony, the Valuation whereof shall appear to the said Committee to have been defective or erroneous in the same respects, or to which the same Ground of Appeal may appear justly applicable, although no such Appeal shall have been made in respect of or on behalf of such other Parish or Parishes, Townland or Townlands : Provided always, that, except in such last-mentioned Case, such Valuation shall be conclusive in all Cases where no Appeal shall have been made to such Committee of Appeal against any such Valuation within the Time directed by this Act.

LXII. And be it enacted, That when and as the Valuation of any Barony within a County shall have been made by such Valuators, and transmitted to the Commissioner of Valuation, and decided on by the Committee of Appeal, the said Commissioner of Valuation shall prepare and make out, in the Form of the Schedule (D.) to this Act annexed, a List or Table of the several Parishes within such Barony, and of the several Townlands within each such Parish, distinguishing the Number of Acres contained in every such Parish and Townland, and the Value of the Lands and Houses in each such Parish or Townland respectively, according to the Survey and Valuation thereof so decided upon; and each such List or Table shall be signed by the said Commissioner of Valuation or his Assessor and Three Members of the said Committee of Appeal, and shall be transmitted, so signed, to the Chief Secretary of the said Lord Lieutenant, and a Copy thereof shall be published in some Newspaper circulated in the County to which such Valuation shall relate; and from and after the End of the Assizes next ensuing the Day of such Publication, and until the End of the

Assizes

Assizes next ensuing the Day on which the List and Valuation of described, all all the Baronies within the same County, as completed and agreed County Cess, on by the first or preliminary Committee of Revision appointed &c. shall be levied according under the Provisions of this Act, shall have been published, but to the Proporno longer, all Grand Jury Rates, and the usual and accustomed tions specified Proportion of all County Cess Charges whatsoever imposed or to in such List. be imposed on such Barony by Presentments of the Grand Jury or to be raised off such Barony or any Parish and Division thereof, and all Parish Rates imposed or to be imposed or levied off any Parish or Townland of such Barony under the Authority of any Law or Statute, shall be assessed and levied off such Barony, and off every Parish and Townland therein, according to the Proportions specified in such List and Valuation so signed and published as herein-before directed.

LXIII. Provided always, and be it enacted, That the Publication of the List and Valuation of any Barony by Order of the Committee of Appeal, under the Provisions of this Act, shall not alter or affect the relative Proportion of County Cess or Charges which by any Laws or Usage may be or have been borne by such Barony as compared with any other Barony or Baronies.

Publication of
List, &c. not to

affect relative
Proportion

borne by
Barony.

LXIV. And be it enacted, That when and so soon as the Commissioner Valuation of all the Parishes within any Barony shall be completed to deliver Copy the Commissioner of Valuation shall make out a Copy of the Valua- of Lists to Treasurer of County. tion Lists of each Parish, and shall deliver such Copy of the Valuation Lists, attested by his Signature, to the Treasurer of the County, who shall keep the same in his Office.

When Valua

tions of all the Baronies in any County are

Committee of
Revision.

LXV. And be it enacted, That when and so soon as the Valua. tion of all the Baronies within any County shall have been made by such Valuators as aforesaid, and transmitted to the Commissioner of Valuation, and decided on by such Committee of Appeal, completed, the said Commissioner shall prepare and make out a List or Table Commissioner in the Form contained in Schedule (E.) to this Act annexed, of shall send List all the several Baronies within such County, specifying the Number thereof to Secreof Acres within each such Barony, according to the Survey made tary of Grand Jury, who shall thereof by the Officers of Ordnance, and the total Value of the summon the Lands and Houses in such Barony, according to the Valuation thereof by such Valuators pursuant to the Directions of this Act, and shall transmit a Copy of such List or Table, signed by such Commissioner, and dated on the Day of the Transmission thereof, to the Secretary of the Grand Jury of such County, and shall at the Foot of the Copy of such List specify the Day appointed by such Commissioner of Valuation for the meeting of the Committee of Revision of the said County at the County Court House of the said County, for the Revision of the Valuation of the said Baronies, which Day shall not be sooner than Eight Weeks next after the Date of the Copy of such List signed by such Commissioner; and such Secretary of the Grand Jury shall give Notice of the Day and Place appointed for the Revision of such List, by Letters addressed to each and every of the Persons who shall have been nominated and appointed by the Grand Jury in pursuance of this Act to be the Committee of Revision for such County; and such Secretary Notice to be of the Grand Jury shall also give Notice of such Day and Place given of Meetof Meeting of such Committee of Revision, by an Advertisement ing of Comto be inserted in some public Newspaper usually circulated in

such

mittee of

Revision.

Committee of Revision may examine Valua

tions of Baronies in the Lists, and amend the same so as to make

them just and proportionate with each other.

Committee of Revision may alter Valuation

of any Division of a Barony.

Fractions of a

Pound may be
rejected from
Valuation of
Barony, &c.

When Committee of Re

such County, in some Publication of such Newspaper Six Weeks at least before the Day appointed for such Meeting.

LXVI. And be it enacted, That at the Day appointed for the Meeting of such Committee of Revision the Members of such Committee of Revision, together with the Commissioner of Valuation or his Assessor, shall meet together in the Court House of such County, and shall there proceed to inquire and consider and determine whether the several Baronies of the said County have been equally and properly valued, pursuant to the Directions of this Act, with reference to the relative Scale of Value fixed for such Valuation by this Act, and also with reference to the respective Valuations of the several Baronies as compared with each other; and the said Commissioners of Valuation shall produce or cause to be produced before the said Committee of Revision, if they shall require the same, all the Lists containing the Valuation of the several Parishes within the several Baronies of the said County, and such Lists shall and may be consulted, perused, and examined by the said Committee of Revision, or any Member thereof; and it upon such Examination or otherwise it shall appear to such Committee of Revision that any excessive or defective Valuation has been made of any Barony, or that the relative Scale of Value required by this Act has not been adhered to in such Valuation, or on any account whatsoever, it shall be lawful for such Committee of Revision to correct any Errors which may appear to them upon Examination and Inquiry to have been made in such Valuations, so as to make the Valuation of the respective Baronies just and equal and in due Proportion with each other; and it shall be lawful for such Committee of Revision to adjourn from Time to Time as they shall see fitting and convenient.

LXVII. And be it enacted, That when any such Committee of Revision shall think fit to alter the Amount of the Valuation of any Barony, as compared with any other Barony, it shall and may be lawful for them to alter the Amount of the Valuation of any Parish or Townland of such Barony, in such Manner and to such Extent as the said Committee shall think just with regard to the Reason or Principle on which the gross Amount of the Valuation of such Barony may have been altered by them.

LXVIII. And be it enacted, That all fractional Parts of a Pound Sterling may be rejected from the total Value of any Barony, Parish, or Townland as stated in any List and Valuation prepared under Authority of the said recited Acts or this Act for the Purpose of computing the Proportions in which the same shall be respectively rated.

LXIX. And be it enacted, That when the Committee of Revision shall have come to a Decision the List of the several vision come to Baronies, and the Valuation thereof, as confirmed or amended, a Decision, shall be signed by the Commissioner of Valuation or by the Asthe List to be sessor, and by Three at least of the Members of the said Comsigned, and a Copy published. mittee of Revision appointed by the Grand Jury, and a Copy thereof, according to the Form of the Schedule (F.) to this Act annexed, or in such other Form as shall be approved by the Judge and Grand Jury at any Assize to be holden for such County, shall be published in some public Newspaper circulated in the County to which such List and Valuation so signed shall relate;

and

After the End

of the Assizes next ensuing the Publication

and from and after the End of the Assizes next ensuing the Day on which such List and Valuation so signed shall be published as aforesaid all County Cess and Charges whatsoever, and all Grand Jury Rates imposed or to be imposed on any such County by of the Valuation, Presentments of the Grand Jury, or to be raised off such County, all Charges and or any Barony, Parish, or Townland thereof, and all Parish Rates Rates shall be imposed or to be imposed or levied or to be levied under the levied according Authority of any Act or Acts of Parliament shall be assessed and to that Valulevied off such County, and off every Barony, Parish, or Townlands therein, according to the Proportions specified in such List and Valuation so published, until and unless the same shall be revised or altered by a Committee of Revision re-assembled as herein-after provided, and no longer.

ation.

List and Valua

LXX. And be it enacted, That a Copy of the Schedule agreed upon and signed as aforesaid by the Committee of Revision, ac- tion of the cording to the Form of the Schedule (F.) to this Act annexed, Baronies, when finally settled or in such other Form as shall be approved by the Judge and by Committee Grand Jury at any Assizes to be holden for such County, shall of Revision, be transmitted to the Chief Secretary of the Lord Lieutenant, and shall be pubhe shall cause the same to be published in the Dublin Gazette lished in the within Thirty-one Days next after he shall have received such Dublin Gazette. Lists, so signed by such Commissioner and Committee, or Three Members hereof; and the several Field Books and other Documents shall be transmitted by the Commissioner of Valuation to the Office of the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in Dublin Castle, to be there arranged and kept as may be most for Convenience and Security, and a Copy of such Field Books shall be furnished by such Commissioner of Valuation to the Treasurer of the County.

LXXI. And be it enacted, That from and after the End of the Assizes next ensuing the Day on which such List and Valuation, so signed and settled by the said Committee of Revision as aforesaid, shall be published in the Dublin Gazette, all County Cess Charges whatsoever, and all Grand Jury Rates imposed or to be imposed on such County, by Presentments of the Grand Jury, or to be raised off such County or any Barony, Parish, or Townland thereof, shall be levied according to the Proportions specified in such List and Valuation so published, and not otherwise, any Law, Usage, or Custom, or any former Assessment or Valuation, to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding.

After such Publication all County Cess shall be levied according to the Sums and Proportions in such Valuation.

Fourteen Years after former Valuation,

LXXII. And for the Purpose of providing for the necessary A new ValuaRevision of the Valuations made under the Provisions of this Act tion to be made in consequence of Changes that may have taken place in the of every County gross Amount of the Value of the several Townlands, be it enacted, That at or after the Termination of Fourteen Years from the Period of the meeting of the Committee of Revision of any County, either under or of the Committee of Appeal for any County of a City or County this Act or of a Town, with reference to the Valuation under this Act or any former Acts. former Act or Acts for the uniform Valuation of Lands and Tenements in Ireland, it shall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, if he shall think fit so to do, to direct the Commissioner of Valuation to commence a new Valuation of any County, County of a City, or County of a Town in Ireland, and shall cause Notice to be given 9 & 10 VICT.

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