U. K. 57 Geo.3.c .79. of the national debt. And the 57 Geo. 3. c. 79. U. K. is an act to permit the transfer of capital from the stocks or Transfer from British to Irish funds in Great Britain to the stocks, &c. in Ireland; and funds permitted. this act alters the times in which the divide nds or interest Time of paying payable on the Irish 5 per cent annuities and debentures, were theretofore payable. tered. Civil list. Pensions. P. 208. l. 17. The 56 Geo. 3. c. 46. U. K. provides for the defraying out of the consolidated fund, several of the charges which had theretofore been borne upon the civil list revenues; and also for the making distinct appropriations of certain proportions of the civil list revenues, for the payment of certain charges comprised in the several classes of the civil list; and also makes further and more effectual provision for the regulation and control of the expenditure thereof. P. 209. 26. The 57 Geo. 3. c. 65. U. K. enables his majesty to recompense the services of persons holding, or who have held, certain high and efficient civil offices, by granting pensions according to a graduated scale contained in this act. Sheriff's entitled upon any pub lic money paid into the exchequer, before they are bound to ment. Of Subordinate Magistrates. P. 218. l. 25. The 57 Geo 3. c. 69. I. provides, (s. 4.) to a discount of that it shall be lawful for any sheriff, or any person who £6. per cent. shall have been sheriff in Ireland, to pay into the exchequer of Ireland, at any time before such sheriff shall by law be required so to do, any sum of money which he shall think proper, on account of any revenue which it make such pay- shall be his duty to collect, receive, or account for; and in 57 Geo.5.c.68. such case he shall be entitled to obtain an acquittance from the proper officer for the sum so paid, and shall be entitled to credit for the same, and for interest by way of discount out of the sum so paid, at the rate of £6 per cent. per annum, from the time of such payment, until the time when by act of parliament, or by the course of the court, such sheriff ought to pay the same. And by s. 5. when Sheriffs liable to any attachment shall be sealed in the court of exchequer of interest after s.4. I. s. 5. Ireland Ireland, against any sheriff, or person who shall have attachment sealed for not acbeen sheriff, for not accounting, such sheriff shall pay lecounting. gal interest on every sum of public money with which he shall be chargeable, so long as such sum shall remain unpaid; and from the time when any attachment shall be so sealed against any sheriff, &c. for the non-payment of any Double "interest public money, such sheriff shall pay double the legal inte- for non-payrest on such sum till payment; and the payment of such interest, and double interest, shall be enforced in the same manner as the payment of the principal sum. ment, not to practise P. 224. l. 1. It was omitted to state in this place the Sub-sheriffs, &c. clause of the 1 Hen. 5. c. 4. E. & I. which provides, that as attornies in no under-sheriff, sheriff's clerk, receiver, nor sheriff's king's courts. bailiff, shall be attorney in the king's courts, during the E. & I. 1 Hen. 5. c. 4. time that he is in office with any such sheriff. And the 22 Geo. 2. c.46. 22 Geo. 2. c. 46. s. 14. Eng. which will be found in ano- s. 14. Eng. ther place, (vol. II. p. 20.) also prohibits under-sheriffs from acting as solicitors, attornies or agents, or suing on Or at sessions. any process, at any general or quarter session of their respective counties, upon pain of £50. P. 226.1. 9. The 52 Geo. 3. c. 160. E. & W. enables Poor prisoners. justices of the peace to order parochial relief to prisoners 52 Geo.3 c.160. confined under mesne process for debt, in such gaols as are not county gaols. E. & W. E. & W. abolished. E. P. 227. l. 34. The 55 Geo. 3. c. 48. E. & W. enlarges Clergymen offi ciating in gaols, the powers contained in the 13 Geo. 3. c. 58. Eng. and &c. 22 Geo. 3. c. 64. Eng. for providing clergymen to offi- 55 Geo.3, c.48. ciate in gaols in England and Wales; and extends the provisions of the 13 Geo. 3. c. 58. to houses of correction. P. 230. l. 11. By the 55 Geo. 3. c. 50. E. explained and Golers' fees,&c. amended by the 56 Geo. 3. c. 116. all fees and gratuities 55 Geo.3. c.50, paid or payable by any prisoner, on the entrance, com- 56 Geo.3.c.116. mitment or discharge to or from prison, whether such pri- E. son be a gaol or bridewell, and whether such prisoner be a criminal or debtor, are abolished; and these acts provide for making compensation to gaolers, &c. in respect to such fees; and on the other hand provide, that any gaoler who shall exact any fee or gratuity from any prisoner, shall be rendered incapable of holding his office, and be punished by fine and imprisonment. But the king's bench prison, the fleet, the marshalsea and palace courts are excepted. P. 235. Building or repairing of gaols, &c. I. P. 235. l. 27. The 55 Geo. 3. c. 92. I. recites the 50 Geo. 3. c. 103. I. * (which consolidates the laws re55 Geo.3. c.92. specting the building and economy of gaols, &c.) and amends this act, so far as concerns contracts for building or repairing such prisons, by regulating the mode of the security to be given by contractors, and the advances of money to them, and the duties of the treasurers of counties in these respects. And the 57 Geo. 3. c. 71. I, con57 Geo.3.c.71. tains also some further amendments with respect to the powers of grand juries, and a controlling power vested in the lord lieutentant of Ireland. I. The exception in the 32 Geo.3. c. 16. Ir of ties done away c, 151. s. 17, 1. P. 256. l. 25. The 27 Geo. 3. c. 40. Ir. under the authority of which several disturbed counties in Ireland were districted coun- divided into districts, and an extraordinary police therein by the 54 Geo.3. established, and which act was continued to the 25th March 1815, by the 54 Geo. 3. c. 33. I. has been suffered to expire. And the 54 Geo. 3. c. 131. s. 17. I. recites, that by the 32 Geo. 3. c. 16. Ir. (vol. 1. p. 254.) grand jurors in Ireland are empowered to appoint constables for the several baronies in their respective counties, in manner therein mentioned, but are not empowered to make such appointment in any county divided into districts, pursuant to the provisions o the 27 Geo. 3. c. 40. such counties being in that respect excepted in the 32 Geo. 3. c. 16. by reason whereof there may be a failure of constables in such counties; and therefore enacts, that it shall be lawful for every grand jury in Ireland, to appoint constables for the seve ral baronies therein, according to the provisions of the 32 Geo. 3. c. 16. notwithstanding such division into districts, in the same manner as if such division did not exist. And by s. 18. such constables so appointed, shall com. mence to be constables as soon as such county shall cease 32 Geo.3. c.16. to be so divided into districts, whether the same shall hapexcepted by that pen by the repeal or expiration of the 27 Geo. 3. c. 40. or otherwise, and not sooner; and such constables so appointed shall have all the powers and advantages, and be subject to all the regulations and restrictions, in the Power to 5 jus- 32 Geo. 3. c. 16. And by this act s. 19. a power is given s. 18. Constables to be appointed according to the in the counties act. s. 19. tices at quarter to *Tide Addenda I. P. 15. usual oaths, but not to receive pay. to any 5 justices of the peace for any county, county of a sessions, &c. to appoint extra city,or county of a town in Ireland, at any general quarter constables who sessions, or general sessions of the peace, duly assembled, are to take the to appoint any number of proper persons to act as consta bles in and for such county, &c. in' addition to any other constables appointed by law; and such constables shall then and there take such oath as is required from constables in other cases, and shall have all the powers of constables, but shall not be allowed any salary; and the power of such constables shall continue only for 12 calendar To act for a months, unless they shall be re-appointed or continued at year; but may some ensuing general quarter sessions or general sessions, removed at in which case the power of such constables shall continue quarter sessions, &c. for a further term of 12 calendar months: provided that in case of such re-appointment, it shall not be necessary for any such constables to be re-sworn, unless the magistrates then present shall so direct; and provided also that any such constable may be removed, at any general quarter sessions or general sessions after such appointment or re-appointment. be continued or And for the better execution of the laws in Ireland, Chief magisby appointing superintending magistrates, and additional trates of police appointed in constables in counties, in certain cases, where the ordina- counties, &c. proclaimed as ry police hath been found insufficient, the 54 Geo. 3. disturbed. c. 131. I. further provides, that it shall be lawful for 54 Geo 3.c.131* the lord lieutenant, by the advice of the privy council of I. Ireland, to declare, by proclamation, that any county, county of a city, or county of a town in Ireland, or any barony or half barony in any county at large, is in a state of disturbance, and requires an extraordinary establishment of police, and thereupon, by warrant under hand and seal,to appoint one chief magistrate of police for such county, barony, or half barony,* not exceeding one chief magistrate for each barony or half barony; and the lord lieutenant may remove any such chief magistrate, and upon such or any vacancy appoint another, either according to the same arrangement, or any other which he shall think proper. And by s. 2. such chief magistrate shall forthwith take the oaths † required to be taken by Such chief ma * Vide 55 Geo. 3. c. 13. s. 1. & 2. post. S. 2. magistrates gistrates to take the oaths, and 8. 3. And reside in the county, &c. where appoint have the powers magistrates in Ireland, and shall, thereupon, without furof ordinary justices of peace: ther appointment or commission, be to all intents a justice of peace in, of, and for the county, for which, or for any part of which, he shall be so appointed chief magistrate, and for every county adjoining thereto, in such part of such adjoining county as shall be within 7 miles of such disturbed district. And by s. 3. every such chief magistrate shall be resident in such county, district, barony, or half barony, * and not depart therefrom, without the previous permission of the lord lieutenant, (signified to him in writing by the chief secretary, or, in his absence, by the under secretary for the civil department,) unless in and for the immediate and urgent execution of his duty as chief magistrate. By s. 5. every justice of the peace resident in Resident justi- such county or district shall be aiding, in such his capathe chief magis city of justice, to such chief magistrate, and shall, during trate, and to de- the residence of such chief magistrate,deliver or cause to be ed. S. 5. ces to be aiding liver in exami nations, &c. S. 4. Salary, &c. to chief magis trate. delivered, to such chief magistrate, as speedily as the case will admit of, every examination, information or intelligence, which he shall take or receive, concerning any offence committed or intended to be committed within such county or district. By s. 4. every such chief magistrate, while he shall hold said office, shall receive a yearly salary of £700. and rateably for any lesser period; and shall have a suitable house, furniture, and outhouses within the county or place for which he shall be so appointed, and, (in or adjoining to such house,) a suitable office for the discharge of his business, such house, &c. to be directed and approved by the lord lieutenant. By s. 6. it shall be lawful for the lord lieutenant to appoint, for the aid of such magistrate, and to remove at his pleaconstables how sure, a clerk, and also a chief constable, and any number of sub-constables not exceeding 50; and to order such arms and accoutrements to be delivered to such chief and sub-constables, and, also, such horses, saddles and bridles, for the same, as occasion may require; and such constables shall attend such chief magistrate, and execute his lawful warrants and commands, and shall not attend any 5. 6, Clerks, and chief and sub appointed. *lide 55 Geo. 3. c. 15. s. 3. post. |