I. What number lord lieutenant to magistrate. every county (if more than one,) for which, or for any part of which, such chief or sub-constable shall have 57 Geo.3. c.22. been so appointed. And the 57 Geo. 3. c. 22. I. recites the 54 Geo. 3. c. 131. and 55 Geo. 3. c. 13. ante, and of chief and that it may be sufficient in certain cases to appoint one sub-constables chief magistrate only for more baronies than one, or for may appoint in a more extended district in the same county, provided each barony, such chief magistrate shall have the aid and support of 'aid chief an encreased number of chief and sub-constables; and enacts, that it shall be lawful for the lord lieutenant, &c. of Ireland, to appoint for the aid of any such chief magistrate, such and so many chief and sub-constables as such lord lieutenant shall think proper: provided that there shall not in any case be more than one such chief constable, nor more than 50 such sub-constables, for any one barony or half barony, or for any county of a city or county of a town, or district of less extent than any barony or half barony of such county in which such district is situate. And by s. 2. all the clauses and proThe 54 Geo. 3. visions in the said recited act, shall apply to every chief 55 Geo.3.c.13. or sub-constable so to be appointed under this act. And 10 extend to such whereas it may be too burthensome upon the county, s. 2. C. 131, and constables. s. 3. barony, half barony, or district, to bear and defray the expenses by said act required to be raised by presentment, this statute enacts (s. 3.) that it shall be lawful for the Two thirds of lord lieutenant, &c. by the advice of the privy council in executing these Ireland, to order that any part not exceeding two thirds paid of of all salaries, allowances, rents, taxes, costs, charges and the expenses acts may be consolidated fund. S. 4. expenses, which shall become payable under the said recited acts, or this act, shall absolutely and finally be payable and paid, by and out of the consolidated fund, and that the residue only shall be born and defrayed by presentment, in manner provided by said acts. And by s. 4. Accounts of all the chief secretary of the lord lieutenant shall, from time proclamations to time, cause accounts to be prepared of all proclamaand of all appointments and tions issued under said recited acts, specifying the counties, expenses, to be &c. thereby declared to be in a state of disturbance, and iament. also of the names of all chief magistrates and other laid before par officers appointed for the execution of said recited acts in said counties, &c., and also of the amount of all salaries, &c. &c. and expenses incurred in consequence of such proclamations; and such chief secretary shall cause such accounts to be laid before both houses of parliament, within one calendar month next after the commencement of each session of parliament. or constables ap 32 Geo. 3. c. 16. 55 Geo.3.c.158. I. P. 257. 1. 27. The 55 Geo. 3. c. 158. I. recites the Additional sums statutes 32 Geo. 3. c. 16. Ir. and 54 Geo. 3. c. 131. I. and presented for that it is expedient to provide for the better payment pointed under of constables heretofore appointed or continued, who Ir. & 54 Geo.3. may hereafter be appointed or continued; and enacts, that c. 131. I. by grand juries at the grand jury of every county at large in Ireland, shall each assizes. and may, at every assizes, present any sum not exceeding £10. for every constable appointed or continued before the passing of this act, (11. July, 1815,) or who at any time after shall be appointed by the grand jury of such county, in every barony or half barony, under the authority of the said recited acts, or either of them, not exceeding such number as may by law be appointed in any one barony or half barony; and all sums so presented shall be levied out of such barony or half barony, in such proportion as the presentments of the county at large are raised on such baronies, &c.; and such sums shall be presented and raised for such constables, and shall be paid to them by the treasurers of the said counties respectively, under such rules and regulations as are required with respect to the presenting, &c. the sums payable to such constables, under any acts in force in Ireland immediately before the passing of this act. And by s. 2. it shall be lawful for the grand jury at any assizes or presenting term in Ireland, to present such sum as Grand juries to shall be necessary, from time to time, for providing such present sums for arms, accoutremeuts, and ammunition, as such grand constables. jury shall deem necessary for every such constable to have; and said sums shall be paid by the treasurer of the county to such person or persons, as such grand jury shall employ and contract with for providing such arms, &c. as soon as it shall appear to such treasurer by the receipt of the constable, verified by the affidavit of such contractor, that all such arms, &c. have been duly fur nished s. 2. arms, &c. for for the purpose. s. 5. nished according to such contract. And by s. 3. it shall Lord lieutenant be lawful for the lord lieutenant, &c. of Ireland, to direct may order money out of con- the lord high treasurer, or commissioners for executing solidated fund that office, to issue out of the consolidated fund of Ire land, any money he or they shall think necessary for providing such arms, &c. or any part thereof, at such times and in such manner as the lord lieutenant shall direct; and whenever it shall be notified to any such grand jury, that such arms, &c. have been provided and paid for under such order, then such grand jury shall not enter into any contract for the supply of any such arms, &c. grand jury not or of such part thereof as shall be mentioned in such to contract. notification; and thereupon such sum as shall be presented for the same, or such part thereof as aforesaid, sented to be paid shall be paid over by the treasurer of the county, to the of excise. collector of excise of the district, to be applied as other In such case But money pre over to collector maysuperannu s. 4. public money in his hands. And it is provided (s. 4.) Lord lieutenant that it shall be lawful for the lord lieutenant, on the peate constables; tition of any such constable, supported by the recommenand grand ju- dation of the grand jury of the county within which such sent allowances constable shall be appointed, and by such certificates as accordingly. such lord lieutenant shall require, of the continuance of ries shall pre the service of such constable, and of his having executed such duty with diligence and fidelity, to order that such constable shall be superannuated, and receive such yearly allowance, remuneration, or superannuation, as to such lord lieutenant shall seem proper, upon the conditions, and not exceeding the proportions in this act mentioned; and thereupon such constable shall cease to hold such office, and the yearly sum to which he shall so become entitled shall be presented by the grand jury in two equal sums, one at each assize during his life, on its being proved to the satisfaction of such grand jury that such person is living. Provided (s. 5.) that the condition and propor-, Scale of such tion of such allowance, &c. shall be as follows; where. allowances, ac- any constable shall be under 60 years of age, it shall not and period of be lawful to grant any such allowance, &c. unless upon certificate from the grand jury of the county, that such constable is incapable, from infirmity of mind or body, to S. 5. cording to age, service. discharge discharge the duties of his office; in which case, if he shall have served with diligence, &c. for 10 years, it shall be lawful to grant him an annual sum not exceeding one third of the salary of his office; if above 10 years and less than 20, any sum not exceeding one half of such salary; if above 20 years any sum not exceeding two thirds of such salary; and if such constable shall be above 60 years of age, and shall have served 15 years or upwards, it shall be lawful, although there shall be no such certificate of incapacity, to grant to him, by way of superannuation, any annual sum not exceeding two thirds of the salary of his office; if 65 years of age, and he shall have served 40 years, any sum not exceeding three fourths of such salary; if 65 years of age, and he shall have served 50 years, then any sum not exceeding the whole of such salary. and 55 Geo. 3. c.68. P. 260. l. 14. The 55 Geo. 3. c. 68. E. recites the Justices of peace at special ses13 Geo. 3. c. 78. s. 19. Eng. and that it is expedient that sions, may dimore public notice should be given of any order made, or vert, &c. public highways briproceeding had, for diverting, turning, stopping, and en- dle ways, closing any highway, bridleway, or footway; and also footways: that a greater facility of appeal to the quarter sessions E. should be given; and that it is expedient that justices of the peace should have power, under certain regulations, to stop up unnecessary highways, &c.; and therefore enacts, that when it shall appear upon the view of any 2 or more justices, &c. that any public highway, &c. may be diverted so as to make the same more commodious to the public, and the owner of the lands and grounds through which such new highway, &c. is proposed to be made, shall consent thereto, by writing under hand and seal, it shall be lawful, by order of such justices at some special sessions, to divert and stop up such footway, and to divert, stop up, enclose, sell and dispose of such old highway of bridleway, and to purchase the ground for such new highway, &c. by such ways, &c. in all respects, as in the 13 Geo. 3. c. 78. mentioned with regard to highways to be widened or diverted; and also when it shall appear, upon such view, that any public highway, &c. is unneces VOL. I. · And stop up,&c. sary, it shall be lawful, by order of such justices, or any unnecessary highways, &c. 2 of them, to stop up, and sell, &c. such unnecessary high Notice to be in way, &c. by such ways, &c. as in said recited act mentioned; except that the money to arise from such sale, where, by said act it would be applicable to the purchase of the ground of the new highways or bridleways, shall be paid to the surveyor, and be applied towards the general repair of the highways and bridleways of the parish or place within which the said highway, &c. so stopped up shall be situate; provided, that in the several cases before mentioned, a notice, in the form or to the effect in the scheserted in news- dule to this act mentioned, shall be affixed, in legible papers, and affixed to church characters, at the place, and by the side of the highway, door, &c. &c. from whence the same is directed to be turned, &c. and also inserted in one (or more) newspaper, published or generally circulated in the county where the parish, &c. shall lje, (or in case no such newspaper shall be published, &c. in such county, then in any newspaper published, &c. in the nearest adjoining county) for 3 successive weeks after the making of such order; and a like notice shall be affixed to the door of the church or chapel of every parish or township in which such highway so ordered to be diverted, &c. or any part thereof, shall lie, on 3 successive Sundays subsequent to the making of such order; and the said order shall, at the quarter sessions which shall be holden within the limit where the highway, &c. Order returned shall lie, next after 4 weeks from the first day on sessions and which such notice shall have been so published, be returned to the clerk of the peace in open court, and to the quarter there confirmed and inrolled. s. 3. lodged with him; and the said order shall at such quarter sessions be confirmed and inrolled. Provided (s. 3.) that Persons injured any person injured by such order or proceeding, or by by any such or the enclosure of any road or highway, may, by virtue of appeal to quar- an inquisition taken upon any writ of ad quod damnum, der, &c. may ter sessions. appeal to the said quarter sessions, upon giving 10 days notice in writing to the surveyor of the highways of the parish, &c. wherein such highway, &c. shall be situated, and also affixing such notice to the door of the church or chapel of such parish, &c, ; and the said court of quarter |