(Ireland.) 5 A BILL [AS AMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE] To amend an Act of the last Session, "to enable Grand Juries at the ensuing Summer and Spring Assizes to make certain Presentments in Counties of Cities and Towns in Ireland, and to remove Doubts as to the Jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace in Places recently annexed to Counties at large in Ireland.” [N. B.-The Clauses marked (A.) to (T.) were added by the Committee.] Where as by an Act passed in the Session of Parliament Preamble: 3 & 4 Vict. holden in the third and fourth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, "An Act for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations in Ireland," it was enacted, that the boundaries of the several boroughs, named in Schedule (A.) to that Act annexed, should, for the purposes of that Act, be taken to be according to the description of such boundaries set forth in Schedule (C.) to that Act annexed; and by another Act passed in the same Session of Parliament, intituled, "An Act to annex certain Parts of certain Counties of Cities to 3 & 4 Vict. 10 adjoining Counties, to make further Provision for Compensation of 15 Officers in Boroughs, to limit the Borough Rate, and to continue for a limited Time an Act to restrain the Alienation of Corporate Property in Ireland," it was enacted, that for the purposes of the said first-recited Act, and of that Act, all places locally situate or included within the boundaries of any of the boroughs of Cork, Dublin, Kilkenny, Limerick, Waterford and Drogheda, as defined under the said firstrecited Act, should from and after the time when the said Act secondly above mentioned should come into operation, be deemed and taken to be part or parts of the county of the city or county of the town of such borough respectively, and of no other county; and every portion, place 369. A or c. 109. 5 & 6 Vict. c. 77. 6 & 7 Will. 4, c. 116. or precinct of every county of a city or county of a town not under 5 And whereas under the said recited Acts certain parts or portions of the old liberties of some of such counties of cities and counties of 10 towns, and certain parts of parishes and other denominations thereof, are included within the boundaries of the counties of such cities or towns as defined under the provisions of the said recited Acts; and other parts or portions of the liberties of the same cities or towns, and of such parishes and other denominations thereof, not being within 15 such boundaries, have, for the purposes of Grand Jury Presentments, among others, become part of the adjoining counties: And whereas by an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled, "An Act to enable Grand Juries at the ensuing Summer and Spring Assizes to make certain Presentments in Counties of Cities 20 and Towns in Ireland, and to remove Doubts as to the Jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace in Places recently annexed to Counties at large in Ireland," it was enacted, that at every assizes to be holden for any such county of a city or county of a town in Ireland, as in the said Act mentioned, it should be lawful to and for the Grand Jury 25 of such county of a city or town to present all and every such sum and sums as might be lawfully presented pursuant to any Act in force in Ireland, relating to Grand Jury Presentments, previous to the said Acts coming into operation, within each such county of a city or town respectively: Provided, That all and every such sum or 30 sums, when so presented, and all sums which might be or have been legally added thereto by the Treasurer of such county of a city or county of a town, if the said recited Acts had not passed, and all sums duly presented at the then last Spring or Summer Assizes, and not theretofore levied, should be assessed, applotted, levied and raised off such county of a city or town, as the same is defined under the said recited Acts, without reference to previously existing exemptions or compositions for any particular parish, district or other denomination : And whereas an Act was passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the sixth and seventh years of the reign of his late Majesty King WILLIAM the Fourth, intituled, "An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the Presentment of Public Money by Grand 35 40 5 10 Grand Juries in Ireland;" and by reason of doubts with respect to the operation of the said last-mentioned Act, and of the said several Acts hereinbefore recited, and also by reason of the conflict therewith of the provisions of certain local Acts in force within some of the counties of cities and counties of towns to which the provisions hereiubefore mentioned of the said several Acts are applicable, difficulties have arisen in respect to the presentment, assessment, applotment and levy of Grand Jury Cess within the said counties of cities and counties of towns; 1. Grand Jury ties of cities shall be applotted. FOR Remedy whereof, BE it Enacted, by The QUEEN'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 Authority of the same, THAT from and after the passing of this Act, all sums to be presented by the 15 Grand Jury at any Assizes in or for any county of a city or county of a town in Ireland, except the county of the city of Dublin, shall be apportioned, applotted, raised and levied on and off all lands, houses and tenements situate within such county of a city or county of a town, as defined under the said recited Acts of Her present 20 Majesty's reign, without regard to parochial or other distinctions or divisions whatsoever, according to the net annual value of such lands, houses and tenements respectively as now or from time to time hereafter last valued and rated under the Act or Acts for the relief of the destitute poor in Ireland; and that all sums hereto25 fore presented, but whereof no portion shall have been collected, shall be in like manner apportioned, applotted, raised and levied on and off all such lands, houses and tenements, according to the net annual value thereof as so rated and valued as aforesaid, and that any previous applotment, according to the laws 30 now in force, of such sums so wholly uncollected shall be quashed : Provided always, That no church, chapel, or other building exclu- Exemptions. sively dedicated to religious worship, or exclusively used for the education of the poor, nor any burial ground or cemetery, nor any infirmary, hospital, charity school or other building used exclusively 35 for charitable purposes, nor any building, land or hereditament dedicated to or used for public purposes, shall be rateable for such Grand Jury Cess, except where any private profit or use shall be directly derived therefrom, in which case the persons deriving such profit or use shall be liable to be rated as an occupier, according to the annual 40 value of such profit or use; nor shall any part thereof be applotted upon any dwelling-house which shall be rated for the relief of the destitute poor at or under the annual value of Five Pounds: Provided also, That nothing herein contained shall extend or be construed to alter or affect the provisions made by an Act passed in the first and 1 & 2 Vict. second years of Her present Majesty's reign, intituled, "An Act to c. 51. 369. A 2 amend amend the Laws relating to the Levy of Grand Jury Cess in the County of the City of Dublin," but that all sums to be raised by Grand Jury Presentment in the county of the city of Dublin and within the Police District of Dublin Metropolis shall continue to be apportioned, applotted and levied, as by the said last-recited Act directed; any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding. 5 Provided also, and be it Enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act the provisions of an Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the sixth and seventh years of his late Majesty's reign, intituled, "An Act to consolidate and amend the several Acts for 10 the uniform Valuation of Lands and Tenements in Ireland, and to incorporate certain detached Portions of Counties and Baronies with those Counties and Baronies respectively whereto the same may adjoin, or wherein the same are locally situate," for the assessment and levy of Grand Jury Rates, according to the proportions specified 15 in any list or valuation made under authority of the said last-recited Act, shall not be deemed or taken to apply to any county of a city or county of a town. And be it Enacted, That in order to enable the respective Treasurers of the said several counties of cities and counties of towns, 20 as hereinafter directed, to applot such Grand Jury Cess, it shall and may be lawful to and for the Treasurer of each such county of a city or town for the time being, and from time to time, and at all reasonable times, to have access to and inspect any rate or rates made for the relief of the poor of every union, any part of which shall be situate 25 within such county of a city or of a town, and to cause copies to be made of such rate or rates, or so much thereof as shall relate to such county of a city or of a town, or any part thereof; and such Treasurer shall be allowed the expense of making such copies in his accounts with the Grand Jury of such county of a city or of a town. 30 And be it Enacted, That the Treasurer of each county of a city or county of a town as aforesaid shall, within One Month after he shall have received from the Clerk of the Crown the copies of the presentments made at each assizes, applot upon all lands, houses and tenements within such county of a city or county of a town, chargeable 35 under this Act with Grand Jury Cess, the sums leviable under any presentments made at such assizes, or any sums heretofore presented and uncollected, and which shall not be re-presented, and all sums which shall be re-presented, and shall applot the same according to the net annual value of each such house, tenement and portion of land as contained in the rate which shall have been then last made in that behalf for the relief of the destitute poor as aforesaid; and shall within One Week after such applotment shall have been made, cause to be published in 40 |