92. 36 Geo. 3. lectors, for whom he shall be answerable, to assist him in collecting the Public Money. 5 And be it Enacted, That in case any Grand Jury shall omit to c. 55. s. 50. If Collector appoint a Collector for "any barony or half-barony, or county of a city fail to give Security or or town, or if any Collector appointed by such Grand Jury or by the die, High ConSessions, shall fail to give security as aforesaid within one month stable to act as Collector. after his appointment, or in case of any other vacancy, the High Constable of such barony, county of a city or town, shall to all intents and purposes be deemed the Collector within the District, and shall and is hereby required to enter into security as aforesaid, and levy and 10 collect all money which the Treasurer shall by his warrant require to be collected, and shall be entitled to receive the sum presented as wages for collecting; and all Constables and Sub-Constables are hereby required to aid and assist the Collector or Collectors or Deputy Collectors, or High Constables, in collecting the Public Money as aforesaid, and also all persons empowered to levy Public Money; and if any Constable or Sub-Constable, when thereto required, shall refuse to render such assistance, every such Constable shall, upon conviction by the oath of two credible witnesses before a Justice of the Peace of the county, where such offence shall be committed, forfeit and pay for every such refusal a sum not exceeding Five Pounds. 93. 36 Geo. 3. c. 55. s. 53. Notice to be given to Churchwardens, &c. of Sum to be levied. Churchwardens, &c. to call Meetings to appoint Applotters. 15 20 25 And be it Enacted, That every person authorized to collect any Public Money, shall within Ten days after he shall have received the Warrant empowering him in that behalf, deliver to the Seneschal or Churchwardens of each manor, parish or denomination of land contained in such Warrant, in case there be any Seneschal or Churchwardens of the same, an account in writing, signed by himself, of the sum he is required by the said Warrant to levy upon the said manor, parish or denomination, and to desire that the said sum may be applotted thereon; and such seneschal or churchwardens who shall receive such account are hereby 30 required (under the penalty of Ten Pounds, to be recovered by civil bill by any person who shall sue for the same) to post up, within Six days after the receipt thereof, or in case there shall be no seneschal or churchwarden, or in default of such seneschal or churchwardens the person authorized to collect such money shall himself post up, on the usual place of posting Notices in the said manor, parish or denomination, a Notice, setting forth, that the landholders and inhabitants of There insert the name of the manor, parish or denomination], are hereby required to meet at [here insert the place of meeting] on the [here insert a time, not less than nor more than days 40 from the date of such notice] to choose two or more persons to applot. the sum of [here insert the sum] required to be levied upon such manor, parish or denomination by the Warrant of the Treasurer of the county, and at such meeting the landholders and inhabitants then present shall choose 35 per choose two or more persons to be Applotters accordingly, and the sons so chosen shall applot such sum within Thirty days from the time when they shall be so chosen, and shall make oath before any Duty of Justice of the Peace for such county, that they have made the said Applotters. 5 Applotment justly according to the best of their skill, without favour or malice, the jurat of which oath shall be endorsed on the Applotment, and such Applotters shall deliver such Applotment, so verified on oath, to the person who is empowered to collect such money, under the penalty of forfeiting, for every day they shall omit to deliver the same 10 after the said Thirty days, the sum of Ten Shillings, to be recovered by civil bill, by any person who shall sue for the same; and the Collector, on receiving such Applotment, is hereby required and authorized to levy the said Money according thereto, and also any sum of Money not exceeding Ten Shillings for Applotter's fees, by distress and sale of 15 goods of every person refusing to pay the proportion therein applotted for him or her to pay, rendering the overplus, if any, to the owner; and in case no full and sufficient Applotment shall be returned within Thirtysix days after the time fixed for the appointment of such Applotters, then in such case it shall be lawful for such Collector to enter and 20 distrain any lands whatever in such manor, parish or denomination, and so to levy the full sum required by the Treasurer's Warrant to be raised off the same. And be it further Enacted, That every High Constable or other Collector of Money levied by Grand Jury Presentment, shall make a 25 Return, on the First day of each Assizes, to the Treasurer of the county, containing a Schedule of the names of the townlands within the barony for which he is Collector, and of the inhabitants within the same who shall have been assessed towards the payment of the County Cess of the previous Assizes, and of the sums respectively assessed on and 30 paid by each individual, and stating the arrears, if any, which shall be due by each individval; and that on the receipt of such Return by the Treasurer, the said Treasurer shall immediately lay the same before the Grand Jury. And be it Enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Grand Jury to 35 present any such sums of Money as now are or at any time hereafter shall be unpaid or in arrear out of any barony or half-barony, or county of a city or town, to be raised and levied on such barony or half-barony, county of a city or town, upon which the same was originally required by the Treasurer's warrant to be levied, and to present all such sums of 40 money which have hitherto been, or which shall at any time hereafter remain unpaid on account of the absconding or insolvency of any Collector, or any person empowered to collect public money, who is or shall be insolvent, to be raised and levied either upon the county or 323. upon Collector to levy according to Applotment. 96. Certificate of given to Grand Jury. upon any barony or half-barony in which the same was before levied as they shall think fit, which sums shall be levied in the same manner and subject to the same rules, regulations, provisions and powers as the money to be levied by virtue of this Act is to be subject; and in case any money so detained or secreted by any Collector, Treasurer or other person empowered to collect or receive public money shall be hereafter recovered, it shall be paid to the then Treasurer, and it shall be presented by the Grand Jury to be expended in executing some work or works in the county at large, or barony or half-barony on which it was levied. 5 10 And be it Enacted, That no Presentment for any Salary, Poundage or Allowance to any Treasurer of any county, county of a city or town security to be in Ireland, shall be made by any Grand Jury, or fiated by the Court, unless there shall be previously produced to such Grand Jury and Court, by the acting Clerk of the Crown, at the time when Present- 15 ment shall be required to be made, a Certificate, signed by the proper officer of the Court, in which the security given on the part of such Treasurer is registered, stating what securities have been duly recorded in the proper office, and such Certificate shall state the Dates when such securities were entered into, the Names of the respective sureties, and the 20 Sums for which such sureties were severally bound. 97. 49 Geo. 3. transmit to the the Lord Lieutenant printed copies of Pre sentments fiated. 98. 49 Geo. 3. c. 84. s. 15. to contain a reference to the proper Statutes; And be it Enacted, That the Treasurer of every county shall, on or before the Twenty-fifth day of December in each and every year, cause a printed, and not a written copy, signed by himself, of all Presentments which shall have been made by the Grand Jury, and fiated by the Court 25 at any Assizes in such year, on the county, county of a city or town or place whereof he is Treasurer, to be forwarded to the Secretary of the Lord Lieutenant in His Majesty's Castle of Dublin, to be by him transmitted afterwards, so soon as may be, to be laid before Parliament; and in case any Treasurer of any county, county of a city or town or 30 place in Ireland, shall neglect to make such printed Returns as aforesaid, he shall forfeit his office, and be for ever after incapable of acting as Treasurer of any county, county of a city, or county of a town or place in Ireland. And be it Enacted, That on every Presentment for the levying of any 35 Presentments Public Money whatsoever, the year of the King's reign and the chapter and section of the Act of Parliament (as printed by the King's Printer) under which such Presentment is authorized to be made and fiated, shall be inserted on the face of such Presentment; and every such Presentment shall be entered in the County Book and in all the Schedules 40 of Presentment, with a marginal note of such Acts in manner aforesaid, and the title of each particular Act so referred to shall be inserted at the 5 the end of all such Schedules, in default of which it shall not be lawful to present for printing the same; and all Presentments not made according to the directions foregoing shall be null and void. 99. Grand Jury High Con Ten Sub-Constables in each Barony. may appoint stable and And be it Enacted, That the Grand Jury of each county shall, at the Spring Assizes in every year, appoint a proper person to be the High Constable for each barony or half-barony in such county for which High Constables have been heretofore appointed; and they are also hereby empowered to make and appoint any number of Sub-Constables, not exceeding Ten, in every barony or half-barony 10 within such county; and such Sub-Constables shall be subject to all the regulations powers and provisions contained in an Act passed in the Parliament of Ireland, in the thirty-second year of the reign of King George the Third, intituled, "An Act for regulating the 32 Geo. 3. (I.) "Office of Constables, and for the better enforcing the Process 15" of the Criminal Law in certain parts of this Kingdom," and in the several Acts remaining in force in Ireland after the passing of this Act. 25 c. 16. 100. All Works under 45 G. 3. c. to be 43. performed by contract. and Bridges And be it Enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act, all such Roads or Bridges as any Grand Jury may be required or autho20 rized to make, alter, fence, level, gravel, widen or repair, or in which to cut down hills, or to fill up hollows, under or by virtue of any of the provisions of an Act passed in the forty-fifth year of the reign of his Majesty King George the Third, intituled, "An Act to amend the 45 G. 3. c. 43. "Laws for improving and keeping in repair the Post Roads in Ireland, "and for rendering the conveyance of Letters by His Majesty's Post "Office more secure and expeditious," or any power or authority derived from such Act, or from such Act as amended by any other Act or Acts passed or to be passed, shall be made, altered, fenced, levelled, gravelled, widened or repaired, and the hills therein cut down, and the 30 hollows filled up, by Contract, in manner prescribed by this Act for the performance of other Public Works, and Presentment shall and may be made therefor accordingly; and it shall not be lawful for any Grand Jury to appoint any Overseer or General Overseer of any such Roads or Bridges: Provided always, That it shall be lawful to make 35 advances to any Contractor, in like manner as to any Overseer, under the said Act, and that such Contractors shall be and are taken to be in the place of such Overseers, so far as may be compatible with the nature of their Contract; and in all other particulars, save as aforesaid, the said Act or Acts, and all Powers, Authorities, Conditions, Clauses and Regulations therein contained, shall be and remain in full force and effect, any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding. 323. N And 5 And be it Enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act, it shall not be lawful for any Grand Jury to make Presentment for any Bridge conformably to a proposal for erection thereof, under the provisions of an Act of the Irish Parliament passed in the nineteenth and twentieth years of the reign of his Majesty King George the Third, intituled, "An Act for empowering Grand Juries to present Bridges "and Tolls to be paid for passing the same in certain cases," or of an Act passed in the fifty-third year of the reign of his Majesty King George the Third, amending the last-mentioned Act, unless such proposal shall have been first approved of at the Special Sessions to be holden under this Act for the consideration of applications for Presentments; and that all proposals under the said Acts shall be made in the form of such applications, and lodged and dealt with and notice thereof given and posted as in case of other applications for Public Works; and that so much of the said last recited Acts as direct notice to 15 be given in any other manner be and the same are hereby repealed. 10 And be it Enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act, it shall not be lawful for any Grand Jury to make Presentment for the building, enlarging, repairing or rebuilding any Court House or Sessions House, unless an Application for such Presentment shall have 20 been first made and approved of at the Special Sessions to be holden under this Act, for the purpose of considering Applications for Presentments; and that all such Applications in respect of any Court House or Sessions House shall be made and dealt with in like manner and under like regulations and conditions as hereinbefore prescribed in 25 respect of other Applications for Public Works, so far as the same are applicable; and that it shall not be lawful for any Grand Jury to appoint Overseers of any such Court House or Sessions House, so to be built, repaired, enlarged or rebuilt, but that all such Works shall be executed by Contract made upon sealed Tenders and Proposals, in 30 manner herein before prescribed with respect to other Public Works: Provided, That, save as aforesaid, nothing in this Act contained shall extend to repeal any of the provisions of two Acts made respectively in the fifty-third and fifty-fifth years of the reign of his Majesty King George the Third, providing regulations for the building and repairing 35 of Court Houses and Sessions Houses in Ireland, or of an Act passed in the seventh year of the regn of his late Majesty, intituled, "An Act "for consolidating and amending the Laws relating to Prisons in "Ireland." And be it Enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Grand Jury of any 40 county to present, for the holding of Petty Sessions, an annual sum, not exceeding for the Rent of a Room or Rooms, not being in a house where spirituous or fermented liquors are sold: Provided, That no such Presentment shall be made unless upon an Application |