lation of Municipal Corporations in Ireland; and another Act

was passed in the same Session of Parliament, intituled An 3&4 Vict. c.109. "Act to annex certain Parts of certain Counties of Cities to adjoining Counties, to make further Provision for Compensation of 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: And whereas under the Pro• visions of the said recited Acts certain Parts or Portions of the old County of the Town of Drogheda and of the ancient Liberties thereof, and certain Parts of Parishes or other • Denominations, are not included within the Boundaries of the County of the Town of Drogheda as defined under the said • recited Acts, and have, for the Purpose of Grand Jury Pre'sentments, and of Criminal Jurisdiction, and also of CivilJurisdiction of the Superior Courts of Common Law in "Dublin, become severally Part of the County of Louth: And ' whereas of the said Portion of the old County of the Town of Drogheda not included in the Boundaries of the present County of the Town of Drogheda as defined under the said recited Acts a certain Part or District is situate on the South Side of the River Boyne, and has under the said recited Acts. become Part of the County of Louth, but lies wholly detached from the rest of the said County of Louth, from which it is separated by the River Boyne and by the present County of the Town of Drogheda, and such Part or District is immediately adjacent to the County of Meath; and it is therefore expedient that the said Part or District should be disannexed from the County of Louth, and should be annexed to the County of Meath;' Be it therefore 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 all such Part or District of the old County of the All that Part of Town of Drogheda not included within the Boundaries of the the old County Borough and the County of the Town of Drogheda as defined

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of the Town of

South Side of the River Boyne, and not included within the Boundaries

Drogheda under the said recited Acts as is situate on the South Side of situate on the the River Boyne shall for all Purposes of Grand Jury Presentments, and of Criminal Jurisdiction, and also of Civil Juris diction of the Superior Courts of Common Law in Dublin, and to all Intents and Purposes, be Part of the County of of the present Meath, and shall be and be deemed and taken to be Part of and Borough of annexed to the Barony of Lower Duleek in the said County of Drogheda, shall Meath: Provided always, that nothing in this Act contained be annexed to shall alter or affect the said County of the Town or Borough Meath. the County of of Drogheda, or the Boundaries thereof, for any Purposes of Parliamentary Representation, or for any Purpose relating thereto; and where it is or shall be necessary for any Purpose of such Representation to describe any Residence or Premises or Place, in any Oath, Affidavit, or Document, or otherwise, as within the County of the Town of Drogheda, such Residence, Premises, or Place (if situate within such District hereby annexed to the County of Meath) may be described as within

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the

Such District

to continue

the Parliamentary Boundaries of the said County of the Town of Drogheda.

IL Provided always, and be it enacted, That nothing herein contained shall extend to alter or affect, save as herein-after Proportion of mentioned, the Liability, if any, of such Place or District hereby

liable to its

the Debt due

by the old
County of the
Town of
Drogheda.

annexed to the said County of Meath, to contribute to the Payment of any Debt or Debts due by the County of the Town of Drogheda to Her Majesty's Exchequer, or any Instalments or Annuity in respect of the same, or any Instalments or Sums under any Presentment heretofore made by the Grand Jury of the County of the Town of Drogheda to which respectively, or to a Proportion of which, such Place or District may have been liable to contribute before the passing of this Act, or to alter or affect any Liability of such Place or District under any Award of any Barrister acting under the Provisions of an Act made in the Session of Parliament holden in the Sixth and Seventh 6 & 7 Vict. c. 32. Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act to amend the Laws in force relating to Grand Jury Presentments in Counties of Cities and Counties of Towns in Ireland, or under a certain other Act of the same Session of Parlia6 & 7 Vict. c. 71. ment, intituled An Act to make further Provision in respect of Grand Jury Presentments in Counties of Cities and Counties of Towns in Ireland, but that the Liability of such Place or District to contribute in respect of any of the foregoing Matters shall remain in all respects the same as before the passing of this Act, save as herein-after mentioned.

The Contribution payable by the whole Precinct severed

from Drogheda

III. And whereas the Portion or Precinct of the old County of the Town of Drogheda not included in the Boundaries of the present County of the said Town is now liable, under the Provisions of the said Two last-recited Acts, to

to be apportion-pay a Contribution to certain Debts of the old County of the

ed on the Two

Districts of which the said Precinct consists in the Counties of

Louth and

Meath.

said Town, as in the said Acts mentioned, and the same con'sists of Two Parts or Districts, one whereof is and will continue to be situated in the County of Louth, and the other Part or District is by virtue of this Act annexed to the County of Meath, and it will be necessary to ascertain the Proportions in which the said Two Districts shall be liable to their, joint Contribution to the Payment of any such Debt or Debts as aforesaid due by the old County of the Town of Drogheda ;' be it therefore enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland to direct and order the Commissioner of Valuation appointed under the Acts for the uniform Valuation of Lands and Tenements in Ireland to ascertain and report, and such Commissioner of Valuation shall thereupon ascertain and report, the respective Proportion in which the said Two Districts so severed from the old County of the Town of Drogheda shall pay their respective Share of the Contribution to be made by such Two Districts to the Payments of such Debts as aforesaid due by the old County of the Town of Drogheda, and of such Instalments, Annuity, or Sums payable in respect of the same by such Two Districts before the passing of this Act, and the

The Propor

levied and paid

said Commissioner shall transmit such his Report to the respective Treasurers of the Counties of Louth and Meath, speci fying such Proportions, which thenceforth shall be deemed and taken to be the Proportions in which the said District situate in the County of Louth and the said District hereby annexed to the County of Meath shall pay their respective Shares of such Contribution to such Sums and Payments as aforesaid; and such respective Proportion of such Contribution, and of such Debts, Instalments, Annuity, Sums, or Interest as aforesaid, tions to be shall be presented from Time to Time by the respective Grand over, &c. in like Jury of the County of Louth or Meath, as the Case may be, to Manner as the which such District shall be annexed, or, as the Case may be, whole Contrishall be applotted, raised, and levied on and off such respec- levied and paid. tive District as if the same had been duly presented by Warrant of the respective Treasurer of the County whereunto each such District is or shall be annexed, and paid over and disposed of in such and the like Manner respectively, and subject to the like Provisions, as in the said Two last-recited Acts respectively contained and provided in relation to any such Payments or Contribution as aforesaid, as far as the same are applicable, and not inconsistent with this Enactment.

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bution was

of Louth shall

Meath a State

Arrears and
Credits.

IV. And whereas certain Arrears may be due and unpaid The Treasurer by some Persons in the said District hereby annexed to the of the County County of Meath in respect to such Sums heretofore respec- furnish to the tively payable under the Provisions of the said Two last-recited Treasurer of the Acts or other Acts relating to Grand Jury Rates or Cesses: County of And whereas also certain Persons in the said District arc ment of certain ⚫ entitled, under the Provisions of the last-recited Act, to certain Credits in respect to Sums heretofore paid by them;' be it enacted, That the Treasurer of the County of Louth shall furnish to the Treasurer of the County of Meath a written Statement under his Hand of all such Arrears due as aforesaid by or Credits as aforesaid which may be justly claimed by any Person or Persons, in respect of any Lands or Tenements situate in such District hereby annexed to the County of Meath; and it shall be lawful for the Treasurer of the County of Meath from Time to Time to allow such Credits to the Parties entitled thereto, and also by his Warrant to collect such Arrears as aforesaid, and to pay over and dispose of the same in like Manner as the same, if duly levied when duc, should have been paid over and disposed of.

V. Provided always, and be it enacted, That the said Place Such District or District hereby annexed to the said Barony of Lower Duleek not to be liable shall not be liable to or bound to contribute to the Payment Debts or Infor preceding of, any Debt due or Instalment payable by the County of stalments due Meath or said Barony of Lower Duleek under any Presentment by the County of the Grand Jury of the County of Meath made before the of Meath. passing of this Act, or made for the Repayment of any Advances of Public Money made to such County or Barony before the passing of this Act, but any such Presentments heretofore made shall be levied as if this Act had not been passed.

Provision for

fixing the Proportion in

which the Barony to which

such Addition shall be made

Cess,

VI. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Grand Jury of the County of Meath, or for Twenty or more Cesspayers of such Place or District hereby annexed to the said County of Meath, to apply by Memorial to the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland and is to be assessed Council, that Proceedings may be taken to ascertain in what to Grand Jury Proportion and according to what Valuation the Barony to which such Addition shall be so made shall be assessed and applotted to Grand Jury Cess; and thereupon the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland and Council shall from Time to Time make such Order or Orders as to them shall appear just touching the Subject Matter of such Petition, and in so doing shall settle and define the Boundaries of the Barony to which such Addition shall be made; and the Grand Jury of such County of Meath, and also the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland and Council, are thereby empowered, if they shall respectively deem fit, to employ a Surveyor or Surveyors to A examine and report upon the Circumstances and Value of such Barony or Baronies, and such Part or District as aforesaid, and to order the Expences of such Examination and Report to be paid; and the Grand Jury of such County which shall assemble next after such Order shall and they are hereby required to present the Amount of such Expences to be raised off such County, and paid out of the Grand Jury Cess thereof, and the Grand Jury of such County are hereby empowered to present to be so raised and paid all such further Expences as shall be incurred by them, or by any former Grand Jury, or their Officers, in and about the procuring of such Annexation as aforesaid.

Grand Jury, with the Ap

Grand Jury

Cess.

VII. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Grand Juries of the Counties of Meath and Louth respectively, for proval of Judge, their respective Counties, from Time to Time, with the Approto adjust the Proportions of bation of the Judge or Judges of Assize for the Time being, to adjust or alter the Proportions in which and the Valuations according to which the Place or District so added to such County of Meath, and every Townland or other Denomination or Sub-denomination thereof, shall contribute to the Grand Jury Cess of such County of Meath, and the Proportions in which the Barony or Half Barony or other District from which such Place or District shall be so taken away shall so contribute to the Grand Jury Cess of the County of Louth, or in which any Barony, Half Barony, or District which shall not sustain any Increase or Diminution by such Change ought to Proportions and contribute by reason of such Change: Provided always, that it Valuations to be shall be lawful for the Grand Juries of such Counties respecCounty Books. tively, for their respective Counties, to direct that such Pro

entered in

portions and Valuations as aforesaid shall be entered in the County Books of such Counties respectively, and thereupon the same shall be so entered accordingly, and shall, until further altered or adjusted by Law, be the Proportions and Valuations according to which the Warrant of the Treasurers of such

Valuation under the 6 & 7 W.4. c. 84.

Counties respectively shall be made with respect to those Places to which such Valuations or Proportions shall relate: Provided Provision for always, that in every Case in which any Valuation made or to be made by virtue of an Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the Sixth and Seventh Years of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled An Act to consolidate and amend the several Acts for 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, or by virtue of any other Act or Acts, shall, under the Provisions of such Act or Acts, be or have been in force and applicable to any such Barony, Place, or District, or, if this Act had not been passed, would be so in force and applicable, regard shall be had to such Act or Acts, and to any Valuation made or to be made in pursuance thereof, in the Warrant of the Treasurers of such Counties respectively, and in the Levy of Grand Jury Cess of such Counties respectively, or such Barony and Place or District as aforesaid.

the Corpora

and exonerated

VIII. · And whereas under the Provisions of the said recited A District Acts of the Session held in the Third and Fourth Years of taken from the County of the Reign of Her present Majesty a certain Place or District, Louth, and anbeing before the passing of the said Act Part of the County nexed to Droof Louth, is locally situate and included within the Boundaries gheda, under of the Borough of Drogheda as defined under the said recited tion Acts, shall Acts, and by reason thereof the said Place or District became be exempted and is deemed and taken to be Part of the County of the from the former Town of Drogheda and of no other County, and by reason Debts due by thereof became and is liable to contribute to the Payment of Drogheda. a Proportion of Debts due and Instalments or Annuity payable by the said County of the Town of Drogheda to Her Majesty's Exchequer, for Advances of Money theretofore made to the said County of the Town of Drogheda, and to the Payment of a Proportion of Sums to be assessed by the Award of a Barrister on the said County of the Town of Drogheda, and on the Precincts of the same, under the Pror visions of the said recited Acts of the Sixth and Seventh Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty: And whereas it is just that the said Place or District so taken from the County of Louth, and annexed to the Borough of Drogheda, should be exonerated from the Payment of such Debts and Instalments, Annuity, or Sums of Money so due and payable for Sums advanced before such Annexation as aforesaid;' be it therefore enacted, That the said Place or District so taken from the County of Louth, and annexed to the said Borough of Drogheda, shall be exempt and exonerated from the Payment of any Proportion of such last-mentioned Debts, Instalments, Annuity, or Sums of Money, and that the Amount of the Assessments for the same from Time to Time to be made, from which the said Place or District is hereby exempted and exonerated, shall be from Time to Time assessed upon and levied from the remaining Portion of the Borough of Drogheda.