abolished on Commiffioner of the Authority of the fame, That the faid respective Offices of War- The Offices of dens, Chief Justices and Juftices in Eyre of His Majesty's Forefts, Wardens, &c. Chafes, Parks and Warrens North and South of Trent refpectively, Termination of fhall, upon the refpective Terminations of the prefent exifting Inte- exifting Interests, refts therein, be wholly abolished; and from and after fuch Aboli- and the Duties tion all the Duties of fuch Offices respectively shall be performed to be performed by the First Commiffioner for the time being of His Majefty's by the First Woods, Forefts and Land Revenues; and for that Purpofe all His Majefty's the respective Powers and Authorities belonging or appertaining Woods, Forefts to the faid Offices of Wardens, Chief Juftices and Juftices in Eyre and Land Reveof His Majefty's Forefts, Chases, Parks and Warrens North and nues; South of Trent refpectively, fhall, immediately upon the ceafing of fuch Offices refpectively, become and be and remain vested in such First Commiffioner for the time being, without any special or other Appointment for that Purpose or in that Behalf; and every fuch Firft Commiffioner for the time being fhall and he is hereby authorized, empowered and required to perform all fuch Duties, and for that purpose to use and exercise all fuch Powers and Authorities, and enforce the fame by all fuch and the like Ways, Means, Suits and Proceedings, and do and perform all fuch Acts, matters and things, as may be neceffary in that Behalf, as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purposes as if the faid First Commiffioner had been duly and legally appointed to the faid Offices refpectively, and was, in virtue of a legal Appointment, Warden, Chief Juftice and Juftice in Eyre of His Majefty's Forefts, Chafes, Parks and Warrens North and South of Trent refpectively; provided that fuch First Commiffioner fhall not be entitled to, or have, take or receive any Salary, Fee or Emolument whatever in respect thereof. II. And be it further enacted, That the Salaries of the faid Officers fhall, upon the Termination thereof respectively, make Part of the Confolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; and a Sum equal to the Amount of each of fuch Salaries fhall, upon fuch Termination of each of fuch Offices respectively, be retained in the Exchequer as Part of the Confolidated Fund, and not iffued or carried to the Account of the Civil Lift; any thing contained in any Act or Acts of Parliament to the contrary notwithstanding. W CA P. LXII. who is not to receive any Salary, Fee or Emolu ment. Salaries of the abolifhed Offices to make Part of the Confolidated Fund. An Act to abolish certain Offices, and to regulate certain other Offices, in Ireland. [7th July 1817.] HEREAS the Offices in Ireland herein after mentioned respectively are Offices fome of which it is expedient to abolish, and with refpect to others it is expedient to make Pro'vifion for a more effectual and economical Execution of the Duties thereof refpectively after the Termination of the prefent exifting • Interests therein refpectively;' May it therefore please Your Majefty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by The King's Moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That from Certain Offices and after and upon the refpective Terminations of the refpective in Ireland, on present existing Interefts in each and every of the following Offices; Termination of that exifting Interests, abolished, Q 2 The Records, &c. of the faid Offices transfer Jic Record Of- nant. Lord Lieutenant, either before or after the that is to fay, Surveyor General of Crown Lands; Keeper of Records in the Bermingham Tower at Dublin; Keeper of the Records of Parliament; Clerk of the Paper Office; and as each of the faid Offices fhall refpectively become vacant, upon the Termination of such prefent exifting Interefts, each and every of the faid Offices fhall be abolished; and the faid Offices fhall not, nor fhall any of them, from and after the paffing of this Act, be grantted to any Perfon or Perfons whomfoever; and the faid Offices are hereby, from and after the refpective times when the fame fhall refpectively become vacant, wholly abolished. II. And be it further enacted, That all Records, Maps, 'Books and Papers whatsoever, now in the Cuftody, Power or Poffeffion red to the Pub. of the faid before mentioned Officers, or any of them, or of any of their Clerks or Deputies, fhall upon the respective Terminations of the prefent exifting Interefts in each and every of the faid Offices refpectively, be removed, transferred and delivered to the Office or Offices, Place or Places appointed or to be appointed for the preferving and fecuring of the Records of Ireland; and shall from thenceforth be there fafely kept and preferved according to the Directions of the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the time being; and it fhall and may be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the time being, at any time either before or after the Termination of the present exifting Interests in any of the faid Offices hereby abolifhed, to order and direct that all fuch Records, Books, Maps and Papers fhall be removed, transferred and delivered into the faid Record Office or Offices, and the same shall then be forthwith removed, transferred and delivered accordingly; and it fhall and may be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the time being, from time to time to give fuch Orders and Directions for the fafe Cuftody, Preservation and Arrangement of the faid Records, and of all or any other Records relating to Ireland, as to fuch Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland shall at any time feem fitting and expedient. Termination of exifting Interefts, may order fuch Records to be removed into the faid Office. Certain other Offices abolished of existing Interefts. III. And be it further enacted, That from and after and upon on Termination the refpective Terminations of the respective existing Interests in each and every of the following Offices; that is to fay, Accountant to the Board of General Officers; Secretary to the faid Board; Corrector and Supervifor of His Majefty's Printing Prefs; Compiler of the Dublin Gazette; Mafter of the Revels; Senefchal of His Majefty's Manors; Accountant General (now held by Stephen Moore Efquire); Supervifor of Accounts in the Barrack Department; Barrack Master of the Royal Barracks; and as each of the said Offices fhall respectively become vacant upon the Termination of fuch prefent exifting Interests, each and every of the faid Offices fhall be respectively abolished; and the faid Offices fhall not, nor shall any of them, from and after the paffing of this Act, be granted to any Person or Persons whomsoever; and the said Offices are hereby, from and after the refpective times when the fame fhall refpectively become vacant, wholly abolished. Salary, &c. of certain Offices IV. And be it further enacted, That from and after and upon the respective Terminations of the respective exifting Interests in each and every of the following Offices; that is to fay, Constable of the Castle Caftle of Limerick; Conftable of the Caftle of Dublin; Conftable abolished on of the Caftle of Caftlemain; no Salary or Allowances whatsoever, Termination of other than and except the Rents and Profits of the Lands and Here existing Interests. ditaments attached to the said Offices refpectively, fhall be paid or payable out of His Majesty's Civil Lift or otherwise to the faid Officers, or to any or either of them; but all fuch Salaries or Allowances (except as aforefaid) fhall ceafe and determine; and the faid Salaries and Allowances (except as aforefaid) are hereby, from and after the respective times when the faid Offices fhall refpectively become vacant at any time after the paffing of this Act, wholly abolished. V. And be it further enacted, That the feveral and respective Certain Offices Duties of the feveral and refpective Offices in Ireland hereafter men- regulated. tioned; that is to fay, Clerk of the Council; Mufter Mafter General; Pratique Mafter of the Port of Dublin; Storekeeper of the Customs in the faid Port; fhall from and after and upon the respec tive Terminations of the refpective present exifting Interefts in each of the faid Offices refpectively, and as each of the faid Offices fhall become vacant upon the Termination of fuch present exifting Interefts, be regulated under the Provifions hereinafter in this Act contained; and shall thereafter be executed and performed by the several and respective Perfons to be appointed to execute the fame in Person. fury, to make Provifion for the Execution of the Duties of fuch Offices becoming vacant after the exiting Intereft's, Expiration of and appoint Salaries adequate to the Duties and Refponfibilities attached to VI. And be it further enacted, That from time to time as any Lord Lieuteof fuch Four laft mentioned Offices fhall become vacant upon the nant of Ireland, Termination of the present exifting Intereft or Interefts therein, it with Concurfhall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or rence of TreaGovernors of Ireland for the time being, in Concurrence with the Lord High Treasurer or the Commiffioners of His Majefty's Treafury for the time being, or any Three or more of fuch Commiffioners, and they are hereby authorized and required, to regulate the Duties and Establishments of the faid laft mentioned Offices fo becoming vacant, fo as that the faid Duties fhall be performed in Perfon by fuch and fuch Number of fit and proper Perfons as may be fufficient and neceffary to perform and execute the Duties to be done, performed and executed in the faid Offices, as the faid Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland and the said Commiffioners of His Majefty's Treasury fhall deem fit, with fuch Salaries or Emoluments as fhall be ordered and appointed by the faid Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors, and the said Commiffioners of His Majefty's Treafury, or any Three or more of them, in that Behalf; Regard being had in every such cafe to the Nature and Extent of the Duties to be performed, and to the Responsibility which may attach or belong to the feveral and refpective Officers or Perfons executing the Duties of the faid Offices refpectively; and all fuch Regulations, Appointments and Salaries, when fo made and established, shall become and be in full Force and Effect in relation to the faid Offices refpectively; any thing contained in any Act or Acts of Parliament, or any Law or Usage, Custom or Practice, to the contrary notwithstanding. each Office. VIÍ. And be it further enacted, That the Lord High Treasurer Treasury to lay. or Commiffioners of His Majefty's Treafury, or any Three or more before Parliaof them for the time being, fhall within Six Weeks after the Regula- ment Statement tion under the Provifions of this Act of any fuch Office fo becoming of former and vacant as aforefaid, if Parliament fhall be then fitting, or if Parlia Q 3 ment new Establish ment. Offices of Com miffioners of the Board of Works abolished as they become vacant, &c.; and Lord Lieu. tenant, with Concurrence of Treasury, to make Arrangements for the Execution in Perfon of Duties under Charge of the faid Board. Savings arifing by new Regula tions of the Eftablishment of fuch Offices, to go to the Confolidated Fund. Perious belonging to the faid Offices when regulated, incapable of fitting or Voring as Mem. vers of the ment fhall not be then fitting, then within Six Weeks after the Commencement of the then next Seffion of Parliament, lay before both Houfes of Parliament an Account of fuch new Eftablishment of the Office fo regulated, with a Statement of the Number of Offices and Amount of Salaries of each respectively, together with a Statement of the former Establishment of the Office fo regulated. VIII. And be it further enacted, That from and after and upon the respective Terminations of the refpective prefent exifting Interefts in each and every of the Offices of Commiffioners of the Board of Works in Ireland, and as each of the faid Offices fhall respectively become vacant upon the Termination of the prefent exifting Interefts, each and every of the faid Offices fhall refpectively be abolished, and the faid Offices fhall not, nor fhall any of them, from and after the paffing of this Act, be granted to any Perfon or Perfons whomfoever; and the faid Offices are hereby, from and after the respective times when the fame fhall refpectively become vacant, wholly abolished; and after the Offices of the faid Commiffioners shall become vacant, it shall and may be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the time being, in Concurrence with the Lord High Treasurer or the Commiffioners of His Majefty's Treafury for the time being, to make fuch Arrangement, by the Appointment of One or more Officer or Officers, as fhall provide for the efficient Execution in Person of all Duties connected with the Superintendence of the public Buildings now under the Charge of the said Board of Works, at such reasonable Rate of Salary or Salaries as fhall be fufficient for the Purpose ; and an Account of every fuch Appointment and Rate of Salary shall be laid before Parliament in like manner as by this Act is required with refpect to the Regulation of other Offices under this A&t. IX. And be it further enacted, That all Sums of Money arifing from Salaries, Fees or Emoluments, which shall by reafon of the Regulation of any fuch Office be more than fufficient to defray the Salaries and incidental Charges of the new Establishment of any such Office, fhall be paid (by the Orders and Directions of the Lord High Treasurer or Commiffioners of His Majefty's Treasury, which Orders and Directions the faid Lord High Treafurer or Commiffioners of His Majefty's Treasury, or any Three or more of them, are hereby authorized and required to make and give for that Purpofe) into the Receipt of the Exchequer in Ireland, and fhall be carried to and make Part of the Confolidated Fund of the United Kingdom; any thing in any Act or Acts of Parliament to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided always, that any fuch Salary or Allowance as fhall be payable to any or either of the said Offices out of the Civil Lift of Ireland, fhall be carried to and make Part of the faid Confolidated Fund during the Life of His prefent Majefty only, and no longer, unless Provision shall hereafter be made by Parliament for that Purpose. X. And be it further enacted, That every Office and Appointment belonging to and making Part of the Establishment of any of the said Offices respectively, when fo regulated as aforefaid, shall be deemed and taken to be a new Office within the true Intent and Meaning of an A& paffed in the Forty first Year of the Reign of His Commons. His present Majefty, intituled An Ad for declaring what Perfons House of Office of Keeper fhall in future be XI. And be it further enacted, That from and after and upon the Termination of the present exifting Interest in the Office of Keeper of the King's Privy Seal for Ireland, the faid Office fhall be granted during The King's Pleasure only; and that the faid Office fhall from thenceforth always be holden, and the Duties thereof fhall Pleasure and be executed, by the Person who for the time being fhall hold the holdeninmanner Office of Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief herein mentionGovernor or Governors of Ireland: Provided always, that none of ed by the Chief the Provifions in this Act before contained, with refpect to the feve- Secretary to the ral other Offices hereinbefore mentioned, fhall extend to the faid Office of Keeper of the Privy Seal; but that the faid Office shall, from and after the Termination of the prefent exifting Intereft therein, be holden by such Chief Secretary for the time being in like manner in all Refpects as the fame was usually holden before the Grant of fuch prefent exifting Intereft. CAP. LXIII. An Act to regulate the Offices of Clerks of the Signet and WH HEREAS it is expedient that the respective Offices of Lord Lieutenant. After Termination of exifting Interefts, Offices Clerks of the Signet and of Clerks of the Privy Seal fhould be regulated?' Be it therefore enacted by The King's Moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That from and after and upon the respective Terminations of the refpective existing Interests in each of the faid Offices of Clerks of the Signet and Privy Seal respectively, and as each of the faid Offices fhall become vacant, upon the Termination of fuch prefent exifting Inte- Seal to be perrefts, the Duties of the faid Offices refpectively fhall be executed formed in Perand performed by the feveral and refpective Perfons who shall be son. appointed to execute the fame in Perfon. of Clerks of the Siguet and Privy II. And be it further enacted, That from time to time as any of Treafury to the said Offices of the Clerks of the Signet and of the Clerks of the make Provifion Privy Seal respectively, fhall become vacant, upon the Termination for the Execuof the prefent exifting Interefts therein refpectively, it shall be lawful tion of the for the Lord High Treasurer of the United Kingdom of Great Bri- Offices, tain and Ireland, or the Commiffioners of His Majefty's Treasury of Q 4 the Duties of luc |