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Lord lieutenant may direct commissioners of public works to inquire into memorials under recited Act. &c.
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4. [Recital of 4 & 5 Will. 4. c. 61. s. 2., empowering lord lieutenant to appoint persons to inquire into and report upon memorials presented by grand juries under that Act.] It shall be lawful for the lord lieutenant, if he shall so think fit, to direct the said commissioners of public works to inquire into and report upon the circumstances of any such memorial as aforesaid, and to do all other matters and things by the said Act directed to be done by any persons appointed for such purposes under the provisions thereof; and in case the said lord lieutenant shall so direct, the said commissioners of public works shall have all and every the like powers and authorities as any other person or persons so appointed might or would have had under the provisions of the said Act; and in case of such direction, all and every the matters and things directed to be done by or to or in respect of the person or persons appointed for the purposes aforesaid shall be done by or to or in respect of the said commissioners; and all the provisions of the said Act applying to any person or persons so appointed shall in the case aforesaid apply and extend to the said commissioners, as if they had been named in the said Act in conjunction with or instead of the person or persons so to be appointed.
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