Drainage (Ireland) Act 1842

Grand Jury may appoint a Committee.

XIV. And be it enacted, That in every Case in which it shall be proposed that the Navigation of any such River, or Part of a River, as aforesaid, should be improved in conjunction with the Drainage of the adjacent Lands, it shall be lawful for the Grand Jury, at the Assizes of each County in which any such Improvement is proposed to be made, to appoint a Committee to act for the Purposes herein-after mentioned, until removed as herein-after provided; and such Committee shall consist of Seven Persons, each of whom shall be a Member of such Grand Jury, or shall have served upon some former Grand Jury at the Assizes of such County, or shall be a Justice of the Peace of such County, and any Three of such Committee shall form a Quorum; and it shall be lawful for the Grand Jury, at any subsequent Assizes, to remove any Member of such Committee, or to fill up any Vacancy anywise arising in such Committee, or to appoint a new Committee.