City of Dublin (Rates) Act 1849

Justices of Peace, on or before the 10th Day of December l850, and in every succeeding Year, to estimate the Police Expenditure for a Year from the 1st of January following;

not to exceed the Amount they are now empowered to levy.

XXX. And be it enacted, That the Justices of the Peace for the District of Dublin Metropolis appointed under an Act passed in the Sixth and Seventh Years of the Reign of His Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled An Act for improving the Police in the District of Dublin Metropolis, and other Acts amending the same, shall, on or before the Tenth Day of December One thousand eight hundred and fifty, and on the Tenth Day of December in every succeeding Year, estimate and ascertain, as nearly as may be, the Amount of the Sums of Money which they shall find necessary for the Maintenance of the Police Force thereof, and for the several Purposes of the said Act, and of any Act or Acts amending the same, for Twelve Months next following the First Day of January in each Year; and such Justices, or One of them, shall sign and certify such Estimate, and transmit the same, on or before the said Tenth Day of December One thousand eight hundred and fifty, and on or before the Tenth Day of December in every succeeding Year, to the said Collector General; and the said Collector General shall be and is hereby authorized and required, on and after the said First Day of January, to applot, levy, and collect the Money therein mentioned in the Manner and subject to the Rules and Regulations in this Act contained respecting the applotting, levying, collecting, and recovering of the several other Rates herein mentioned: Provided always, that the Amount of such Portion of such Estimate as is empowered or required to be raised and levied by any Rate under the said Acts and this Act, or any of them, shall not exceed the Amount or Sum which the said Justices, under the said Acts or any of them, would have been entitled to raise and levy by any Rate or Assessment under the said Acts or any of them if this Act had not been passed.