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After Commencement of this Act Council to appoint a Board of Superintedence of Prisons.7 G. 4. c. 74, 6 & 7 W.4.c. 51.
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LI. ’And whereas an Act was passed in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled An Act for consolidating and amending the Laws relating to Prisons in Ireland, and another Act was passed in the Sixth and Seventh Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled An Act for converting the Richmond General Penitentiary into One of the Prisons for the County of the City of Dublin, and to amend the Law relating to Prisons in Ireland: And whereas, under the Provisions of the said Act or Acts, the Grand Jury of the County of the City of Dublin are authorized and required to appoint a Board of Superintendence of Prisons within the County of the City of Dublin: And whereas it is expedient that the Council of the City of Dublin should appoint the said Board of Superintendence instead of the said Grand Jury:’ Be it therefore enacted, That from and after the Tenth Day of January next after the Commencement of this Act all the Powers of the said Grand Jury in respect to the Appointment of the said Board of Superintendence shall cease and determine, and thereupon, and on the Tenth Day of January in each succeeding Year, the said Council are hereby authorized and required to appoint Twelve Persons, being Burgesses of the City of Dublin, One Half of whom at least shall be Justices of the Peace for the County of the said City, to be a Board of Superintendence of every Gaol, Bridewell, House of Correction, or other Prison within the said County of the said City, supported in part or in the whole by Grand Jury Presentment, and not being a Portion of a different County; and the said Council shall and they are hereby required to lay a Copy of their half-yearly Reports before the Judges of the Court of Queen’s Bench at the Trinity and Hilary Terms in every Year; and all the Powers, Duties, Regulations; Authorities, Clauses, and Provisions in the said last-recited Acts or any other Act contained with respect to such Board of Superintendence, save as to such of the Provisions thereof as are or may be inconsistent with the Provisions of this Act, shall be incorporated with and form Part of this Act, and shall be applicable to the Board of Superintendence to be appointed under the Provisions of this Act.
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