Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854

Actions, &c. in Name of Clerk.

Mode of describing Property of Commissioners.

Actions, &c. not to abate.

Clerk to be reimbursed Expenses and Costs.

XCIV. The Commissioners may sue and be sued in the Name of the Clerk for the Time being for or concerning any Contract, Matter, or Thing relating to any Property, Works, or Things vested in them by reason of the Provisions of this Act, or relating to any Matter or Thing whatsoever entered into or done by them under the Provisions of this Act; and in Proceedings by or on the Part of such Commissioners against any Person for stealing or wilfully injuring or otherwise improperly dealing with any Property, Works, or Things belonging to them or under their Management, it shall be sufficient to state generally that the Property or Thing in respect of which the Proceeding is instituted is the Property of the said Clerk, and all legal Proceedings by or on the Part of or against such Commissioners under this Act may be preferred, instituted, and carried on in his Name; and no Proceedings whatever shall abate or be discontinued by the Death, Resignation, or Removal of the Clerk, or by reason of any Change or Vacancy in such Commissioners, by Death, Resignation, or otherwise; Provided that the Clerk in whose Name any such Action, or Suit, Complaint, Information, or Proceeding may be brought, preferred, instituted, or defended as aforesaid, shall be fully reimbursed out of the general Assessments to be levied under this Act all such Costs, Damages, and Expenses as he shall or may be or become liable to pay, sustain, or be put unto by reason of his Name being so used.