Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854

Bonds, Contracts, &c. under former Act to be saved;

and Officers in Office to continue until removed.

XCVIII. When this Act shall be adopted in whole or in part in any Town which had previously adopted it in whole or in part, the Powers and Provisions of the said Act of the Ninth Year of King George the Fourth, Chapter Eighty-two, or in any Town or Place which had previously possessed a Local Act or Acts as aforesaid, all Bonds, Contracts, Covenants, Agreements, and Securities made and entered into, and all Assessments imposed or to be imposed under and by virtue of such first-mentioned Acts or of such Local Act or Acts, in so far as regards anything done under such Acts or any of them previous to the Adoption of this Act, shall remain in full Force and Effect, and shall continue available and binding on all concerned; and nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect the Debts, Rights, or Claims of any Creditor under such Local Act or Acts; and the Officers appointed under and employed on the First of January One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, in the Execution of such first-mentioned Act and of such Local Act or Acts, shall continue to be employed under the Provisions of this Act so far as possible in Offices of an analogous Nature, until they are respectively superseded or removed for Insufficiency, or for other good or sufficient Cause.