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All Prison Officers to be appointed by Board of Superintendence.
Nothing in this Section to extend to Richmond Bridewell or Grange Gorman Female Penitentiary.
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XVIII. The Governor or Keeper, Local Inspector, Chaplains, Medical Officer, Deputy Governor, Turnkeys, and all other Officers, both Male and Female, to be appointed at any Time after the passing of this Act to or for any County Prison, whether Gaol, Bridewell, or House of Correction, or to and for any such joint Prison as is herein-after mentioned, shall, with the Exception herein-after in that Behalf specified, be from Time to Time appointed by the Board of Superintendence, any Provision in the Prisons Act or any other Act or Acts, or any Law, Usage, or Custom, to the contrary notwithstanding; but if the Board of Superintendence shall neglect to appoint any such Governor or Keeper, Inspector, Chaplains, Medical or other Officer as aforesaid, for the Space of Two Months after they shall have been required by the Inspectors General of Prisons or either of them, by Writing under their or his Hand, so to do, it shall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant, if it shall seem to him expedient, to appoint any fit or proper Person or Persons to fill such Office or Offices; and the Salaries of all such Officers respectively shall be raised and paid in like Manner, and subject to the same Provisions, as the Salaries of such or the like Officers have been and are payable before and at the Time of the passing of this Act, save as in this Act otherwise expressed: Provided that the Appointment of any such Officers other than the Chaplains and the Medical Officer shall not be deemed valid or effectual until the same shall have been approved of in Writing by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, under the Hand of the Chief or Under Secretary: Provided further, that nothing in this Section contained shall apply to the Officers of the Richmond Bridewell in Dublin, or of the Grange Gorman Female Penitentiary in Dublin, or interfere with or affect the Powers of the Person or Persons now by Law entitled to appoint the Governor or any other Officers of such Bridewell and Penitentiary respectively.
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