Dublin Improvement Act 1849

Power to make Bye Laws.

XVIII. And be it enacted, That the said Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses may from Time to Time make such Bye Laws us they think fit for the several Purposes of this Act, and of any Act incorporated therewith, and from Time to Time repeal, alter, or amend any such Bye Laws, provided such Bye Laws be not repugnant to the Laws of that Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Ireland, or the Provisions of this Act, and be reduced into Writing, and have affixed thereto the Common Seal of the said Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses; and that the said Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses, by the Bye Laws so to be made by them, may impose such reasonable Penalties as they shall think fit, not exceeding Forty Shillings for each Breach of such Bye Laws: Provided always, that such Bye Laws be so framed as to allow the Justices before whom any Penalty imposed thereby is sought to be recovered to order the whole or Part only of such Penalty to be paid, or to remit the whole Penalty; provided also, that the said Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses shall be and they are hereby required to make such Bye Laws within Six Calendar Months after the Commencement of this Act.