Prisons (Ireland) Act, 1856

Governor may be required to give additional Security.

XXI. It shall be lawful for the Board of Superintendence, in the event of the Death, Bankruptcy, Insolvency, or Failure of the Sureties of any such Governor, or of either of such Sureties, or on the Application of the Sheriff, or otherwise at their Discretion, to order that such Governor shall give additional Security by Recognizance to such Amount as to such Board shall seem fit, and thereupon such Governor shall, within One Month from the Date of such Order, enter into an additional Recognizance, conditioned as in the last Section is specified, with new additional Sureties, to be approved of by the Clerk of the Peace; and such Recognizance shall be entered into and dealt with in all respects in like Manner as is directed in relation to the Recognizance in the preceding Section specified; and if such Governor shall neglect or fail to comply with such Order within the Time aforesaid he shall thereupon cease to hold the Office of Governor of such Prison, and the Board of Superintendence shall in manner aforesaid proceed to appoint a Governor in his Stead.