§ DR. FOX (King's Co., Tullamore)asked Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland, Whether Mr. James Fagan, Clerk of the Peace for King's County, in last March, removed all the papers and documents (except the records) connected with Quarter Sessions, from Tullamore, where the Assizes are held, to Parsonstown; whether such removal was contrary to law, as well as a serious inconvenience to the people of Tullamore and vicinity; and, whether he will order the return of the said papers to Tullamore, and the opening there of an office by the Clerk of the Peace as prescribed by law?
§ THE SOLICITOR GENERAL FOE IRELAND (Mr. GIBSON) (Liverpool, Walton)I am informed that the Clerk of the Peace, who has resided at Parsonstown before and since his appointment, has an office in Tullamore, at the Court House, where in his absence he is represented by a competent clerk. I am informed by Mr. Fagan that he has not removed all the papers and documents (except the records) connected with Quarter Sessions from Tullamore to Parsonstown; but only such books as are used at Quarter Sessions and papers as may be convenient to keep in his own possession for such part of his duties as he discharges personally. He states that no complaint of inconvenience has been made. I am communicating with him in relation to the matter.