§ THE MARQUESS OF WATERFORDbegged to ask the Lord Privy Seal a Question, of which he had given him private Notice. The Question was, Whether the Commissioners and Assistant Commissioners appointed to administer the Irish Land Act had taken any, and if so what, form of oath; and what form of oath was taken by the County Court Judges of Ireland?
§ LORD CARLINGFORD, in reply, said, the noble Marquess had given him ample Notice of the Question he had just put, and which he could have answered without any Notice at all. He had only to refer his noble Friend to the Act of last Session, under which the Irish Land Commissioners were constituted. That Act provided no form of Oath to be taken by the Land Commissioners as such. Mr. Justice O'Hagan, of course, had taken the Oath which was usually taken by Justices of the High Court of Justice. With respect to the County Court Judges, they had taken the usual form of Oath ad- 221 ministered to County Court Judges; but they had not taken any Oath in connection with the duties imposed upon them by the Land Acts of 1870 and 1881.