HC Deb 28 July 1897 vol 51 cc1372-3

(1.) The Board of Works shall, twice in each year after the date of consolidation, certify the mount due from the town of Wicklow in respect of the proportion of the consolidated debt charged on the rates of the town, and transmit that certificate to the Town Commissioners.

(2.) The sums specified in the certificates shall be raised by the Town Commissioners by means of a special rate levied in addition to any rate which they are empowered to make under En Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act 1854; mud all the provisions of that Act which relate o the making and enforcing of rates, and to the partial exemption of certain classes of property, shall apply to the special rate so authorised.

(3.) The Board of Works shall, before each assize after the date of consolidation, make out t certificate of the amount due from each contributing barony in respect of the proportion of he consolidated debt charged on the grand jury cess of the barony, and lay the certificate before he grand jury, and the grand jury shall, without my previous application to presentment sessions, make a presentment for the amount specified in he certificate, and, in default of such a present-colt, the amount shall be raised on an order of he Judge of assize, the order having the forced a presentment.

(4.) A certificate of the Board of Works under this section, shall be conclusive as to the matter certified.

(5.) The money raised under this section hall be paid to the Board of Works in such manner as the Treasury direct.

MR. HANBURY

moved in Sub-section (2) to leave out the words "Towns Improvement" in order to insert the cords "Public Health." He said the reason was that there was a misdescription in the original Bill of the rating authority of the County of Wicklow.

Amendment agreed to.

Mr. HANBURY

moved in sub-section (2) to leave out "1854" and to insert "1878."

Amendment agreed to; Clause ordered o stand part of the Bill; remaining Clauses agreed to; Bill, as amended, to le considered To-morrow.