§ MR. SHEE (Waterford, W.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether in the event of an existing county surveyor in any county being appointed by the county council of another county as their county suveyor, such surveyor will be entitled to increased remuneration under the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898, section 115 (18), for duties over and above those he would have performed under the Grand Jury Acts; and whether a county surveyor so appointed will retain all his rights as an existing officer under the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898, section 115 (18), and be entitled, in addition, to the rights with regard to pension given in the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898, section 83 (13)?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURSub-section (18) of section 115 applies only to existing officers transferred in the same administrative county; but in the event of a county surveyor being appointed by the county council of another county, the council of that county can fix his 330 salary, with the consent of the Local Government Board, at whatever amount they consider should attach to the office in regard to the duties appertaining thereto. Any existing county surveyor who may be appointed to another county will be entitled to the rights with regard to pension given by section 83 sub-section (13).