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Appointment of sheriffs and bailiffs.
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I. Concerning sheriffs and other bailiffs who have often been appointed by the great seal of England, on which account they have been less obedient to the Exchequer of Ireland, and also concerning those who are appointed by the Justiciar himself, it is agreed that the sheriffs be appointed by the Treasurer and the Barons of the Exchequer, so as in England, and be by them removed and not by others, and be answerable before them for whatever appertains to their office, and that the bailiffs who answer to the Exchequer by their own hand be appointed by those of the Exchequer, and those who are answerable to the sheriffs be appointed by the sheriffs; and that each sheriff be charged by his oath when he shall take the oath that he appoint such persons as he will be answerable for, so as in England, and that nevertheless the sheriffs be intentive to the commands of the Justiciar and as much as to him appertains.
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