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Town or liberties of Callan to be a barony of the county of Kilkenny for purposes of presentments, &c.
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154. And whereas doubts have been entertained as to the power of the grand jury of the county of Kilkenny to present any public work to be executed either wholly or in part within the town or liberties of Callan, or any money to be raised for such public work, or for any public work or other purposes for which a grand jury may lawfully present, out of the premises situated within such town or liberties, and also as to the powers of the treasurer of the said county to include said town or liberties in his warrant: Be it enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for the grand jury of the county of Kilkenny to present that any public works which it shall be deemed necessary to execute within such town or liberties shall be executed, and such town and liberties shall for every purpose connected with the execution of any public work, or a presentment for raising money, or for any other matter or thing which any grand jury under this or any other Act hereafter to be passed shall have power to present, be deemed and taken to be a barony in and of the said county of Kilkenny; and such town and liberties shall, until a valuation thereof shall be made under some Act for the valuation of lands and premises in Ireland, be deemed to contain three thousand six hundred acres, and shall according to such acreable contents be liable to and bear its proportion of any public rate or charge on the said county.
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