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The Contribution payable by the whole Precinct severed from Drogheda towards the old Debts of Drogheda to be apportioned on the Two Districts of which the said Precinet consists in the Counties of Louth and Meath.
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The Proportions to be levied and paid over, &c. in like Manner as the whole Contribution was levied and paid.
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III. ‘And whereas the Portion or Precinct of the old County of the Town of Drogheda not included in the Boundaries of the present County of the said Town is now liable, under the Provisions of the said Two last-recited Acts, to pay a Contribution to certain Debts of the old County of the said Town, as in the said Acts mentioned, and the same consists of Two Parts or Districts, one whereof is and will continue to be situated in the County of Louth, and the other Part or District is by virtue of this Act annexed to the County of Meath, and it will be necessary to ascertain the Proportions in which the said Two Districts shall be liable to their joint Contribution to the Payment of any such Debt or Debts as aforesaid due by the old County of the Town of Drogheda;’ be it therefore enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland to direct and order the Commissioner of Valuation appointed under the Acts for the uniform Valuation of Lands and Tenements in Ireland to ascertain and report, and such Commissioner of Valuation shall thereupon ascertain and report, the respective Proportion in which the said Two Districts so severed from the old County of the Town of Drogheda shall pay their respective Share of the Contribution to be made by such Two Districts to the Payments of such Debts as aforesaid due by the old County of the Town of Drogheda, and of such Instalments, Annuity, or Sums payable in respect of the same by such Two Districts before the passing of this Act, and the said Commissioner shall transmit such his Report to the respective Treasurers of the Counties of Louth and Meath, specifying such Proportions, which thenceforth shall be deemed and taken to be the Proportions in which the said District situate in the County of Louth and the said District hereby annexed to the County of Meath shall pay their respective Shares of such Contribution to such Sums and Payments as aforesaid; and such respective Proportion of such Contribution, and of such Debts, Instalments, Annuity, Sums, or Interest as aforesaid, shall be presented from Time to Time by the respective Grand Jury of the County of Louth or Meath, as the Case may be, to which such District shall be annexed, or, as the Case may be, shall be applotted, raised, and levied on and off such respective District as if the same had been duly presented by Warrant of the respective Treasurer of the County whereunto each such District is or shall be annexed, and paid over and disposed of in such and the like Manner respectively, and subject to the like Provisions, as in the said Two last-recited Acts respectively contained and provided in relation to any such Payments or Contribution as aforesaid, as far as the same are applicable, and not inconsistent with this Enactment.
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