Local Government (Drogheda and Meath) Act, 1845

The Acts of the Justices of the Peace for the County of Kilkenny heretofore done relating to the District herein mentioned shall be as valid as if the same had been Part of the County of Kilkenny.

X. ‘And whereas under the Provisions of the said recited Acts certain Parts or Portions of the old County of the City of Waterford and of the ancient Liberties thereof, and certain Parts of Parishes or other Denominations, are not included within the Boundaries of the County of the City of Waterford as defined under the said recited Acts of the Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, and have for the Purpose of Grand Jury Presentments, and of Criminal Jurisdiction, and also of Civil Jurisdiction of the Superior Courts of Common Law in Dublin, become severally Part of the adjoining County of Waterford: And whereas a certain District of such old County of the City of Waterford not included within the Boundaries of the present County of the City of Waterford as defined under the said last-mentioned Acts is situate on the North Side of the River Suir, and has, as aforesaid, become Part of the County of Waterford; but Doubts having existed as to the true Construction of the said last-mentioned Acts in respect thereto, the said last-mentioned Portion or District situate on the North Side of the said River has been, since the passing of the said recited Acts of the Third and Fourth Years of Her Majesty’s Reign, erroneously deemed to be treated as Part of the County of Kilkenny, and the Justices of the Peace of the County of Kilkenny have under such erroneous Impression exercised Jurisdiction therein as if the same were Part of the said County: And whereas it is just and expedient that the Acts of such Justices done under such erroneous Impression should be validated, and such Justices, and those acting under their Authority in that Behalf, should be indemnified;’ be it therefore enacted, That all and every Act or Acts of any Justice or Justices of the Peace or of the Assistant Barrister of the County of Kilkenny, heretofore done in any Matter or Thing concerning or in anywise relating to or within the said District, from the Time when the same was by Law severed from the County of the City of Waterford, and the Act or Acts of any Constable or other Officer in obedience thereto, shall be and shall be deemed to have been as valid, good, and effectual in the Law, to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever, as if said Place or District had been at the Time of such Act or Acts lawfully a Part of the County of Kilkenny.