Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854

Where Commissioners under Local Act decline to consent to the Adoption of this Act, same may be adopted by Consent of Two Thirds of Town Council, and Power of Assessment under Local Act transferred to Commissioners under this Act.

XX. In any City or Town Corporate where any Local Act in force provides for Purposes for which Provision is made under this Act, and where the Commissioners constituted under the said Local Act decline to consent to the Adoption of this Act in the Manner herein-before provided, then and in that Case this Act may be adopted or put in force in whole or in part in said City or Town Corporate, by Consent obtained in Writing under the Hands of Two Thirds of the Town Council of said City or Town Corporate; and in case any or all the Purposes for which the Assessment, or any Part thereof, under such Local Act is raised and levied are adopted as aforesaid under the Provisions of this Act, then the Powers of Assessment for such Purposes under such Local Act, and in the Manner specified by such Local Act, so far as such Powers are necessary for carrying out such Purposes and no further, shall be transferred to the said Commissioners under this Act, in addition to the Powers of Assessment herein-after provided under this Act: Provided always, that in case there exists any Debt due of the Commissioners of said Local Act, borrowed under the Provisions thereof, and payable out of the Dues and Duties leviable under said Act, such Debt, with the Interest accruing and payable thereon, shall be transferred to the Commissioners under this Act, and be considered as Money borrowed by them under the Provisions of this Act, and repayable as herein-after provided in respect to all Monies to be borrowed by the Commissioners appointed under this Act.

And with respect to the Election and Rotation of Commissioners under this Act, except where the Town Council are the Commissioners under this Act, be it enacted as follows: