Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854

Byelaws to be confirmed.

Notice of Confirmation to be given.

And with respect to the Byelaws to be made by virtue of this Act, be it enacted as follows:

LVII. So much of “The Towns Improvement Clauses Act, 1847,” and of “The Commissioners Clauses Act, 1847,” as relates to the Byelaws to be made by virtue of said Acts, shall, save as next herein provided, be incorporated with and form Part of this Act: Provided that no Byelaw made by the Commissioners under the Authority of this Act shall come into operation until the same be confirmed by the Lord Lieutenant, who is hereby empowered to inquire into any Byelaws tendered for that Purpose, and to allow or disallow of the same as he may think meet; provided also, that no such Byelaws be confirmed unless Notice of the Intention to apply for a Confirmation of the same have been given in One or more Newspapers circulating within the Town (if any), or otherwise in some Newspaper circulating in the County in which the Town is situated, One Month at least before the making of such Application; and any Person desiring to object to any such Byelaw, on giving to the Commissioners Notice of the Nature of his Objection Ten Days before the making of the Application for the Allowance thereof, may transmit to the Lord Lieutenant a Memorial containing the Grounds of such Objection; and if such Byelaws should be thereupon confirmed, in the whole or in part, the Order for such Confirmation, in the whole or in part, shall be signed under the Hand of the Chief or Under Secretary of the Lord Lieutenant, of which Order a Copy shall be published in One or more such Newspapers as aforesaid, and such Publication shall be deemed Evidence of such Byelaws.

And with respect to the Contracts to be entered into, and the Deeds to be executed by the Commissioners, be it enacted as follows: