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No. 5/1925:
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1925
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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1 Definitions.
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2 Application to County and City of Dublin.
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PART I ABOLITION OF RURAL DISTRICT COUNCILS
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3 Abolition of rural district councils.
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4 Continuance of pending actions and contracts.
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5 Public bodies elected by rural district councils.
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6 Periodical payments by rural district councils.
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7 Poor law guardians to be elected where no county scheme.
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8 Rural district councils before the appointed day.
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PART II
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9 County to be one rural sanitary district except in certain cases.
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10 Duties of county councils as sanitary authorities to be performed by boards of health.
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11 Borrowing powers of county councils.
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12 Incorporation of boards of health and regulation of their proceedings.
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13 Appointment of committees of boards of health.
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14 Finance of boards of health.
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15 Committees of county councils to be abolished.
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16 Application of adoptive Acts in portions of county health districts.
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17 Adoptive acts to apply throughout Saorstát Eireann.
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18 Duties of the Minister in relation to health.
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19 Consultative councils.
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20 Tents and vans used for human habitation.
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21 County medical officers of health.
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22 One sanitary officer to be a veterinary surgeon.
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23 Amendment of the Public Health (Regulations as to Food) Act, 1907.
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PART III ROADS
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24 Maintenance and construction of roads.
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25 Certain roads may be declared to be public roads.
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26 Abandonment of roads.
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27 Expenses of maintenance, etc of roads.
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28 Power to revoke orders declaring main roads.
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29 Closing roads temporarily.
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30 Provisions as to borrowing.
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31 Bridges (Ireland) Acts, 1813-1875.
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32 Power to dig for road materials and make drains.
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33 Buildings and structures obstructing view on roads.
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34 Hedges and trees prejudicial to roads.
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35 Petrol pumps on roads.
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36 Regulations in regard to roads.
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37 Validation of certain direct labour schemes.
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38 Duration of direct labour schemes.
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39 Recovery of penalties under Roads Act, 1920.
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40 Speed of vehicles on highways.
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41 Amendment of Section 8 of the Development and Road Improvement Funds Act, 1909.
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PART IV SUPERANNUATION, ETC
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42 Definitions.
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43 Rights of existing officers.
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44 Compensation to be granted for loss of office.
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45 "Existing" officers within the meaning of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898.
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46 Bonus on cost of living.
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47 Contributions by local bodies under which an officer has held office other than the local body granting compensation.
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48 Offices not under a local authority, which may be held by pensionable officers.
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49 Employment of pensioners of local bodies by other local bodies.
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50 Payment of allowances and gratuities.
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51 Officers of local bodies appointed to civil service.
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52 Prohibition of alienation of pensions.
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53 Superannuation of employees.
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54 Consent of Minister required to grant of allowances to certain asylum employees.
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55 Officers of abolished committees of county infirmaries and county fever hospitals.
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56 Compensation for loss of emoluments on transfer of duties.
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PART V MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL
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57 Membership of county councils.
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58 Appointment of committees of county councils.
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59 Amendment of the Public Health and Local Government Conferences Act, 1885.
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60 Disqualification of members of local authorities.
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61 Responsibilities of members and officers of local authorities.
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62 Non-payment of surcharges.
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63 Payment of travelling expenses to members of certain local authorities.
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64 Meeting of local authorities abandoned for want of quorum.
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65 Libraries.
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66 Library authority may provide lectures, etc., in schools.
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67 Advertisement of health and pleasure resorts.
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68 Acquisition of land by local authorities.
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69 Rating of new buildings.
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70 Member of local authority may not be employed by that or another local authority.
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71 Officers of local authorities to make declaration on appointment or increase of remuneration.
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72 Power to dissolve a local authority.
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73 Delegation of powers.
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74 Power to add urban districts to county health districts.
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75 Amendment of section 60 of the Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854.
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76 Amendment of National Insurance Act, 1911.
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77 Amendment of section 9 of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898.
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78 Subscription by county council to funds of general council.
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79 Lunatic Asylums to be styled "mental hospitals".
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80 Salary of surgeon to county infirmary.
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81 Provisions in relation to transferred powers and duties.
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82 Transfer of officers.
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83 Relinquishment of office.
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84 Collection and expenditure of current rates.
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85 Amendment of Local Elections Postponement Acts, 1922 to 1924.
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86 Powers of Minster.
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87 Repeals.
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88 Short title and construction.
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FIRST SCHEDULE
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SECOND SCHEDULE
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THIRD SCHEDULE
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FOURTH SCHEDULE
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FIFTH SCHEDULE
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SIXTH SCHEDULE
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SEVENTH SCHEDULE
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AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES CONNECTED THEREWITH.
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[26th March, 1925.]
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:—
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PRELIMINARY.
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