Local Government (Dublin) Act, 1930

The Dublin City Manager.

39.—(1) On and after the appointed day a person appointed for the purpose by or under this Act, who shall be called and known as the Dublin City Manager and Town Clerk, shall exercise and perform for and on behalf of the City Corporation the powers, functions, and duties of the City Corporation in relation to the appointment and removal of officers and servants of the City Corporation (other than the City Manager), and shall also exercise and perform all other powers, functions, and duties of the City Corporation other than the reserved functions.

(2) For the purposes of every enactment (including enactments passed or made after the passing of this Act) relating either to town clerks of county boroughs in general or to the town clerk of the City in particular, the City Manager shall, on and after the appointed day, be the town clerk of the City and have, exercise, and perform all the powers, functions, and duties for the time being conferred or imposed by any such enactment or otherwise by law on the town clerk of the City.

(3) All fees and emoluments which are payable by or under any statute (whether passed before or after this Act) to town clerks of county boroughs or in particular to the Town Clerk of the City, and are received by the City Manager by virtue of his being the Town Clerk of the City, shall be paid by the City Manager into the municipal fund and be accounted for accordingly.

(4) Every person appointed by or under this Act to be City Manager shall by virtue of such appointment be an officer of the Corporation.