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Under-sheriff, &c. not to act as clerk of the peace,
penalty 500l. as before.
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VII. And whereas the under-sheriffs and sheriffs clerks in several counties of this kingdom procure to themselves, or some in trust for them, a deputation from the clerks of the peace and crown of the said counties, wherein they officiate as under-sheriff or sheriffs-clerk, and by their cunning contrivance and management procure many persons for frivolous matters to be presented by the grand jury at the quarterly sessions, in order to have it more in their power to oppress the country, and issue process against such persons, thereby to gain to themselves fees as under-sheriffs: for remedy whereof, be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no under-sheriff or sheriffs clerk, or any in trust for them, or to their use, shall from and after the sixth day of December one thousand seven hundred and eleven, execute, exercise, or in any manner act, or officiate as clerk of the peace for the same county, he shall so act as under-sheriff, sheriffs-clerk, or county clerk as aforesaid, under the forfeiture or penalty of five hundred pounds for every time he shall so act, execute, or officiate, to be recovered by such person or persons who will sue for the same in any of her Majesty's Four courts of Dublin by bill, plaint, or information, in which no essoign, protection, or wager of law shall be allowed, or more than one imparlance, and to be distributed in manner as aforesaid. [Rep., Stat. Law Rev. (I.) Act, 1879.]
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