Dublin Police Magistrates Act, 1808

Appointment of divisional justices ;

and receiver.

4. And . . . that there shall be appointed in manner hereinafter mentioned eighteen fit and proper persons to be divisional justices within the said district, six whereof to be barristers of not less than six years standing each; and that twelve of the said divisional justices shall be appointed by the lord lieutenant or other chief governor or governors of Ireland for the time being; to wit, six barristers of such standing as aforesaid, and three aldermen of the city of Dublin, and three persons being sheriffs peers or members of the common council of the said city, whom he or they shall think proper; and it shall be lawful for the lord lieutenant or other chief governor or governors of Ireland for the time being, to appoint a receiver, not being an alderman of the city of Dublin, who shall be called “the receiver of the public offices in the police district of Dublin metropolis,” which receiver shall be incapable of being appointed or elected a divisional justice under this Act, and shall be removable from time to time by the lord lieutenant or other chief governor or governors of Ireland for the time being at his and their good will and pleasure. [Rep. 35 & 36 Vict. c. 97. (S.L.R.)]