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XI. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland to appoint from Time to Time at his Will and Pleasure, in and for each County of a City and County of a Town, except the said County of the City of Dublin, One Chief Constable, Two Head Constables, and any such Number of Constables and Sub-Constables, not exceeding One hundred, as may be deemed by him or them to be necessary and sufficient for the Preservation of the Peace therein, and in and for each Barony, Half Barony, or other Division of Barony in each County at large, One Chief Constable, Two Head Constables, and any Number of Constables and Sub-Constables, not exceeding Sixteen, and from Time to Time, as to him or them shall seem fit, to dismiss any such Chief or other Constable or Sub-Constable, and upon any Vacancy in any of the said Offices by Death, Removal, or otherwise, to appoint some other fit and able Person to fill the same; and all such Chief and other Constables and Sub-Constables shall have all such Powers, Authorities, Privileges, and Advantages, and be liable to all such Duties and Responsibilities, as any Constable duly appointed now has or hereafter may have, either by the Common Law or by virtue of any Statute now or hereafter to be in force in Ireland: Provided always, that in every Case in which the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland has or have before the passing of this Act, by the Advice of the Privy Council of Ireland, declared by Proclamation any County, or County of a City, or County of a Town, or Barony, or Half Barony, or other Division of Barony, or any District, to be in a State of Disturbance, and has or have thereupon appointed an extraordinary Establishment of Police for the same, and in every Case in which the Magistrates of any County have in manner required by Law certified the Number of Constables appointed for such County, or any Barony or Half Barony or other Division of Barony, or any District, to be inadequate to the Preservation of the Peace within the same, and the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland has or have thereupon directed the Appointment of the additional Number of Constables so certified to be necessary, it shall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, without any further or renewed Proclamation as aforesaid, and without any further or renewed Certificate as aforesaid, to retain and employ in every such County, County of a City, County of a Town, Barony, Half Barony, or other Division of Barony, and District, such Number of Constables as may be appointed for the same respectively at the Time of the passing of this Act, and to reduce such Number from Time to Time as he or they may think fit, in the same Manner as he or they might have done if this Act had not been passed.
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