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Lord Lieutenant empowered to superannuate Inspector, &c., and Grand Jury shall present yearly Allowances accordingly.
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XLVII. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful to and for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, in his or their Discretion, upon the Petition of any Magistrate, Superintendent, Inspector General, Deputy Inspector General, County Inspector, Sub-Inspector, Chief or other Constable, or Sub-Constable, who shall have been appointed under this Act, or who may have been appointed and acted under said recited Acts or any of them, and, in the Case of any Chief Constable, upon such Recommendations and Certificates as such Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors shall require and direct, to order and direct that any such Magistrate, Inspector, Deputy Inspector, County Inspector, Sub-Inspector, Chief Constable or other Constable, or Sub-Constable, shall and may be superannuated, and shall and may receive such yearly Allowance, Remuneration, Superannuation, or Gratuity, and upon such Conditions, and not exceeding such Proportions as to Age, Length of Service, and other Circumstances, as herein-after mentioned and provided for, and thereupon such Person shall cease to hold such Office; and when such Person shall have served in more than One County it shall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors, by Warrant under his or their Hand, to apportion on each County in which he may have served such Portion of the Superannuation Allowance as he may think should be borne by such County; and the yearly Sum to which any such Magistrate, County Inspector, Sub-Inspector, Chief or other Constable, or Sub-Constable, shall become so entitled, or the Portion thereof apportioned as aforesaid, shall be presented by the Grand Jury of the County on which it shall be chargeable in Two equal Sums, one at each Assize or Presenting Term, during his Life, on Proof to the Grand Jury from Time to Time that the Person so entitled to such Superannuation is living, unless such yearly Allowance, Superannuation, or Remuneration shall be by such Lord Lieutenant directed to be chargeable on the Police Superannuation Fund herein-before provided, which such Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors is and are hereby authorized and empowered to do: Provided nevertheless, that unless such Superannuation Fund shall be adequate to discharge such Allowance, Superannuation, or Remuneration, together with the several Allowances, Remunerations, or Superannuations previously charged upon and made payable thereout, it shall not be lawful for the said Lord Lieutenant to grant any such Allowance, Remuneration, or Superannuation so chargeable upon the said Superannuation Fund, without the Consent of the said Lord High Treasurer or Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, or any Three or more of them.
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