Land Drainage Act 1845

Appointment of Surveyors and other Officers.

Chief Baron of Exchequer in Dublin to have the Powers hereby given to Lord Chancellor of Ireland.

XIV. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Master either to require the Evidence of a Surveyor to be from Time to Time appointed by him to make such Reports as to the Matters to be referred to him, or if he shall think fit, to take the Evidence of the Surveyor appointed by any Party applying to the Court; and that it shall be lawful for the Lord High Chancellors of Great Britain and of Ireland respectively, and the Lords Commissioners or Lords Keepers respectively, from to Time to Time to appoint any Persons respectively as the Persons to report to or give Evidence before the Master to whom the Matter shall be referred: Provided always, that it shall be lawful for any Persons hereby authorized to apply to the Court of Chancery in Ireland to apply to the Court of Exchequer in Dublin instead of the Lord Chancellor, and the Lord Chief Baron of such Court shall in all respects have the same Powers as are hereby given to and vested in the Lord High Chancellor of Ireland or the Lord Commissioner or Keeper of the Great Seal of Ireland, and the Matters directed to be done by a Master of the Court of Chancery may in all respects be done and executed by the Chief Remembrancer of the said Court of Exchequer.