Dublin Hospitals Regulation Act, 1856

The House of Industry Hospitals, and the Lands belonging thereto vested in Board of Works.

III. The House of Industry Hospitals, and all Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments of and belonging thereto, and not appropriated to the Purposes of a Workhouse under the Provisions of the said last-recited Act, shall vest in the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland for the Time being in trust for and to the Use of the said Hospitals, according to the Nature and Quality, Estate and Interest of and in such Property, and subject to the Debts, Charges, and Incumbrances (if any) respectively affecting the same; but the said House of Industry Hospitals shall, subject to the Provisions hereinafter contained in relation thereto, be regulated and managed in the Manner in which the same arc now by Law regulated and managed, until the Lord Lieutenant shall by Order under his Hand otherwise direct.