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Draghoda.
6 G, 1. 10. recited.
inhabitants within, the walls, yards, warehouses, cellars to pay 4d. per l. of yearly value, as to a solvent tenant, in lieu of all watch money,
as by 10 G. 1. 3.
value settled every July sections or adjournment,
with same powers as lord mayor and vestries in Dublin have.
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X. And whereas the parish watches in the county of the town of Drogheda, as settled by an act passed in the sixth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the first, intitled, An act for the better regulating the parish watches, and amending the highways in this kingdom, and for preventing the misapplication of publick money, are found very oppressive to the inhabitants in the said county living without the gates and walls of the said town: be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from the last day of the several adjournments of next July sessions for said town and county the inhabitants within the walls of said town, and the owners and occupiers of the several yards, warehouses, and cellars in the said town, shall pay yearly for every house inhabited, and for every yard and every warehouse or cellar occupied, the sum of four pence for every pound of the yearly value of said house, warehouse, yard, or cellar, according to the rent such house, yard, warehouse, or cellar might reasonably set for to a solvent tenant; which shall be in lieu of all taxes or duties, heretofore payable or demandable for watching or watch money by or from the inhabitants within the said walls; the said sum of four pence to be raised, paid, and accounted for, as is directed as to the city of Dublin by an act of Parliament passed in this kingdom in the tenth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the first, intitled, An act for continuing and amending an act, intitled, An act for the better regulating the parish watches, and amending the highways in this kingdom, and for preventing the misapplication of publick money, and also for establishing a regular watch in the city of Dublin, and to prevent mischiefs which may happen by graving ships in the river Liffey; the said yearly value of all such houses, yards, warehouses, and cellars, to be settled by the justices of the peace of the said county and town of Drogheda at every July sessions, or at some adjournment thereof, to be held in open court; which court of sessions shall have the same powers in every respect, that the lord mayor and the several vestries in the said city of Dublin have by virtue of the said act, and in every respect to regulate and appoint the management thereof.
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