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Power to Lord Lieutenant to appoint resident Magistrates by Warrant under Hand and Seal.
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XXXI. And be it enacted, That in any Case in which it shall appear to the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, by reason of any County or County of a City or County of a Town, or Town and Liberties, being in a State of Disturbance, or owing to the Absence or Non-residence of a Magistrate in any County, County of a City, County of a Town, or Town and Liberties, or in any District of any County, or for any other sufficient Cause, to be expedient, it shall and may be lawful to and for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, by Warrant under his or their Hand and Seal, to appoint during his or their Pleasure One or more Persons for any County, or for any County of a City or County of a Town, to be Magistrates for said County, County of a City, County of a Town, or Town and Liberties, or for any Part or District of any County, or for any District consisting of any Parts of any Two or more adjoining Counties, or for any One or more Barony or Baronies in any County, in Ireland, or for any District consisting of any County and of a County of a City or County of a Town, Town and Liberties, or City and County, or any Part or Parts thereof respectively, and from Time to Time to dismiss or remove any such Magistrate at his or their Will and Pleasure; and every Magistrate who shall be so appointed under this Act shall on his Appointment forthwith take the Oaths by Law required, and in such Manner as such Oaths are by Law required to be taken by Justices of the Peace in Ireland, and he shall thereupon to all Intents and Purposes be and become a Justice of the Peace in and for the County or Counties, or City or Town in and for which he shall be appointed to be such Magistrate as aforesaid, and also for each and every County at large, or County of a City or County of a Town, Town and Liberties, or City and County adjoining to or locally situate within such his proper County, City, or Town, and shall have within such adjoining County, City, or Town all the Authority necessary for the due Execution of the Provisions of this Act.
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