Local Government (Drogheda and Meath) Act, 1845

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (DROGHEDA AND MEATH) ACT 1845

C A P. CXXI.

An Act to amend and explain certain Provisions of an Act of the Third and Fourth Years of Her present Majesty, for annexing certain Parts of certain Counties of Cities to adjoining Counties, for making further Provision for Compensation of Officers in Boroughs, for limiting the Borough Rate, and for continuing an Act to restrain the Alienation of Corporate Property in Ireland. [8th August 1845.]

3 & 4 Vict.c.108.

3 & 4 Vict.c.109.

All that Part of the old County of the Town of Drogheda on the South Side of the River Boyne, and not included within the Boundaries of the present Borough of Drogheda, shall be annexed to the County of Meath.

Whereas an Act was passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations in Ireland; and another Act was passed in the same Session of Parliament, intituled An Act to annex certain Parts of certain Counties of Cities to adjoining Counties, to make further Provision for Compensation of Officers in Boroughs, to limit the Borough Rate, and to continue for a limited Time an Act to restrain the Alienation of Corporate Property in Ireland: And whereas under the Provisions of the said recited Acts certain Parts or Portions of the old County of the Town of Drogheda and of the ancient Liberties thereof, and certain Parts of Parishes or other Denominations, are not included within the Boundaries of the County of the Town of Drogheda as defined under the said recited Acts, and have, for the Purpose of Grand Jury Presentments, and of Criminal Jurisdiction, and also of Civil Jurisdiction of the Superior Courts of Common Law in Dublin, become severally Part of the County of Louth: And whereas of the said Portion of the old County of the Town of Drogheda not included in the Boundaries of the present County of the Town of Drogheda as defined under the said recited Acts a certain Part or District is situate on the South Side of the River Boyne, and has under the said recited Acts become Part of the County of Louth, but lies wholly detached from the rest of the said County of Louth, from which it is separated by the River Boyne and by the present County of the Town of Drogheda, and such Part or District is immediately adjacent to the County of Meath; and it is therefore expedient that the said Part or District should be disannexed from the County of Louth, and should be annexed to the County of Meath;’ be it therefore enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That all such Part or District of the old County of the Town of Drogheda not included within the Boundaries of the Borough and the County of the Town of Drogheda as defined under the said recited Acts as is situate on the South Side of the River Boyne shall for all Purposes of Grand Jury Presentments, and of Criminal Jurisdiction, and also of Civil Jurisdiction of the Superior Courts of Common Law in Dublin, and to all Intents and Purposes, be Part of the County of Meath, and shall be and be deemed and taken to be Part of and annexed to the Barony of Lower Duleek in the said County of Meath: Provided always, that nothing in this Act contained shall alter or affect the said County of the Town or Borough of Drogheda, or the Boundaries thereof, for any Purposes of Parliamentary Representation, or for any Purpose relating thereto; and where it is or shall be necessary for any Purpose of such Representation to describe any Residence or Premises or Place, in any Oath, Affidavit, or Document, or otherwise, as within the County of the Town of Drogheda, such Residence, Premises, or Place (if situate within such District hereby annexed to the County of Meath) may be described as within the Parliamentary Boundaries of the said County of the Town of Drogheda.