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XXVI. And be it enacted, That the Constable or any of the Constables or other Persons to whom the said Warrant of Commitment shall be directed shall convey such accused Person therein named or described to the Gaol or other Prison mentioned in such Warrant, and there deliver him, together with such Warrant, to the Gaoler, Keeper, or Governor of such Gaol or Prison, who shall thereupon give such Constable or other Person so delivering such Prisoner into his Custody a Receipt (T. 2.) for such Prisoner, setting forth the State and Condition in which such Prisoner was when he was delivered into the Custody of such Gaoler, Keeper, or Governor; and in all Cases where such Constable or other Person shall be entitled to his Costs or Expenses for conveying such Person to such Prison as aforesaid it shall be lawful for the Justice or Justices who shall have committed the accused Party, or for any Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, Division, or other Place of exclusive Jurisdiction wherein the Offence is alleged in the said Warrant to have been committed, to give to such Constable or other Person conveying such Prisoner to such Gaol or Prison a written Certificate that he is entitled to his Costs and Expenses for the same, and also for his Expenses in returning, and such Costs and Expenses shall be defrayed and provided and accounted for by the Paymaster of the Constabulary Force of the County wherein the Offence is alleged to have been committed, and shall be repaid, raised, and levied off such County by Presentment of the Grand Jury, in like Manner, and under the like Regulations, and subject to the like Provisions, as contained, relating to the Expenses of conveying Prisoners, in an Act of the Second and Third Years of Her present Majesty’s Reign, intituled An Act for the better Regulation of the Constabulary Force in Ireland: Provided nevertheless, that if it shall appear to the Justice or Justices by whom any such Warrant of Commitment against such Prisoner shall be granted as aforesaid that such Prisoner hath Money sufficient to pay the Expenses, or some Part thereof, of conveying him to such Gaol or Prison, it shall be lawful for such Justice or Justices, in his or their Discretion, to order such Money, or a sufficient Part thereof, to be applied to such Purpose.
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