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Commissioners may appoint Watchmen.
Powers of Constables.
Penalty for harbouring Constables during the Hours of Duty.
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LXXXIX. It shall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, on the Application of the said Commissioners, to increase the Constabulary Force stationed in such Town to act as Watchmen within such Town by Night, and also, upon any special Occasions, by Day, as they may be required by the Commissioners, or any Three of them; and the said Commissioners shall provide a Watch-house and all necessary Articles for such watching, and pay out of the General Assessments, upon the Certificate of the Receiver for the Constabulary Force in Ireland, such proper Salaries and Wages for such additional Constables as shall be fixed by the said Lord Lieutenant; and it shall be lawful for such Constables and all other Constables to apprehend all such idle and disorderly or drunken Persons as they or any of them shall find committing any Breach of the Peace or making any improper Noise or Disturbance during the Night, or during their Watch, and to detain any such Persons till Morning, and then, or if apprehended by Day, as soon as conveniently may be, to take such Person or Persons before any Justice of the Peace for or acting in the Borough, Town, or Place, to be dealt with according to Law; and if any Victualler, Publican, or other Person or Persons selling Beer or Spirituous Liquors shall entertain or harbour in his, her, or their House any such Constable during his appointed Hours of Duty, such Victualler, Publican, or other Person or Persons shall forfeit for such Offence any Sum not exceeding Twenty Shillings.
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