Prisons (Ireland) Act, 1856

Deputy Marshal, Hatchmen, and inferior Officers of Four Courts Marshalsea to be appointed by Lord Lieutenant.

XVII. So much of the One hundred and twenty-third Section of the Prisons Act as provides that One Deputy Marshal of the Four Courts Marshalsea, Three Hatchmen, and all inferior Officers necessary for the safe Custody of Prisoners or the Discipline of the Prison shall be appointed and paid by the Marshal of such Marshalsea, is hereby repealed, and such Deputy Marshal, Hatchmen, and inferior Officers as aforesaid shall from and after the passing of this Act be appointed and removable at the Will and Pleasure of the Lord Lieutenant, and the Deputy Marshal, Hatchmen, and inferior Officers holding Office at the Time of the passing of this Act on the Appointment of the Marshal shall be also removable at the Will and Pleasure of the Lord Lieutenant, and it shall be lawful for the Commissioners for the Time being of Her Majesty’s Treasury to order that such Deputy Marshal, Hatchmen, and inferior Officers, whether so holding Office on the Appointment of the Marshal, or to be appointed under this Act, shall be paid such Salaries as the Lord Lieutenant with the Sanction of the said Commissioners shall in that Behalf direct; and such Salaries shall from Time to Time be paid out of any Monies appropriated or which may be appropriated by Parliament for the Purpose, and thereupon the Payment of any Salaries to such Officers by the Marshal shall cease, and the annual Salary payable to the Marshal under the Prisons Act shall be reduced by such Amount as shall be equivalent to the aggregate Amount of the annual Salaries which shall have been heretofore paid by him to the said Deputy Marshal, Hatchmen, and inferior Officers.