An Act to extend the Provisions of an Act of the Fifty-fifth Year of the Reign of King George the Third, to provide for the taking an Account of the Population of Ireland, and for ascertaining the Increase or Diminution thereof.
[30 March 1831]
1 Will. IV. c.19
55 G. 3.c.120 3 G. 4. c.5. 11 G 4. c.30. The Officer appointed under 44 G.3. shall transmit such Schedule and Explanations as may be necessary to obtain, in Ireland, the Information required in Great Britain by 11 G. 4. c.30. |
WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Fifty-fifth Year of the Reign of his Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act to provide for the taking an Account of the Population of Ireland, and for the ascertaining the Increase or Diminution thereof, it is among other Things enacted, that Schedules of Instructions for carrying the said Act into execution, and Forms of the several Accounts and Returns required to be made by the said Act, and of the Attestations of such Accounts and Returns, and of all other Matters and Things requisite for the Purpose of fully carrying into execution the Purposes of the said Act, should be prepared by an Officer to be appointed by the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, under the Directions of such Chief Secretary, and that printed Copies of such Instructions and Forms should be transmitted, and acted upon, from time to time, for the Purposes of the said Act, in manner by the said Act specified and required: And whereas by an Act passed in the Third Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, intiuled An Act to repeal so much of an Act made in the Fifty-fifth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, for taking an Account of the Population of Ireland, as relates to certain Expences to be incurred under the said Act, Part of the said Act of the Fifty-fifth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third was repealed: And whereas by an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled An Act for taking an Account of the Population of Great Britain, and of the Increase or Diminution thereof it was directed that Inquiry should be made into certain Particulars relating to the Matters specified in certain Questions in the Schedule to such Act annexed, and that from the Information obtained by such Inquiry Answers or Returns to the said Questions should be prepared in the Form prescribed in the said Schedule: And whereas it is expedient that the Powers contained in the said recited Act of the Fifty-fifth Year of the Reign of King George the Third should be applied and put in execution for the obtaining Answers and Returns in Ireland as nearly as possible similar to those required in Great Britain by the said recited Act of the last Session; be it therefore enacted by the King'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 from and after the passing of this Act it shall and may be lawful for such Officer as may be from time to time appointed by the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland to digest and arrange the Returns to be made pursuant to the said recited Act of the Fifty-fifth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third, in like Manner to prepare, under the like Direction of such Chief Secretary, such Schedule and Explanations as may be necessary for the obtaining such and the like Information in and throughout Ireland as is required in Great Britain by the said recited Act of the last Session of Parliament, so far as the same or any Part thereof can or may be obtained in Ireland; and printed Copies of such Schedule and Explanations shall be transmitted by such Officer to the Clerk of the Peace and Town Clerks in every County, County of a City, and County of a Town in Ireland, to be by them distributed in like Manner as by the said Act of the Fifty-fifth Year of the Reign of King George the Third aforesaid is required and directed with respect to the Instructions and Forms mentioned in that Act. |
| Proceedings for obtaining such Information shall be had in like Manner as required by 55 G. 3. c.120. | II. And be it, and it is hereby enacted, That all such Proceedings shall be had and shall take place, for obtaining the Information required by such Schedule and Explanations, as are authorized and required by the said Act of the said Fifty-fifth Year of the Reign of King George the Third with respect to the Information sought by the Instructions and Forms mentioned or referred to by that Act. |
| Copies of this Act and the recited Acts shall be provided for the Chief Secretary's Office. | III. And be it further enacted, That with all convenient Speed after the passing of this Act so many printed Copies of this Act, and of the said recited Act of the last Session of Parliament, and of the said Acts of the Fifty-fifth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third, and of the Third Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, shall be provided by His Majesty's Printer, for the Office of the Chief Secretary of the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, in Dublin, as shall be required by or on behalf of such Chief Secretary for carrying into effect the Purposes of this Act. |
| Persons to be appointed to take the Accounts under 55 G. 3. shall inquire into and prepare Returns of the Particulars hereby required. | IV. And be it further enacted, That the Persons who shall be appointed under Authority of the said Act of the Fifty-fifth Year of the Reign of King George the Third, for the Purpose of taking the Accounts relating to the existing Population of Ireland mentioned and specified in the Instructions or Forms authorized by that Act, shall and are hereby authorized and required to inquire into the several Particulars specified in the Schedule and Explanations to be issued under Authority of this Act, and to prepare Answers and Returns accordingly, and, at such Time and in such Manner as by the said Act of the Fifty-fifth Year of the Reign of King George the Third, such Persons are required, authorized, and empowered to inform themselves of the several Matters and Particulars included in the Schedules of Instructions and Forms of Accounts prepared and issued under Authority of that Act. |
| Powers and Penalties of recited Act of 55 G. 3. extended to this Act. | V. And be it, and it is hereby enacted, That all the Powers, Regulations, Clauses, Provisions, Penalties, Matters, and Things in the said Act of the Fifty-fifth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third mentioned, relating to the taking Accounts of the Number of Persons who shall be actually found within the Limits of every Parish, Barony, Townland, District, Division, or Place in Ireland, shall be applied and extended to the Purposes of this Act, so far as the same are applicable or can be applied to such Purposes. |
| Answers and Returns hereby required shall be transmitted to the Office of the Chief Secretary, to be digested, and an Abstract thereof laid before Parliament. | VI. And be it further enacted, That all Answers and Returns of the Particulars comprised in the Schedule and Explanations to be prepared and issued under and by virtue of the Provisions of this Act, shall be transmitted to the Office of the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, by such Persons and in such Manner as is required with respect to Returns under the said recited Act of the Fifty-fifth Year of the Reign of King George the Third; and such Answers and Returns, so transmitted to the Office of such Chief Secretary, shall be digested and reduced into Order by such Officer as such Chief Secretary shall appoint for the Purpose; and an Abstract thereof shall be from time to time laid before both Houses of Parliament, in like Manner, and at the same Time, as the Accounts obtained under the said Act of the Fifty-fifth Year of the Reign of King George the Third. |
| Compensation to Persons employed. Copies not to be made by Clerks of Peace. |
VII. And be it further enacted, That there shall be paid and allowed, for the Trouble and Expence of the several Persons employed in making the Inquiries and preparing the Answers and Returns required by this Act, such reasonable Compensation, to be estimated, calculated, and paid in such Manner as is directed by the said recited Act of the Fifty-fifth Year of the Reign of King George the Third, with respect to the Accounts and Returns mentioned in the said Act: Provided always, that it shall not be necessary or requisite that any Copies of such Accounts shall be made by any Clerks of the Peace or Town Clerks, or lodged among the County Records; any Thing in the said Act of the Fifty-fifth Year of the Reign of King George the Third aforesaid to the contrary notwithstanding. |
| Regulations and Penalties under 55 G. 3. c.120. extended to this Act, except as repealed by 3 G. 4 c.5. | VIII. And be it further enacted, That the several Rules, Regulations, Penalties, and Forfeitures contained and expressed in the said recited Act of the Fifty-fifth Year of the Reign of King George the Third aforesaid, shall be applied and put in force for the Execution of this Act; and all such Rules, Regulations, Penalties, Forfeitures, and all Directions relating thereto, are hereby extended to the Execution of this Act, as fully and effectually, to all Intents and Purposes, as if the same were repeated and re-enacted in this Act, except only so far as the same are repealed by the Act hereinbefore recited, made in the Third Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, or as the same are expressly altered or provided for by this Act. |