of such county or district (as the case may be), and that the act or acts complained of were done in obedience to such warrant, the jury who shall try the said issue shall find a verdict for such Constable, and such Constable shall recover his costs of suit.

Actions brought against Constables for acts done under a warrant, 43 Geo. III., c. 143, s. 6 (amended by 5 & 6 Vic., c. 97, s. 2), No action shall be brought against any Constable or other officer in Ireland, or against any person or persons acting by his order and in his aid, for anything done in obedience to any warrant under the hand, or hand and seal, of any Justice of the Peace, or Governor or Deputy Governor of any county or place in Ireland, until demand hath been made or left at the usual place of his abode by the party or parties intending to bring such action. or by his heir, or their attorney or agent, in writing, signed by the party demanding the same, of the perusal and copy of such warrant, and the same hath been refused or neglected for the space of six days after such demand; and in case, after such demand and compliance therewith, by showing the said warrant to and permitting a copy to be taken thereof by the party demanding the same, any action shall be brought against such Constable or other officer, or against such person or persons acting in his aid for any cause as aforesaid, without making the Justice or Justices, or Governors or Deputy Governors respectively, who signed or sealed said warrant, defendant or defendants therein, on producing or proving such warrant at the trial of such action, the jury shall give their verdict for the defendant or defendants, notwithstanding any defect of jurisdiction in such Justice or Justices, or Governor or Deputy Governors respectively; and if such action he brought_jointly against such Justice or Justices, or Governors or Deputy Governors respectively, and also against such Constable or other officer or person acting in his or their aid as aforesaid, then, on proof of such warrant, the jury shall find for such Constable or other officer, and for such person or persons so acting as aforesaid, notwithstanding such defect of jurisdiction as aforesaid; and if the verdict shall be given against such Justice or Justices, or Governor or Deputy Governors respectively, in such case the plaintiff or plaintiffs shall recover his, her, or their costs against him or them, to be taxed in such manner by the proper officer as to include such cost as such plaintiff or plaintiffs are liable to pay to such defendant or defendants for whom such verdict shall be found as aforesaid.

S. 7. Limitation of actions.-No action shall be brought

against any such Constable or other officer or person acting as aforesaid unless commenced within six calendar months after the act committed.

Peace officers maimed or murdered; compensation may be raised off the county.—6 & 7 Wm. IV., c. 116, s. 106, enacts:— That if it shall appear that any person having given information or evidence against any person or persons charged with any offence against the public peace, shall have been murdered or maimed previous to the trial of the person or persons accused by such information or evidence, or of any of them, or on account of any such evidence given, or that any magistrate or other peace officer shall be murdered or maimed on account of his exertions as such magistrate or peace officer to bring disturbers of the public peace to justice, it shall and may be lawful to and for the Grand Jury of the county within which such murder or maiming shall have been committed respectively to present such sum or sums of money as they shall think just and reasonable to be paid to the personal representative of such witness, magistrate, or peace officer so murdered, or to such witness, magistrate, or peace officer so maimed, having regard to the rank, degree, situation and circumstances of such witness, magistrate, or peace officer, such money to be raised off the county at large, or the barony in which such murder or maiming shall respectively have been perpetrated, at the discretion of such Grand Jury.

[It has been decided that presentment may be made under this. section without any previous application at presentment sessions. This provision of an Act passed in 1836 was for the first time applied in the case of Mrs. Kavanagh, widow of Sergeant James Kavanagh, who was murdered at Letterfrack on 15th February, 1882. She recovered by presentment £1,500 off the Barony of Ballinahinch, in County of Galway.]

Constabulary Acts.

6 Wm. IV. ch. 13. Consolidation of the Laws relating to the Irish Constabulary.

6 & 7 Wm. IV., c. 36. Amending foregoing Act. 2 & 3 Vic., c. 75. Formation of Reserve and Depot.. 8 & 9 Vic., c. 46. Providing Constabulary for keeping the peace near Public Works.

9 & 10 Vic., c. 97. Removing the charge of the: Constabulary Force from Counties, and enlarging Reserve Force.

10 & 11 Vic., c. 100. Regulating the Superannuation Allowances of the Constabulary Force, and the Dublin Metropolitan Police.

11 & 12 Vic., c. 72. Providing for Expense of Constabulary ordered to other Counties; Courts of Inquiry; and payment of Special Constables.

14 & 15 Vic., c. 85. Paymasters abolished; providing for expenses incurred in conveying Prisoners.

20 & 21 Vic., c. 17. Free Force may be redistributed every five years.

22 & 23 Vic., c. 22. Reduction of one Deputy Inspector-General, and appointment of an additional Assistant Inspector-General instead. The Assistant Inspector-General commanding Depot to be styled "Commandant of the Depot."

28 & 29 Vic., c. 70. Abolishing Belfast Police, and appointment of Constabulary to discharge all police duties in Belfast.

29 & 30 Vic., c. 103. Revision of Salaries and of Superannuation.

33 & 34 Vic., c. 83. Abolishing Londonderry City Police, and appointment of Constabulary to discharge all police duties in Londonderry City.

36 & 37 Vic., c. 74. Revision of Salaries of Constabulary.

37 & 38 Vic., c. 80. Fixing revised salaries, and regulating superannuation of Constabulary.

38 & 39 Vic., c. 44. Continuing revised salaries.

40 & 41 Vic., c. 20. Continuing revised salaries, and regulating the number of Sub-Inspectors and Head-Constables.

45 and 46 Vic., c. 63. Regulating the pay and pensions of County Inspectors and District Inspectors, and fixing the age for retirement of officers.

46 & 47 Vic., c. 14. Regulating pay and superannuation of mer. of R.I.C., and of Dublin Metropolitan Police.

48 Vic., c. 12. Relating to the distribution of the Force.

Contagious Diseases Animals Acts. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES (ANIMALS) ACT, 1878. 41 & 42 Vic. c., 74.

S. 34. Dairies, Cow-sheds, and Milk-shops. The Privy Council may from time to time make such general or special orders as they think fit, subject and according to the provisions of this Act, for the following purposes, or any of them :

(i.) For the registration with the local authority of all persons carrying on the trade of cowkeepers, dairymen, or purveyors of milk.

(ii.) For the inspection of cattle in dairies, and for prescribing and regulating the lighting, ventilation, cleansing, drainage, and water supply of dairies and cow-sheds in the occupation of persons following the trade of cowkeepers or dairymen.

(iii.) For securing the cleanliness of milk-stores, milkshops, and of milk-vessels used for containing milk for sale by such persons.

(iv.) For prescribing precautions to be taken for protecting milk against infection or contamination.

(v.) For authorizing a local authority to make regulations for the purposes aforesaid, or any of them, subject to such conditions, if any, as the Privy Council prescribe.

[The whole of this Act has been repealed by Act, 1894, ex-· cept the above section.]

CONTAGIOUS DISEASES (ANIMALS) ACT, 1886.

49 & 50 Vic., c. 32, s. 9.

(1.)—The powers vested in the Privy Council of making general or special orders under section 43 of the principal Act (1878), for the purposes in that section mentioned, are hereby transferred to and shall henceforth be exercisable by the Local Government Board. (3)—Any expenses incurred shall be defrayed out of the local rates. (8) In the application of this section to Ireland, the Local Government Board for Ireland shall be substituted for the Local Government Board. The expression "local authority" shall mean an urban or rural sanitary authority within the meaning of the Public Health Act, 1895.

The whole of this Act (1886) has been repealed by the Act, 1894, except the above section.]

ABSTRACT OF DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACT; 1894.

57 & 58 Vic., chap 57, s. 4. Separation of diseased animals, and notice to the Police.-(1)-Every person having in his possession or under his charge an animal affected with disease shall (a) as far as practicable keep that animal separate from. animals not so affected; and (b) with all practicable speed give notice of the fact of the animal being so affected to a constable of the police force wherein the animal so affected is. (2) The constable to whom notice is given shall forthwith give information to such person or authority as the Board of Agriculture by general order direct. (3)-The Board may make such orders as they think fit for prescribing and regulating the notice to be given to or by any person or authority in case of any particular disease or in the case of the illness of an animal, &c.

S. 5. Cattle-plague.-(1)-Where it appears to an inspector that cattle-plague exists, or has within ten days existed in a cow-shed, field or other place, he shall forthwith make and sign a declaration thereof. (2)——He shal} serve a notice signed by him of that declaration on the occupier of that cow-shed, field or other place. (3)— Thereupon that cow-shed, field, &c., with all lands and buildings contiguous thereto in the same occupation shall' become and be a place infected with cattle plague subject to the determination and declaration of the Board of Agriculture. (4)--The inspector shall serve like notice on the occupier of all lands, &c., any part whereof lies within one mile in any direction from the cow-shed, &c. (5)-Thereupon all such lands, &c, shall become and be part of the place infected, subject to the determination and declaration of the Board.

S. 7. Slaughter in Cattle Plague. (1.) The Board of Agriculture shall cause to be slaughtered-(i.) all animals affected with cattle plague and (ii.) all animals being or having been in the same shed, stable, herd or flock, or in. contact with an animal affected with cattle plague.

(2.) The Board may, if they think fit, in any case cause to be slaughtered-(i) any animals suspected of being affected with cattle plague, or being in a place affected with cattle plague (ii) any animals being in such parts of an area infected with cattle plague as are not comprised in a place infected with cattle plague.

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*The terms "Board of Agriculture" and "Board" apply to England. For these terms in the application of the Act to Ireland, the term "The Lord Lieutenant and Privy Council" is to be substituted: see section 75.