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39 & 40 Geo.S."

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(63. of Irish

act.) Sixty-four

commoners for counties, and thirty-six for boroughs.

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Elphin, the lord bishop of Down and Connor, the lord bishop of Waterford and Lismore, in the third session of the parlia"ment of the united kingdom; the lord bishop "of Leiglin and Ferns, the lord bishop of Cloyne, the lord bishop of Cork and Ross, "in the fourth session of the parliament of the "united kingdom; the lord bishop of Killaloe "and Kilfenora, the lord bishop of Kilmore, "the lord bishop of Clogher, in the fifth ses"sion of the parliament of the united kingdom; "the lord bishop of Ossory, the lord bishop of "Killala and Achonry, the lord bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh, in the sixth ses"sion of the parliament of the united kingdom; "the said rotation to be nevertheless subject to "such variation therefrom from time to time as "is hereinafter provided; that the said twenty"eight lords temporal shall be chosen by all "the temporal peers of Ireland in the manner "hereinafter provided; that each of the said "lords temporal so chosen shall be entitled to "sit in the house of lords of the parliament of "the united kingdom during his life: and in "case of his death or forfeiture of any of the "said lords temporal, the temporal peers of "Ireland shall, in the manner hereinafter pro"vided, choose another peer out of their own "number to supply the place so vacant. And

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"be it enacted, that of the one hundred commoners to sit on the part of Ireland in the "united parliament, sixty-four shall be chosen "for the counties, and thirty-six for the fol"lowing cities and boroughs, videlicet: for "each county of Ireland two; for the city of "Dublin two; for the city of Cork two; for the

college of the Holy Trinity of Dublin one; "for the city of Waterford one; for the city "of Limerick one; for the borough of Belfast

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"one; for the county and town of Drogheda 39 & 40 Geo. 3. "one; for the county and town of Carrick"fergus one; for the borough of Newry one; "for the city of Kilkenny one; for the city of "Londonderry one; for the town of Galway "one; for the borough of Clonmell one; for "the town of Wexford one; for the town of Youghall one; for the town of Bandon

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Bridge one; for the borough of Armagh one; "for the borough of Dundalk one; for the "town of Kinsale one; for the borough of "Lisburne one; for the borough of Sligo one; "for the borough of Catherlough one; for the "borough of Ennis one; for the borough of "Dungarvan one; for the borough of Down"patrick one; for the borough of Coleraine one; "for the town of Mallow one; for the borough "of Athlone one; for the town of New Ross "one; for the borough of Tralee one; for the "city of Cashel one; for the borough of Dungannon one; for the borough of Por"tarlington one; for the borough of Ennis"killen one. And be it enacted, that in case (§ 4. of Irish "of the summoning of a new parliament, or if act.) "the seat of any of the said commoners shall cies happen in "become vacant by death or otherwise, then said counties, "the said counties, cities, boroughs, or any of roughs, new "them, as the case may be, shall proceed to a deceld, and all "new election; and that all the other towns, other towns, "cities, corporations, or boroughs, other than &c. shall cease "the aforesaid, shall cease to elect represen- hereafter "tatives to serve in parliament; and no meeting vided. "shall at any time hereafter be summoned, "called, convened, or held, for the purpose of "electing any person or persons to serve or "act, or be considered, as representative or representatives of any other place, town, city, "corporation, or borough, other than the aforesaid, or as representative or representatives

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39 & 40 Geo. 3. of the freemen, freeholders, householders, or "inhabitants thereof, either in the parliament "of the united kingdom or elsewhere, (unless "it shall hereafter be otherwise provided by "the parliament of the united kingdom); and every person summoning, calling, or holding any such meeting or assembly, or taking any part in any such election or pretended elec"tion, shall, being thereof duly convicted, "incur and suffer the pains and penalties or"dained and provided by the statute of pro"vision and præmunire, made in the sixteenth

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year of the reign of Richard the second. "For the due election of the persons to be "chosen to sit in the respective houses of the parliament of the united kingdom on the part "of Ireland, be it enacted, that on the day "following that on which the act for establishing the union shall have received the royal assent, the primate of all Ireland, the lord "bishop of Meath, the lord bishop of Kildare, "and the lord bishop of Derry, shall be and "they are hereby declared to be the represen"tatives of the lords spiritual of Ireland in the "parliament of the united kingdom, for the "first session thereof; and that the temporal

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peers of Ireland shall assemble at twelve of "the clock on the same day as aforesaid, in the "now accustomed place of meeting of the "house of lords of Ireland, and shall then and "there proceed to elect twenty-eight lords "temporal to represent the peerage of Ireland "in the parliament of the united kingdom, in "the following manner; that is to say, the "names of the peers shall be called over according to their rank, by the clerk of the "crown, or his deputy, who shall then and "there attend for that purpose; and each of "the said peers, who, previous to the said day,

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"and in the present parliament, shall have ac- 39 & 40 Geo. 5. "tually taken his seat in the house of lords of "Ireland, and who shall there have taken the "oaths, and signed the declaration, which are "or shall be by law required to be taken and "signed by the lords of the parliament of Ire"land before they can sit and vote in the par"liament hereof, shall, when his name is "called, deliver, either by himself or by his proxy (the name of such proxy having been "previously entered in the books of the house "of lords of Ireland, according to the present "forms and usages thereof) to the clerk of the "crown, or his deputy (who shall then and "there attend for that purpose), a list of twenty-eight of the temporal peers of Ire"land; and the clerk of the crown, or his

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deputy, shall then and there publicly read the "said lists, and shall then and there cast up "the said lists, and publicly declare the names. "of the twenty-eight lords who shall be chosen "by the majority of votes in the said lists, and "shall make a return of the said names to the "house of lords of the first parliament of the "united kingdom; and the twenty-eight lords "so chosen by the majority of votes in the "said lists shall, during their respective lives, "sit as representatives of the peers of Ireland "in the house of lords of the united kingdom, "and be entitled to receive writs of summons "to that and every succeeding parliament; and "in case a complete election shall not be made "of the whole number of twenty-eight peers, "by reason of an equality of votes, the clerk "of the crown shall return such number in "favour of whom a complete election shall "have been made in one list, and in a second list shall return the names of those peers

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39 & 40 Geo. S. " who shall have an equality of votes, but in "favour of whom, by reason of such equality, "a complete election shall not have been made, " and the names of the peers in the second list, "for whom an equal number of votes shall "have been so given, shall be written on pieces "of paper of a similar form, and shall be put "into a glass by the clerk of the parliament "of the united kingdom, at the table of the "house of lords thereof, whilst the house is "sitting, and the peer whose name shall be "first drawn out by the clerk of the parlia"ment, shall be deemed the peer elected; and so successively as often as the case may re"quire; and whenever the seat of any of the "twenty-eight lords temporal so elected shall "be vacated by decease or forfeiture, the chan"cellor, the keeper, or commissioners of the "great seal of the united kingdom for the time being, upon receiving a certificate under the "hand and seal of any two lords temporal of "the parliament of the united kingdom, certifying the decease of such peer, or on view "of the record of attainder of such peer, shall "direct a writ to be issued under the great seal "of the united kingdom, to the chancellor, the keeper, or commissioners of the great seal of "Ireland for the time being, directing him or "them to cause writs to be issued, by the clerk "of the crown in Ireland, to every temporal (( pecr of Ireland, who shall have sat and voted "in the house of lords of Ireland before the "union, or whose right to sit and vote therein, "or to vote at such elections, shall, on claim "made on his behalf, have been admitted by "the house of lords of Ireland before the union, "or after the union by the house of lords of the "united kingdom; and notice shall forthwith

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