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Persons may be summoned to give Evidence before Jury.
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IV. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the said Postmaster General, or for the Secretary of the said General Post Office respectively for the Time being, and they are hereby respectively authorized and empowered to summon in Writing such Person or Persons as may be found necessary to give Evidence before any Jury to be impanelled for the Purposes of the said recited Acts or this Act, as well on Behalf of the said Postmaster General or Secretary of the said General Post Office, as of any Owner, Proprietor, or Lessee of any Premises, or of any Guardian, Trustee, Assignee, or Committee of any such Owner, Proprietor, or Lessee; and in case such Person or Persons who shall be so summoned as aforesaid, shall refuse or neglect to attend at the Place in such Summons to be specified, within Twenty-four Hours if resident in the City of Dublin, and if resident at a Distance from the said City, within a reasonable Time after Service thereof, or shall refuse to give Evidence, then it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Postmaster General or Secretary of the said General Post Office for the Time being (upon Proof of the Service of such Summons by the Oath of some credible Person, which Oath they are respectively hereby empowered to administer), to impose such Fine or Fines on such Person or Persons so refusing or neglecting to attend as aforesaid, or refusing to give Evidence, as to them the said Postmaster General or Secretary of the said General Post Office may seem proper, any such Fine not to exceed Fifty Pounds.
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