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Commissioners may appoint Officers.
Officers to take and subscribe Oath.
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IV. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant, or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the Time being, and he and they is and are hereby authorized, empowered, and required, from Time to Time to nominate and appoint a Secretary to the said Commissioners; and the said Commissioners are hereby authorized and empowered to nominate and appoint One or more Clerk or Clerks, and also from Time to Time to employ such Engineers, Surveyors, and other Officers, and such Labourers, Workmen, and Artificers, as the said Commissioners or any Two of them shall think proper and expedient, for the better carrying into Execution the Purposes of this Act; and to pay and allow to such Secretary and Clerk such Salary or Allowance as the said Commissioners, with the Consent of the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors, shall think fit: Provided nevertheless, that such Secretary as shall or may hereafter be appointed shall take and subscribe the following Oath before he shall take upon himself the Execution of any of the Duties annexed to his said Office, which Oath any one of the said Commissioners or any Justice of the Peace is hereby authorized, and empowered to administer:
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‘I C. D. do swear, That I will well, truly, and faithfully, without Fraud or Concealment, do, perform, and execute the several Duties attached to the Office of Secretary to which have been appointed by the Commissioners for improving and completing the Harbour at Dunmore, in the County of Waterford; and that I will not accept or receive, directly or indirectly, any Monies, Fees, Perquisites, or Profits, by way of Commission, Premium, Per-centage, Poundage, or otherwise, for or by reason of the said Office, or any of the Duties annexed thereto, or by reason of any Account, Contract, or Payment made or to be made, or in any way relating to the said Harbour, or any of the Materials or Works thereof, save such Payment and Compensation only as shall be paid or allowed to me by the said Commissioners.’
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And if any such Secretary, Clerk, or other Officer, Engineer or Surveyor, shall be guilty of any Fraud, Concealment, or other Matter, contrary to the true Intent and Meaning of the said Oath, and be thereof convicted, he shall be deemed guilty of a Misdemeanor; and it shall be lawful for the Court, by and before whom such Person shall be tried and convicted, to inflict such Punishment as may be by Law inflicted on a Person guilty of a Misdemeanor.
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