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In cases of tumult, &c. three divisional justices, of whom one or more shall be justices of the Castle division, may appoint and swear in special constables to act without emolument.
Justices may annul the appointment of such special constables, &c.
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14. [Recital.] It shall and may be lawful to and for any three divisional justices of the said police district, of whom one or more of the divisional justices of the said Castle division shall constitute part, in all cases of actual tumult, riot, or felony, in any part of the said police district of Dublin metropolis, or upon reasonable apprehension thereof, grounded upon information on oath, and if the exigency of the occasion shall in the judgment of such divisional justices so require, and such justices are hereby authorized and empowered, to appoint any number of persons to be special constables, to act as constables within the said district for a certain time to be limited by such justices, without fee or reward, and to administer to such persons so appointed the usual oath administered to constables appointed under the said recited Act of the forty-eighth year of his late Majesty's reign; and such special constables when so appointed and sworn in shall, during the time so to be limited by such justices, have all the same powers, authorities, privileges, protections, and advantages, and shall be subject to all the same rules, orders, commands, and regulations, as constables duly appointed under the said recited Act: Provided always, that no such special constable shall be so appointed or sworn in, unless he shall consent to act as constable without any emolument, fee, or reward whatsoever: Provided also, that it shall and may be lawful to and for the divisional justices who shall have appointed such special constables, or the majority of such justices, before the expiration of the term during which such constables shall have been authorized to act, to annul the appointments made of such constables, either in the whole or in part, or to remove such constables or any of them from the office and authority of constables; and thereupon, and after notice given in that behalf, all the authorities, powers, and privileges of any such special constable so removed shall cease and determine to all intents and purposes whatsoever, and as if no such appointment had ever been made.
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