Dublin Police Act, 1836

Receiver to pay the salaries and wages, &c. of the police under the directions of the chief or under secretary;

as also rewards for activity, and compensation and superannuation allowances, &c.,

and salaries of justices, &c.

12. The receiver, out of the monies so received by him, shall from time to time pay to the persons belonging to the police force appointed under this Act such salaries, wages, and allowances, and at such periods, as the chief secretary, or in his absence, the under secretary, shall direct, and also any extraordinary expenses which they shall appear to have necessarily incurred in apprehending offenders and executing the orders of either of the justices appointed under this Act, such expenses being first examined and approved of by one of the said justices; and the receiver shall likewise pay any further sums which such chief or under secretary shall direct to be paid to any of the persons belonging to the said police force, as a reward for extraordinary diligence or exertion, or as a compensation for wounds or severe injuries received in the performance of their duty, or as an allowance to such of them as shall be disabled by bodily injury received, or shall be worn out by length of service; and he shall also pay all other salaries, charges, and expenses which such chief or under secretary shall direct to be paid for carrying this Act into execution, and all salaries and allowances payable to the divisional justices and other persons under the said recited Act of the forty-eighth year of the reign of his late Majesty, or any Act passed for the amendment thereof, which shall not cease or determine pursuant to the provisions or by the operation of this Act.