County Dublin Grand Jury Act, 1844

Lord lieutenant in council shall require grand jury to divide the county into road districts, and fix salaries of surveyors.

Grand jury shall fix boundaries of districts.

No barony to be divided.

6. It shall be lawful for the lord lieutenant, by order in council, at any time and from time to time hereafter, to require and direct the grand jury of the said county, at the Easter or Michaelmas term next following the making of such order, to divide the said county into as many road districts as in and by such order shall be directed, or to alter any districts, and fix and declare the salary of the surveyors to be appointed for each district, and the scale by which such salary shall be at any time augmented; and the said grand jury shall thereupon declare and define by presentment the boundary of each such district, and set forth the townlands or denominations to be contained therein; provided, however, that no barony shall be divided, but the whole of each barony shall be placed in one district; and the presentment for such division or alteration of division of the county shall be laid before the court, and fiated with the other presentments; and from and after the fiating of such presentment the several districts to be formed shall be and constitute the road districts respectively of the said county for the purposes of this Act.