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Provision for fixing the Proportion in which the Barony to which such Addition shall be made is to be assessed to Grand Jury Cess.
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VI. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Grand Jury of the County of Meath, or for Twenty or more Cess-payers of such Place or District hereby annexed to the said County of Meath, to apply by Memorial to the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland and Council, that Proceedings may be taken to ascertain in what Proportion and according to what Valuation the Barony to which such Addition shall be so made shall be assessed and applotted to Grand Jury Cess; and thereupon the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland and Council shall from Time to Time make such Order or Orders as to them shall appear just touching the Subject Matter of such Petition, and in so doing shall settle and define the Boundaries of the Barony to which such Addition shall be made; and the Grand Jury of such County of Meath, and also the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland and Council, are thereby empowered, if they shall respectively deem fit, to employ a Surveyor or Surveyors to examine and report upon the Circumstances and Value of such Barony or Baronies, and such Part or District as aforesaid, and to order the Expences of such Examination and Report to be paid; and the Grand Jury of such County which shall assemble next after such Order shall and they are hereby required to present the Amount of such Expences to be raised off such County, and paid out of the Grand Jury Cess thereof, and the Grand Jury of such County are hereby empowered to present to be so raised and paid all such further Expences as shall be incurred by them, or by any former Grand Jury, or their Officers, in and about the procuring of such Annexation as aforesaid.
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