Dublin Hospitals Regulation Act, 1856

Board of Public Works may order ordinary Repairs of House of Industry Hospitals and Westmoreland Lock Hospital.

X. The Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland may from Time to Time, subject to the Approval of the Lord Lieutenant, order all such ordinary Repairs as may be necessary for such House of Industry Hospitals, the Westmoreland Lock Hospital, and any Additions, Alterations, or Improvements to or in such Hospitals, or the Offices or Appurtenances thereto belonging, as may seem necessary or proper for the further or better Accommodation of the Patients who may be received therein; and the Expense of such Repairs, Additions, Alterations, and Improvements shall be paid and defrayed out of any Monies which shall be applicable for the Repairs or other ordinary Expenses of such Hospitals.