General Prisons (Ireland) Act, 1877

Appointment of officers.

5. The Lord Lieutenant may from time to time, with the approval of the Treasury, appoint such inspectors officers clerks and servants as he may deem necessary for the purpose of assisting the General Prisons Board in the performance of their duties under this Act, and the Lord Lieutenant may from time to time remove such inspectors officers clerks and servants as and when he shall think fit.