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Power to the Lord Lieutenant to appoint an Inspector General and One or Two Deputy Inspectors.
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V. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, by Warrant under his or their Hands, to nominate and appoint One fit and proper Person to be Inspector General of Police throughout Ireland, who shall reside in Dublin, and shall be charged and invested with the general Direction and Superintendence of the Force to be established under this Act, and to appoint from Time to Time, when and as he or they may think necessary. One or Two fit and proper Persons to be Deputies to the said Inspector General, and to appoint any fit and proper Persons to be Clerks in the Office of such Inspector General; and every such Inspector General and Deputy Inspector General shall, on his Appointment to such Office, forthwith take before any Two Magistrates the Oaths by Law required to be taken by Justices of the Peace in Ireland, and also the Oath herein-after contained, and shall thereupon be and become, without further Qualification or Appointment, and continue so long as he shall hold the said Office, but no longer, a Justice of the Peace for every County, County of a City, County of a Town, and Town and Liberties in Ireland.
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