Drainage (Ireland) Act 1845

Commissioners to determine by Ballot the Order in which Certificates shall be paid.

XI. And be it enacted, That where more than One Certificate for any such Case shall be so issued and made payable between Two such Periods as aforesaid, the Commissioners shall, as soon as may be convenient after the final Settlement of their Award, give Notice the Dublin Gazette, and in such other Newspapers and by such other Means as they shall think fit, to the Holders of such Certificates of their Intention, on a Day and Hour in said Notice to be fixed, not sooner than Fourteen Days from the Publication thereof, to hold a Ballot for the Purpose of determining the Order in which such Certificates shall be paid off; and upon the Day and at or after the Hour named the Commissioners shall accordingly proceed to make such Ballot in presence of such (if any) the Holders of such Certificates, or their Agents or Representatives, as shall attend at such Ballot, and if none of such Persons shall attend then in the Absence of such Persons; and the Result of such Ballot shall be recorded in the Office of the said Commissioners, and noted upon all such of the said Certificates as shall be then or subsequently produced to the said Commissioners; and such Record and Notification shall be signed by the Secretary for the Time being of said Commissioners, and all such Certificates shall be paid off in the Order so to be determined by such Ballot.