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Lord Lieutenant may divide any county into two ridings.
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25. [Recital.] It shall and may be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant, by and with the advice and consent of the Privy Council, on an application made by the magistrates of the county, at a meeting of such magistrates duly convened by the lieutenant of such county, to order and direct that any county in Ireland shall be divided into two ridings or districts, for the purpose of holding sessions therein, and to direct and appoint what baronies or half baronies or other portions of land shall be contained in each of such ridings, and to order and direct that general quarter sessions shall be holden in and for such ridings respectively, and at such time and times and in such towns or places as shall be deemed most expedient for that purpose.
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