The Gazette 1909-10

The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland,

[MARCH, 1910

having seen that the affidavit has been signed, should place it before the deponent, open at the page upon which the deponent has signed; he should then require the deponent to take the Book in his right hand, uplifted, and to repeat after him the following words : " I swear by Almighty God that I have read " this my affidavit, that the contents of it " are true, and that this is my name and " handwriting." Irish Land Acts, 1903 and 1909. REGULATIONS made by the Lord Lieutenant under Section 23 (8) of the Irish Land Act, 1903, and Section 4 of the Irish Land Act, 1909. By the Lord Lieutenant-General and General Governor of Ireland. ABERDEEN. WE, John Campbell, Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Lieutenant-General and General Governor of Ireland, hereby make the follow-, ing Regulations under Section 23 (8) of the Irish Land Act, 1903, and Section 4 of the Irish Land Act, 1909, and We hereby declare that Regulation I. of the Regulations dated 13th February, 1906, is hereby cancelled, and We certify that on account of urgency it is necessary that the said Regulations should come into immediate operation, and accord ingly hereby order, pursuant to the power in that behalf conferred by Section 2 of the Rules Publication Act, 1893, and all other powers Us thereunto enabling, that such Regulations shall come into operation forth with as Provisional Regulations, and continue in force until Regulations shall have been made in accordance with the provisions of the Rules Publication Act. Allocation of Money available in each Financial Year for Advances. The sum of money which may become available for the purposes of advances during the financial year commencing 1st April, 1910, after providing the necessary funds for the purposes of the Labourers Acts shall, until further order, be allocated in manner hereinafter appearing. Of the sum of money so available— (a.) Four-tenths shall be allocated for the purposes of carrying out sales of

estates and holdings pursuant to the provisions of Sections 1-5 of the Irish Land Act, 1903, as amended by the Irish Land Act, 1909, where the advances are to be made in money alone. (b.) Four-tenths shall be allocated for the purposes of carrying out similar sales where the advances are to be made partly by means of money and partly by means of stock. (c.) One-tenth shall be allocated for the purposes of carrying out all other Land Commission sales for which advances in money are required or made. (d.) One-tenth shall be allocated for -the purposes of carrying out all sales for the purposes of the Congested Districts Board for which advances in money are required or made. Out of the sum allocated in paragraph (c), at least one-half of said sum shall be available for the purposes of carrying out all pending sales to the Estates Commissioners under Sections VI., VII., VIIL of the Irish Land Act, 1903, as to one-half thereof where the advances are to be made in money alone, and one-half thereof where the advances are to be made partly by means of money and partly by means of stock. Out of the sum allocated under paragraph (d), at least three-fifths of said sum shall be available for the purposes of carrying out all pending sales for the purposes of the Con gested Districts Board as to one-half thereof, where the advances are to be made in money alone, and one-half thereof where the advances are to be made partly by means of money and partly by means of stock. Priority in Cases of Pending Purchase Agree ments and of Sales in which Advances are made in money. For the purposes of determining the priorities between cases at present before the Estates Commissioners and the Congested Districts Board which under the provisions of the Irish Land Act, 1909, are to be financed as pending Purchase Agreements, or in which advances are made in money, the following Regulations shall apply :— The Estates Commissioners shall cause three Principal Registers to be kept in their offices.