This file of HOUSEHOLDERS IN MOY, CLONFEACLE PARISH, COUNTY TYRONE IN 1844, forms part of the vast archive of 4,000+ pages of genealogical records relating to COUNTIES TYRONE, DONEGAL, LONDONDERRY & FERMANAGH provided without charge or subscription by CoTyroneIreland Welcome to the Premier Website & Research Tool for Cos. Tyrone, Donegal, Londonderry & Fermanagh Genealogy (cotyroneireland.com) A complete list of records pertaining to CLONFEACLE PARISH, COUNTY TYRONE on this website can be found at the foot of this file.
DUBLIN CASTLE
December 10 1844
GENTLEMEN, Whereas by an Act passed in the ninth year of the reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, entitled “An Act to make provision for the lighting, cleansing and watching of Cities, Towns Corporate, and Market Towns in Ireland, in certain cases”, it is amongst other things enacted, that from and after the passing of the said Act, upon the application of twenty-one or more householders residing in any City, Town Corporate, Borough, Market Town, or other Town in Ireland, the lighting, watching and cleansing or paving of which is not provided for by or under any Act of Parliament, each of such Householders occupying an Dwelling-House, or other Tenement, of the annual value of Twenty Pounds or more, it shall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant, or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, to authorise the said carrying the said Act into execution, and for that purpose, to order and direct that the Mayor, or other Chief Magistrate of any such City, Town Corporate or Borough, or any Two or more Justices of the Peace resident within Ten Miles of any such Borough or Market Town, or other town, nor being a Town Corporate, shall convene a Meeting for the purpose of carrying the said Act into execution, and shall preside thereat; such Orders and Directions to be signified by the Chief Secretary of the Lord Lieutenants or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, or in is presence, by the Under Secretary.
And whereas an application has been received by the Lord Lieutenant, from Twenty-Two Householders of the Town of Moy, County of Tyrone, and each occupying a house of the annual value of Twenty Pounds or more, by which Memorial it is prayed, that is Excellency will be pleased to authorise the carrying the said Act into execution within the said Town of Moy:
I am commanded by the Lord Lieutenant to signify His Excellency’s Order and Directions to you, that you will convene a Meeting for the purpose of carrying the said Act into execution within the said Town of Moy, and that you will provide thereat accordingly.
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your most obedient Servant,
ELIOT
To William Whitelaw Algeo, Esq., J.P.
and
James Eyre Jackson, Esq., J.P., Armagh
Names of the Householders whose Signatures are attached the Application:
Householder Householder CHARLEMONT Thomas Francis HAWKINS James SLOAN Thomas WILFORD Galbraith JOHNSTON Joseph PATTERSON Joseph FULTON Michael COYNE, P.P. Robert BARRY John WILFORD Samuel McCLINTON James DISNEY, (Clk.) Samuel McKELL William BROWN Henry LENNON Samuel SHAW, (Clk.) David BARRY William WHITE John McMULLAN John HOGG Joseph HOBSON John LOWREY
Further records for CLONFEACLE PARISH, COUNTY TYRONE can be found at:
Moy Parish Records, County Tyrone
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