chofen by the majority of votes; and the peer fo chofen fhall during his life, be one of the peers to fit and vote on the part of Ireland in the House of Lords of the united kingdom; and in cafe the votes fhall be equal, the names of fuch perfons who have an equal number of votes in their favor, fhall be written on pieces of paper of a fimilar form, and fhall be put into a glafs by the clerk of the parliament of the united kingdom, at the table of the Houfe of Lords, whilft the houfe is fitting, and the peer whose name shall be first drawn out by the clerk of the parliament fhall be deemed the peer elected. And be it enacted, that in cafe any lord fpiritual, being a temporal peer of the united kingdom, or being a temporal peer of that part of the united kingdom called Ireland, fhall be chofen by the lords temporal to be one of the reprefentatives of the lords temporal, in every fuch cafe, during the life of such spiritual peer being a temporal peer of the united kingdom, or being a temporal peer of that part of the united kingdom called Ireland, fo chofen to reprefent the lords temporal, the rotation of reprefentation of the spiritual Jords fhall proceed to the next fpiritual lord, without regard to fuch fpiritual lord fo chofen a temporal peer, that is to fay, if fuch spiritual lord fhall be an archbishop, then the rotation shall proceed to the archbishop whose see is next in rotation, and if fuch spiritual lord fhall be a fuffragan bishop, then the rotation shall proceed to the fuffragan bishop whofe fee is next in rotation. And whereas by the said fourth article of union it is agreed, that, if his Majefty fhall, on or before the first day of January next, declare, under the great feal of Great Britain, that it is expedient that the lords and commons of the present parliament of Great Britain fhould be the members of the respective houses of the first parliament of the united kingdom, on the part of Great Britain, then the lords and commons of the prefent parliament of Great Britain fhall accordingly be the members of the respective houses of the firft parliament of the united kingdom on the part of Great Britain; be it enacted, for and in that cafe only, that the prefent members of the thirty-two counties of Ireland, and the two members for the city of Dublin, and the two members of the city of Cork, fhall be, and they are hereby declared to be, by virtue of this act, members for the said counties and cities in the firft parliament

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liament of the united kingdom; and that, on a day and hour to be appointed by his majefty under the great feal of Ireland, previous to the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and one, the members then serving for the college of the Holy Trinity of Dublin, and for each of the following cities or boroughs, that is to fay, the city of Waterford, city of Limerick, borough of Belfaft, county and town of Drogheda, county and town of Carrickfergus, borough of Newry, city of Kilkenny, city of Londonderry, town of Galway, borough of Clonmell, town of Wexford, town of Youghall, town of Bandon-Bridge, borough of Armagh, borough of Dundalk, town of Kinfale, borough of Lisburne, borough of Sligo, borough of Catherlough, borough of Ennis, borough of Dungarvan, borough of Downpatrick, borough of Coleraine, town of Mallow, borough of Athlone, town of New Rofs, borough of Tralee, city of Cashel, borough of Dungannon, borough of Portarlington, and borough of Enniskillen, or any five or more of them, fhall meet in the now ufual place of meeting of the Houfe of Commons of Ireland, and the names of the members then ferving for the faid places and boroughs, fhall be written on separate pieces of paper, and the said papers being folded up, shall be placed in a glafs or glaffes, and fhall fucceflively be drawn thereout by the clerk of the crown, or his deputy, who fhall then and there attend for that purpofe; and the first drawn name of a member of each of the aforefaid places or boroughs fhall be taken as the name of the member to serve for the faid place or borough in the firft parliament of the united kingdom; and a return of the faid names fhall be made by the clerk of the crown, or his deputy, to the Houfe of Commons of the first parliament of the united kingdom; and a certificate thereof shall be given respectively by the faid clerk of the crown, or his deputy, to each of the members whofe names fhall have been fo drawn: Provided always, that it may be allowed to any member of any of the faid places or boroughs, by perfonal application, to be then and there made by him to the clerk of the crown, or his deputy, or by declaration in writing under his hand, to be tranfmitted by him to the clerk of the crown previous to the faid day fo appointed as above, to withdraw his name previous to the drawing of the names by lot; in which cafe, or in that of a vacancy by death or

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otherwise of one of the members of any of the said places or boroughs, at the time of fo drawing the names, the name of the other member shall be returned as aforefaid as the name of the member to serve for fuch place in the first parliament of the united kingdom; or if both members, for any fuch place or borough fhall fo withdraw their names, or if there shall be a va, cancy of both members at the time aforefaid, the clerk of the crown fhall certify the fame to the Houfe of Commons of the first parliament of the united kingdom, and shall alfo exprefs, in fuch return, whether any writ fhall then have iffued for the election of a member or members to fupply fuch vacancy; and if a writ shall so have iffued for the election of one member only, fuch writ shall be fuperfeded, and any election to be thereafter made thereupon shall be null and of no effect; and if fuch writ fhall have iffued for the election of two members, the faid two members fhall be chofen accordingly, and their names being returned by the clerk of the crown to the House of Commons of the parliament of the united kingdom, one of the faid names fhall then be drawn, by lot, in fuch manner and time as the faid Houfe of Commons shall direct; and the perfon whose name shall be fo drawn, fhall be deemed to be the member to fit for fuch place in the first parliament of the united kingdom; but if, at the time aforefaid, no writ fhall have iffued to fupply fuch vacancy, none fhall thereafter iffue until the fame be ordered by refolution of the Houfe of Commons of the parliament of the united kingdom, as in the cafe of any other vacancy of a feat in the House of Commons of the parliament of the united kingdom. And be it enacted, that whenever his majesty, his heirs and fucceffors, fhall, by proclamation under the great feal of the united kingdom, fummon a new parliament of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the chancellor, keeper, or commiffioners of the great feal of Ireland, fhall caufe writs to be iffued to the feveral counties, cities, the college of the Holy Trinity of Dublin, and boroughs in that part of the united kingdom called Ireland, fpecified in this act, for the election of members to ferve in the parliament of the united kingdom, according to the numbers herein-before fet forth; and whenever any vacancy of a feat in the Houfe of Commons or the parlia tent of the united kingdom, for any of the faid counties, cities,

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or boroughs, or for the faid college of the Holy Trinity of Dub lin, fall arise, by death or otherwise, the chancellor, keeper, or commiffioners of the great feal, upon fuch vacancy being certified by them refpectively, by the proper warrant, shall forthwith cause a writ to iffue for the election of a person to fill up fuch vacancy; and fuch writ, and the returns thereon, respectively being returned into the crown-office in that part of the united kingdom called Ireland, fhall from thence be tranfmitted to the crown-office in that part of the united kingdom called England, and be certified to the House of Commons in the fame manner as the like returns have been ufually or fhall hereafter be certified; and copies of the said writs and returns, attefted by the chancellor, keeper, or commiffioners of the great feal of Ireland for the time being, fhall he preferved in the crown-office of Ire Jand, and fhall be evidence of fuch writs and returns, in case the original writs and returns fhall be loft; be it enacted, that the faid act, fo herein recited, be taken as a part of this act, and be deemed to all intents and purposes incorporated within the fame.

III. And be it enacted, that the great feal of Ireland may, if his majefty fhall fo think fit, after the Union, be used in like manner as before the Union, except where it is otherwise provided by the foregoing articles, within that part of the united kingdom called Ireland; and that his majesty may, fo long as he fhall think fit, continue the privy council of Ireland to be his privy council for that part of the united kingdom called Ireland.

INDEX.

INDEX.

The Numeral Letters refer to the Volume; the Figures to

the Page.

ANNALS of Ireland I. 51, 52 Bruce's, Edward, invafion 161

37, 38, 40 Clergy, condition of
12. Coyne and livery