ON PETITIONS RELATING TO LIMERICK TAXATION. 29. That your memorialists have reason to think and do believe, that such advances Appendix remain unsatisfied, although levies have been imposed and collected by the said ( A.) treasurer, and ought to have been handed over by him to the officer authorized to v receive them. J. N. Russell, " That your memorialists, with great deference, suggest to the grand jury the Es({' extreme importance and immediate necessity of requiring from the said treasurer, O8 June.) a full and true account of all sums received and paid by him, and of what insol- vencies remain outstanding ( if any such exist). " That an order was made by the Honourable Mr. Justice Jebb, at Spring assizes 1820, requiring the attendance of the said Treasurer at the present time, with his accounts, and also requiring the production of any securities passed by him for the performance of the duties of his office. " That by the condition of a recognizance entered into by the said treasurer, Edward Morony, and by William Norris and by Robert Betscoe, the said Edward Morony binds himself at all times justly and fairly to account for the sums received by him as treasurer. < e That in pursuance of the said order of Mr. Justice Jebb, the said Morony is now in attendance on the court; and that your memorialists beg leave to represent, that the grand jury have it in their power to call him, and obtain from him a fair account; or incase it is refused, to proceed for the breach of conditions against Morony and his sureties. " That by another condition in the said recognizance, Edward Morony is bound to deliver over to the present treasurer, " all books, papers, affidavits and accounts" kept by him as treasurer. " That the grand jury may call upon Edward Morony to perform this condition also ; or in default thereof, legal proceedings may be immediately instituted against said Morony and his sureties. " That the memorialists call upon the grand jury, as they value the fair and correct administration of the public trusts committed to their charge, under the sacred obligation of an oath; as they value their duties to the government who have been defrauded of the sums advanced for public works; as they wish to protect the im- poverished inhabitants of the liberties from the utter ruin which a re- assessment must occasion; as they value all these high and important considerations, your memorialists call upon the grand jury to lose not a moment in bringing this investi- gation to a final and satisfactory close. " Signed by R. Fitzgibbon, M. P.; Colonel Richard Bourke, C. B.; and many other landholders." Are you aware, that in consequence of that memorial, the grand jury did compel the treasurer to give in an account of the public money?— Never, from that day to the present; at the last assizes I directed the attention of the court to the question, and it never has been done. The old town of Limerick is subject to the jurisdiction of the grand jury, is it not? Yes, it is. The New Town, or the parish of St. Michael, is exempt, is it not ?— Yes, as to the levy. At what time was the exemption of the New Town effected, and how was it accomplished ?— By the obtaining of an Act of Parliament for lighting, paving and watching it. What is the date of that Act of Parliament?— I do not at present recollect the date of it. What was the state of the New Town as to paving, lighting and watching, before that Act was obtained ?— It was little more than a high road, a rus in urbe, I may say, without any pavement; it is now in an admirable state, well lighted, well watched, and well cleansed. By whom are the duties of the Act performed in the New Town ?— By a board of commissioners. How are they appointed ?— The vacancies are filled from the inhabitants by ballot. What system of account has there been devised ?— For some years past, and I be- lieve almost from the very commencement, in consequence of a complaint being made that accounts were not furnished, they have uniformly since published a yearly report, and called upon every person who chose to examine into the accounts. £ 17. H Then