Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the municipal corporations in Ireland: first report

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NAME of PLACE. 

COUNTY. 

11 

15 

B\NDON BRIDGE. 

CASTLEMAR-TYR. 

CHARLE-VILLE. 

19 CLOUGHNA¬ 

KILTY. 

25 CORK . 
. 
. 

67 KILMALLOCK 

73 KINSALE 

93 MIDDLETON 

103 YOUGHAL . 

Cork 

Cork 

Cork 

Cork 

Cork (City.) 

Limerick 

Cork 

Cork 

Cork 

Governing Charter, Date of. 

13th March, 11 Jac. 
I. 

28th Juty, 26 Car. 
II. 

29th Mav, 23 Car. 
II. 

5th May, 11 Jac. 
I. 

6 Jas. 
I. 
7 Car. 
I. 

10th Jan. 
27 EUz. 

7th Jan. 
7 Edw. 
Til 10th May, 31 Eliz. 

2nd Jan. 
22 Car. 
II 

22nd Dec. 
7 Jac. 
I. 

POPULATION, 

1831. 

City or Borough. 

Town, including Suburbs. 

Number of Corpo¬ rators, including Burgesses & Freemen. 

1833. 
JV.S.—If 
the Chartered Number is definite, put the letter D. 
after the number stuted; if indefinite, the letter I. 

• • 9,917 

• • 830 

• • 4,766 

• • 3,807 

100,716 82,000 

. 
. 
lr2l3 

13,997 8,126 

• • 2,034 

11,327 9,608 

Def. 
13 

15 

15 

18 

15 

Indef. 
Total. 
204 217 

0 15 

1 16 

0 18 

2,665 2,665 

16 16 

63 63 

0 15 

221 221 

TITLE and NUMBER 

of GOVERNING BODY. 

TITLE. 

the provost and free burgesses. 

the portreeve, bailiffs, and bur<resses. 

sovereign, bai¬ liffs, and bur¬ gesses. 
sovereign and free burgesses. 

common coun¬ cil, consisting of the mayor, 2 sheriffs, re¬ corder, and al¬ dermen, not exceeding in all 24 ; if they do not make 24, burgesses elected to com¬ plete 24. 
sovereign and council. 

the sovereign, bailiffs, and burgesses. 

council, con¬ sists of the mayor, two bailiffs, alder¬ men, aud bur¬ gesses. 

No. 

13 

15 

15 

18 

24 

13 

council, consist-31 ing of sove¬ reign, bur¬ gesses, and common spea¬ ker. 

15 

23 

MAYOR, By whom chosen, and from whom. 

N.B.—If 
not annually chosen, state 

the period of service. 

provost, by the provost and freeburgesses,from the free burgesses. 

the portreeve, by the bailiffs 

and burgesses, from the burgesses. 

the sovereign, by the sove¬ reign, bailiffs, and bur¬ gesses, from the burgesses. 
the sovereign, nominated by the patron of the borough from three persons selected by the sovereign and free burgesses, from the free burgesses. 
mayor, by the freemen, from five of the burgesses taken by lot out of the entire number; sheriffs, by the freemen, from four freemen nominated by mayor, mayor elect, recorder,and common speaker. 

sovereign, by and from the burgesses. 

sovereign, by the sovereign, burgesses, and freemen, from the burgesses. 

sovereign, by the sovereign, bailiffs, and burgesses, from the burgesses. 

mayor, by the freemen at large, from the burgesses, and bailiffs, in like manner. 

APPENDIX TO REPORTS FROM COMMISSION ON MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS IN IRELAND. 

Soutlern Circuit. 
ALDERMEN, (or Second Body, however named.) 
By whom chosen, and from 

whom. 
N.B.—If 
not chosen for life, state the period of service. 

free burgesses, by the pro¬ vost and free bur¬ gesses, from the com¬ mon councilmen. 

bailiffs, by the burgesses, without limit as to from whom, though the char¬ ter directs from the bur¬ gesses. 
bailiff?, 
by the sovereign, bailiffs, and burgesses, 

. 
from the burgesses. 
free burgesses, by the sove¬ reign and free burgesses, without qualification. 

aldermen, being all who have served the office of mayor. 

common councilmen an-nuallynominated by the sovereign, from the bur¬ gesses. 
burgesses, by the council, from the freemen. 

the bailiffs, by the sove¬ reign, bailiffs, and bur¬ gesses, from the bur¬ gesses. 
aldermen, being such bur¬ gesses as have served the office of mayor. 

No. 

12 

17 

in¬ def. 

12 

29 

in¬ def. 

COMMON COUNCILMEN, (or Third Body, however named.) 
By whom chosen, and from 

whom. 
N.B.—-If 
not chosen for life, state the period of service. 

by the provost, free bur¬ gesses, and freemen, from the freemen. 

burgesses, as the bailiffs, 

but. 
by charter should be from freemen. 

burgesses, by the sove¬ reign, bailiffs, and bur¬ gesses, without qualifi¬ cation. 
no third body. 

burgesses, being all who have served the office of sheriff; so many of them as, with the alder¬ men, make up 24, and are elected by the free¬ men to the office, are common councilmen. 

none 

common speaker, elected annually by the sove¬ reign, burgesses, and freemen, from the free¬ men. 

the burgesses, by the sove¬ reign, bailiffs, and bur¬ gesses. 

the burgesses, being such freemen as have served the office of bailiff. 

No. 

12 

12 

12 

in-def. 

12 

in¬ def. 

how; 

by birth, breiec-tion ofthefee-men.andljihe 
gift of tiit'po-vost. 
none , 

by birth, ssfi-ttide, and nu¬ ll ation of le council, iB-firmed bjfce freemen. 

by grace otfee sovereign, »d burgesses, by grace oiie council 

none 

by election® corporal • 

large. 

RECORDER. 
By whom appointed, and 

Qualification. 
N.B.—H 
required to be learned 'in the law, state whether a Barrister. 

none 

none none , . 

TOWN CLERK. 
By whom elected, 

and Qualification. 

elected by the pro¬ vost and free bur¬ gesses ; no quali¬ fication. 

none 

appointed by patron; no qualification. 

elected by the freemen, no qualification necessary, but that he should be free; but for certain purposes must be a barrister of three years' standing; is a barrister. 

none 

elected by the sovereign, burgesses, and freemen ; must be a barrister of three years' standing; is a barrister. 
by the sovereign, bailiffs, and burgesses, without any necessary qualifica¬ tion. 
by the corporation at large ; 

no qualification is neces¬ sary* is a barrister. 

none 

by thc freemen; must he a free¬ man. 

by the sovereign and burgesses, from the burgesses. 
by the sovereign, burgesses, and freemen. 

by the sovereign, bailiffs, and bur¬ gesses. 

by the corporation at large. 

CRIMINAL JURISDICTION. 
Over what Offences, 

and whether or not exclusive. 

none save that of justice of the the peace; not exclusive. 
ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

jurisdiction of a county of a city ; felonies, and all minor offences. 

none save that of justice of the peace; not ex¬ clusive. 
all offences, trea¬ son excepted ; is exclusive. 

none save that of justice of the peace; not ex¬ clusive. 

all offences; is 

exclusive.