Constabulary (Ireland) Act, 1836

Power to Lord Lieutenant to appoint additional Constables for any Part of Ireland declared by Proclamation to be in a disturbed State.

XIII. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful to and for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, by the Advice of the Privy Council of Ireland, to declare by Proclamation that any County, County of a City, or County of a Town in Ireland, or any Barony or Baronies, Half Barony or Half Baronies in any County at large, or any District of less Extent than any Barony or Half Barony, to be therein specified, is or are in a State of Disturbance, and requires or require an additional Establishment of Police; and thereupon it shall and may be lawful to and for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland to appoint such and so many Chief Constables. Constables, and Sub-Constables as he or they shall think proper, not exceeding One such Chief Constable, Two Head Constables, and Fifty such Constables or Sub-Constables for any One Barony or Half Barony, or for any County of a City or County of a Town or District of less Extent than any Barony or Half Barony, which may have been so declared to be in a State of Disturbance.