year commencing within three years after the end of any year for which he shall have served as aforesaid.
V. Provided also, and be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the inhabitant householders of any parish in any county, city, town, or place in Ireland, to elect the churchwardens of such parish for the time being to be officers of health under this Act, in case they shall think fit so to do; and it shall be lawful for such churchwardens, and they are hereby authorized and required, to act as such officers of health accordingly, under the present provisions of this Act.
VI. Provided also, and be it enacted, That where any city or town as aforesaid, containing one thousand inhabitants, or where the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland shall direct this Act to be carried into execution, in case the inhabitant householders in any parish or parishes in such city or town shall neglect or refuse to elect and appoint such officers of health, within such time as is required by this Act, or as shall be required by any order of such Lord Lieutenant, or other Chief Governor or Governors, it shall and may be lawful for the Justices of the Peace assembled at the Quarter Sessions, or any adjournment thereof, for the county, city, or town within which such parish shall be situate, and the said Justices are hereby authorized and required, to appoint such officers of health in and for such parish, and also at the same time to appoint and limit what sum shall be raised by assessment on such parish for the purposes of this Act, and such sum shall and may be raised and levied accordingly, in like manner as any other parish assessments, and as if the same had been authorised by the vestries of such parishes, and shall be applied and accounted for in the manner herein before directed.
VII. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for any one or more of the persons so to be appointed officers of health, and he and they is and are hereby authorized, empowered, and required to cause and direct all streets and lanes, and all yards and courts adjoining thereto,
