The _46th Geo. 3rd, cap. 95_, is entitled—‘An Act for the more effectually regulating and providing for the Relief of the Poor and the Management of Infirmaries and Hospitals.’ It refers to the _11th and 12th Geo. 3rd, cap. 30_, of the Irish parliament,[29] and directs—that in case it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the judge at the summer assize in any county, that the corporation instituted under that Act is properly conducted, and that on comparison of the expense incurred in the former year, it is expedient that a greater sum should be presented and levied, or that it is expedient to provide for the expense of building the house of industry—the grand jury in the county of a city or town may present and levy a sum not less in the whole than 400_l._, nor more than 500_l._, and in any county at large a sum not less than 500_l._, nor more than 700_l._, to be applied to the purposes directed by the said Act. The limits of such presentments are thus we see greatly enlarged from what was prescribed by the Act of 1772; but the entire amount permitted to be raised by assessment is still small, showing that voluntary contribution was still chiefly relied upon. All infirmaries and hospitals are moreover now required to make out returns annually, showing in detail the amount of their funds and their expenditure, and the lord lieutenant may order an examination of their state and condition. By an Act in the following year another sum of 100_l._ was allowed to be presented for a fever hospital, “whenever one had been established.” ----- [29] Ante, p. 51. ----- [Sidenote: 1809. 49 Geo. III. cap. 101. Irish bogs.]