Act may be amended, &c. missioners for the Improvement of the River Shannon as aforesaid: And whereas by reason that the said Parts, Portions, or Precinct of the County of the City of Limerick have as aforesaid become Part of the County of Limerick, and ' have thereby become liable to be assessed, and have, as being Part of the County of Limerick, hitherto been assessed with and have paid divers Sums of Money for and on account of the said Proportion of the said County of Limerick towards the Repayment of the Monies so advanced to the Commissioners for the Improvement of the River Shannon: And whereas, in consideration that by the Provisions of this Act the said Parts, Portions, or Precinct are made liable to pay and contribute to said Proportion of Charge payable as aforesaid by the County of the City of Limerick, the said Parts, Portions, or Precinct ought therefore to be reimbursed for the Sums so paid in respect of the said Proportion of Charge 'payable by the County of Limerick, and ought to be exonerated from any further Payment in respect of the same;' be it therefore enacted, That the said Parts, Portions, or Precinct so annexed to and become Part of the County of Limerick shall not be liable or bound to contribute to the Payment of the said Proportion, or any Part thereof, payable by the County of Limerick towards the Repayment of the Monies so advanced for the Improvement of the River Shannon; and the Grand Jury of the County of Limerick at the Spring or Summer Assizes for the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty-eight shall and they are hereby required to ascertain the total Amount of the Sums from Time to Time levied from and paid by the said Parts, Portions, or Precinct so annexed to the said County, for or in respect of the said Proportion payable by the said County of Limerick as aforesaid, and when the same shall have been so ascertained the Grand Jury of the said County of Limerick shall and they are hereby required to allow Credit to the said Parts, Portions, or Precinct for the Sum so ascertained, as against the Funds and Monies of the rest of the said County of Limerick exclusive of the said Parts, Portions, or Precinct, and shall and they are hereby required to present the Amount of the so ascertained Sum to be again assessed upon and to be levied and raised on and from the rest of the said County of Limerick exclusive of the said Parts, Portions, or Precinct; and the said Sum shall be accordingly so raised and levied, in like Manner and subject to like Provisions and Regulations as other Monies duly presented by the said Grand Jury are raised and levied, save that no Part of the said Sum shall be raised or levied off the said Parts, Portions, or Precinct so annexed to the said County as aforesaid; and the said Sum, or every Part thereof, as the same shall be from Time to Time raised or levied, shall be applied to replace the Amount of the Sum for which Credit shall have been so allowed to such Parts, Portions, or Precinct as aforesaid. IV. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in this Session of Parliament. CAP. LXXV. An Act for the further Improvement of the Fishery liament, intituled An Act to encourage the Sea Fisheries 9&10 Vict. c. 3. of Ireland, by promoting and aiding with Grants of Public Money the Construction of Piers, Harbours, and other Works, Provision was made of Funds, partly by way of Grant, and partly by way of Loan, for the Purposes therein specified; and it is expedient that further Sums of Money should be pro'vided, to be applied in like Manner; and the Powers granted to the Commissioners constituted under that Act were, by another Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled An Act to extend and consolidate the Powers hitherto exercised 9&10 Vict.c.86. by the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, and to appoint ' additional Commissioners, transferred to and vested in the • Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland:' Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury may Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland issue the Sum may cause to be issued from Time to Time to the said Com- of Consolidated missioners of Public Works in Ireland, as they may find neces- Fund. sary for the Purposes of the said Act, out of the growing Produce of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, any further Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding in the whole the Sum of Forty thousand Pounds. of 40,000l. out of 40,000, and Sums as shall be voted for the Purposes of of such further 9 & 10 Vict. c. 3. and of this Act. II. And be it enacted, That the said Commissioners of Public Appropriation Works, with the Approval of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, may make Advances by way of Grant to an Amount not exceeding in the whole the Sum of Forty thousand Pounds, and such further Sum or Sums of Money as shall be from Time to Time voted by Parliament to be applied for the Purposes of the first-recited Act and this Act, in the Manner and on the Conditions specified in the said Act concerning any Grant of Money made under the Authority of the said Act; and every Grant of Money made under the Authority of this Act shall be subject to all the Provisions of the Act as fully as if the said Act had authorized the Advance and Appropriation to the Purposes of the said Act of the said further Sum of Forty thousand Pounds, and of any such other Sum or Sums of Money as shall be from Time to Time voted by Parliament as aforesaid; and Loans may be made by the said Commissioners of Public Works in aid of any such Grant in like Manner and upon the like Security as is provided with respect to any Work to be executed under the Provisions of the first-recited Act. III. And be it enacted, That within Twelve Calendar Months Commissione after the passing of this Act the said Commissioners by One or to give Notice Q ૧ 2 more of existing public Harbours which ought to be more Notices or Instruments in Writing under the Hands of Two or more of them, shall declare and describe the several vested in them. Harbours, Piers, Quays, Landing Places, and other Works on the Sea Coast of Ireland which within Forty-five Years last passed have been made wholly or in part with public Money advanced for the Improvement of the Fisheries, and which the Commissioners shall deem fit and still useful for the Purposes of the Sea Fisheries, and which, in their Opinion, ought to be vested in the said Commissioners; and a Copy of every such Notice or Instrument shall be published within the said Period of Twelve Calendar Months in the Dublin Gazette, and in some One or more Newspapers circulating in the Neighbourhood of the Harbour, Pier, Quay, Landing Place, or other Work to which such Notice relates, and also, if the Commissioners think fit, shall be posted at some public Place in the said Neighbourhood, and by such Notice all Persons interested shall be required, on or before a Day to be named therein, not sooner than Two Weeks from such Publication, to send to the Secretary of the said Commissioners in Dublin their Objections, if any, in Writing, to the said Proceedings of the Commissioners. Certain public Harbours vested in the Com missioners. Commissioners to apportion the Charge of Re pair of Harbours, &c. in case of Insufficiency of Tolls. IV. And be it enacted, That after the Expiration of the Time so limited for receiving Objections with respect to any such Harbour, Pier, Quay, Landing Place, or other Work the Commissioners shall consider all such Objections, and shall inquire into the Grounds of the same, in such Manner as they think fit; and if thereupon they shall be of opinion, and shall finally determine, that any such public Harbour, Pier, Quay, Landing Place, or other Work should be vested in them, they shall signify their Determination by an Order under the Hands of Two or more of them, which shall be published in the Dublin Gazette; and any such public Harbour, Pier, Quay, Landing Place, or other Work respecting which such Order shall have been made and published as aforesaid, with all Ways, Rights, Members, and Appurtenances thereunto belonging, shall thereupon be vested in the said Commissioners and their Successors, and shall be deemed to be so vested, and shall be maintained and repaired in like Manner as if it had been constructed under the Provisions of the said Act. V. And be it enacted, That in and by the Order made as aforesaid for vesting any such Harbour, Pier, Quay, Landing Place, or other Work in the Commissioners they shall specify the County which, under the Provisions herein-before contained, shall be liable to be charged with the Costs and Charges of the Repair and Maintenance thereof in case of the Insufficiency of the Tolls, Rates, or Rents accruing thence to the Commissioners to make good the same; and if any such Harbour, Pier, Quay, or Landing Place shall be in or adjacent to more than one County, the Commissioners in and by the same Order shall fix the Proportion in which each of such Counties shall be liable to be charged towards making good such Deficiency; and every such Order shall be binding and conclusive on every such County, and on all Persons whomsoever. VI. Pro are insufficient same out of VI. Provided always, and be it enacted, That if the Tolls, If Tolls, &c. Rates, or Rents accruing to the said Commissioners from any to repair HarHarbour, Pier, Quay, Landing Place, or other Work vested bour, &c. Cemin them under the Provisions of the first-recited Act or of this missioners may Act shall be insufficient to defray the Charge of the Mainte- execute the nance and Repair thereof, the Commissioners may from Time Loans for Pubto Time execute such Repairs out of any Monies in their Hands lic Works. applicable for Loans for Public Works, and shall in every such Case draw up an Award specifying the Amount of the Sums expended by them in and about such Repairs, and all Expences incident thereto, over and above the Amount of the said Tolls, Rates, and Rents applicable thereunto, and deducting any Sum which under the Power herein-after contained shall have been advanced by them by way of Grant for the first Repair of any Harbour, Pier, Quay, Landing Place, or other Work vested in them under this Act, and shall charge such Amount, with Interest, upon the County or Counties in or adjacent to which such Pier, Harbour, Quay, Landing Place, or other Work is situated; and the Commissioners shall sign such Award under the Hands of Two or more of them; and every such Award shall be deemed a final Award of the Commissioners, such as they are empowered by the first-recited Act to make, as soon as any Work for the Purposes of the said Act is completed, and shall be dealt with in like Manner, and be of the like Force and Effect; and all Proceedings in respect thereto shall be had as by the said Act is provided with respect to Proceedings upon any such final Award of the Commissioners. &c. may be exe 40,0004 VII. Provided always, and be it enacted, That the Com- First Repairs of missioners, with the Approval of the Commissioners of Her old Harbours, Majesty's Treasury, may, if they think fit, out of the said Sum cuted partly by of Forty thousand Pounds, or any further Sum which shall be Grant out of from Time to Time voted by Parliament for the Purpose of the first-recited Act and this Act, advance by way of Grant any Part of the Expences of the first Repair of any Harbour, Pier, Quay, Landing Place, or other Work vested in them under this Act, and previously to such first Repair such Proceedings shall be had and taken as by the said first-recited Act are required to be previously had or taken in the Case of any new Pier, Quay, Harbour, or other Work the Expence of which is partly to be paid by any County or District. VIII. And be it enacted, That this Act and the first-recited Aets to be conAct as amended by this Act shall be construed together as One strued together. Act. IX. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or Act may be repealed by any Act to be passed in this Session of Par- amended, &c. liament. CAP. LXXVI. 50 G. 3. c. 93. An Act to empower the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods to purchase Lands for the Purpose of a Harbour of Refuge at or near Holyhead in the County of Anglesea. [22d July 1847.] WHEREAS an Act was passed in the Fiftieth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for the improving and completing the Harbour of Holyhead in the Isle of Anglesea: And whereas an Act was passed in the Fourth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled An Act for vesting in Commissioners the Bridges now building over the Menai Straits and the River Conway, and the Harbours of Howth and Holyhead, and the Road from Dublin to Howth, and for the further Improvement of the Road from London to Holyhead: And whereas an Act was passed in the Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of 3&4 W.4.c.43. His Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled An Act for 4 G. 4. c. 74. 9 & 10 Vict. c. 116. 10 & 11 Vict. c. 24. 6 transferring to the Commissioners of His Majesty's Woods and Forests the several Powers now vested in the Holyhead Road Commissioners, and for discharging the last-mentioned Commissioners from the future Repar's and Maintenance of the Roads, Harbours, and Bridges now under their Care and Management: And whereas by an Act passed in the Ninth and Tenth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act to apply the Sum of Eight millions three hundred and fifty-six thousand one hundred and seventy-three Pounds Seventeen Shillings and Eleven-pence out of the Consolidated Fund, and Monies in the Exchequer, to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty-six, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament, the Sum of Eighty-five thousand six hundred and eighty-one Pounds was directed to be issued and applied for Holyhead Harbour: And whereas by an Act passed in this present Session of Parliament, intituled An Act to empower the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods to purchase Land for the Purposes of a Harbour of Refuge and Breakwater in the Isle of Portland in the County of Dorset, Powers are therein contained for enabling the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, • Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings to carry out and effect the Purchase of the Lands and Hereditaments therein mentioned: And whereas, for the Promotion of the Service and Interests of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and for further facilitating the Intercourse between Her Majesty's Subjects in Great Britain and Ireland, it is intended to construct a new and improved Harbour at or near Holyhead in the County of Anglesea, and the Lands and Hereditaments mentioned in the Schedule hereunto annexed are required for the Purposes of the said Harbour and the • Works, Matters, and Things incident to or connected there |