Borough of Drogheda Act 1797

It may be difficult to know who is interested in said ground:

pulication in Dublin Gazette, and Drogheda Journal, and passing on Tholsel door for 21 days, snah he faithcie notice of intention to purchase; and if not claimed 21 days after, vested in commissioners for ever.

IV. And whereas the said waste strand or ground having never been applied to the use or benefit, or in the occupation or possession of any person or persons, a difficulty may arise, and the said commissioners may not be able to obtain information, or to know who are the person of persons who may conceive themselves entitled to claim an interest therein, or in any part thereof, or on whom to serve proper notices of their intention to purchase the same for the purpose aforesaid, be it enacted, that it shall be deemed a sufficient notice to all persons interefted therein, that the said commissioners shall cause such their intention of purchasing the same, to be published for the space of twenty-one days in the Dublin Gazette, and Drogheda Journal, and that they shall cause notice thereof to be also posted on the Tholsel door of said town, for the said space of time, and that all and every part of such waste strand or ground as shall not be claimed by any person or persons for the space of twenty-one days thereafter, shall be and the same is hereby vested in the said commissioners and their successors, for the purposes aforesaid, and that the said commissioners shall have all and every the powers of walling in, filling and levelling, and afterwards disposing of the same, for the use and purpose aforesaid, as if the same had been claimed by any person or persons, and purchesed by said commissioners, either by agreement or by the award and valuation of a jury impannelled for that purpose, and that the said commissioners shall be for ever after freed and exonerated from any claim of right, title, orinterest of any person or persons of, in, or to the said ground, which shall not be made within the time hereby limited and appointed.