Howth Harbour Act 1810

Commissioners empowered to execute this Act.

V. And be it further enacted. That the said Commissioners shall and they are hereby authorized and empowered to proceed in the improving and completing of the said Harbour, and in the making and completing a Road and Quay along the Beach and Shore of the said Harbour westward of the Pier or Mole already in Part erected, and to make such other Roads and Ways as they may think necessary for the Conveyance of Materials to the said Works, and to make and maintain Reservoirs for supplying with Water Shipping resorting, to the said Harbour; and that for the Purposes of this Act, all Piers, Buildings, and Works whatsoever heretofore made, erected or built in the whole or in Part at any Time before the passing of this Act, and all Ground applied to such Purposes under, the Authority of the said recited Act of the Forty-fifth Year aforesaid, or by or under the Authority or Directions of the Commissioners appointed by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland since the passing of the said recited Act, and all Roads, Piers, Quays, Erections, and Buildings whatsoever which shall or may be made, erected, or built at any Time after the passing of this Act, and all Ground applied to such Purposes under the Authority of this Act or of the Commissioners hereby appointed, and also all such Land and Ground, Rock or Soil, Stones and Sand within the said Harbour as is or are overflowed by the Tide of the Sea, shall be and the same are hereby vested in the said Commissioners for the Purposes of this Act until the said Harbour shall be fully completed by and under the Direction of the said Commissioners; and from and after the Time when the said Commissioners shall deem the Improvement of the said Harbour completed, testified by their Representation to that Effect to the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the Time being, all the said Harbour so improved, and all Roads, Piers, Quays, Works, and other Erections and Buildings so heretofore made or which hereafter shall be made, erected, or built under the Authority of this Act, or of the Commissioners appointed under this Act, and the Ground and Soil on which the same are or shall be erected and built, shall be and the same are hereby vested, and shall be and remain vested in the Corporation for preserving and repairing the Port of Dublin; and from thenceforth all the Powers by this or any other Act given to or vested in the Commissioners for the Execution of this Act, shall be vested in and executed by the said Corporation; and the said Corporation shall apply the Sums in and for the Maintenance and Improvement of the said Harbour, and of the Roads, Quays, Works, Erections, and Buildings so becoming vested in them under the Authority of this Act.