Howth Harbour Act 1810

Powers to Commissioners to enter Lands and take Materials for the Harbour and Works.

To make Roads for conveying Materials.

VII. And, for the improving and completing the said Harbour, and making, using, and maintaining all such Roads, Ways, Piers, Docks, Quays, Reservoirs, Works, Erections, and Buildings, as the said Commissioners shall deem necessary for that Purpose, and for the Execution of this Act, according to the Tenor and Intent of the same; be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners and their Agents, Servants, and Workmen, and they are hereby authorized and empowered in, upon and through any Lands or Premises being the Property of or belonging to the King’s Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, or of any other Person or Persons, Bodies Politic, Corporate or Collegiate, and situate within Three Miles of the said Harbour, or at Dathey or Bullock, on the South Side of the Bay of Dublin (not being within Three hundred Yards of any Capital Mansion-house, nor within any plantation, Avenue, of Pleasure Ground, nor Garden attached to any capital Mansion-house, planted, made, or formed before the passing of this Act, nor in any Deer Park inclosed with a Wall prior to the passing of this Act, and actually occupied at the Time with Deer, to enter and to quarry, dig, remove, take, and carry away all such Stone, Limestone, Gravel, Sand, or any other Materials (standing Timber only excepted), in, out of, upon and from such Lands and Ground? as may be necessary or convenient to be employed for the Purposes of this Act, and also to place, lay, work, or manufacture all such Stone, Limestone, Gravel, Sand, or other Materials which, shall be so dug or got as aforesaid, on the Grounds near to the Place or Places where the same shall be so dug or got, or Where the same shall be used or employed for the Purposes of this Act; and also to make, maintain, and use such good and sufficient Roads and Ways as the said Commissioners shall think necessary or convenient for conveying all such Stone, Limestone, Gravel, Sand, and other Materials so cut, dug, quarried, or obtained, taken away and removed for the Purposes of this Act, from the Place and Places where the same shall be respectively so cut and dug, and quarried or obtained, to the Places where the same shall be employed for the Purposes of this Act, they the said Commissioners making Satisfaction in Manner by this Act directed to the Owners and Proprietors of all such Lands and Premises for all Damages by them done or to be done in the Execution of this Act.