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Persons, molesting Officers Workmen forfeit 10l.
Persons breaking down or damaging Works adjudged Felons.
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XXVI. And be it further enacted, That if any Person shall wilfully obstruct, molest, or hinder any Surveyor, Engineer, Workmen or Labourers employed by the said Commissioners or their Secretary for the Purposes of this Act, in the Performance of his, her, or their Duty or Employment in the Execution of this Act, every Person so offending shall forfeit and pay for every such Offence any Sum not exceeding Ten Pounds; and if any Person shall wilfully, and to the Prejudice of the said Harbour, break, throw down, destroy, or in anywise damage or injure any Pier, Dock, Quay, Reservoir, Erection, Machine, Building, Road-way, or other Work whatsoever, to be erected or made by virtue of this Act, or any Part thereof, or of any Works erected in pursuance of this Act, every such Person so offending shall be adjudged guilty of Felony, and being lawfully convicted thereof shall be subject to the like Pains and Penalties as in Cases of Felony; and the Court by or before whom such Person shall be tried and convicted shall have Power and Authority to cause such Person to be punished as a Felon may be punished by the Law of Ireland, or in Mitigation of such Punishment such Court may award such lesser Punishment as to such Court shall seem proper.
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