Landed Property Improvement (Ireland) Act 1847

Commissioners may make Loans for Works of Improvement.

IV. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of Public Works, upon Application made to them under the Provisions of this Act, and subject to such Rules and Regulations as may from Time to Time be made by the Commissioners of Her majesty’s Treasury, to make Loans under this Act for the following Purposes; (that is to say,) for the Drainage of any Lands by any such Means as the said Commissioners shall approve, for subsoiling, trenching, or otherwise deepening and improving the Soil, for Irrigation or warping of Land, for embanking Lands from the Sea or Tidal Waters or Rivers, for enclosing or fencing any Land, or improving the Fences, Drains, Streams, or watercourses of any Land, for the Reclamation of Waste or other Land, for making Farm Roads, of for clearing Lands of Rocks and Stones.