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BALBRIGGAN.
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Order for the Maintenance and Regulation of the Pier and Harbour of Balbriggan, in the County of Dublin, being an Outport or Creek of the Port of Dublin.
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The undertakers.
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1. The Corporation for preserving and improving the Port of Dublin, herein-after called “The Corporation,” shall be the undertakers of the works authorized by this Order.
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Description of works.
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2. The works authorized by this Order comprise the following:
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The dredging, deepening, or otherwise improving of the inner and outer harbour of Balbriggan;
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The erection of works calculated, to shelter and defend the harbour and prevent it from being silted up;
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The improvement of the Balbriggan pier.
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Power to take rates according to Schedule.
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3. The Corporation may demand and receive, in respect of the vessels and things in the Schedule hereto described, any sums not exceeding the rates in that Schedule specified.
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Custom House Officers exempt from rates.
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4. Officers of Customs, being in the execution of their duty, shall at all times have free ingress, passage, and egress on, into, along, from, and out of the pier and harbour by land and with their vessels and otherwise, without payment.
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Certain fishing vessels under stress of weather exempt from rates.
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5. Fishing vessels belonging to countries with which, for the time being, treaties exist exempting from duties and port charges, such vessels when forced by stress of weather to seek shelter in the ports or on the coast of the United Kingdom, shall, when forced by stress of weather to make use of the pier or harbour to which this Order relates, and not breaking bulk while making use thereof, be exempt from rates leviable under this Order.
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Parts of Harbours, &c. Act, 1847, excepted.
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6. The following sections of “The Harbours, Docks, and Piers Clauses Act, 1847,” shall not be incorporated with, this Order, namely, sections numbered 6 to 26, both inclusive, sections 37 to 42, both inclusive, sections 45 and 50, and sections 79 to 82, both inclusive.
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Power to borrow.
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7. The Corporation may from time to time under this Order borrow, on mortgage of the rates leviable under this Order, any money, not exceeding in the whole the sum of Two thousand pounds, required for the purposes of the works authorized by this Order.
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Money to be applied to purposes of Order.
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8. Every part of the money borrowed under this Order shall be applied only to the purposes authorized by this Order.
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Mortgages.
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9. The clauses with respect to the mortgages to be executed by the Commissioners, contained in “The Commissioners Clauses Act, 1847,” are hereby incorporated with this Order.
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Application of rates.
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10. The rates received under this Order shall be applicable for the purposes and in the order following, and not otherwise, namely:-
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In paying the costs, charges, and expenses of applying for and obtaining this Order, or preparatory or incident thereto:
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In defraying the expense of supplying ballast for the use of vessels paying for same according to the Schedule hereto:
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In defraying the necessary expenses of the maintenance, management, and regulation of the pier and harbour:
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In paying a certain annuity charged by the 12 & 13 Victoria, chapter 60, on all dues arising out of the harbour, and payable to the Commissioners of Public Works, Ireland, for twenty-two years from the tenth day of October One thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, in respect of a sum of One thousand five hundred pounds expended in deepening and improving the said harbour:
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In paying interest on money borrowed under this Order, and in repayment of the principal of such money:
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In executing any works authorized by this Order.
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Dredges, steam engines, diving bells, lighters, &c.
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11. The Corporation may, for the purposes of the works authorized by this Order, or any of them, from time to time purchase, lease, provide, or hire such steam or other dredges, steam or other engines, steam tugs, steam or other vessels diving bells, ballast and other lighters, tools, plant, and other materials, as they think fit, and may from time to time, as they think fit, sell and dispose of the same, or any of them; and shall apply the money produced thereby in carrying into effect the purposes of this Order or some of them.
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Saving of existing rights.
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12. Nothing in this Order shall be construed to interfere in any way with any existing rights in the said pier or harbour, or the lands or foreshore adjoining the same.
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Saving rights, &c. under Crown Lands Act, 1866.
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13. This Order shall not be taken as a consent to the surrender of any rights, interests, powers, authorities, or privileges transferred to the management of the Board of Trade by “The Crown Lands Act, 1866,” nor shall any works under this Order be commenced within limits affected by any such rights, interests, powers, authorities, or privileges without the assent of the Board of Trade having been first obtained.
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Short Title.
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14. This Order may be cited as “The Balbriggan Pier and Harbour Order, 1867.”
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The SCHEDULE to which the foregoing Order refers.
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RATES FOR THE SUPPLY OF BALLAST AND ON VESSELS ENTERING THE HARBOUR.
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s.
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d.
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1. For every ton of ballast supplied for the use of vessels leaving the harbour, if put on board from the lighter, or deposited on the quay opposite such vessel
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1
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0
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Additional charge for heaving on board when deposited on the quay, if required by the owner or master, for every ton
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0
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3
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2. Tonnage duty on each vessel discharging cargo, per registered ton
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0
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6
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3. Tonnage duty on each vessel discharging cargo, for gas lights, &c. on piers
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0
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1
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4. On every vessel or boat exceeding 5 tons registered burthen, for an annual licence to use the harbour
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10
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0
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5. On every vessel or boat of 5 tons or less registered burthen, for an annual licence to use the harbour
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5
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0
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An annual licence to be paid for on all vessels or boats entering the harbour more than once within any year ending on the 31st day of December.
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The period for the annual licence to be from the 1st January to 31st December. All annual licences, at whatever time taken out, to expire on the 31st December in each year.
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The annual licence not to be paid for on vessels using the harbour as traders, and paying dues as such.
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6. The owner of every vessel or boat laid up in the harbour, or occupying a berth at the quay at any one time for a period exceeding 14 days, unless detained by stress of weather, to be liable to a charge of one halfpenny per registered ton for every day exceeding that period.
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