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Bridge to be built as herein directed.
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II. Provided always, and be it enacted, That the said bridge so to be erected and built over the said river of Ross, at the ferry thereof, and all and every bridge to be hereafter erected by the authority of this act, shall be so constructed and built, that there shall be and remain a free and open passage for ships and vessels to pass and repass through the same, and for such purpose shall contain one lifting portcullis or arch, of twenty feet at the least in the clear in breadth, provided with piers or moorings of sufficient strength, at proper distances for warping vessels through the same; and that the said lifting portcullis or arch, shall be placed within the distance of sixty yards from low water mark, at the Ross side of the river, and that the collector or receiver of the tolls of such bridge, or such other person or persons as shall have the care thereof, shall as often as any ship or vessel shall have occasion to pass or repass through such portcullis or arch, be obliged with all convenient speed without fee or reward, to open the same, and suffer such ship or vessel to pass through the said portcullis or arch; and in case, such collector, receiver, or person having the care of such bridge, shall refuse to open the said portcullis, or neglect or omit to open the same, with all convenient speed, or in any manner delay the passage of any ship or vessel through the same, he or they so offending, shall for each and every such offence, forfeit and pay to the master or person commanding such ship or vessel, such sum not exceeding five pounds sterling, as the sovereign, deputy-sovereign, recorder, or other magistrate or magistrates of the said town of New Ross, shall award or adjudge; and in case of non-payment of the sum so awarded or adjudged, such offender or offenders shall by warrant under the hands and seals, or hand and seal of such sovereign, deputy-sovereign, recorder, magistrate or magistrates, be committed to the common gaol of the county of Wexford, there to remain until the said fine or forfeiture be paid, or for such time as such sovereign, deputy-sovereign, recorder, magistrate or magistrates shall direct, not exceeding in the whole one month.
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