Howth Harbour Act 1818
HOWTH HARBOUR ACT 1818 | ||
CAP. LXI. | ||
An Act for the better Accommodation of His Majesty’s Packets within the Harbour on the North Side of the Hill of Howth, and for the better Regulation of the Shipping therein. [1st June 1818.] | ||
Lord Lieutenant empowered to appoint Harbour Master for Howth Harbour. | ||
50G. 3. c. 72. | ||
WHEREAS the Harbour on the North Side of the Hill of Howth, near Dublin, has been improved and nearly completed at the Public Expence, chiefly for the Accommodation and safe lying of His Majesty’s Packets: And whereas great Inconvenience may arise from the occasional crowded State of the Harbour, and the Want of Regulation in mooring the Vessels therein: Be it therefore enacted by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this Act it shall and may be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the Time being, from Time to Time to appoint a Person to act as Harbour Master within the said Harbour, and to remove any Harbour Master so appointed, and to appoint another in his Room or Stead, with such Salary or Allowance as to the said Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors shall seem fitting and expedient, to be paid in like Manner as the Salaries of any Officers appointed by the Commissioners for carrying into Execution an Act of the Fiftieth Year of His present Majesty’s Reign, for improving and completing the said Harbour, and rendering it a fit Situation for His Majesty’s Packets. |