Grand Jury (Ireland) Act, 1853

Grand Jury may present for Repairs of Harbours, Piers, Quays. &c.; and enter into Contracts for Repairs of such Harbours, &c.

VIII. It shall be lawful for the Grand Jury of any County in which any such Harbour, Pier, Quay, Landing Place, or other Work may be situate to present to be raised off the County at large, or any Barony or Baronies therein, such Sum and Sums of Money as may from Time to Time be necessary for the Repair and Maintenance of any such Work which may become the Property of any such County as aforesaid, and to contract for the Maintenance and Repair of any such Work for any Term not exceeding the Term of Seven Years, and, without any Application to Presentment Sessions, to present to be raised off such County at large, Barony or Baronies, from Time to Time for the Amount necessary to pay the Person or Persons with whom any such Contract shall be made.