Howth Harbour Act, 1863
HOWTH HARBOUR ACT 1863 | ||
CAP. LXXII. | ||
An Act for the further Improvement of the Harbour of Howth. [28th July 1863.] | ||
6 & 7 W. 4. c. 35. | ||
‘WHEREAS by a certain Act of Parliament of the Session held in the Sixth and Seventh Years of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, Chapter Thirty-five, the Harbour of Howth, with the Appurtenances thereof, as in the said Act set forth, were respectively transferred to and made over and became vested in the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, and it was thereby enacted that the same should be repaired, maintained, and supported by the said Commissioners so far as should from Time to Time be authorized by the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury: And whereas by a certain Act of Parliament of the Session held in the Ninth and Tenth Years of Her present Majesty, Chapter Three, being an Act to encourage the Sea Fisheries in Ireland by promoting and aiding with Grants of Public Money the Construction of Piers, Harbours, and other Works, the Commissioners of Public Works, being the Commissioners for the Execution of that Act, were empowered, with the Consent of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, to make Advances by way of Grant to an Amount not exceeding the Sum of Fifty thousand Pounds, to be applied for the Purposes of that Act in the Manner therein provided, and subject to the Conditions therein mentioned: And whereas by a certain other Act of Parliament of the Session held in the Tenth and Eleventh Years of Her said Majesty, Chapter Seventy-five, the said Commissioners of Public Works were enabled to make further Advances by way of Grant for the Purposes of the said Act of the Session in the Ninth and Tenth Years of Her Majesty, Chapter Three, not exceeding the Sum of Forty thousand Pounds: And whereas the said Harbour of Howth has become an important Station and Place of Refuge for Vessels engaged in prosecuting the Sea Fisheries on the East Coast of Ireland, but the said Harbour has of late Years been gradually silting up, whereby its Value and Usefulness have been materially injured and lessened: And whereas it is expedient that the said Harbour of Howth should be deepened and otherwise improved, and that the said Commissioners, out of any Balance unapplied and available of the said Sums of Fifty thousand Pounds and Forty thousand Pounds, should be empowered to expend on the Improvement of the said Harbour a Sum of Money not exceeding the Sum of Five thousand Pounds, and that Provision should be made for the making of Byelaws for the Regulation of the said Harbour, and also for the Imposition of Tolls and Harbour Dues on Vessels frequenting and Goods imported into the same:’ Be it therefore enacted by the Queen’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, as follows: |