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Vessels passing Lighthouses on the Coast of Ireland.
Rates.
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‘Whereas it is necessary to make further Provision for defraying the Expence of purchasing Ground for and for building new Light Houses; and for repairing, fitting up, completing and keeping in Repair the several Light Houses, Beacons and Sea Marks which have been or may be erected and built round the Coasts of Ireland:’ May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it 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 Expiration of Ten Days after the Day of the passing of this Act, there shall be payable and paid to the Corporation for preserving and improving the Port of Dublin, by the Owners or Masters of every Ship or Decked Vessel which shall pass any Light House or Light Houses on the Coasts of Ireland, the Sums, Rates and Duties following; that is to say,
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For every British or Irish Ship or Decked Vessel navigated according to Law, which shall pass any such Light House or Light Houses, for and in respect of every Light House which such Ship or Vessel shall pass, and for and in respect of every time of passing any and every such Light House or Light Houses, whether the said Ship or Vessel shall be outward or homeward bound, or on a foreign Voyage, or sailing Coastwise, the Sum of One Penny for every Ton Burthen of such Ship or Vessel for and in respect of every such Light House, and every time of passing the same:
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And for every Foreign Ship or Decked Vessel passing as aforesaid, the Sum of Two Pence for every Ton Burthen, for and in respect of every such Light House, and every time of passing the same.
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