Drainage (Ireland) Act 1856
DRAINAGE (IRELAND) ACT 1856 | ||
CAP. LXII. | ||
An Act to provide for the Maintenance of Navigations made in connexion with Drainage, and to make further Provision in relation to Works of Drainage in Ireland. [21st July 1856.] | ||
‘WHEREAS by an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled An Act to authorize the Application of certain Sums granted by Parliament for Drainage and other Works of public Utility in Ireland towards the Completion of certain Navigations undertaken in connexion with Drainages, and to amend the Acts for promoting the Drainage of Lands and Improvements in connexion therewith in Ireland, after reciting that the Navigations therein, including those herein-after mentioned, had been undertaken and in part executed under the Provisions of the Acts therein referred to; that is to say, | ||
‘In the District of Lough Neagh, situate in the Counties of Antrim, Derry, Tyrone, Armagh, and Down, the Navigation of the Lower Bann River, from the Bridge of Coleraine in the tidal Part of the said River to Lough Neagh, and extending thence to the First Lock or Entrance of the Lagan, Newry, Ulster, and Coal Island Canals: | ||
‘In the District of Ballynamore and Ballyconnell, situate in the Counties of Leitrim, Cavan, and Fermanagh, the Junction Navigation by the Course of the Woodford River and Lakes, from Lough Erne, at the Mouth of the said River, to the River Shannon near the Village of Leitrim: | ||
‘In the District of Loughs Corrib, Mask, and Carra, in the County of the Town of Galway and Counties of Galway and Mayo, the Navigation by the River and Lake Corrib, and Loughs Corrib, Mask, and Carra, from the Sea at Galway, to the Northern Extremity of the said Lough Mask and Carra, and to Cloon Lough in the River Aill: | ||
‘And that free Grants to the Amount therein mentioned had been theretofore made by the Authority of Parliament for the Purposes of the said Navigations, it is enacted, That it should be lawful for the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, out of the Monies therein mentioned, to issue such Sum as might be necessary towards defraying the Expenses incurred in respect of the several Navigations therein mentioned, and towards the Completion of such several Navigations or such of them, or such Parts of them or any of them as it might be considered by the Commissioners of the Treasury expedient and proper to complete; and that the said Commissioners of the Treasury might authorize and direct the Commissioners of Public Works to cause to be completed the said Navigation Works or such of the same, or such Portions of them or any of them as upon Inquiries as therein mentioned the said Commissioners of the Treasury might think fit, and with any Modifications or Alterations which to them might appear expedient; and that it should be lawful for the Commissioners of Public Works, by and with the Consent of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, by Warrant under the Hands of the said Commissioners of Public Works, or any Two of them, from Time to Time to direct that the said Navigations or any of them, with the Tolls thereof, should be deemed and become the public Property of the County or Counties, if more than One, in which respectively the Lands chargeable under the Award in relation to the said Navigations respectively are situate; and from and after the Date of any such Warrant such Navigation, together with all Locks, Weirs, and other Works, Rights, Members, and Appurtenances thereto belonging, should be deemed and taken to be the public Property of such County or Counties as aforesaid, and beheld, maintained, and preserved by the Grand Jury or Juries of such County or Counties, with such Powers and Authorities, and subject to such Provisions and Regulations as might thereafter be established by Parliament in relation thereto: And whereas the Three Navigations herein-before mentioned, with certain, Modifications or Alterations directed under the said Act, have been or shortly will be completed: And whereas it is expedient to provide for the due and proper Maintenance and Regulations of the said Navigations, and for that Purpose that such Navigations should be vested in Trustees as herein-after provided:’ 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: |