Public Works (Ireland) Act, 1857

Power to sell such Mill Sites within Five Years after Final Award.

II. It shall be lawful for the said Commissioners, at any Time within Five Years after the making of any such Final Award or Awards in any such District wherein such Sites are or shall be situate as aforesaid, or whether such Awards shall have been made before or after the passing of this Act, to sell and dispose of the said Site or Sites or Water Powers, or other Premises connected therewith, for such Price or Prices as to them shall seem reasonable, and the Proceeds of any such Sale shall be disposed of as herein-after mentioned: Provided always, that the said Commissioners before they shall sell or dispose of any of such Mill Sites or Water Powers as aforesaid shall first offer the same to the Person to whose Estate the same originally belonged (if any such Person there be), and then to the Person whose Estate shall adjoin thereto; and such Premises shall not be sold to any other Person at such Price as the Persons so entitled to a Preference shall be willing to give for the same, or at any less Price.