Port of Drogheda Act 1790
PORT OF DROGHEDA ACT 1790 | ||
CHAP. XXXIX. | ||
An Act for the Improvement of the Port and Harbour of Drogheda, and the better Regulation of the Police of said Town. | ||
Preamble. | ||
For 12 years from 25 Mar-1790, the following duties to be paid; 6d per ton on every ship or vessel, except vessels belonging to his Majesty, to revenue coasters, and coasting vessels; and all ships, &c. belonging to the subjects of his most Christian Majesty; coasters from any other port in this kingdom, 3d. person. | ||
WHEREAS the improvement of the port, harbour, and river of Drogheda, will contribute to the advancement of the trade of said town, and be of great use to all ships which shall resort to the said port, and a great and continual expence will be incurred to accomplish and carry on the works necessary for improving and cleaning the same; be it therefore 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 twenty-fifth day of March, in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety, for and during the term of twelve years from thence next ensuing, the following rates and duties shall be paid by the master or owner of every ship and vessel entering the port of Drogheda, that is to say, for every ship or vessel entering the said port, the sum of six pence for every ton of the burthen of such ship or vessel, except the ships and vessels belonging to his Majesty, and those of the revenue, and all coasters or coasting vessels, and also all ships and vessels belonging to the subjects of his most christian Majesty, which shall enter or arrive in the said port, and for every coaster or ship, or vessel entering the said port from any other port in this kingdom, the sum of three pence for every ton of the burthen of such coaster or vessel. |