Shannon Navigation Act, 1839

SHANNON NAVIGATION ACT 1839

C A P. LXI.

An Act for the Improvement of the Navigation of the River Shannon. [17th August 1839.]

5 & 6 W. 4. c. 67.

Works described in the Plans aforesaid to be carried into effect.

‘Whereas an Act was passed in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled An Act for the Improvement of the Navigation of the River Shannon, whereby, after reciting that the Improvement of the Navigation of the said River from its Source in Lough Allen in the County of Leitrint to its Mouth would contribute to the general Prosperity, Commerce, Agriculture, and Revenue of Ireland, and also tend to the Advantage and Improvement of the respective Counties and Districts adjoining to such Navigation, it was enacted, that Commissioners should be appointed by the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the Purpose of ascertaining the Works necessary to be executed for the Improvement of the said Navigation, and making an Estimate of the Expence thereof, and for the other Purposes therein mentioned: And whereas the Commissioners appointed pursuant to the said Act have made Reports, in which they have recommended certain Works as proper to be executed, and have also prepared Plans, with Maps and Schedules thereto attached, of such Works, and Estimates of the Expence of executing the same: And whereas the said Commissioners have also inquired into and adjudicated upon such Claims as were brought before them, under the Provisions of the said recited Act, in respect of Rights of Fishery and other Rights, and also in respect of the Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments required to be taken for or likely to be injured by the said proposed Works, and have duly made and published their final Awards and Adjudications with respect to such Claims, and have also inquired into and determined the Benefit likely to accrue to the several Counties or Parts of Counties, and to individual Estates, by means of the said proposed Works, and made Awards fixing the Proportion of Contribution to be made respectively by such Counties or Parts of Counties and the Owners of such Estates towards the Repayment of the Sums to be advanced for the Execution of the proposed Works, and have also recommended certain Tolls and Rates to be taken and levied on the said Navigation: And whereas the said Maps and Plans are now deposited with and are in the Custody of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury; and it is expedient that the several Works mentioned and described in the Maps and Plans aforesaid should be carried into execution by Commissioners to be for that Purpose nominated and that the Expence attendant upon the Execution of the said Works should be defrayed 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, That the several Works mentioned and described in the Maps and Plans aforesaid shall be carried into full and complete Execution, subject however to such Alterations, Additions, or Reductions as shall be made therein pursuant to the Power therein after reserved.