Dublin Improvement Act 1849
DUBLIN IMPROVEMENT ACT 1849 | ||
CAP. XCVII. | ||
An Act for the Improvement of the City of Dublin. [1st August 1849.] | ||
31 G. 2. (I.) | ||
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7 G. 3. (I.) | ||
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47 G. 3. c. lxxiv. | ||
47 G. 3. c. cix. | ||
54 G. 3. c. ccxxi. | ||
57 G. 3. c. xxxix. | ||
11 G. 4. & 1 W. 4. c. cxviii. | ||
7 W. 4. & 1 Vict. c.cxxvii. | ||
4 & 5 Vict c. lxiv. | ||
9 & 10 Vict. c. cccc. | ||
On 1st Jan. 1851 this Act to take effect, and recited Acts repealed, so far as they relate to paving, &c. the Streets of Dublin. | ||
‘WHEREAS an Act was passed in the Parliament of Ireland in the Thirty-first Year of the Reign of King George the Second, intituled An Act for making a wide and convenient Way, Street, and Passage from Essex Bridge to the Castle of Dublin, and for other Purposes therein mentioned: And whereas another Act was passed in the said Parliament in the Thirty-third Year of the Reign of King George the Second, intituled ‘An Act for amending an Act passed in the Thirty-first Year of His present Majesty’s Reign, intituled An Act for making a wide and convenient Street and Passage from Essex Bridge to the Castle of Dublin, and for other Purposes therein mentioned,’ as also for amending another Act passed in the same Year for widening and repairing or rebuilding Baal’s Bridge in the City of Limerick: And whereas another Act was passed in the said Parliament in the Seventh Year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An Act for further amending an Act passed in the Thirty-first Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the second, intituled ‘An Act for making a wide and convenient Way, Street, and Passage from Essex Bridge to the Castle of Dublin, and for other Purposes therein mentioned:’ And whereas another Act was passed in the said Parliament in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Years of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An Act for making and keeping in repair a Circular Road round the City of Dublin: And whereas another Act was passed in the said Parliament and in the said last-mentioned Years of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An Act for the Improvement of the City of Dublin by making wide and convenient Passages, through the same, and for regulating the Coal Trade thereof: And whereas another Act was passed in the said Parliament in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Years of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An Act for continuing and amending an Act passed in the Twenty-second Year of His present Majesty’s Reign, intituled ‘An Act for the Improvement of the City of Dublin by making wide and convenient Passages through the same, and for regulating the Coal Trade thereof;’ and for other Purposes: And whereas another Act was passed in the said Parliament in the Twenty-fifth Year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An Act to amend an Act passed in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Years of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled ‘An Act for making and keeping in repair a Circular Road round the City of Dublin:’ And whereas another Act was passed in the said Parliament, and in the Twenty-sixth Year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An Act for explaining and further amending the several Acts heretofore passed for the Improvement of the City of Dublin by making wide and convenient Passages through the same, and for other Purposes: And whereas another Act Was passed in the said Parliament in the Twenty-seventh Year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An Act for further explaining and amending the several Acts now in force for making wide and convenient Passages in the City of Dublin: And whereas another Act was passed in the said Parliament in the Thirtieth Year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An Act for the further amending an Act, intituled ‘“An Act for continuing and amending an Act passed in the Twenty-second Year of His present Majesty’s Reign, intituled ‘An Act for the Improvement of the City of Dublin by making wide and convenient Passages through the same, and for regulating the Coal Trade thereof;” and for other Purposes:’ And whereas another Act was passed in the said Parliament in the Thirty-sixth Year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An Act to ascertain the Powers of the Commissioners for making wide and convenient Streets in the City of Dublin, for opening the Passage from Sackville Street to Carlisle Bridge, and for laying out new Streets to the Eastward thereof, and to ratify certain Grants theretofore made by the said Commissioners: And whereas another Act was passed in the said Parliament in the Thirty-ninth Year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An Act to grant certain Duties therein mentioned to His Majesty, to be applied to the Purpose of making wide and convenient Ways, Streets, and Passages in the City of Dublin, and for enabling the Commissioners therein mentioned more effectually to execute the Trusts reposed in them: And whereas another Act was passed in the said Parliament in the Fortieth Year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An Act to amend and explain an Act passed in the Thirty-ninth Year of the Reign, of His present Majesty, intituled ‘An Act to grant certain Duties therein mentioned to His Majesty, to be applied to the Purpose of making wide and convenient Ways, Streets, and Passages in the City of Dublin, and for enabling the Commissioners therein mentioned more effectually to execute the Trusts reposed in them:’ And whereas another Act was passed in the said Parliament in the Fortieth Year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An Act to amend and render more effectual the Laws now in force for amending and keeping in repair a Circular Road round the City of Dublin: And whereas another Act was passed in the Forty-seventh Year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An Act for improving and rendering more commodious such Parts of the County and the County of the City of Dublin as are situate on the South Side of the River Anna Liffey and West of His Majesty’s Castle of Dublin, and for the Appointment of an Inspector of the Presentments and other Accounts of the County of the City of Dublin: And whereas another Act was passed in the Forty-seventh Year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An Act for the more effectual Improvement of the City of Dublin and the Environs thereof: And whereas another Act was passed in the Fifty-fourth Year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An Act to explain and amend an Act passed in the Forty-seventh Year of His present Majesty’s Reign, for the more effectual Improvement of the City of Dublin and the Environs thereof: And whereas another Act was passed in the Fifty-seventh Year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An Act to amend an Act passed in the Forty-seventh Year of His present Majesty’s Reign, for improving and rendering more commodious such Parts of the County and County of the City of Dublin as are situate on the South Side of the River Anna Liffey and West of His Majesty’s Castle of Dublin, and for the Appointment of an Inspector of the Presentments and other Accounts of the County of the City of Dublin: And whereas another Act was passed in the Eleventh Year of the Reign of King George the Fourth, intituled An Act to enable the Commissioners of Wide Streets to widen and improve certain Ways, Streets, and Passages in and about the City and County of Dublin; and to amend and extend the Provisions of Two Acts passed in the Forty-seventh and Fifty-seventh Years of the Reign of His late Majesty, for improving and rendering more commodious such Parts of the County and County of the City of Dublin as are situate on the South Side of the River Anna Liffey and West of His Majesty’s Castle of Dublin : And whereas another Act was passed in the First Year of Her present Majesty’s Reign, intituled An Act to extend, alter, and enlarge the Powers of several Acts for enabling the Commissioners of Wide Streets in Dublin to widen and improve certain Ways, Streets, and Passages in said City and County of Dublin, and for raising further Funds to enable the said Commissioners to carry the same into execution: And whereas another Act was passed in the Fourth and Fifth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act for further extending the Powers of several Acts for enabling the Commissioners of Wide Streets, Dublin, to widen and improve certain Ways, Streets, and Passages in the City and County of Dublin, and for raising Funds to enable the said Commissioners to carry the same into execution: And whereas another Act was passed in the Ninth and Tenth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act to extend the Powers of the Commissioners of Wide Streets, Dublin, to widen and improve certain Streets and Passages in the City and County of Dublin : And whereas it is expedient that the said recited Acts, in so far as they relate to the paving, lighting, cleansing, widening, and improving of the Streets and Thoroughfares within the Borough of Dublin, and to Turnpike Roads therein, should be repealed, and that other and enlarged Powers and Provisions should be made and granted for these Purposes, and for the sanitary Improvement of the said Borough, and also that the public Markets within the said Borough should be better regulated, and that new Markets should be established therein: And whereas it is expedient that the Fiscal Powers of the Grand Jury of the County of the City of Dublin and the Sessions Grand Jury of the City of Dublin, so far as they relate to Matters required to be done within the Borough of Dublin, should be transferred to the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Dublin;’ May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it 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 this Act shall commence and take effect on the First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, and thereupon the said several recited Acts, in so far as they relate to the paving, lighting, cleansing, widening, and improving of the Streets and Thoroughfares within the said Borough of Dublin, and to the Turnpike Roads therein, shall be and the same are hereby repealed, save and except as to Matters and Things heretofore done under the same, and save so far as they repeal any Acts by them repealed: Provided always, that, except in so far as the same are hereby repealed, the said recited Acts, and all the Powers, Provisions, Penalties, Matters, and Things therein contained, shall be good, valid, and effectual, to all Intents and Purposes, in the same Manner as if this Act had not been passed. |