Limerick Navigation Act 1767

Owner’s name and abode with the tunnage set on their vessels,

penalty 40s. to prosecutor by civil bill.

XXVI. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the owners of all boats, barges, and other vessels, navigating the said river between the city of Limerick and the town of Killaloe, shall cause his, her, or their name or names and places of abode together with the dimensions or tunnage of their respective boats, barges, or other vessels, to be set on some conspicuous part of such boats, barges, or other vessels; and in default thereof every such owner shall forfeit the sum of forty shillings, to be recovered by any person, who shall sue for the same by civil bill, for his own use.