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6 G. 4. c. 101.
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XVII. ‘And whereas by an Act of the Sixth Year of King George the Fourth, Chapter One hundred and one, Provision was made for the Repair and Maintenance of certain Roads and Bridges in Ireland made wholly or in part at the Public Expense, and by the said Act of the First and Second Years of King William the Fourth the said Act of King George the Fourth, which had expired, was revived, and the Repair and Maintenance of such Roads and Bridges placed under the Direction of the said Commissioners of Public Works: And whereas the several Roads and Bridges which have been made by the said Commissioners of Public Works under the said Act of the First and Second Years of King William the Fourth, and the Acts amending the same, have hitherto been maintained by the said Commissioners of Public Works, and the Expenses incurred in such Maintenance have from Time to Time been repaid by means of Grand Jury Presentment by the Counties in which such Roads are respectively situate: And whereas it is expedient that the Maintenance of all the said Roads and Bridges should be transferred to the respective Counties in which such Roads or Bridges may be situate:’
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All Roads and Bridges in Ireland heretofore maintained and repaired by the said Commissioners of Public Works, under the said Acts of the Sixth Year of King George the Fourth and the First and Second Years of King William the Fourth, and also all Roads and Bridges heretofore made by the said Commissioners, either wholly or in part at the Public Expense, by means of free Grants, under the said Act of the First and Second Years of King William the Fourth, or any of the Acts amending the same, and heretofore maintained by the said Commissioners of Public Works, shall from and after the First Day of July next ensuing be considered and deemed public County Roads and Bridges the Property of the Counties in which such Roads and Bridges shall be respectively situate, and the same Roads and Bridges respectively shall be kept in repair and maintained as public County Roads and Bridges within such Counties respectively are now kept in repair and maintained: Provided always, that when any such Bridge shall be situate partly in One County and partly in another, the Expense of repairing and maintaining such Bridge shall be borne and defrayed equally between such Counties, and Presentments made accordingly.
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