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Navigations may be transferred, to Counties.
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VIII. It shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of Public, Works, by and with the Consent of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, by Warrant under the Hands of the said Commissioners of Public Works or any Two of them, from Time to Time to direct that the said Navigations or any of them, with the Tolls thereof, shall be deemed and become the public Property of the County, or Counties if more than One, in which respectively the Lands chargeable under the Award in relation to the said Navigations respectively are situate; and from and after the Date of any such Warrant such Navigation, together with all Locks, Weirs, and other Works, Rights, Members, and Appurtenances thereto belonging, shall be deemed and taken to be the public Property of such County or Counties as foresaid, and be held, maintained, and preserved by the Grand Jury or Juries of such County or Counties, with such Powers and Authorities and subject to such Provisions and Regulations as may hereafter be established by Parliament in relation thereto.
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