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‘WHEREAS by an Ant passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act for making a Pier and Breakwater in the Bay of Galway, and for conferring additional Powers on the Galway Harbour Commissioners, and for other Purposes, it is, amongst other things, enacted, that it should, be lawful for the said Harbour Commissioners to demand and take the Tolls and Rates in the respective Schedules to the said Act annexed: And whereas the Tolls and Rates by the said Act authorised to be levied are, subject to the necessary Expenses of the Repair of the Works of the said Harbour, now paid to a Receiver appointed by the Commissioners of Public Works, and applied, as by the said Act directed, in discharge of a Public Debt due to the said last-mentioned Commissioners: And whereas it is expedient to amend the said Galway Harbour and Port Act, 1853:’ 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, as follows:
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Power to charge Rates on all Vessels entering and using the Floating Dock.
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I. That for and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the said Act contained, it shall and may be lawful to and for the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, and to and for the Receiver, Collector, or Officer heretofore or hereafter to be appointed by them, or acting for or on their Behalf, to charge and collect the Tonnage Rates set forth in Schedule A. to the said Act annexed on every Vessel, without Limitation of Tonnage, entering and lying in the Floating Dock, or alongside the Pier or Piers, Jetty or Jetties, in the said Schedule set forth, and also to charge and collect the several Rates and Dues by the said Schedule chargeable for Boats entering and using the said Floating Dock or Canal.
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Acts to be construed together.
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II. The said “Galway Harbour and Port Act, 1853,” and the several Acts incorporated therewith, and this Act, shall be construed as One Act.
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