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LYTHAM.
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Provisional Order of the Board of Trade for the Construction, Maintenance, and Regulation of a Pier at Lytham in the County of Lancaster.
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Preamble.
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Whereas, under The General Pier and Harbour Act, 1861, and The General Pier and Harbour Act, 1861, Amendment Act, the Lytham Pier Company, Limited, made application by a memorial to the Lords of the Committee of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council appointed for the consideration of matters relating to Trade and Foreign Plantations, herein-after called the Board of Trade, praying their Lordships to grant a Provisional Order containing powers for the construction of a pier at Lytham in the county of Lancaster for the use and convenience of passengers and promenaders, for the complete execution of the works, and the levying of rates and tolls:
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And whereas the estimated expenditure on the proposed works is six thousand pounds, and no more:
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And whereas the promoters published the advertisements and deposited the documents which by the last-mentioned Act they were required to publish and deposit:
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And whereas the Board of Trade, after making such inquiries as they have thought expedient, have settled this present Provisional Order, and intend to cause a Bill to be introduced into Parliament for the purpose of obtaining an Act for the confirmation of this Provisional Order (until which confirmation this Provisional Order will not be of any validity or force whatever):
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Now, therefore, the Board of Trade do by this their Provisional Order, in pursuance of The General Pier and Harbour Act, 1861, and The General Pier and Harbour Act, 1861, Amendment Act, and by virtue and in exercise of the powers thereby respectively in them vested, and of every other power enabling them in this behalf, order—
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That, from and immediately after the passing of an Act of parliament confirming this Provisional Order, the following provisions shall take effect and be in force:
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The undertakers.
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1. The Lytham Pier Company, Limited, herein-after called the Company, shall be the undertakers of the works authorized by this Order.
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Power to take specified lands by agreement.
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2. For the purpose of the works authorized by this Order the Company may from time to time, by agreement, enter on, take, and use all or any part of the lands shown on the deposited plans as intended to be taken for the purposes of the proposed works.
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Lands Clauses Acts incorporated.
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3. The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, except so much thereof as relates to the purchase and taking of lands otherwise than by agreement, and The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act Amendment Act, 1860, shall be incorporated with this Order.
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Lands for extraordinary purposes.
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4. The Company shall not purchase for extraordinary purposes lands exceeding in extent in the whole two acres.
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Power to make works.
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5. Subject to the provisions of this Order, the Company may, on the lands taken by them under this Order, or already acquired by them, or over and on which they obtained or may obtain the rights and privileges requisite for that purpose, and on the lines and according to the levels and within the limits of deviation shown on the deposited plans and sections, make and maintain the works shown on the deposited plans.
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Description of pier.
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6. The works authorized by this Order comprise the following:
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A pier on iron piles commencing at a point in the Esplanade opposite Dicconson Terrace, in front of the town of Lytham, and carried out seaward a distance not exceeding nine hundred feet;
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with all proper works, approaches, and other conveniences connected therewith.
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Power to take rates according to schedule to this Order.
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7. The Company may demand and receive in respect of the persons, vessels, and things in the schedule hereto described any sums not exceeding the rates in that schedule specified.
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Restriction on use of pier.
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8. Nothing in this Order shall entitle vessels or boats to ship or unship at the pier any sheep, cattle, or merchandise, or any things other than those in the schedule hereto described.
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Company may contract with persons for the use of pier.
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9. The Company may grant to passengers and promenaders or others pass tickets for the use of the pier on such terms, and for such a period not exceeding one year, as may be agreed upon, but so that no preference be given to any person. Such a pass ticket shall not be transferable, and shall not be used by any person except the person for whom it is granted, or by any person after the period limited for its use. If any person acts in any way in contravention of this provision, or uses or attempts to use any false or counterfeit pass ticket, he shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty shillings, to be recovered and applied as penalties are recoverable and applicable under The Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act, 1847, for all the purpose of which Act this Order shall be deemed the Special Act.
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Custom House officers exempt from rates.
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10. Officers of Customs being in the execution of their duty shall at all times have free ingress, passage, and egress to, on, along, and from the pier by land, and with their vessels and otherwise, without payment.
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Short title.
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11. This Order may be cited as The Lytham Pier Order, 1864.
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Board of Trade. Whitehall.
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Dated this 23d day of March 1864.
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(Signed) T. H. FARRER,
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Marine Secretary,
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The SCHEDULE to which this Order refers.
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I.—RATES ON PASSENGERS AND PROMENADERS USING THE PIER.
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£
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s.
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d.
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For every passenger or other person who shall land on the pier, or embark from it on board of any ship, vessel, packet, or passage boat, for each and every time, any sum not exceeding
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0
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0
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6
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For every person who shall use the pier for the purpose of walking, for exercise, pleasure, or any other purpose except for embarking or disembarking, for each and every time, any sum not exceeding
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0
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0
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2
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For every bath or sedan chair taken on the pier, for each and every time any sum not exceeding
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0
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0
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6
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For every perambulator, not exceeding
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0
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0
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4
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For every master of any vessel, boat, or wherry, being an inhabitant of the town of Lytham, and using the same pier for the purpose of going to or returning from his own vessel, boat, or wherry, an annual sum not exceeding
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1
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0
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0
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II.—RATES ON PASSENGERS LUGGAGE.
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For every trunk, portmanteau, box, parcel, or other package within the description of luggage, exceeding 28 lbs. and not exceeding 112 lbs.
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0
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0
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2
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And for every 112 lbs. weight, or fractional part thereof, in addition
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0
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0
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3
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III.—RATES ON VESSELS USING THE PIER.
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For every vessel under the burden of 15 tons per ton
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0
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0
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4
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For every vessel of the burden of 15 tons and under 50 tons
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0
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0
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6
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For every vessel of the burden of 50 tons and under 100 tons
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0
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0
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8
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For every vessel of the burden of 100 tons and under 150 tons
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0
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0
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10
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For every vessel of the burden of 150 tons and upwards
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0
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1
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0
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