Public Works Loans Act, 1883

PART IV.

Provision as to certain Loans.

[S. 7 rep. 61 & 62 Vict. c. 22 (S.L.R.)]

Provision as to Athlunkard Bridge, Limerick.

8. (1.) [Power for Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland to make an order remitting advance in aid of the building of Athlunkard Bridge beyond £6,000 rep. 61 & 62 Vict. 22 (S. L. R.)] The said order may declare that Athlunkard Bridge shall, as from the date specified in the order, be free from toll, and be vested in the Corporation of Limerick for the use of the public, and thereupon, as from the date specified in the order, the said bridge shall be free from toll, and it shall be the duty of the Corporation of Limerick to maintain the bridge and the roadway thereof and the approaches thereto in good repair and condition.

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(11.) The Corporation of Limerick may, by a resolution of the council, undertake to hold for the use of the public the Athunkard Bridge and the approaches thereto, and to maintain the same in good and sufficient order, repair, and condition, and to light the bridge and approaches in a sufficient manner.

(12.) The Corporation of Limerick may, by a resolution of the council passed within six months after the making of any grand jury presentment under this section, undertake to pay to the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland such portion of the said sum of six thousand pounds (if any) as is not charged on the county of Clare in pursuance of this section, and thereupon the said portion shall be charged on and payable out of the borough fund and general purposes rate of the said corporation by fifty equal half-yearly instalments, beginning at the expiration of three months after the date of the resolution, or at any other date mentioned in the resolution, not later than four months after the date of the resolution, with interest on the unpaid portion at the rate of three and a quarter per cent. per annum, and the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland shall have the same remedy for enforcing such payment as they would have if a mortgage of the said fund and rate had been made to the said commissioners for securing the same.

(13.) The expenses of the Corporation of Limerick incurred in pursuance of this section may be defrayed out of any moneys or rates applicable for the purpose of maintaining or lighting the roads in the city of Limerick, as the case may be, but nothing in this section relating to the maintenance and lighting of the said bridge, and the roadway thereof and approaches thereto, shall diminish any liability of the borough fund or general purposes rate to pay the sums due to the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland.