Dundalk Harbour and Port Act, 1925

Lighters, barges, etc., to be licensed.

84.—The owner of every lighter, barge or like vessel employed within the limits of the port or harbour discharging or loading cargo, goods or merchandise upon or from or in any manner using any of the quays, piers, jetties or other landing-places of the Commissioners shall take out in the month of January in every year a licence from the Commissioners for each lighter, barge or like to carry goods within the limits of the port and harbour, and shall pay to the Commissioners yearly and every year for such licence such sum not exceeding twenty as the Commissioners shall from time to time appoint, and every such owner shall abide by such rules for the carriage of goods and merchandize and the loading and discharging thereof, and shall comply with such bye-laws and regulations as the Commissioners may from time to time make and prescribe and shall obey the orders and directions of the harbour master, pier master or other of the Commissioners in the mooring, loading and unloading of such lighters, barges or like vessels.