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Recital of 1 G. 3. c. 19. 5 G. 3. c. 24.
Power hereby vested in the mayor, &c. for the purpose of supplying the city with water.
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LIII. And whereas by an act of parliament made in the first year of his present Majesty’s reign, entitled, An act for the building a stone bridge from the quay opposite Princes-street in the city of Cork to Lovit’s-island, and a stone bridge from thence to the Red abbey marsh, with a drawing bridge or lifting bridge of wood in the center of the latter, sufficient to let vessels pass and repass; and also for supplying the said city with water, certain powers therein mentioned for supplying the said city with water, were vested in the common council of the said city, and such freemen at large of the said city as should be elected in open court of Doyer hundred: and whereas by another act of parliament made in the fifth year of his present Majesty’s reign, entitled, An act for altering and amending several statutes heretofore made for the better regulation of the city of Cork, and for regulating trials by juries in the court of record in the city of Cork, and for establishing market juries in the said city, and for making wide and convenient ways, streets, and passages in said city and suburbs thereof and for preventing frauds committed by the bakers and meal-makers of the said city, the said powers which by the said first mentioned act were vested in the said common council and freemen were divested out of them, and with certain other powers contained in the said last mentioned act, vested in the mayor, sheriffs, and commonalty of said city, and their successors for ever, for the purpose of better supplying the said city with water: and whereas from the great encrease of the trade, manufactories, and population of said city, it is become necessary for the purpose of better supplying the said city with water, to grant to the said mayor, sheriffs, and commonalty, and their successors for ever, such further and other powers as herein after are mentioned: be it therefore enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passing this act, the said mayor, sheriffs, and commonalty, and their successor, shall and may have exercise, and enjoy the same powers and privileges of entering into the grounds of any person or persons in the county of Cork, and county of the city of Cork, such grounds not being more than five miles distant from the boundaries or extent of the liberties of the city of Cork, (houses, gardens, orchards, and yards excepted) and for making reservoirs, trenches, and water courses in the said grounds, and of repairing the said reservoirs and water courses, and of digging and cutting through the said grounds from the reservoirs, and of fixing and laying pipes in and through the same, and through all ways, passages, lanes, streets, and other place and places, in such manner and under such terms and provisoes as by the said act of the fifth of his present Majesty’s reign is directed with respect to the exercise of the like powers and privileges in the liberties of the city of Cork.
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