Drainage (Ireland) Act 1842

Commissioners to make Bye Laws.

CXXX. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners and they are hereby authorized and empowered from Time to Time to make such Bye Laws, Rules, Orders, and Regulations, not being contrary to any Law or Statute in force in Ireland, as to them shall seem meet and proper, according to the Circumstances of every Case, for better carrying into effect the Purposes of this Act or in any Manner relating thereto, and from Time to Time to alter or repeal all or any of such Bye Laws, Rules, Orders, or Regulations, and to make others, and to impose such Fines and Penalties, not exceeding the Sum of Five Pounds, upon all Persons offending against any of such Bye Laws, Rules, Orders, or Regulations, as to the said Commissioners shall seem reasonable; and all such Bye Laws, Rules, Orders, and Regulations shall be reduced into Writing, and signed by the said Commissioners or any Two or more of them; and a Copy thereof, signed by the said Commissioners, shall be deposited with the Clerk of the Peace of every County in which any Part of such District or River to which such Bye Laws shall relate shall be situate, and the same shall be kept with the Records of the County; and a printed or painted Copy of such of the said Bye Laws, Rules, Orders, or Regulations as shall subject any Person, not being an Officer or Servant of the said Commissioners, to any Fine or Penalty, shall be exhibited on Boards at each Toll House, Lock House, and in such other Places as to the said Commissioners shall seem fit, and shall from Time to Time be renewed as often as the same or any Part thereof shall be obliterated or destroyed; and such Bye Laws, Rules, and Orders shall be binding upon and shall be observed by all Persons whomsoever; provided that all such Bye Laws, Rules, Orders and Regulations be approved of and confirmed by the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland in Council, by Writing under his or their Hands.