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Power to further deepen the River Lung.
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XVI. And whereas the said Commissioners of Public Works have put the Powers of the said recited Acts into Operation in the District to which they have affixed the Name of the Lough Gara and Mantua District in Ireland, and in the Execution of the Works in the said District have partially deepened and widened the River Lung, situate in the Counties of Roscommon and Mayo: And whereas it is expedient that the said River should be further deepened and widened for the Purpose of draining additional Lands in the said District or its Vicinity: Be it therefore enacted, That it shall be lawful for One or more of the Proprietors of additional Lands to be drained in the said District, having first obtained the Consent in Writing of One Half of the Proprietors or more in extent of the Lands so proposed to be drained, to undertake the Execution of the Works necessary for further deepening and widening the said River, and to make and complete the same out of his or their own proper Funds, according to and in conformity with Plans, Sections, and Specifications approved of by the said Commissioners; and when such Works shall have been executed and completed to the Satisfaction of the said Commissioners, it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners to make an Award charging upon the Lands of the Proprietors within such District appearing to the said Commissioners to be benefited by such additional Works the Amount of the Expenses incurred in respect of such additional Works, such Sum by any such Award to be charged upon and paid out of the several Lands of the Proprietors so benefited by such additional Works, in such Proportion as may appear to the said Commissioners just, and in the same Manner, and with the same Priority, Rights, and Powers for the Recovery thereof, as in the said Acts, or any of them, are given for the Recovery of any Sum charged under the Final Award of the said Commissioners in any District: Provided always, that the total Amount of the Expenses to be charged in respect of such additional Works shall not exceed the Sum of Five hundred Pounds.
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