[Thames] Watermens and Lightermens Amendment Act 1859
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ANNO VICESIMO SECUNDO & VICESIMO TERTIO
VICTORLE REGENLE.
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Cap.
cxxxiii.
An Act for the better Regulation of Watermen,
Barge Owners, and others connected with the
Navigation of the River Thames between Ted-
dington
Lock and
Lower
Hope Point.
[13th August 1859.]
"W~^THEREAS by an Act passed in the Session holden in the
\/\f Seventh and Eighth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty
™ * King
George
the Fourth, Chapter Seventy-five, intituled An
Act for the
better Regulation
of
the
Watermen
and Lightermen
on
the
River
Thames
between
Yantlet Creek and Windsor, the Company of Watermen,
Wherrymen, and Lightermen were incorporated by the Name and Title of
" The Master, Wardens, and Commonalty of Watermen and Lightermen
of the River Thames" And whereas in accordance with that Act, the Free-
men of the said Company, and the Apprentices to Freemen or to Widows
of Freemen of the said Company, enjoy certain exclusive Privileges of
working and navigating, or causing to be worked or navigated for Hire,
within the Limits of the said Act, Wherries, Lighters, and other Craft for
carrying Passengers, Goods, and Merchandise : And whereas the Limits
of the said Act are defined to extend to all Parts of the River Thames
from and opposite to and including the Town of New Windsor in the
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The Watermen s and Lightermen's Amendment Act, 1859.
County of Berks, to and opposite to and including Yantlet
Creek,
in the
County of Kent, and to all Docks. Canals, Creeks, and Harbours of or
out of the said River, so far as the Tide flows therein : And whereas it is
expedient that the Limits of the said Act should be altered, and such
exclusive Privileges should be modified, and that proper Regulations
should be made for the Navigation of Barges, Lighters, Boats, and other
like Craft carrying Goods, Wares, and Merchandise within the Limits of
this Act, and for the Regulation of the Persons employed to navigate the
same, and for the Security of Passengers passing to and fro on the said
River in Boats and other Craft, and for the orderly Conduct of the
Traffic on the said River : And whereas by the Eighteenth Section of an
Act passed in the Session holden in the Fourth and Fifth Years of Her
late Majesty Queen Anne, Chapter Nineteen, and intituled An Act for
the Encouragement and Increase
of
Seamen,
and for the
better
and
speedier
manning of Her
Majesty's
Fleet, certain Provisions are made whereby the
Freemen of the said Company are obliged to serve on board Her
Majesty's Fleet, under such Circumstances and subject to such Penalties
as are therein mentioned: And whereas it is expedient that the Obligation
so imposed on the Freemen of the said Company of serving on board Her
Majesty's Fleet should be repealed: May it therefore please Your
Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the Queen's
most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the
Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parlia-
ment assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows:
Short Title. I. This Act may be cited for all Purposes as " The Watermen's and
Lightermen's Amendment Act, 1859."
Definition of II. The Term " Passenger Boat," as used throughout this Act, shall
Passenger mean any Sailing Boat, River Steam Boat, Row Boat, Wherry, or other
like Craft, used for carrying Passengers within the Limits of this Act,
unless there is something in the Context inconsistent with such a
Meaning.
Definition
of
III. The Term " Lighterman," shall mean any Person working or
jh-e3erm
navigating for Hire a Lighter, Barge, Boat, or other like Craft within
and Water- the Limits of this Act; the Term " the Company" shall mean the
man,
&c.
Master, Wardens, and Commonalty of Watermen and Lightermen of
the River Thames; the Term " the Court" shall mean the Court of
Master, Wardens, and Assistants of the same Company; and the Term
"Waterman" shall mean any Person navigating, rowing, or working for
Hire " a Passenger Boat," unless there is something in the Context
inconsistent with such Meanings.
Commence- IV. This Act shall commence and come into operation on the First
raent of Act j)ay 0f
January
One thousand eight hundred and sixty. V. The
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