Dumfries Harbour and River Nith Navigation Act 1811

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1811 c. cxlvii
ANNO QUINQUAGESIMO PRIMO
GEORGII
III.
REGIS.
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An 4ct
for
improving the Harbour of Dumfries, and
the Navigation of the River Nith.
[iothj^£ 1811.]
HERE AS an Aft was made in the Tenth Year of the Reign of *oG. s*
His late Majefty King
George
the Second, intituled, An A& c-7^
for
continuing
an AB
paffed
in the Third Year of the
"Reign of
His
late Majefty King George the Fir
ft
^
* for
laying
a Duty of Two
Pennies
* Scots 9 or Onejixtb Part of a Penny
Sterling,
on
every Pint of Ale
^
or Beer
4 which Jhall
be vended or
fold within the Town ^Dumfries, or
Privileges
'.thereof for
paying
the
Debts
of the faid Town9and for
building
a
Chapel9
[and
making
a
.Harbour
there;'
and*
for
laying
a Dutyon the Tonnage of
Shippings
and a Duty
on Goods imported
and
exported into
and
out
of the~Port
of the faid Town,
for
the better repairing the faid Harbour : And aG.f.
whereas an Aft was paffed
in
the Second Tear
of
the Reign
of
His c.56.
prefent Majefty, intituled,
An
Act for
continuing
and rendering more
tffeBual an Att paffed
in
the Tenth Tear of the Reign of His late Majefty
King George the
Second*
intituled^
c
An A3 for
continuing
an Aft
p#/fed
in
1 the Third Tear of the Reign of His late Majefty King George the
Firjl>
\for laying
a
Duty of Two Pennies ScoUt^er Onefixtb Part of a Penny
1Sterling,
on
every Pint
of
Ale or Beer which jhall be vended or fold
* within the Town of D umfries
or Privileges
thereof for
paying
the
Debts pj
c thefaid Town, and for
building
a
Chapelf
and^
makings
a
Harbour
there ^
md for
laying
a Duty on the Tonnage
of
Shipping,
and a Duty
on Goods
\LM*
iff Pen] 36
G
imported
3246 jTGEORGII III. C^.147.
Imported and
exported into
and out of the Port of the /aid Town, for the
better repairing of the faid Harbour : And whereas another A& was made
in the Twenty-feventh Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, intitu-
led, An AB for
continuing
and
amending
feveral
Ad:s
made in the Third
Tear of
the
Reign of King George the. Firfi, the Tenth Tear of the Reign
of King George the
Second^
and the
'Second
Tear of the Reign (f His pre-
fent Mdje/fj\ ' for laying a Duty of Two Pennies
Scots%
of Qne-ftxth Part
* of a Penny Sterling, on every Pint of
AleMf^Bjeer
thatj^ali
be:,
vended or
*
fh'd within the Town of Dumfries and Privileges thereof -fprpaying the
4 Debts of the faid Town, for building a
Church',*
and^
making a
"Barbour
* there] -atidfor laying a Duty on thi Tonnags of Shippin^and aJhuty on
Goods imported and exported into and
out
of the Port of
the
faid Town^
* for the better repairing of the faid Harbour f and for pavings cleanfing,
fighting) and watching the Streetsy and other public Places within the faid
Town,
and
widening
the
Streets'
where
neceffary^
and
removing
and preventing
Njuifa?2ces
therein} An$\c?reas'the faTdM^fboiir'of
,%Xuhftcies
(lands in
need of further Repair, and little has been done towards improving the
Navigation of the -River, which if cleanfed, deepened and ftraightened,
would^fee of great Acj^antage-,to ttyp Trade and Maaafa^utep of the
Burgh of Dumfries, the furrou|iding*pountrf, and theTubfic in general:'
And whereas to attain theTe Purpafes, ir is neceffary and proper to
commit the Management thereof to Commiflioners appointed by Parlia*
ment, with Power to levy certain Duties, and veiled with Powers more^
Simple fttari: were "giverr By tfiefaid Afti: And as ; thefe #lir^>ofei ciitmotf
be accompliflied without the Aid and Authority of Parliament, may
it therefore pleafe Your Majefty, That it may be enafted, and be it
to G,
?.
and ^a&ed by the King's Moft Excellent Majqfty, by and with the Advice
t JL *'3 anc^ Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in
this prefent Parliament aflembled, and by the Authority of the fame,
Tha;t thS ftid^recited Afls, and ail th£ Powers thereBy*given,, fo-far as the
fame relate to fhe
levying*
pf Duties in the4 Port of Dumfries, and im-
proving the Hatrbour
thereof,
and the Navigation of the River Nitb9
Jhall, from and after the palling of this Act, be and th6 fame are hereby
Tepealed*
repealed,
Gommi> IL And
'tie
it further ena&ed,That theProvofl:, Three Eaillies, the Dean
doners ap- of Guild, ahd'the Deacon Convener of the Trades of the Burgh of Dum?
poiaie »
j^/^
for the Tintfe
being,-
and thetfolfowingPerfons, who have feveraHy iub-
f&riteed the^Stim 'ofTOrie ftundreH Pounds- or upwards towards accdrfi-
j$ifl*fng tfre^Purpofes* of
Ws-'AS,
thati$**to fay, Sir Alexander Gordon of
Gu&erinan
Kfriglit, Wihlamjoh^one-
Hope
Wquhe^ Captain in the1 RloyaI
H'Avy^foh'n
MUr'raybil Murray thwaite^Alexander Maxwell oiTerraughty%
'Aaron
Schitlye'r
Depiefier of. Mavifgrave, Peter Johnjlon 'of' Carnfaliocb,
David Hunter oi
Killylung^
John Murray the Younger of Tundergarth t
Frederick Maxwell
oi*
Ker ticks,
Wellwood
Maxwell of
'Barncleugh;'
fatnet
X*ietk£i&n-t-Co1onel>
Ghriftopher
Ewartf
WilliaiK^GordoYt
of Deebank, Bryce
^M^Miirdo
bf]fetfrertown,
Japiei Maxwilfai
Kitkconnell^
Dougtas
Hamilton
^Craik'ot*Arbigland, Marmttduke^onftMe Maxwell oi: Mihfdale, Robert
*'^i3^dine&f'Cre^ell9Wiliiafn'
Walker*
oiWoodlands^
Samuel Denholnt
Toungof
iQidUhili) James
Cornell 0$GoiiheathyWMMt Maxwell oi'Netherwood Doctor
of

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