Glasgow Harbour Act 1846
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1846 c. xxiii |
| Year | 1846 |
ANN0
NON0
VICTORIA3
REGINB.
Cap.
xxiii.
An Act for enabling the Parliamentary Trustees
on
the River
Clyde
and
Harhoiir
of
Gkrsgow
to
acquire
a
Portion
of
the Lands
of
Stobcross
and
adjacent Grounds, and to construct thereon a
Wet Dock
or
Tidal Basin, with certain addi-
tional
Wliarfs
and other
Works.
[18th
June
1846.3
IIEREAS a11 Act was passed in the Session
of
Par-
liament holden in the Third and Fourth Year
of
the
Reign
of
Her
Majesty Queen
Victoria,
intituled
An
Act
3
R.
4Vict.
for
fartlier
deepening
and
inip~ori?ig
the
Rice?.
Clyde
and
cnlarg-
‘ing
tlu?
Iirrboiir
of
C;Iasgow,
ancl
for
constmcti~ag
a
Wet
~ock
in
cohzexion
toit?L
the
said
Rmr
and
Xarbow
:
And whereas the Trus-
tees appointed
by
or
under the said recited Act have proceeded to
put the same into execution: And whereas the Accominodation at the
said
Harbour, particularly
for
the hliiieral Traffic, is at present
inadequate,
aid
it
is
necessary
that
the
same
should be enlarged,
and
that the Trustees should
be
authorized for that Purpose to acquire
certain Lands and Heritages at
Stohcross,
and conterminous thereto,
and
to
construct a Wet Dock
or
Tidal Basin and other
Works
thereon, and with that View that they should be empowered to
borrow
a
fhrther Sum
of
Money
on
the Credit
of
the existing Rates
and
Duties under their Management, and the additional Dock Duties
[Local.]
5(2
and
Il8-
430
8
&
9
Vict.
c.
19.
Trustees
authorized
to
purchase
Portion
of
Lands
of
Stobcross
and other
Grounds for
Construc-
tion of Wet
Dock, &c.
8
6:
9
Vict.
c.
19.
to be
V
I
CT
OR
1132,
Cup.
xxiii.
and
other
1)utieb to
lje
1icbrel)y granted
:
hcl
whereas it is expeclient
that tlic I’ei*iucl for conilmlwrily taking certain
Laiicls
oii tlie South
Side
of
the xiid
River,
as
authorized by the said recited Act
fbr
the
I’urposes
thereof, should be extended
or
renewed
:
,lnd
whereas
an
Act
W:IS
passed in the last Session
of
I’arliament, intitnled
,1i~
rict
fois
ronsolitlc~tiiig
into
Oiie
Act
certLiiii
Proi*isiom
wsiiull~/
iriset-ted
ill
Acts
ciiithorizing
the
ttsking
of
Lmdc
for
I
Tntlo.i,iX~in,qs
qf
n
pi(61ic
Ntcture
in
Scotland,
cnllpcl
“
7‘he
Li?z(Is
i’l(iciscs
~~~?/.~~)/i,l((t~~~t~
(Scotland)
Act,
1S45:
”
May
it therefore please Your llajcsty that it inay
be
enactetl
;
and
he
it
minctcd
1);-
tlie
Qirvc~ii’~
iiio.st
lkcellcnt I\It?jcsty,
bv
:md
with tlie hd\-icbc
:iiitl
Coiisciiit
ol’
tlicl
I,ol.tls
Spiritual and
Tcmpornl,
anti
Coiiiinoii~,
in
tliih
1
)ro-eii
t
I’;irIi;iinerit
n
welnblcd,
and
k)v
the Aiitliority
of
the
s:iiiie,
That
it
s1i:rll
be
1;twfiil
f’or
the
said
‘i’rustees
ancl
tlicy
itre
hereby eiiipowerecl to coiiclutle
a
l’ur-
cl1ase
of
fi.oin
OllC
11untlrecl
:Illcl
f‘orty
tllousalltl
to
(
)lie
llundr~d and
fifty
tlioiisaircl
Square
Y:~rds
of‘
the saitl
1,;inds
of
,Stchc~i~~ss
froin
the
I’roprietors thereof, and
likewise
to purclinse
or
acquire buet ad-
jacent
or
additioiial
Lands
as
they
shall
find
to
be
necess:iry
f‘or
the
‘Constrriction
of
:x
\Vet
1)ocl;
or
‘h:tl
lhhi,
:incl
lVli:ii*f+,
Qu;iys,
and
other
TVorks,
\vitliin the Liiiiits licAreiii-:iftei. iiicliitioiictl.
11.
And
be
it enacted,
That
from
mid
after the Iwhbing
of
this Act
the said first-recitecl Act,
:incl
tlic said
“
1,:inds
(’lauses
(’oiisolidation
construed
as
(A(;70tlmt/)
_let,
l
S4.5,’7
so
fhr
as
;ipl)lic:il)lo,
ancl
iiot
i*el)e:iletl
or
forming
Part
iiioditiecl
1)y
tliis ,\et,
or
iiiconsisteiit with tlie 1’i*o\.i+ioiis liereof; hliall
of
this
Act.
apply
to tGs ,2ct,
ancl
to
the
Luncls
to be
taken
or
acquii-ecl
uiider
the
same,
and
to
tlie
Wet 1,ock
or
Tidal hsiii,
l\rliarf‘.,
Quays,
arid
other
Works
by
this L4ct authorizccl
to
be
inadt~,
ancl
to
the
Objects
and
1’;rposes
thereof, and shall
be
read
:incl
construed
as
forming Part of this Act.
Interpretn-
111.
And
be
it
enacted, That whenever the several
Teriiis
and
tion
of
Expression5 f‘ollowing
shall
occur
in this -let
tlic
sanie slid1
be
Terms,
“*
construecl reqwcti\-ely in tlie
I\I:wm-
lierein-after directed
;
(tliat
is
in this Act.
to
say,)
the
‘Terni
“
Lands”
sh:~11
be
c*onstraed to me:m
‘(
Lands,
Grounds, Tenements, Feu Drities,
(;rouiitl
I:eiith,
Lease.,
and
all other
Heritclgel,
v
hatsoever
;
”
tlie
‘Teriii
’‘
ancl
othcr
lJ’orks
”
sliall be
con-
strued to inean Sheds, Cranes, Vausewayiiig, ‘L‘raniroacls, Jicighing
Machines, paving, lighting, cleansing,
aiid
all othcr
JVorks
coiinected
with
or
for the
Cse
of
the
Ilarbour
or
S:ivigatioii; the
Term
‘‘
Goods
”
shall
be
construed to
nieaii
Goods,
W:ires,
Merchanclize,
or
other Cominodities
or
Things
;
the Term
“
Sliip
’*
ancl ‘< Ships
”
shdl be construed to mean and include Ships, Yessels, or Boats,
and
as
well those propelled
by
Steam
as
otherwise
;
the Term
“
Owners
”
mid
“
Owner”
of
any Ship shall
be
construed alike
to inean One Owner, if there
be
only Oiie,
and
anj-
or all
of‘
the
Owners, if there
be
more
than
One
;
that
the l‘erms
“
Factors
”
or
“
Factor,”
“
Consignees
”
or
“
Consignec,”
“
Agents
”
or
“
Agent,”
shall be construed to mean
One
such Factor, Coiisipe,
or
Agent,
if
there
be
only One,
and
any
or
all
of tlie Factors, Consignees,
or
Agents,
if there
inay
be more than One
;
the IVorcl
‘‘
County
”
shall
iiieaii
the
County
of
Lanark
;
the Word
“
Sheriff
”
shall mean the Sheriff of
the
County
of
Lanark
and
his Substitutes
;
the
Word
“
Trustee
”
or
‘‘
Trus-
tees
”
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