Kingston-upon-Hull Port Act 1774
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1774 c. 56 |
(14 Geo. 3) C A P. LVI.
'WHEREAS in and by an Actof Parliament, made in the fourteenth Year of the Reign of King the Second, intituled,An Act for preventing Frauds, and regulating Abuses, in his Majesty's Customs ; reciting, amongst other Things, That, in and by an Act of Parliament, made in the first Year of Queen Elizabeth of famous Memory, directing when and where Merchandise should be landed, and Customs paid, it was, amongst divers other Things, enacted and ordained, That no Goods, Wares, or Merchandise, should be shipped or loaden aboard any Ship of Vessel, or landed or discharged out of or from any Ship or Vessel, but in or upon some such open Place, Quay, or Wharf, Places, Quays, or Wharfs (except the Port of Hull ), as her Highness, her Heirs and Successors, should therefore assign and appoint, by virtue of her Highness's Commission or Commissions within the Port of London , and in all Ports, Creeks, Havens, or Roads: And also reciting, That, notwithstanding the aforesaid Act, there were some Ports, Creeks, and Places, where Customers, Collectors, and Comptrollers, and Searchers, and their Servants, had then, Time out of Mind, been resident, to which no such Commissions were sent, nor Places, Quays, or Wharfs appointed, as by the said Act was directed: And further reciting, That since that Time, by reason of the Alteration of Rivers, Streams, Channels, and Sands, some Places then appointed were become unfit and useless, and others much more convenient and commodious, as well for Traffick and Commerce as for landing and discharging, lading and shipping, of Goods, Wares, and Merchandise: It was therefore, by the said recited Act, made in the fourteenth Year of the Reign of his said late Majesty KingCharles the Second, amongst other Things enacted and ordained, That the King's Majesty might, from Time to Time, by his Highness's Commission or Commissions out of his Court of Exchequer, assign and appoint all such further Places, Ports, Members and Creeks (except the Town of Hull ), as should be lawful for the landing and discharging, lading or shipping, of any Goods, Wares, or Merchandise, within the Kingdom of England , Dominion of Wales , or Port or Town of Berwick upon Tweed , and to what ancient and head Ports respectively such Places, Members, or Creeks, should belong and appertain: And where any such Member, Creek, or Place, should be so as aforesaid appointed by virtue of the said Commission or Commissions, the Customer, Collector, Comptroller, and Searcher, of the Head Ports should, by themselves or their sufficient Deputy or Deputies, Servant or Servants, reside and inhabit, for the entering, clearing, and passing, shipping and discharging, of Ships, Goods, and Merchandise; and, by virtue of the aforesaid Commission or Commissions, might likewise set down and appoint the Extents, Bounds, and Limits, of every Port, Haven, or Creek, within his Majesty's Kingdom of England , Dominion of Wales , and Town and Port of Berwick , whereby the Extents, Limits, and Privileges, of every Port, Haven, or Creek, might be ascertained and known; and that it should not be lawful for any Person or Persons whatsoever to lade or put, or cause to be laden or put, off or from any Quay, Wharf, or other Place, on the Land, into any Ship, Vessel, Lighter, Boat, or Bottom, any Goods, Wares, or Merchandise whatsoever (Fish taken by his Majesty's Subjects, Sea Coal, Stone, and Bestial, only excepted), to be transported into any Place of the Parts beyond the Seas, or carried by Land into the Realm of Scotland , or to take up, discharge, or lay on Land, or cause or procure to be taken up, discharged, or laid on Land, out of any Boat, Lighter, Ship, Vessel, or Bottom (being not in Leak or Wreck), any Goods, Wares, or Merchandise whatsoever (Fish taken by his Majesty's Subjects, Bestial, and Salt, only excepted), to be brought from any of the Parts beyond the Seas, or by Land from the Realm of Scotland , by way of Merchandise, but only upon such open Place, Quay, or Wharf, Places, Quays, or Wharfs, as his Majesty should, from Time to Time, assign and appoint, by virtue of such Commission and Commissions as aforesaid, in his Majesty's Port of London , and the Members and Liberties thereof, and in any Port, Place, Member, or Creek, within his Majesty's Kingdom of England , Dominion of Wales , and Town and Port of Berwick , without special Sufferance and Leave first had from the Commissioners and Officers of his Majesty's Customs, upon the Penalty of the Forfeiture of all such Goods, Wares, an Merchandise, as by the last recited Act, relation being thereunto had, it doth and may, amongst other Things therein contained, more fully appear: And whereas, since the passing of the said recited Acts, the Trade and Commerce of the Port of Kingston upon Hill are greatly increased, and it is highly expedient, for the Security and Improvement of the publick Revenue, and for the Advantage of Commerce, that lawful Quays should be established at the said Port, for the shipping and landing of Goods and Merchandise imported there, and exported from thence, in such Manner as is herein-after expressed; which, by reason of the Exception in the said before-recited Acts, cannot be done without the Interposition of Parliament;' may it therefore please your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this Act, it shall be lawful for his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, from Time to Time, by his and their Commission or Commissions out of the Court of Exchequer inEngland , to assign and appoint such open Places, Quays, or Wharfs, at Kingston upon Hull , on the West Side of the Harbour, and on the Walls adjoining the Town's Ditches, to be lawful open Places, Quays, and Wharfs, for the landing and discharging, lading and shipping, of all Goods, Wares, and Merchandises, exported to, or imported from, foreign Parts, and to set down, appoint, and settle, the Extents, Bounds, Metes, and Limits thereof, subject nevertheless to such Provisions and Regulations as are herein-aster in that Behalfexpressed or declared; and that it shall not be lawful for any Person or Persons whatsoever to lade or put, or cause to be laden or put, off or from any Quay, Wharf, or other Place, on the Land within the said Port ofKingston upon Hull , into any Ship, Vessel, Lighter, Boat, or Bottom, any Goods, Wares, or Merchandise whatsoever (except Fish taken by his Majesty's Subjects, Sea Coal, Stone, and Bestial), to be transported into any Place beyond the Seas, or to take up, discharge, or lay on Land, or cause or procure to be taken up, discharged, or laid on Land, out of any Boat, Lighter, Ship, Vessel, or Bottom (being not in Leak or Wreck), any Goods, Wares, or Merchandise whatsoever (Fish taken by his Majesty's Subjects, Bestial, and Salt, only excepted), to be brought from any of the Parts beyond the Seas, by way of Merchandise, but only upon such open Place, Quay, or Wharf, Places, Quays, or Wharfs, as his Majesty, his Heirs or Successors, shall, from Time to Time, assign and appoint, by virtue of such Commission and Commissions as aforesaid, atKingston upon Hull , on the West Side of the Harbour, and on the Walls adjoining the Town's Ditches, or off, from, or upon, such Quays or Wharfs as shall be built and provided in pursuance of this Act, in Manner herein-after mentioned, without special Sufferance or Leave first had from the Commissioners or Officers of his Majesty's Customs, upon the Penalty of the Forfeiture of all such Goods, Wares, and Merchandises, so laden or discharged, contrary to the true Meaning of this Act, or the Value thereof; any Thing in the before-recited Acts, or any other Law, Usage, or Custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.
II No Wharfs, &c. shall project above 15 Feet from the present Buildings.
II. Provided always, and be it enacted, That no such open Places, Quays, or Wharfs, so to be appointed, shall extend or project above fifteen Feet from the outermost Part of the present Buildings into the Haven.
III Proprietors of Staiths on the West Side of the River allowed to make Wharfs.
'III. And whereas there are certain Staiths situate on the West Side of the RiverHull , between Thomas Walton's Ship Yard, and a certain Staith called Rotten Herring Staith , at which Staiths the Proprietors thereof have, for Time immemorial, landed and discharged, laden and shipped, Goods, Wares, and Merchandise: And whereas it is reasonable that this Privilege should be continued to the Proprietors of the said Staiths;' be it therefore further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That when and as soon as the Bason or Dock herein-aster mentioned, and directed to be made, shall be fit for the Reception of loaded Ships, and not sooner, it shall be lawful for all and every the Proprietors of the said Staiths to build and make, at their own Expence and Charge, commodious Quays or Wharfs opposite to their said Staiths respectively, to be...
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