Kirkcaldy Harbour Act 1829
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1829 c. xcix |
ANNO DECIMO
GEORGII IV. REGIS.
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Cap.
xcix.
An Act for the Improvement, Maintenance, and
Regulation of the Harbour of Kirkcaldy in the
County of Fife. [1 st June 1829.]
W
HEREAS, in consequence of the Increase of the Trade
and Shipping of the Town and Port of Kirkcaldy, it has
become necessary to improve and maintain the Harbour
thereof,
to provide for its better Regulation, and to ascertain and
appropriate Funds necessary for those Ends; but as these Purposes
cannot be attained without the Aid and Authority 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 Autho-
rity of the same, That the Provost, Two Baillies, Dean of Guild, Commission-
and Tieasurer of the Burgh of' Kirkcaldy, and the Convener of the ers aPPoint-
Seven incorporated Trades of Kirkcaldy, all for the Time being, ed<
together with George Beveridge senior, Ship Owner in Kirkcaldy,
Alexander Malcolm, Ship Owner there, and David Dougall, Ship
Owner there, as Ship Owner Commissioners, and John Fergus, Mer-
chant in Kirkcaldy, James Brown, Merchant there, and George
Elder, Merchant there, as Merchant Trafficker Commissioners, and
James Wemyss of Wemyss, and Robert Ferguson of Raith, as County
Commissioners, shall be and are hereby appointed Commissioners
for the Purposes hereinafter mentioned.
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How long
certain Com-
missioners
shall con-
tinue in
Office.
Election of
Ship Owner
Commission-
Qualifica-
tion.
Election of
Merchant
Trafficker
Commis-
sioners.
10°GEORGII IV. Cap, xcix.
II.
Provided always, and be it enacted, That the said George
Beveridge, Alexander Malcolm, and David Dougall shall continue
in Office as such Commissioners until the Second Monday in the
Month of
October
after the Expiration of One Year complete from
and after the passing of this Act, and no longer ; and the said John
Fergus, James Brown, and George Elder shall continue in Office as
such Commissioners until the Second Monday in the Month of
October
after the Expiration of Two Years complete from and after
the passing of this Act, and no longer; and the said James Wemyss
and Robert Ferguson shall continue in Office until the Day of the
Michaelmas Meeting -of the Heritors of the County of Fife in the
Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty, and no longer.
III.
And be it enacted, That Eight Days before the Second Mon-
day of the Month of October which shall occur after the Expiration
of One Year from the passing of this Act, the Clerk to the said Com-
missioners shall summon the Members of the Prime Guild Society
of Kirkcaldy, by written or printed Notice to be delivered to each
Member, or left at his Dwelling House or usual Place of Abode, to
meet in the Town House of Kirkcaldy at Twelve o'Clock Noon, for
the Election of Three Ship Owner Commissioners for the said Har-
bour, in the Place of the said George Beveridge, Alexander Malcolm,
and David Dugall, who are then to go out of Office; and the said
Prime Guild Society shall then and there elect by open Vote Three
Persons, qualified in Manner herein mentioned, to be Ship Owner
Commissioners for the Purposes of this Act for the next Two Years
after the Day of their Election ; and in the like Manner, and at the
Expiration of the said Two Years, and at the Expiration of every
Period of Two Years thereafter during the Continuance of this Act,
the said Clerk shall, on the like Eight Days previous Notice, call a
Meeting on the Second Monday of
October,
and at the Hour and
Place aforesaid, of the said Prime Guild Society, who shall as afore-
said at such Meetings elect Three Persons qualified as aforesaid to
be Ship Owner Commissioners for the Two Years then next ensuing,
and no longer: Provided always, that no Person shall be capableof
being elected or of acting as a Ship Owner Commissioner who does
not reside within the Town or Parish of Kirkcaldy, and who is not
possessed of Property in Ships, Barks, or Boats belonging ,to the said.
Port of Kirkcaldy of the Value of Three hundred Pounds or
upwards, or who is a Member of the Town Council of the said Burgh
at the Time.
IV. And be it enacted, That Eight Days before the Second Monday
of the Month of October which shall, occur after the Expiration
of Two Years from, the passing of this Act, the Clerk to the said
Commissioners shall, in like Manner, summon the Merchant
Traf-
fickers residing in Kirkcaldy, by written or printed Notice to be
delivered to each such. Merchant Trafficker, or left at his Dwelling
House or usual Place of Abode, to meet in the Town House of
Kirkcaldy at Twelve o'Clock Noon, for the Election of Three Mer-
chant Trafficker Commissioners for the said Harbour, in the Place
of the said John Fergus, James Brown, and George Elder, who are
then to go out of Office; and the said Merchant Traffickers shall
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