River Cam Navigation Act 1851
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1851 c. xcii |
ANNO DECIMO QUARTO & DECIMO QUINTO
VICTORLE REGIN.E
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Cap.
xcii.
An Act for repealing and amending the Provisions
N avigation of the
of the Acts relating to the
River Cam or
CJiam,
alias Grant, between Clay-
hithe Ferry and the King's Mill in the Town of
Cambridge; for altering the Navigation Tolls ;
for enabling the Conservators of the said River
to sue and be sued in the Name of their Clerk;
for conferring additional Powers; and other
Purposes. [24th July 1851.]
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HERE AS by an Act passed in the First Year of the
Reign of Her Majesty Queen Anne, intituled An Act \Anne>
for making the River Cham, alias Grant, in the County
of Cambridge, more navignble from Clay-Hithe Ferry to the Queen's
Mill in the University and Town of Cambridge, certain Persons
and their Successors, to be nominated as therein mentioned, were
appointed Conservators of the said River, and were authorized to
execute various Works for better making and maintaining the said
River navigable between the University and Town of Cambridge and
[Local.] 15 Q Clayhithe
1350 14° & 15° VXCTORLE, Cap.xcn.
The River Cam Navigation Act, 1851.
Clayhithe Ferry, and within such Limits the said Conservators were
authorized to levy certain Tolls, Duties, and Rates for the Use of the
said Navigation, and to put in execution the various Powers conferred
by the said Act: And whereas an Act was passed in the Fifty-
third Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third,
53G.3.C.214. intituled An Act for extending and amending an Act of Queen
Anne, for making the River Cham more navigable from Clayhithe
Ferry to the Queen's Mill in the County of Cambridge, whereby the
Powers of the said first-recited Act were amended and extended, and
further Powers granted to the Conservators of the said River: And
whereas the Navigation of the said River Cham, now called the River
Cam,
hath been greatly improved under the Powers of the said
Acts:
And whereas it is expedient that some of the Powers and Pro-
visions of the said recited Acts should be altered and amended,
and the same would be most conveniently effected if the said recited
Acts were repealed, and other Powers and Provisions granted in lieu
thereof:
And whereas it is expedient that some of the Tolls, Duties,
and Rates authorized to be levied for the Use of the said Navigation
should be altered, and that further Powers should be granted to the
said Conservators for the Application and Investment of the surplus
Funds now in their Possession, and for better enabling them to carry
the several Purposes of the said recited Acts into full and complete
Effect: And whereas the several beneficial Objects aforesaid cannot
be effected without the Authority of Parliament: 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 Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the
same,
Recited Acts
\% That from and after the passing of this Act the said recited
ex^sttnV U Acts shall be and the same are hereby repealed: Provided always,
Conservators that, notwithstanding the Repeal of the said recited Acts, it shall be
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law^ul
f°r ^e Conservators appointed in virtue thereof who shall
until others be in Office and acting at the Time of the passing of this Act, and
appointed, .^y are hereby authorized and required, to put this Act into
execution until Conservators shall have been appointed in their
Place or Stead under the Provisions of this Act, and be authorized
to act in execution
thereof.
Interpreta- II. That in this Act the Expression " the Conservators" shall mean
^relst)E"
"he
tlie Conservators for the Time being of the River Cam in the County
Conserva- of Cambridge chosen or appointed under the Provisions of the said
tors*" first-recited Act or of this Act.
Provisions of III. That "The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845," shall be
8 &^9 Vicu incorp0rated with and form Part of this Act, and such Act shall be
construed
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